Well, the baby has now been to the Bahamas, though it obviously won't remember. Saharh and I just got back from Exuma or more precisely, Georgetown. If you haven't been, I highly recommend it. This is the fourth time Saharh and I have been to the Bahamas and this may have been the best trip yet. After a fairly tough week for Saharh, this trip was a great opportunity for her to sleep and being in the water for an hour was like days of physical therapy. The rest helped her recover from a lot of sciatic and muscle pain.
We were hosted by our friends and owners of Out Island Explorers (http://www.outislandexplorers.com/), Dallas and Tamara Knowles. Visiting them and their two sons (Joss and Emit) was the best part of the trip. A couple days into the trip, another couple (Joel and Ann) arrived with their three sons and they were fun to be around also. All in all, Saharh and I got exposed to five boys at various ages, so it was an interesting glimpse into what things might be like if we have a boy. (We believe we will.) We also can't leave out O'neil and Lindsey, with whom we shared a lot of laughs.
The weather was hot, but that made jumping in the water that much better. Saharh was followed around the ocean by a Barracuda...and she loved it...not. They are a rather creapy type of fish and tend to follow you around, hoping to scavenge whatever you may leave behind while spear fishing. I basically consider them the vultures of the ocean. Saharh did overcome her fear of the annoying critters and then she and Tamara proceeded to Wikipedia the fish just for fun. (That and Sea Urchins...don't ask which part is edible). I also managed to up my career total of speared lobster from one...to three. Staggering numbers, I know.
We can't get over how much we enjoyed being down there. The reason I titled this post the way I did is because we went there and just want to go back again. There were several memorable quotes that come to mind when we remember the trip:
"Backpacks?!"
"Mommy pretty" < Joss said this whenever he was in trouble.
"This looks like a picture of my mage dealing out some sweet crits."
"Mad cap gunman..."
"Go to bed!"
and I'm sure there were more.
All of this is part of the grand legacy we are getting ready to hand down to 'newburke'...actual name classified...because we haven't decided on one yet. For those of you who haven't been down, check out the outislandexplorers.com website. We'll take this opportunity to thank everyone we spent time with down there and tell all that we can't wait to see you again. The next time we'll be able to get down there, we will be three instead of two!
Week 15 and counting...
