Thanksgiving CRUISE!

BON VOYAGE!!!

this is inside our cabin... having never been on a cruise before, i guess in my mind i thought the room was gonna be tiny. so i was surprised and happy with the space and set up. still small, but bigger than i expected! :) the kids loved their bunkbeds that hid in the walls! and i did too, until poor luc fell off in the middle of the night! :/ we even had him sleep above our bed, in case anything were to happen. wouldn't you know... when he rolled off, he went right down the ladder! scared me to death, but he was in such a dead sleep he didn't really know what happened! he snuggled b/w me and nate in our bed the rest of that nite.. then we made sure to use plenty of pillows around him the following nites! :) do you see all of those pillows? oh my, that was the most comfiest bed ever!!!!!!!

loved the towel art! one morning the daddies even tok the kids to a class on how to make these cool creations! they made a turkey on thanksgiving that was so cool... and on saturday nite, after BAMA won the iron bowl... we had the cutest elephant on our bed! i added the bama tatoo ;) one nite bitsy and poppi had a swinging monkey in their room! our guys name was rodolpho, and he was so sweet. he took good care of us, and loved playing with the boys. he was the nicest little guy!

fun exploring the ship!

the kids loved running around everywhere... not sure the other cruise goers loved them... but oh well :) from the crazy ninja to the beauty on the stairs, they had a blast wherever they went, whatever they were doing!

sleeping on the bench, and fishing!! boys will be boys!

MeXiCo! :) nate and i explored the city first and purchased lots of souveniers. the weather was PERFECT this day! we went to mexico on our honeymoon, the rivera, about 30 miles from cancun. but we never saw this type set up. actually, i was told that this little port city in cozumel was just set up for tourists from the cruise... but we stil had fun looking at everything, and buying lots of goodies for the kiddos and friends back home!

the market

sweet t was not only the cutest thing on the ship, but off the ship as well! hola bebe :)

the boys had been so excited about mexico.. when we go eat at a mexican restaurant back home, they say we are going to mexico. so they loved that this time, we really WERE in mexico for real! :)

the elation and all it's beauty. the kids went to camp carnival during the day... and there, they learned about a fun guy named freddy who lives in the red tail of the ship. they kept begging to go to freddy's house!!

possibly my fav thing about the ship was icecream bars 24/7! the kids also loved it.. i bet we ate a hundred ice creams b/w the 11 of us :)) and we enjoyed every last bite! we also discovered that ice cream cones are a great snack for teething timothy! :)

more fun!

before dinner one night! love these pics of my 3 handsome boyssss!

remember freddy? yeah... this is him, the red guy on the boys shirts! and they made freddy hats too... love it! such silly and happy little boys!

as you can probably tell... we had a lot of fun at dinner every nite! i was super nervous on the nites we had the kids with us.. i wasn't expecting fine china! but we didn't break anything and only had minimal spills. 2 nites camp carnival had dinner planned for the kids, so we got to relax and enjoy a little quiet-er dinner w/out them!

this sweet boy was the center of attention wherever we were! people would stop us walking down the hall and ask if that was the always smiling baby! :) he is a charmer for sure!!! he was always hamming it up for the photographers that came around to the table each nite at dinner!! everyone LOVED this boy!!! i can see why... i mean, look at hi aunt jj. clearly he takes after me! ;o))

joseph was our server.. he was so nice. great with the kiddos... removing their 14 pieces of silverware as soon as they sat down each nite, and placing their napkins in their laps! :) he caught on to how picky i was and could guess each nite what i wanted to order... steak and baked potato! and there was an incredible mac and cheese dish that he special ordered for me 2 nights! :) yummy!  the bottom left pic is some alaskan dessert that i always thought was a fish. ha! and oh my word... the right is the chocolate melting cake.. it was DELISH!!! i had it every nite for dessert! shocker ;) i so wish i had some right now!!

we had a great great great greeeaatt time on our first cruise! from putt putt to hot tubs, 24 hr pizza and icecream to room service, the most comfy pillows and bedding ever, karioke shows and bingo, souveniers and mexico... we had a blast!! we will for sure go back again... but i'm thinking next time, we will go without kids! :) they really did have fun, and thanks to camp carnival, we adults were able to have more fun too! the kiddos really did love all the activities to do during the day... build a bear, coloring t-shirts, jewlry making, movie time and snacks... it was def a lifesaver for us! :) it might have been my fav part :) i would say the thing i disliked the most was the rocking of the boat!! again, my first cruise.. and most everyone had told me- you will never even know you are on a boat. uhhhh... so NOT true in our case. it never really stormed that bad, so i'm not sure why the waves were so rough, but man! i constantly took dramamine... the first morning when i woke up i felt so dizzy. nate took the kids and they explored the ship while i rested. from then on, i was better with the meds, but it was so annoying! i didn't have a sip of alcohol on the cruise, but i swear i looked drunk as i was stumbling down the halls! one nite they even had to cancel one of the shows, b/c they said it was unsafe for the performers b/c of the rocking!! but, we still had an awesome time!
 thank you thank you thank you bitsy and poppi for such a fun experience! we will remember it forever, and cherish the fun times!!

 hope all of you had a happy thanksgiving as well :)