Last night we had 17 week appointment. We had heard earlier in the day that a couple that is due two days before us found out what they are having, so we sort of got our hopes up. The doctor had setup the appointment right when we found out we were pregnant for August 15th, so it was sort of assumed that we wouldn't find out anything earlier, but you never know. Anyhow, three more weeks.
Today starts the festivities of the weekend. Vanessa and Carlos' wedding is tomorrow. We have rehearsal tonight and dinner, then the big day tomorrow. Jamie and Valado fly in tomorrow and are staying at our house. Should be a good time.
I'm also excited because Katie and Mike got engaged this week. AND Kate got a teaching job. So big week for them as well. I love big weeks for friends!!! YAY!!!
Belize
Okay, so we're back from Belize and rested up! What a trip. We dubbed it the babymoon seeing as it may be the last international trip for a while. We had a great time. It didn't take very long to get there. We flew out of LA and it was 3 hours to Houston and then 2 more hours to Belize. We flew into Belizian City and immediately took a taxi to the harbor. From there we took a water taxi to San Pedro. 
San Pedro is a small town on the island of Ambergis Caye. It was warm and humid, but nothing unbearable. The water taxi took about an hour and a half but was really good to see some of the other islands along the way. Once we got to the island we took a taxi to our resort. Our resort was beautiful. It was very tropical and intimate. There were a bunch of bungalows of sorts and we totally got the best one in the place. We were right on the beach with a large deck looking out to the water with a nice hammock. Once we settled in, we immediately walked down the beach for a bite to eat. After that it was right into the water. We swam, and rested in the afternoon. We had heard about a couple bands in town that night so for dinner we walked maybe less than a quarter mile down the beach to a restaurant/bar called Road Kill. 
Probably not the best name for dinner, but the atmosphere was great. There we listened to some folksy music and ate Belizian BBQ. After dinner we walked across the street to Crazy Canuks and had a drink(well orange fanta for me) and listened to some Punta music. The group was a couple young kids maybe 16-18 and they were really good. It was more like reggae music. They were really good. One of the kids brought their baby pharrat which was funny because I pet it and it bit my finger. Of course it was just a baby, so it didn't hurt, but funny. We called it a night after that.
The next day we woke up and were off to the snorkling with Sharks and Sting rays. The guide was really good and was able to have Craig hold both a shark and a big sting ray. The great part of our resort is that it had a great dock which different tours we went on were able to pick us up straight from our dock. We rode bikes into town and hung out by the pool the rest of the afternoon. Right before sun down we walked up the road to a lagoon where we heard these kids feed crocodiles. It was insane, but they really do feed the crocodile with a whole chicken on the end of a rope.
There was a group hanging around. I chose to stay as far back as possible, but Craig went in for a closer look. We walked back down into town and had dinner and called it early again.
The next day we slept in and spent the good part of the morning by the pool and relaxing, and at lunch we rented the golf cart and drove into town and to the north side of the island. We met a guy named James Brown earlier in the week and he had mentioned that he could help us book any tours we wanted to take, so we went to see James Bown about Cave Tubing/Mayan Ruin tour on the main land. We booked it for the following day and booked a Sunset cruise for that night. The sunset cruise was amazing. It was a Catamaran and there were only 6 of us on the cruise. It was a all you can drink boat that sailed out to the shark reef. It was so peaceful and beautiful. Wonderful trip! Once we got back to our resort we found out that they had to cancel the cave tubing for the next day, but the following day could do it.
We woke up the next morning and Craig talked to the resort peeps and were able to get us on a snorkling boat to Mexico Rocks. Our captain, Herman, from the sunset cruise picked us up and was our guide on this snorkle boat. We saw beautiful coral and fish. He also took us to the only known shipwreck in Belize. Craig dove all through it which was fun. We also saw a giant star fish on that excursion. During the afternoon we rode the bikes into town to have lunch and look at some souvenirs. Craig found a hat and I found a painting. The rest of the day was relaxing, napping.
The next morning was an early one. We were up and out the door by 6:30 and off to the airport. Along with 7 other people we took off for the mainland on an adventure. We flew into Belize City and piled in a van where our guide drove us to the Mayan Ruins of Xanatunich. It was about 2 hours away. There is only one road in and out of the town through Belize so our guide pointed out all kinds of landmarks, cities, history. We stopped in the town St. Ignacia which is right on the Guatemala border right before the ruins. We got some fruit from a stand and some munchies. We had another guide meet us at the ruins and take us through it. It was amazing and incredible how much is still not excavated because of lack of funding. After that, our main guide, Daniel, brought us a traditional Belizian lunch. We ate and chatted, and then were off to Cave Tubing. We pulled up to the tubing grounds and gathered our head lamps and tubes. I had it easy, Craig carried my tube the whole way up to the caves. It wasn't strenuous or anything, but it did start to rain a bit. When we first got there, the water was clear and blue. By the time we got to the top, the rain had started to darken the water. This was fine because we were spending most the time in a pitch dark cave. We got in the water and were on our way. We were in the cave for about 15 minutes in the pitch dark. We did have our head lamps but it was pretty crazy seeing all the stalagmites and stalactite. It was about 2 hour adventure. It was incredible. From there, we piled back in the van and headed back to the airport and back to San Pedro. It was our last night, or what we had thought was our last night in Belize, so we enjoyed a good dinner and had a good night sleep.
