our honeymoon

I have been waiting for what feels like a century for our Cruise to come. We booked this back in November, so ever since then I have been so excited about getting a full week alone with no kids. Of course I missed Zach and Brienna before we even boarded the ship, and was so excited to see then that I woke them up on Saturday night when I got home. We flew out to Miami on Sunday the 24th. Being that it was January in Chicago we wanted to leave a day early to make sure that we had enough time to get to the ship in case of weather delays. We booked a hotel that was close to the ports so that we didn't have go far to get on the ship.

We boarded the ship on Monday, and left Miami at 5pm Monday night. The first night was fine, but the second day when I woke up I was a little off balance. I was not nauseous just felt like I had drank too much while still being coherent. I got used to it by later in the day. We went to the art auction where I won two paintings, and we picked up this really great piece of art work from Romero Britto. I love this artist, and the auctioneer knew that I was in love with this so they started the bidding pretty low so we got a great deal. Can't wait for it to come in the mail!

We had a great time in Mexico shopping, went snorkeling at some amazing reef in Belize, and attended a bunch of shows and events on the ship. I was really ready to come home on Saturday. We headed to the airport by 8:30am when we got off the ship even though our flight was not until 7pm that night. We originally picked this one because it was a cheaper option, and we figured we would hang out in Miami that day until it was time to go to the airport. We stood on the standby list ALL DAY on Saturday, and still did not make it out until our orignal flight. Needless to say I saw more of Miami International Airport then I cared to see.

I am so thankful to both of our parents for taking care of the kids. I know it will be a very long time before we get to take a trip just the two of us. That is until (cross your fingers) we find out more about the adoption we are researching, and then we might be taking a month long to trip to a foreign country!

Here are all the pictures from the trip that were worth posting. I have 100's but this blog takes way to long to post that many pictures!

The view from our state room. I loved to keep the door open every night so that we could hear the waves crash into the ship. It was the most relaxing noise, and now I think I am going to go find a noise machine that makes the same noise!