Leaving for our Disney Cruise!!

I think we all woke up with a little disbelief that our extremely long awaited trip had arrived.  We didn't have to leave home until 11:00 so I tried to occupy the kids with swimming (rose and henry swam for about 5 minutes and Paige for about 10 seconds).  Rose was definitely the most excited and put the last sticker on our countdown chart.

Loaded everyone up in the car.  It felt quite nice to leave in the daytime while we were well rested.  As much as I love leaving instantly in the dark, it allowed us to get hours more sleep!

We always take pictures in the parking garage while we wait for mike to park the car.  No car seats or strollers this time!!!

 The airport went quite smoothly and we visited the lounge for a quick lunch before boarding our huge plane.  Lately there has been one massive plane either going to or coming home from Orlando.  Fun though because Mike and I sat with Henry and the girls sat alone.

 It was super weird yet exciting for the kids to find the shuttle bus to take us to the hotel.  As henry had on car seat he wore a seatbelt which seemed really unsafe as we zipped along the highway.

Everyone was super excited to get to the hotel and were pointing out that it had the same S symbol as our usual Orlando hotel, although this one was the Sheraton Orlando Suites.  I'd definitely stay there again as it had enough room for the 5 of us without needing 2 rooms.  Everyone proceeded to argue over who was sleeping where and we forced the girls to sleep on the pull out couch even though they claimed they wouldn't sleep.  It was literally the biggest bed option though.  It was "too bouncy" they said, which is what made me feel like it was a perfect option for their light weight!! sheesh.  We ordered room service and let them watch non stop Disney shows to calm them down.

I'm not sure I slept whatsoever that entire night, but the next morning we made sure to pack up everything (except one iPad as we discovered on the ship the next day), and headed down to breakfast.  Rose was super excited to discover the make-your-own waffle station which was exactly the same as one on this video she had watched a million times.  All of the kids needed their own, which ended up being a massive waste of waffle as they were so huge.

As we were sitting at breakfast Rose says to me, "Im pretty sure this is the best day of my life", and my heart could barely handle it.