At Sea

Tuesday and Wednesday we were at sea - meaning we didn't get off the ship at all.  We started Tuesday off at the Character Breakfast.  Aiden didn't really react to the characters - he would just stare and stare..haha.

My family came late so we got a shot with Goofy with the Lund girls and Dane.

Aiden and Tess are almost exactly a month apart.  I am so mad I didn't get a better shot of them together :(

The fam with Minnie Mouse!

The fam with Pluto!

While I wasn't looking Aiden stole my pineapple!

It was a little tangy..ha.

The waiter made us bows out of the napkins :)

Later we met the Princesses.  Grandma got Aiden some Mickey ears for the big occasion ;)

Belle.  I think this picture is totally awkward because Belle was hitting on my boys ;)  But really, she has her back turned to me!  What the?!

Cute one with Snow White :)

GG (my grandma wants the great grandkids to call her that) brought down an autograph book for Aiden.

Ariel.

It was formal attire for dinner that evening.  Our little family all dressed up.

After dinner we put our sweats on (it was cold!) and Aiden in his pajamas and chit chatted in my sisters' room with some of the cousins.  We were always the first ones to head out because we had to get Aiden to bed.

Aiden and Daddy on the way back to our room.

I love how Aiden grabs onto Trent's head..haha.

Did I mention that all of the family was on level 2 and we were on level SIX (except my grandma and the Jensen's who had a fancy suite on level 8)??  And we were on the complete opposite side of the ship??  That was a little annoying!  It was good though to have our own space so that we could keep Aiden relatively on his routine.

They are just so cute!

Although we were still at sea Wednesday, it was a special day because the cruise ship wound its way through the Tracy Arm Fjord.  It is located in the Tongass National Forest and is about 45 miles south of Juneau.  We all bundled up and went out on deck to check out the icebergs and glacier.

Making our way through the fjord.

The glacier!

We learned that the glacier is that blue color - "glacial blue" - due to the microscopic sediment or glacial flour.

Aiden looked even more chubby in all of his warm clothes :)

Since I didn't get any pictures with the cousins, I "borrowed" this picture from Jill.

Closer look at the glacier.

Inside to warm up a bit.

Thankfully Jen brought a whole box of hand-me-downs down from Salt Lake (from the 4 boys she nannied) because we didn't have any long sleeves for Aiden for this trip.  We found this little treasure in the box - Aiden's very own little Patagonia coat :)

I'm bummed because I didn't get a picture of all of the seals hanging out on the icebergs.

Once the ship turned around to make its way out of the fjord we headed back inside.  They were watching "The Lorax" on TV.

Got this picture from Jen and Jill's room.  They had a window.  We were a little jealous.

Aiden just playing.

I love that he always has his little ankles crossed.

Everyone loved the whale on his bum :)   

Later that evening we left Aiden with my mom and went to "The Comedy & Ventriloquism of Michael Harrison."  He actually appeared on "America's Got Talent" in 2008 and finished as a finalist.  He was fantastic!  It takes a lot to make me laugh, but he had me laughing, maybe for different reasons than the rest of the audience, but still!  I would totally tell anyone to go see him :)  Definitely check out some of his YouTube videos.

This was one of his acts:

Stay tuned for my next blog post from Alaska :)

Aiden's First Plane Ride

We got back Monday evening from a wonderful week long Disney cruise to Alaska with my mom's side of the family.  I took about 200 pictures so I thought I'd break the trip into a few different blog posts (and I still won't post all of my pics - don't worry!).

The cruise ship departed from Seattle so we flew there Sunday the 29th and spent the night there.  This was Aiden's first plane ride and I was very curious as to how he would react.  2 days before we left (Friday) Aiden woke up from a nap crying and crying.  This had never happened before and I couldn't get him to stop :(  I tried giving him some solids thinking maybe he was hungry, but he was eating and still crying.  We knew he was starting to get a top tooth, but he had been fine until this point.  I pulled out the Orajel for the first time and put some on and within about 5 minutes he was his happy little self again.  This definitely made me nervous about traveling with Aiden, but luckily I knew that the Orajel worked.

And Aiden did fabulously on the plane.  I don't think he cried at all. Everyone is always very impressed with him :)

Waiting to board our plane.

Watching the action out the window.  We flew with my parents, Jen, and Amber.

On the plane before take-off.  Everything was so interesting to Aiden.

He got so excited as the plane sped down the runway!

We gave him his bottle as the plane lifted off and he zonked...but only for about 15 minutes..ha.

He was passed around a lot.

It was nice to have so much help :)

We made it to the airport and waited about a half hour for Jill.  We got to see the Clark's and Gram as well while they were waiting for Thane and Shelby.

Then we were off to our hotel.  Aiden was so happy to be able to finally do his own thing.  I think he was sick of being held.

After dinner we explored downtown Seattle for a little bit.  It sure is beautiful!

I loved all of the plants and flowers everywhere :)

The Gum Wall under Pike Place Market.  Kind of gross if you ask me.

I looked it up on Wikipedia and found out that it "was named one of the top 5 germiest tourist attractions in 2009."

Aiden wasn't too interested.

Our little family.

We checked out The Blue Trees - meant to draw attention to deforestation.  You can read more about them here.

Aiden was over the picture taking...

or maybe just fascinated by the trees.

So I tried to trick him and turned the other way, but he still didn't look!

The next day, Monday morning, before we left to get on the ship, Trent and I walked down to a drugstore to grab some things we forgot.  I had to get a picture of these window washers.  What a crazy job!

We boarded the Disney Wonder around 1:30 and had lunch, settled into our little room, and had the safety drill.  The ship departed Seattle at 5. There was a big party going on on the top deck, but Aiden was napping so we missed it.  The cruise was definitely different this time around (we went on a Disney cruise back when I was in middle school) with a baby.

Me and my buddy :)

At dinner that evening Aiden learned how to drink through a straw!  He probably could have done it earlier, but we never thought to try.  Every night at dinner there would be a glass with a lid and straw labeled "Aiden."

We went to the "Welcome Aboard: Let the Magic Begin!" show after dinner and caught up with some family before we headed to bed.

Stay tuned for my next post aboard the Disney Wonder :)