Carnival Fascination

We were so excited to get back to our ship and once we boarded, it fit like an old glove. The ship had just undergone a refurbishment in the month of January so we walked around admiring the fresh lipstick on our favorite floating pig. There was a serenity deck with two hot tubs that was for adults only. There was also a brand new water slide area that looked pretty fun too. We ate first (which is something that you just do; as if it was required by law to decend upon the buffet and gorge yourself right away). We tried to stay outside for as long as we could stand it, but with the wind, it was absolutely just too cold. We hoped that it would warm up the further south we sailed, but it really was never the case. It was cold the whole time.

(I brought a little puppy that the kids picked out for me to take pictures with during the cruise.)

We checked out our room and met our cabin steward. Of course, we requested a "seal" for the first night since it was necessary to reunite with Vadge asap. During the lifeboat drill, we acquired a barnacle - a creepy old dude with a pornographic tongue like you would not believe who was posting pictures of us up on Facebook in the first minute of meeting us. We weren't able to shake him loose until much later on in the evening and even still ended up on high-alert avoidance for the remainder of the trip. That night, we had a late dinner and came back to our room to crash. We found THIS at the foot of our beds:

Our beloved Vadge had a BABY! We were screaming! The steward was so proud of his "seal" baby too. He had no idea the happiness he brought to us that very first night - delivering us Vadge along with a baby one too. It was pure blissfulness. We were high on life and on our way to the Bahamas. With the exception of the barnacle, I don't think either one of us could have imagined a more perfect start to our cruise.