Come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with meeeeee....

That's the song that came to my mind when I started typing this post! Most people don't still get a spring break at the age of 27. Unless you're in the profession of teaching...or unless you're in the profession of being a student--which my husband seems to be! {Thankfully he is resigning from school in May and moving on to a new and more exciting career, though!} Anyhow, this is his last year to get a spring break AND he just finished studying for and taking the BAR {hallelujah!}, so we decided to take a fun trip, just the two of us. We found a 3 night cruise to the Bahamas and babysitters for Chapman...cha-ching. My mom drove over from Birmingham to keep Chapman the majority of the weekend {she was in Heaven!}, and Kelsey and Mrs. Corky kept him after my mom left {they were in Heaven, too!}. We can't thank all of them enough for taking such wonderful care of our baby while we were gone. 

Our cruise left out of Port Canaveral,  which is about 7 hours away from Atlanta. So we decided to drive halfway on Thursday afternoon. We stopped in Savannah and spent the night with Britt's Aunt Judy and Uncle Rick. Aunt Judy was kind enough to host us, Britt's cousins, and some of our college friends for dinner that night. Dinner was delicious, and we loved catching up with everyone. 

Friday morning we woke up early and hit the road to Port Canaveral. We arrived there early in the afternoon and boarded the ship pretty quickly. First things, first, we grabbed a drink! Then we explored the ship while we waited on the emergency drill. Aside from knowing where your muster station is, the emergency drill is pretty pointless to me...oh well! We set sail around 4:30 and spent the night at sea. 

 Our little room...we were just happy to have a window! 

Setting sail! 

A 70s show on Friday night.

Saturday we got to Nassau around lunch time. We spent the day walking around the island instead of going to the beach. Britt had done a little research before we left and found a fish fry that was supposed to be "the thing to do". We ventured around until we found it. There was a row of about 5 or 6 restaurants that all had the famous fish fry. We stopped at Candie's. The food was great, but the pina coladas were better. They made pina coladas from real coconuts; I've never tasted a better one! After lunch we walked around the town until it was time to board the ship again.

Panoramic view of Nassau

So beautiful.

No matter where in the world you are, there is always a McDonald's!

The Fish Fry

Call me immature...this sign made me laugh so hard. Don't get caught unpeeled now, ya hear?

Nassua was a cute little town. 

A pretty old church. 

We got wi-fi and I got to FaceTime this sweet boy! 

Saturday night we went to the Love and Marriage game show.

Our little towel friend! 

Sunday morning we woke up in Coco Cay. Coco Cay is Royal Caribbean's private island. We spent the day lounging on the beach and enjoying the beautiful view. Sunday night we sailed back to Port Canaveral. 

Our ship tendered in the water and we rode a small boat to Coco Cay. 

Gorgeous weather and water! 

No glass was allowed on the beach, so they gave us these fun plastic bottles. 

Lounging...

Shameless selfie

That was our little tiki bar for the day. 

Pina coladas were a drink of choice on this trip. 

Our little towel friend on Sunday night. 

Monday morning we exited the ship as early as we could and made the LONG drive back to Atlanta. We had such a wonderful time, but we sure missed our baby boy! 

Sixteen Girls and a Boy: Tales of a Blue Ridge Mountain Getaway

Last weekend sixteen girls and little ole Chapman made a weekend trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was sort of a family reunion for the girls on Britt's mom's side of the family. I had not met some of the cousins so I was excited to be invited to join in on the fun. We drove up on Thursday afternoon and spent the entire weekend relaxing--if you can relax with 8 children, all under the age of 7, under one roof! Seriously, though, we just hung out and enjoyed each other's company. Oh, and we ate. We ate lots of good food. We could have fed an army with the amount of food we had in that house. Chapman did not hurt for attention while we were there either. There were 7 little girls who adored him and played with him the entire time. I'm sure he's wondering where all of his little friends are now that we're home!

 Ready to hit the road! 

 We made it! 

 A fun new seat!

 Trying to capture our view...it's never as pretty as it looks in person.

 He did a lot of hanging out and playing in his seat over the weekend.

 When you're in a house with 9 women and you don't have wine glass charms...hair ties will do.

 My main food contribution...the Southern Living Lemon Lime Pound Cake

 "I'm having SO much fun, mommy!!"

 He loves books! 

 A beautiful view! 

 Miss Charlotte hanging out at our dance party

 Ella and Gracie munching on some popcorn at the dance party

 She's a real live princess, I tell ya!

 Aunt Judy was the life of the dance party! 

 Gracie loves veggie straws!

 Carmen enjoying the fire :)

 DeDe and Chapman enjoying the fire!

 Hanging out with my baby boy :)

 Sweet sisters!

 These girls had a ball dressing up in princess attire. 

 Gracie isn't allowed to have her paci unless it's bed time, so she kept trying to take Chapman's away...she didn't understand why he was allowed to have his paci when he wasn't sleeping! 

 Charlotte and Chapman...so fun to watch babies interact. 

 Early morning sunrise over the mountain. It was so much prettier in person!

 Chapman was in heaven with so many little people to play with. 

 Nap time and snuggle time with this baby are the best. 

 When you it's cold and windy and you forget a hat, a lovey will have to do.

And that's it. Someone was happy to be going home to see his daddy! 

We had so much fun meeting and spending time with new {to us} family. We can't wait until our next reunion trip!!