things i have learned while cruising.

1. pregnant people cannot sink. which in turn making trying to go underwater while snorkeling impossible.

2. charging to your room makes you have no idea how much money you have spent. i am now not going to be able to go shopping ever again.

3. monsoons can happen at any moment-- make sure you have the proper shoes on, as taking them off and running through the streets to find shelter can leave your feet permanently black and gross.

4. baby clothes are still fun to buy even in mexico.

5. stingrays are gross- i'm actually pretending to hold it here. =) 6. some old ladies can eat as much as levi, which is impressive- we're talking 2 main courses, 3 appetizers, and 2 desserts.

7. along with that, eating dinner with two 75 year old couples is hilarious. nothing is good enough-- food is gross, those people are too loud, no entertainment. smile and nod.... smile and nod.

8. formal pictures are outrageously expensive. but i paid for them anyways. sucker.


9. underwater scooter snorkeling has got to be one of the best inventions ever. whoever says it's for lazy snorkelers simply has not tried it.

yes, it is awesome.

10. thong swimsuits and speedos are still sexy.

11. pineapple banana smoothies are the most delicious drinks in the entire world.

12. sometimes you can buy fabulous t-shirts and baby clothes, but they can disappear someplace between the store-taxi-margaritaville-taxi-ship.

13. your husband can still be hit on by the masseuse giving him his massage. apparently he is wanted to go visit this lovely girl's farm back in south africa. =)

14. i refuse to go into any store, where the workers are standing outside trying to hustle you inside. no freaking way, not even if i wanted to go in, i'll find it some place else.

all in all, i would say that our trip was a success, now onto school-- 9 days left!!

details...

Well, as most of us know from facebook, we are having a BOY! and I will admit I was not so thrilled and excited, it took me a little while to be able to think that boy clothes would be fun to buy since my gigantic flower headbands are no longer applicable here lol. but i spent some quality time at babysrus to get excited while levi was taking his exam and i bought some very very cute summer clothes for $1.50 each! Soo, boys may not have the selection that the girls do, however they are pretty stinking cute still i guess. and ours will be for sure, no question about that, he's going to be the best dressed little man around.

and as even better news, we are leaving TODAY!! we are all packed and just emptying the house and we should be off on our new adventure of the high seas at 11:00! We fly into Miami at like 11:30 tonight, and then we are going to board tomorrow at like 2:00. It should be preeetty great!

we will post lots of pictures when we get back, ahola for now!!

cayman islands, where we shall be on monday! yes yes, you can be jealous! =))

craigs list.

So I have decided today that I wanted to get some money without working, lol and lo and below did I know that I had over 10 purses that I do not use, but are worth some serious cash? Nooo.... So i took pictures of them and put them on craigslist for people to buy. I'm not sure if I will get any of them to sell, but if you would like to contribute to "melissa's baby clothes fund" I would really appreciate it! they would make great christmas presents! or yourself presents! =)

here are some pictures of them:
Guess- $25.00
coach- $40.00

louis vuitton- $50.00

Linnea Pelle- $90.00

Nine West- $20.00
Zebra- $20.00

Brown Leather- $20.00

American Eagle- $15.00

If you like any of them, I will be willing to negotiate the price! Help me buy cute child clothes! =)

cruise shopping baby.

so we went shopping for our cruise today. =) and it was fabulous. we originally started because my husband has no nice dress clothes for our nice dinners, so we went to burlington coat factory, which btw is the best place to buy dress clothes for boys. it's so cheap and nice at the same time.

so we got him 3 pairs of dress pants, two shirts and ties and one pair of dark brown shoes for all under $150 bucks! which may sound like a lot, but i will tell you that the last time he bought khakis, he spent $75.00 on them, and today we got them for $22.99. he even admited that my shopping skills came in handy today because we got some good stuff waaay cheaper than he would have bought them.

i would put pictures on here-- but who really wanted to look at boy clothes? actually, i don't know if anyone wants to look at my clothes, but thats ok. =)

as for me, i just got some shoes. of course. but they are just what i need.=) i've been shopping over the last couple months for this big event!
yes, they are gold and sparkly. levi thinks they look ridiculous. but i don't care. do i ever? but don't you think they would dress up a fabulous outfit for our special dinners?? =)

lets see what else have i gotten?
i got these-- and a red pair too. you can never have too many sunglasses especially coach ones. =)

oohh and my new flip flops. if you do not have rainbow flipflops, i highly highly suggest you invest in some. my brown ones have lasted my like 2 years! these were on sale when i bought them a couple months ago for 30 bucks instead of 50! yeah yeah yeah! and plus, the green is so fun. i love them.

swimsuits:



$7.99 each at target!! too bad i still don't look pregnant, but thats ok i guess. i can just pretend with these swim suits =)

i did get a fabulous maxi dress, but i can't find a good picture of it online. but i'm sure you will see a picture of it soon. =)

5 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

poop.

as i should be studying for my two tests i need to take by tuesday, i am blogging. oops.

but we have narrowed our baby names down! since we find out in less than 2 weeks what the little babe is, i have been cracking on the name searching. (i got an app on my ipod hehe) but here they are:

Girls:
1. brielle shae lowry
2. zoey noelle lowry
3. berkeley noelle lowry

Boys:
1. zachary mark lowry
2. jackson taylor lowry

doesn't our child just sound so attractive? i know i know we're so good. comments?

best day ever.

Ugh.
This is the word that most describes my day. Ugh.
Let me explain-- first, i woke up and came down for breakfast when I found out that our sink was not draining, which it was doing yesterday and for some reason is not doing right now. it's pretty gross actually.

then, i went to get ready for school and go to cognitive development and when i got in the car, it didn't turn on, and made this grotesque sound when i was trying to turn it. levi was already at work, so i had to call my dad and he said because it reset all of the stuff in my car, that the battery was probably totally dead. so we need to go to costco, buy a new battery so we can drive it to a shop so they can fix it, because if we just jump it, we risk it dying when we're driving which would suck worse. so then i didn't get to go to class, cuz i would be late because you can only sign the attendance roll in the first couple minutes of class and i would be late having to walk there. so i got up at 8:00 to go to work at 12:00. awesomeness.

and then i had to teach today all by myself because shavon was doing parent teacher conferences. well, not all by myself, cuz libbi and casi were there but i was in charge. and all was going somewhat smoothly until recess and when they all come back in they go crazy. then we had to do this ridiculous flashlight dance, where i move a turned on flashlight and they're supposed to move like that. it was working well until they wanted to be in partners and all wanted to be partners with boys, of which there are less than there are girls, or with this one girl, who is mean to all of them but they all love her for some weird reason. and then our favorite little devil child ethan, decided to trip hugh, who in turn started screaming when he fell so libbi took ethan, casi took hugh and i was left with the rest of the children, who were dancing in partners, but then we stopped but the music was still on, and anne (the director of the preschool and kindergarten) came in and was like "what is going on in here?" haha awkward. and then said "we should move on to another activity". haha siggh. i love teaching. in my defense, it was time for parents to pick them up so it was a little chaotic as it always is. but still it was crazy. stupid flashlight dance.

all in all, this has been a wonderful day. i want to eat something delicious, which will be my chili and cornbread which will be ready in about 25 minutes.