Thank you all for the good wishes! Yes, Karen - the news is actually buried in Marcie's post. :) It slipped out one night when Todd and Sheri were trying to figure out why Amanda wasn''t drinking ... and the cat was out of the bag.

I find it so funny that all of LCT knows now and our parents don't even know yet!! :D We feel very close to you all and are happy that you are the first to find out. You all will be honorary aunts and uncles - donations to the kid's education fund will be gladly accepted. :)

We are SO sad that this is our last day. It's truly magical to be able to come on a cruise like this and be able to connect instantly with people in so many ways and even though there has been no "real" contact with any of you to this date (excepting Doug of course :) ), we really feel that we know each and every one of you in many ways. We have never cruised with a group of friends as big as this and it has been an extraordinary experience, being able to turn the corner everywhere and find friendly faces. For that, we will be eternally grateful to Ngaire and her moderator "staff" for creating this place for us to hang out.

Thanks to all of you once again for all your good thoughts! Now, we'll have to make sure that we send off this cruise in grand fashion tonight with the cosmo party in Ngaire and Ken's suite and then dinner and then who knows what? :)

Masaki