We packed up the next morning, and took the water taxi back to the mainland. We got to the airport with about an hour till we departed. Little did we know that 6 hours later, and no communication from the airline that our flight was cancelled. They ended up booking us on a flight the next morning and put us up in a "hotel." I actually think it was more of a Hostel run by a Chinese family. It was pretty ghetto, but we just wanted to get some dinner and go to bed. The best part about that place is that when I got into bed, we were greeted by a giant lizard. Craig, my hero, escorted our unwanted guest out the room and we laughed ourselves to sleep on the crazy day. The next day we got on the first flight out and were upgraded to first class which was fun. We got home Sunday night, just in time for work the next day! All in all a great trip!!!
Till next time!
Alli
San Pedro is a small town on the island of Ambergis Caye. It was warm and humid, but nothing unbearable. The water taxi took about an hour and a half but was really good to see some of the other islands along the way. Once we got to the island we took a taxi to our resort. Our resort was beautiful. It was very tropical and intimate. There were a bunch of bungalows of sorts and we totally got the best one in the place. We were right on the beach with a large deck looking out to the water with a nice hammock. Once we settled in, we immediately walked down the beach for a bite to eat. After that it was right into the water. We swam, and rested in the afternoon. We had heard about a couple bands in town that night so for dinner we walked maybe less than a quarter mile down the beach to a restaurant/bar called Road Kill. 
Probably not the best name for dinner, but the atmosphere was great. There we listened to some folksy music and ate Belizian BBQ. After dinner we walked across the street to Crazy Canuks and had a drink(well orange fanta for me) and listened to some Punta music. The group was a couple young kids maybe 16-18 and they were really good. It was more like reggae music. They were really good. One of the kids brought their baby pharrat which was funny because I pet it and it bit my finger. Of course it was just a baby, so it didn't hurt, but funny. We called it a night after that.The next day we woke up and were off to the snorkling with Sharks and Sting rays. The guide was really good and was able to have Craig hold both a shark and a big sting ray. The great part of our resort is that it had a great dock which different tours we went on were able to pick us up straight from our dock. We rode bikes into town and hung out by the pool the rest of the afternoon. Right before sun down we walked up the road to a lagoon where we heard these kids feed crocodiles. It was insane, but they really do feed the crocodile with a whole chicken on the end of a rope.
There was a group hanging around. I chose to stay as far back as possible, but Craig went in for a closer look. We walked back down into town and had dinner and called it early again.The next day we slept in and spent the good part of the morning by the pool and relaxing, and at lunch we rented the golf cart and drove into town and to the north side of the island. We met a guy named James Brown earlier in the week and he had mentioned that he could help us book any tours we wanted to take, so we went to see James Bown about Cave Tubing/Mayan Ruin tour on the main land. We booked it for the following day and booked a Sunset cruise for that night. The sunset cruise was amazing. It was a Catamaran and there were only 6 of us on the cruise. It was a all you can drink boat that sailed out to the shark reef. It was so peaceful and beautiful. Wonderful trip! Once we got back to our resort we found out that they had to cancel the cave tubing for the next day, but the following day could do it.
We woke up the next morning and Craig talked to the resort peeps and were able to get us on a snorkling boat to Mexico Rocks. Our captain, Herman, from the sunset cruise picked us up and was our guide on this snorkle boat. We saw beautiful coral and fish. He also took us to the only known shipwreck in Belize. Craig dove all through it which was fun. We also saw a giant star fish on that excursion. During the afternoon we rode the bikes into town to have lunch and look at some souvenirs. Craig found a hat and I found a painting. The rest of the day was relaxing, napping.
The next morning was an early one. We were up and out the door by 6:30 and off to the airport. Along with 7 other people we took off for the mainland on an adventure. We flew into Belize City and piled in a van where our guide drove us to the Mayan Ruins of Xanatunich. It was about 2 hours away. There is only one road in and out of the town through Belize so our guide pointed out all kinds of landmarks, cities, history. We stopped in the town St. Ignacia which is right on the Guatemala border right before the ruins. We got some fruit from a stand and some munchies. We had another guide meet us at the ruins and take us through it. It was amazing and incredible how much is still not excavated because of lack of funding. After that, our main guide, Daniel, brought us a traditional Belizian lunch. We ate and chatted, and then were off to Cave Tubing. We pulled up to the tubing grounds and gathered our head lamps and tubes. I had it easy, Craig carried my tube the whole way up to the caves. It wasn't strenuous or anything, but it did start to rain a bit. When we first got there, the water was clear and blue. By the time we got to the top, the rain had started to darken the water. This was fine because we were spending most the time in a pitch dark cave. We got in the water and were on our way. We were in the cave for about 15 minutes in the pitch dark. We did have our head lamps but it was pretty crazy seeing all the stalagmites and stalactite. It was about 2 hour adventure. It was incredible. From there, we piled back in the van and headed back to the airport and back to San Pedro. It was our last night, or what we had thought was our last night in Belize, so we enjoyed a good dinner and had a good night sleep.
We packed up the next morning, and took the water taxi back to the mainland. We got to the airport with about an hour till we departed. Little did we know that 6 hours later, and no communication from the airline that our flight was cancelled. They ended up booking us on a flight the next morning and put us up in a "hotel." I actually think it was more of a Hostel run by a Chinese family. It was pretty ghetto, but we just wanted to get some dinner and go to bed. The best part about that place is that when I got into bed, we were greeted by a giant lizard. Craig, my hero, escorted our unwanted guest out the room and we laughed ourselves to sleep on the crazy day. The next day we got on the first flight out and were upgraded to first class which was fun. We got home Sunday night, just in time for work the next day! All in all a great trip!!!
Till next time!
Alli
Belizian Babymoon
We're back from Belize. I promise to update this with pictures and adventure stories soon. We're pretty wiped out.
