Cruise Vacation ~ Day 1...

On Christmas morning, the kids got a cruise vacation from Santa. We excitedly counted down the days from Christmas until Spring Break and on Monday, March 10th, it was FINALLY time!  Matt and I have a love for cruising and pretty water, which we have passed on to our children.  

Anna Lauren went on a cruise with us 2 years ago (her 5th birthday) and this was Cooper's first.  The kids loved everything about the cruise, and we got off the ship trying to figure out when we could go again.  Matt and I cherished every moment of the trip...these are sweet memories we will always have with our children.  Family vacations for sure high on our priority list!

All smiles in the Jackson airport at 5:30 AM...we had a 6:30 AM flight.  Because we had a 6:30 AM flight, our day started really early...Matt and I were up at 3:30 AM, and we were all up and out the door shortly after 5:00 AM. 

On the plane for our first flight...Jackson to Houston.  Anna Lauren flew when she was 16 months old so this was pretty much a first flight for both of them.  The flight attendant was really sweet and immediately brought them an activity sheet and cookies.

Thumbs up on the flight from Jackson to Houston...Cooper was too busy looking out the window to take a picture.  He LOVED the window seat and Anna Lauren was sweet enough to let him have it going and coming home.

Houston to Ft. Lauderdale...thankfully we all napped.  I was really hoping Cooper would nap so he would be ready to go once we got on the ship...I knew he would be tired if he didn't because we got up so early.

This picture actually out of order...we are in Houston waiting to board plane to Ft. Lauderdale.  Cooper was too busy looking out the window at the airplanes to take a picture.

Cooper was not having any part of taking pictures, but he did have a cute anchor shirt on too!  I was so excited to find anchor shirts for them when I was shopping for their Spring/Summer clothes because I knew they would be perfect for "travel" day.

Cooper's first night at "fancy" dinner...he thought he was something!  And...what I love...you ask for it, you get it...best service ever!  They had mixed fruit, but my kids asked for just grapes...sure enough, within minutes, they had just grapes.

My two favorite boys...

We were pretty tired the first night so we went back to the room fairly early...we all went to bed and Anna Lauren stayed up and watched the parade in the Promenade.  We LOVED our rooms...we actually had two adjoining rooms (cheaper than one...I know sounds crazy) with a window looking into the Promenade.  Would for sure do that again...loved watching all the "night" action from our room.