Getting ready for the cruise

Well our big family vacation is fast approaching, we leave for Florida a week from Friday and the ship sails a week from Saturday!!!!

I am excited for the weather but still stressed about packing, and how izzy is going to deal. With all the bedtime struggles we are having I can only imagine what is going to happen in that tiny closet of a room on the ship........the bonus though is Nana and Grandpa will be just across the hall and have already stated they plan on doing some babysitting at night. We will be packing the monitor!

Since our cruise has 2 formal nights and 2 smart casual nights I got to do a little dress shopping for miss izzy. I found the prettiest black/white and red dress for her I am so excited. Now we have to purchase some dress shoes, she has none. Even though this cruise is "free" (parents paid for actual cruise, we had airfare and extras on ship) it is going to end up costing us lots of money in new clothes :) DH bought some needed dress pants. I am going to bring 2 dresses i already have, neither of them are really "formal" but in my opinion good enough, i am not buying a formal dress for myself to wear once and never have chance to wear again....I would like to find a cute pair of pants or a skirt to wear with some cute tops i have for the smart casual nights but so far i have struck out. I have never been the most fashion forward so I struggle sometimes in taht department.

I am a bit stressed about packing, with all the extra dress clothes for dinner and stuff to keep izzy busy I think it will be a bit of a challenge to back reasonably...

I am also going to head to target or toy store in next couple days to buy a few new books/little toys to try to entertain busy izzy....thank god for portable dvd players i think that will be our most powerful weapon on teh plane and even at nigth time in the room.

I am excited about the weather, should be in the mid 80's in all the island stops...i am really looking forward to being able to relax at least one afternoon by the pool with my book while someone else chases around the kiddo!

Lets hope all goes well.