DAY 3: COZUMEL Monday 9-6pm

I set my alarm for 7:30am. However, Kendra was messaging me at 7:27 before it even went off and well...I was excited and couldn't sleep anyhow.

I got my crew up and we headed up to the buffet area for a quick breakfast. For some reason I wasn't really feeling this breakfast. The eggs were SUPER runny this morning, so I only took a spoonful and just couldn't stomach them. The bacon police was out in full force and I would give them the hand signal to "come on with it".

Can't forget these yummy "breakfast pastries". They hit the spot.

After breakfast we went to check out the sea and it was as calm as can be. The skies were sunny and it didn't look like it was going to thunderstorm today at all (even though the weather was still saying it was).

We headed back to the room to grab our things...but first Sakari left another friendship rock.

We were able to get off the ship at 9:15am and immediately started taking pictures.

It looked as if it had rained here in Cozumel already. Good, maybe it won't later today then.

We had previously been to this port at least once before. So not a new port location for us.

There's just so many photo ops at this port.

We finally made our way out of the winding maze of souvenir shops and out to the taxi area.

So we were ready to head to The Money Bar. You will find that complete review at the following link:

After spending some time at The Money Bar, we decided to head to Paradise Beach. To find that review click the following link:

After our beach days...

We arrived back at the port and this is the taxi area and entrance.

Family pictures time

More pictures on the way back to the ship.

I didn't even realize there was this small "beach" (lol) area at the port.

Can't you guys just all get in the same picture? I'm forced to endure a picture for each kid on most things.

When Kam actually poses for a picture, she has this little sideways twist with her arm on her hip and this would be no exception to the rule...even with props.

Yipee, a picture they can all get in! Finally!

At this point I'm like "everyone in at the same time".

Now we're on a roll and moving quicker.

We finally made it to the building of shopping hell-o

We headed straight for our bedroom suite on floor 8 and found this as our towel animal

We showered really quick and put on dry clothes and headed for the buffet only to find that it wasn't open.

We were forced to go to the deli.

Sakari would put another one of her rocks there. We would later find out that one of the people on our roll call actually found this one. I was excited to hear this!

I'm not really too fond of the deli food here for some reason. But, I did see someone else with a sandwich that had a pretzel bun. I LOVE pretzel buns here at home with sandwiches.

So, the turkey sandwich came with a pretzel bun and that's what I was having.

Now I have seen this mentioned before on the boards...the sandwiches are pretty much pre-made now and they just throw the "extras" on it before handing it to you. I have no idea what these "extras" were that they put on this.

They also HEATED the sandwich, which made it completely nasty. I don't like my turkey heated (if it's real turkey then yes, but not on a sandwich). I could only eat 2 bites and I was done. I just didn't care for it.

Sakari decided on a tuna sandwich (which she usually loves), but didn't like it either. The hubby got a grilled cheese and said it was ok. But, I have always noticed that they don't butter the bread. Don't you all butter your bread to cook/grill the outside? They just put a piece of cheese between 2 slices of bread and grill it. I just find that odd.

Since Sakari didn't care for her tuna sandwich, she wanted to go with the kids club to eat dinner. We dropped her off and we watched the sunset from the buffet until it opened and we could get some other food.

Once the buffet opened, I really didn't see anything that felt like it would please my taste buds and opted for a salad. It was yummy and filling.

I looked over at the window to watch the last minute of the sunset and it was RAINING AND FOGGY! It was so weird how it instantly changed like that.

While we were eating, there was a deaf family sitting next to us. I seen the staff come up to the table and ask if they were done with a plate and he did not realize they were deaf and didn't hear him. He went to grab the plate and dropped it all over her. Oh my! If looks could kill it would have. She was highly upset. He kept apologizing but still didn't realize that she could not hear him. I felt so bad for both of them.

Kendra later showed up, put her Dr Pepper pop can on the table across from us and said "do NOT let them take this away". I guess she had a problem the other day and told the clean up guy not to touch it because she was still drinking it and was going back to the buffet to get more food and he took it anyhow.

It wasn't seconds later and he swooped in like a buzzard and I yell NO! It honestly came out a little louder than I thought. He jumped. He quickly put it down. He quickly backed up and walked away. LOL

After dinner it was time for another comedy show and off we went. This was a guy that called himself Jeff the fun dude or fun guy or fun something. He was ok and we laughed. They said there was another show after him and we decided to stay for that too. I mean we really didn't have anything better to do but spend money or donate it. I was trying to avoid both.

