Ok, I did it! I updated my very first post in this thread with all of the DISers that have posted and their families that they have listed. I will try to keep the first post in our thread updated with all of the info that I can.
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. Personally, being a December baby myself, I think it is cruel to have your child at this time of the year (you always get that birthday/Christmas gift when your a kid
). Then I became a labor and delivery nurse and realized that 95% of babies are NEVER planned, so the time of the year that they are born is just luck of the draw, right?
I already have a "things to purchase list" started, but not quite as long as last cruises. I found we didn't use nearly half of the things we packed.
With all the kids that will be on this trip maybe we can do something along the lines of secret santa, etc... I love to plan events, parties, fun things to do (a little OCD, right
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.Personally, being a December baby myself, I think it is cruel to have your child at this time of the year (you always get that birthday/Christmas gift when your a kid
Being a Christmas bday girl can be tough, but I have to say my parents did a great job trying to make it a separate event. Apparently they started making threats pretty early in my life and no one ever tried to even wrap the bday presents in Christmas paper. The bonus is, you always had all your family show up right on your bday to celebrate with you. 
. I gave it back to her and told her to present it to me as my "Christmas" gift and I would gladly accept it! She knows how I feel on the subject, hence the gift . What a friend, right? 
when I told her I was talking to people who would be on the cruise and she could email girls her age and make friends before we go. If there's anyone out there with a girl who will be about 8 when we sail, Audrey would love to have a pen pal. (FYI: I monitor all email too)
I saw the same thing, and was considering getting a few things to add to all the kids "stockings" on the cruise.
Emily will be 7 on the cruise. She's still pretty new to email (and reading for that matter), but if no one else comes forward that is closer to Audrey's age, I'm sure that Emily would love to chat with her!!!My daughter just about fell over with excitement
Shirley
I most certainly can!! For sure I know about my anniversary, Diana's birthday, Shannon's birthday, and Shirley's DH's birthday. I know the dates of everyone but Shannon's birthday.Amy - do you think you could add "celebrations" to the Who's Cruising list on the first post? That way we can keep up with who is celebrating what (birthdays, anniversaries, etc.) ... I know I would like to know so that when I'm planning my fish-extender goodies that I'll be sure to pack some Santa Socks for Shannon
That was me!! Let me get done with some of this holiday stuff, and then I'll see if I can put together a "prototype" to see how it looks.
(the one I celebrate in my mind is June 14th with a Pina Colada on the beach and not a holiday in sight, Ha!Ha!). ; my birthday would NOT feel complete without getting a few pair of those . Oriental trading is great idea for secret Santa stocking stuffers!! Morgan gets that catalog every month in the mail and she LOVES the little things in it starting Halloween time! We have ordered from them quite a bit actually. Hobby Lobby is starting to have more and more little crafty things each year that could pass as stocking stuffers also! is going to have playmates too! She will be 4 at the time of the cruise and will be able to play with your girls, Diana! Last cruise she was only 2 and didn't get to do anything so she just hung out with boring ol' mommy and daddy.
I can understand that! My actual birthday is July 18th, but I always wished that it was during the school year when I was growing up, because I never got to spend it with friends, because we were always out for summer break.Amy- My biological birthday is December 14th
Oh, I think that all the kids will have plenty of friends to "hang-out" with, even the little ones. Since we're cruised a couple of times before together with Diana & Cindy (cgcw), all of our kids are good friends already. And, Melissa can hang out with Emma, Julia & Madison and I bet that they'll all have a good time on the cruise.I can't wait to see "the list" of all of the DISers. Mitchell will be excited to have boys his age on this cruise. The last cruise there were ZERO boys his age and he felt left out while Morgan e-mailed the girls before hand and hung out with them while on the cruise. Let me know as soon as we can the e-mailing started and these older kids can start getting to "know" each other.
And Melissa
