Freedom of the Seas Day 2

9/22/08

Day Two

Let's see...I guess the day starts with Chase waking up at 5:30am and ready to go...I convinced Mike to take him somewhere, anywhere...they went up to the deck to watch the crew set up for the day. Emmie was up at 7am and we were off to Windjammer's Cafe for some grab and go breakfast...back to the room for swimsuits, sunscreen and Chase's water wrap. We stopped in at the Spa to make me an appointment and we let them upsell us to the hot stone 75min. massage for the next day at 12:30 (when hopefully both babies would be asleep!) The pool for kids is really only about 6 inches deep and it filled with lots of fun sculptures that spray water and soak you...Emmie and Mike went off to explore and Chase and I hung out watching...half way through we switched. At the end of my adventure with Emmie we ended up in the jacuzzi and she loved it (so did I!) and then we found the ice cream server right on the deck. I had Emmie take Mike back to the jacuzzi while I stayed with Chase and there was a super nice older couple from Peru that played with Chase for a bit, the woman had him hysterically giggling and handed him back when he had had enough. Back to the room and we all took a 3 hour nap.

When we woke up we went for some lunch and walked around the ship--it was so windy! We found out that there had just been a hurricane on Puerto Rico (where we were headed) and that we might have to skip that port. We found Gino and Heather (DWC) and got to chat for a little bit on the deck...feeling bad that we don't see them at dinner, but they would be be sorry if we were actually AT dinner with our kiddos that late. We made it back to the room and Emmie and I left Daddy and Chase for a quick nap before our first formal night in the dining room. We walked the Promenade and Emmie got a fun World Kids CD and a mermaid doll.

That night was a formal night so we all dressed up--Mike in a suit, me in a dress, Chase in khakis and a dress shirt and Emmie in her giraffe dress and matching hat. Chase's most difficult time of the day is dinner...he can't eat, he's bored and over tired. Emmie made friends with all of the wait staff and we all came back to the room to crash. Our room attendent has made us a cute towel bird who was wearing Mike's glasses and holding one of Emmie's toys.