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We came across another crazy that was worth documenting on Sunday.  We went to lunch at Carrabas to get out of the house for a bit. 
Of course everyone that passed by our table had to say something about the babies.  No biggie.  Its expected now. 
But, there was one crazy Bible banger that wouldn't leave.  She just stared at the boys and repeatedly said "God loves you, arent you precious.  God loves you, aren't you precious."  Over and over and over again. 
People are strange.

Our vacation. What? We took a vacation?

Hubs and I took a 5 day cruise to the Bahamas and Grand Turk on the Carnival Destiny. 

We drove down b/c we're cheap.  We got to Florida the night before departure and stayed at his aunt's house.  We rarely get to see her so we always stop by when we go to Florida (which we seem to do for every vacation.)

The next day we gather our belongings and head to the port of Miami so we could be baby and carefree for the week.   First we made a stop at Target to get some tea.  Carnival's beverage policy states that you cannot bring liquor on the ship, you can bring a bottle of wine or champagne per person but you have to check it, and you can bring a 6 pack on non-alcoholic beverages on per person.  So, we got our tea so we could swap it with alcohol.  We took far too much time getting the caps off without breaking the seal so our plan could be fool proof.  If only we knew how much of a waste that was. 

At check in we were behind a group that had to bring a dolly b/c they had so many sodas with them.  Cases of Mt. Dew, Pepsi, water, and other assorted goods.  I was shocked.  There wasn't anything like this on our Royal Caribbean cruise. 

We put our bag on the xray belt, walk through the metal detectors, and get on the ship with 4 tea bottles of liquor, a bottle of wine, and a bottle of champagne and no one said a single word. 

I would say this was the major plus of Carnival. 

The food was pretty good.  I would say the dinners were just as good as Royal Caribbean.  The breakfast buffet was pretty blah.  I usually had cereal. 
Sleeping quarters were like any other cruise I had been on.  Not the best, but good enough.  The bed was surprisingly comfortable. 
Drinks were incredibly expensive.  We spent the same amount on drinks on a 5 day cruise as we did on our 7 day-er with Royal Caribbean.  We didn't even drink that much from the ship since we brought our own alcohol.  I think they snag you with their cheap rates, then rob you blind with any extras. 
The service was pretty piss poor.  Most of the staff acted as if every little task was a total hassle.  We got a lot of eye rolls and mumbling. 
And don't even get me started on the other guests.  I've never seen so many rude people in one small space before.  And this is saying something considering I visit Walmart at least once a week. 

So, if we ever go on a cruise again it will not be Carnival.  Unless its free. I can't pass up a free cruise.

Last week was pretty much hell

We got back from our trip, not quite rested, and were very excited to see the boys.  My mom had informed us that they slept great while they were there so we thought we would easily get back into our old routine.  They weren't sleeping all the way through the night, but the rest was still decent. 

Then Monday came.  We were up countless times.  At one point we were up for a couple hours.  Repeat Tuesday, Wednesday, and on and on.  It was so much worse than when they were newborns.  At least we had some sort of adrenaline going at that point.  This time around we had nothing to fall back on but caffeine and that can only get you but so far. 

Its amazing what long term sleep deprivation can do to your brain.  I started resenting these boys big time.  I regretted the decision to have children.  I wanted to pawn them off on anyone and everyone.  I waited until I finally got some sleep to write this post because I was afraid of saying something I would horribly regret. 

I think the CIA could have used these two as a form of torture to get information out of locked lipped folks.  It was bad.  Very bad. 

Our best guess is that a new formula was the problem.  At least we hope we're correct b/c we went back to the old stuff yesterday and they went back to their old sleeping habits. 

Man, I suck at this blogging thing. AKA: The boys' first Thanksgiving

Not that they cared.  They slept right through it.  We set up their high chairs at the dining table, then they decided it was nap time.  Oh well, at least we were able to eat in peace.  For once.
Dinner was excellent.  It was just me, the hubs, my parents, and our boys(kind of).  Once the boys woke up we decided that they needed to partake in our feast so we gave them a taste of potatoes.  They were not impressed.  In fact, they started gagging and Grant puked 3 times that night. 
After dinner my parents left, hubs left to go hunting, and I was left alone with two screaming children.

The next day we packed for our cruise.  Our long awaited cruise where we would be able to get some sleep and some sun.