The next show would be the same guy from the night before, but his material was different and he was funny once again. He talked about Belize and Cozumel and shopping. It was great.

We did learn something new about Belize though. I guess I didn't realize that the only reason we have to "park" the ship out so many miles and tender in is because Belize is such a poor and bad country that the last time they actually pulled all the way in, the locals stole the tires off the ship and left it sitting on blocks. Yikes. Now we all know.

After the show we decided to hit up the casino and donate some money. Only when we got there...we had no cards. I guess they didn't hand them back to the hubby after we ordered a drink at the comedy show.

We would trot back to the end of the ship to retrieve them and back to the casino again. I'm sure I had just walked off my salad I just ate and if I had any remaining pounds, I'll work that off pushing the slots button tonight.

Push, push, push...yep

Tonight the casino was CROWDED! Like I have NEVER seen ANY casino on ANY ship this crowded. We were lucky to find any slots open at all. It was ridiculous! I only managed to play 2 games that night and that was after being in the casino for probably over an hour.

I walked out feeling like I had been double ripped off for 1) losing my money and 2) not getting to play much. Double whammy!

We left the casino a few minutes til 10pm and rushed to get Sakari from the kids club. When we arrived to pick her up, we were informed that her cousins had just picked her up. Cousins? I hope you mean her sister otherwise we will have issues. lol.

We would find Sakari wondering the buffet area by herself with an ice cream cone in her hand. Me to Sakari "Where is your sister?!" Sakari "I don't know. I got tired of babysitting her" #facepalm

Tonight was chips & salsa night at the Blue Iguana. I always love when they have this.

We headed back to the deli for another try and a late night snack.

I got the grilled cheese and they had some home made fries that looked really weird but man they were good!

The hubby had a hot dog and it was loaded with stuff. So loaded that it made everything soggy and he didn't (and couldn't) eat it all.

Sakari opted to stick with her ice cream cone and she left another friendship rock on the table.

She would also leave her favorite dolphin jumping out of the water into the sunset rock that night too. We would also find out later that another person on our roll call found this one. Yippee!

One last rock was put out.

Tomorrow was our day in Belize and we would be arriving at 8am. So, we decided to head off to our suites and turn in for the night. On our way to the room, Sakari started walking funny and holding her chest. She started complaining of "chest pain". She was just carrying herself really weird and she's not a complainer. She's at that age that if she gets hurt in any way, she holds it in and won't cry. She doesn't want to be a "baby" or "crybaby" and she will fight back the tears...even if it involves blood.

Well, she had tears in her eyes, but still refusing to cry. We went back to the room. She continued to complain. When she laid down she could only lay on her side and said it hurt to lay on her back and hard to breathe.

The only thing I could think of is she hurt herself when daddy boosted her up in the air on the water toys. But, she didn't complain at that time and only said that when she landed in the water, she landed on her arm and it stung. She did not have pain until now. It was weird. Maybe she pulled a muscle. Maybe she bruised herself inside some how. Maybe she punctured her lung. Maybe she was having a heart attack. Oh my gosh! What is wrong with my child??? She said she would be ok and just sat there holding her chest. I was honestly worried but she assured me she'd be fine and we decided to wait and see.

So...the problem with Belize is we had booked a Carnival excursion and according to the website when we booked (prior to booking Kam on the cruise), it said no children under 5. Kendra had been trying to get Kam to go to the kids club (school) the last couple of days, but tonight she refused and cried. Kendra was so scared that Kam would refuse to be dropped off in the morning and she would have to stay behind on the ship with her.

Well, she went to customer service and inquired about this and they informed her that she was indeed allowed to go on the excursion and it was FREE! Carnival should probably word their excursions a little better to reflect that children are allowed to go and they are free instead of age restrictions 5 and under. It's very confusing and they have probably missed out on a few families not booking because of this.

Before going to bed, Sakari just had to draw a picture of some birds...since she had seen birds at Paradise. She did it laying on her "good" side and continuing to hold her chest.

Off to bed we went...of course I couldn't sleep well knowing something was wrong with Sakari. It would be a restless night for me.