Life of a Celebrity

John and I decided that before baby "Melmo" arrives in May we should get one more family vacation in as we will be grounded for the majority of 2012.  We choose to go back to our roots and cruise on Celebrity, which is the cruise line that we met on in March of 2003.  We both loved this ship and would love to plan another vacation on this boat or one of its "sister" ships in the future.

Celebrity Eclipse

This boat provided a fabulous time and we tried our best to capture our trip in photos; however, I think that traveling with a near 2 year old caused many distractions and this may have been my worst attempt at capturing the memories-Sorry!

Ethan in the hotel before heading to the "BIG BOAT"

He was so excited!

Our Oasis for the week-One of two pools onboard!

 This hanging tree could be seen from all the mid ship glass elevators.  Ethan thought this was so cool! Every time we went by it (even the last day) he would say WHOA big tree.

Leaving beautiful Miami

Little Man on the First Formal Evening

Stacking the Jelly became a favorite activity during breakfast each morning.

 

 The top deck had a grass area that Ethan loved to run around on and play with the croquet balls.

Pool Time!

 This little man has avoided a sun burn so far!  He requires constand SPF, hats, and shade but he loves the outdoors!

 Ice Cream by the pool...this made for a quick clean up!  Just drop him in and wash him off!

" Momma....Come On Get Up!" 
This phrase was coined on this trip and is used frequently now...it is pretty cute except when his pregnant mom just wants to sit for a few minutes!

 Beautiful view of San Juan!

 Each night the room attendant would bring chocolate.  No matter how hard we tried to hide it Ethan always found it in the morning...He LOVES chocolate!!

 St. Maarten at Dawn Beach

Nap Time!

Ethan's meal of choice during this cruise was cheese Pizza...Yumm!

The Pool!  Ethan absolutely loved to get in the pool.

He also like the hot-tub which he affectionately calls the Papa Ta-Ta.  This is because Papa Gwaltney gets in the hot tub most weekend mornings when we visit.  Ethan loves to visit Papa in his outdoor "Ta-Ta" and he was so excited that the boat hot tub water was just warm so he could get in!

 Ethan's "Me-My Beep Beep" or Lightning McQueen car also loved to swim on this trip.  Ethan would watch the water carry the car back and forth along the edge with the sway of the ocean.

Ethan would gather his courage and eventually shout 1.....22222222222222222222222......3 GO!

In he would jump and he occasionally would go under and come up all smiles.  I would turn him around and have him kick to the wall and he would get out of the pool by himself.  What a great swimmer!

My little Dancin Man!!

 Ehtan loved his water with a splash of cherry!  Yumm Yumm!

 "Just checkin to make sure there is still water out there!"

 MiMi Time

 All this dancing is making me tired!!

St. Kitts

Ethan got to pet a Monkey on the beach

John and I would bet this was the highlight of Ethan's trip :-)

It was super cute!!

 Beautiful Island! 

We loved the calm waters and beautiful landscape of St.Kitts.

Ethan loved the live music on board.

 When the singers would stop inbetween songs he would run up to them and say "more please". 

It was hysterical.

This boat was a dream come true for a boy who loves stairs!

 I can't get enough kisses!!!

 Yummmy...a sip of Mommy's pop!

 "Yep, I had fun....I think I'll come back someday."

Love Ethan