2 MONTHS!!!

A few days before Thanksgiving Ethan and I were trying to get some work done...thank goodness for the sling!

Grandpa Schaffer holding Ethan after Thanksgiving dinner.
Cousin Courtney cuddling with baby Ethan!
After eating Thanksgiving dinner at the Schaffers' we headed over to the O'Malleys for another delicious dinner!! Here is papa o'malley with Ethan.

Here is my Grandpa & Grandma Dreiske. My grandpa planned a HUGE surprise for my grandma's 60th birthday. He invited around 60+ people on a Caribbean cruise for a week! So that's where we were from December 1st to the 8th!
Here we are having dinner after boarding the ship in San Juan. After spending most of the day on an airplane and at the various airports we got a little bit silly!
My sister and I on the deck as we departed San Juan.
Here is a group shot of some of the family.

Anne at the market in St.Lucia.
Ryan and the cigar man. Haha!
My sister and I at a different section of the market.
We missed Ethan TREMENDOUSLY!!
Check out that pirate ship!!

Here is a scenic view of where our ship was docked in Barbados.
My dad, sister, and I on the first formal night.
Awww **KISS*KISS**!!!!
A picture under the beautiful stars!
Ryan and I in Antigua...behind us you can see where our ship was docked.
Don't let him fool you...he's really not a tough guy!
St.Thomas!!
Here's my dad and Logan taking a swim.



The cruise was quite the experience! It was extremely beautiful...but very hard to enjoy because we missed our little man SOOOO MUCH! It was great to finally meet all of our family...we love and miss you all!!!!

While we were on the cruise Cindy & Joe, and also my Aunt Char took the huge responsibility of watching our baby. They did such a wonderful job and we are very grateful to have such fantastic family. When we got back into the twin cities there was one thing on our mind....seeing Ethan!! Oh my goodness, we could not believe how big he got in that one week! I was so nervous that he would forget us...thankfully that was not the case at all. He was a little mad at first, wouldn't look at me in the eyes...but he soon got over that. My other fear was that he would forget how to nurse after getting so many bottles while we were gone. That was definitely not a problem either...I was so happy to nurse him and not have to use that stupid breast pump anymore...uhh!