Birthday Weekend in Myrtle Beach

May 2009- For my 22nd birthday Pat surprised me with a weekend trip to Myrtle Beach. Because of our schedules we really haven’t gotten to see each other very often, so the timing worked out perfectly. We had such a great time. One night for dinner we went to Medieval Times. I had never been and Pat had not been since he was in grade school. We sure had a lot of fun. We also went to Landry’s (our restaurant!), an underwater exhibit, the Planet Hollywood (it was Pat’s first time), walked all along the boardwalk, went to the beach and did a lot of shopping. It was such a great, relaxing weekend- and a very needed weekend!

Our Trip tp D.C.

Back in March Pat and I went on a little weekend getaway to Washington D.C. We had such a great time seeing all the sights and attractions. We went the last weekend in March which wasn’t quite Cherry Blossom Season; however, we got lucky and there were quite a few!

CATCHING UP...

I can not believe how long it has been since I’ve been on here. Pat and I both have been going non stop the past couple of months working 12-14hour days. From about March- June Pat had to do what the Navy calls “work ups” to prepare for them to go out to sea. The work- ups are the worst part; he had to stay on the ship for a week, would get to come home for a night or two then back on the ship again for another week. It was horrible; we really didn’t get to see each other very much at all. I am very proud of him; he was just promoted to Reactor Training and he really likes it. It’s a lot more work but it’s a lot more challenging, therefore the perfect job for him. Just this morning Pat took the E6 Exam, so we will find out in about two months if he made it or not!

I have been swamped with school and work. I graduated from massage school back in May and am currently about to take the State Board in the next week or two. I was going to school from 8:30am- 12pm, then straight to work until 8pm five days a week then working three weekends a month on top of that! I’m so thankful to finally be finished with school. I am now working 5 days a week and feel like I have too much free time.

Last Sunday Belle had her puppies, 3 boys and 2 girls!!! She was a week early. We woke up Sunday morning and she had already given birth to 3 of her puppies. She sleeps in a cage right beside our bed and she didn’t even make a sound! She’s such a trooper. We did get to see the last 2 puppy’s birth, which was absolutely amazing (but I’m not going to lie- pretty gross too!). We lost the runt on Tuesday. It was horrible. She was only 2oz and all the others were between 4.5 and 6oz. We did everything we possibly could but she just wasn’t strong enough. It has been such an amazing experience watching these puppies grow day by day. Neither Pat nor I had a dog growing up who had puppies, so we have been reading book after book trying to learn as much as we possibly can. I feel like the obsessive mother who calls the doctors every time her baby hiccups, but I’d rather be safe than sorry.

I’ll post some pictures of the last couple of months to catch y’all up…


Back in February it snowed for a few days. This was Cooper’s first time seeing snow…

Animare AVEDA

Here are some pictures of the spa that I work at...


http://animaresalonspa.com/

It's hard to see but it says "Animare" on the waterfall

The salon...

The entrance to the spa...

My room!!!

Our break room...

Thanksgiving 2008

This year for Thanksgiving Sophie came and stayed with Pat and me for almost 2weeks waiting for her apartment to be ready in NYC. We had such a good time. This was her first time to come visit us in our new place. She finally got to see where I work and meet all my friends up here. She came in for a facial, we went shopping and had many good talks. She just got her own apartment with a friend of hers in Manhattan which I'm so happy about- now we have a place to stay when we go visit her and it's only a 6hour drive!

Our First Anniversary

For our one year anniversary Pat and I went on a cruise to the Bahamas. We had soooo much fun! The cruise departed from Charleston, so we went down a couple days early and stayed in Charleston for the weekend. The cruise left on Monday, October 20th (our actual anniversary date) and was a 5 day cruise. We were out to sea for 2 days then docked in Freeport for a day. Freeport was nice, but we weren't too crazy about it. We went shopping then went to one of the hotel's beaches for the rest of our time there. The next day we docked in Nassau for the day. Pat and I went to Atlantis and bought a day pass for the day. We LOVED Atlantis! It was the most beautiful hotel either one of us has ever seen- and massive! We spent the day discovering the hotel and at the hotel's waterpark (which was insane!). Atlantis is definitely a place we want to go back too- maybe for our 5 or 10yr anniversary. If y'all have never been it is definitely a place that we would highly recommend- especially if you have kids, there's sooo much to do for them.

CHARLESTON...
















Our ship- Carnival Victory










Part of The Notebook was filmed here:)

INSIDE OUR SHIP...


The lobby






Dancing room


Casino




Our room


At the pool




Our first night at dinner






My handsome hubby of one year!


Pat thinks I shop too much...




Pat in his Heaven (w/a beer and cigar)


Pat surprised me at dinner one night with a cake- he had all the waiters around us sing to us and they caused a really big scene- it was quite embarrassing, very sweet, but embarrassing










Our last night at dinner all the servers danced for everyone. it was hilarious!




FREEPORT...
























ATLANTIS...
















It's a sting ray!
























The shark tunnel...


This was literally the scariest moment of my life...This was a lazy river type- of ride but you're surrounded by this massive aquarium on all 4 sides filled with over 30 sharks and tons of huge sting rays- and the only thing protecting you from the sharks was glass!








Finally it's over!!!