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I love Hope's reaction once she finally understood the surprise. How great that you were moved to boarding group #2!
Our port arrival time was scheduled for 10:30am, so I was hoping to get lucky and be one of the first groups on board.
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Originally Posted by KMB733
Hope's reaction is priceless!!
Her second reaction that is.
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Geez! I'm beginning to know how Dawn feels - and it's not good! Things have been crazy and I just haven't found time to work on the TR, but I'm going to try and get one out soon.
I remember that day like it was yesterday! And I love that you have our whole text conversations down. It still didn't feel real then - almost still feels like a Dream. The next part is going to be great! And made me a little teary at the 'up next'.
I'm just going to fee bad if I get too far ahead with this. And yes, you all felt like family from the very second everyone met each other. I can't say it enough, but it just amazed me how well everyone got along and how much fun we had with you guys. When I say that I miss you and your family, I truly mean it from the very bottom of my heart.
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Great update! So nice that you stopped to give some positive feedback to the crew at Cracker Barrel. I love the excitement bouncing between both families and Hope's reaction is great! I think a lot of kids don't realize they're getting on a boat until the boat is sailing away. The scale is so much bigger than any boat they'd imagine. Don't you just love walking through the Mickey Head doorway onto the ship?
She's seen a few of the cruise ships when they're in port in Baltimore, but I don't think she really understood that we were going on a Disney cruise. Maybe it was because she didn't even know where we were, but her second reaction made me feel a whole lot better. And walking through those ears is simply magical.
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Nice that you gave some kudos to your angel of a waitress. You are right that too often we forget to say good things.
I love Hope's reaction! Especially when you were ready for the big scream. Next time she'll understand how awesome a surprise like that is.
Looking forward to your actual boarding and then meeting up with Kelly's family!
I just felt so bad about what happened in that restaurant, and besides the hefty tip I made sure Chad gave her, I wanted the manager to know what wonderful staff she had working for her.
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Hope's reaction sounded exactly like my kids' reaction to their surprise Disney trip. Not exactly what I was expecting. My oldest even said he doesn't like surprises. All righty then! I'm still planning on suprising them next year but this time I'll be doing it the day of. We'll see how that goes...
I was a bit disappointed by her reaction...at first, but then when she started to really understand what was going on, I felt so much better about it.
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Great update.
Glad you let the manager at Cracker Barrel know how great your waitress was. I don't think the good things are noted enough now a days.
Sorry Hope didn't get as excited as you had hoped. Hopefully she got more excited once you were on the ship.
You always hear people constantly b@*tching and complaining about what they don't like or what they think they deserve for their dollar. People need to hear the good stuff as well.
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LOL... Hope's reaction reminds me of the one time we surprised my kids with a trip to WDW... it was a bit underwhelming. Glad Hope got more excited when she heard about the princesses on board!
I think if we would have pulled up on Disney property her reaction might have been what we were going for, but I think the whole Mickey on a boat thing confused the heck out of her.
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My girls had the same kind of reaction as Hope when we surprised them with a WDW trip a couple of years ago. Kind of a let down when they don't jump up and down and yell like you think they are going to. I'm glad she got excited after the confusion wore off! You're almost on board, yay!!
You see all of those commercials on tv, and they make you believe it's going to be like that every.single.time.
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What a priceless reaction from Hope - those are great photos to treasure. I'm so glad she seems so much better this morning as well.
I was so relieved by how well she was feeling when she woke up. I felt like the vactaion could really begin.
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Lexi's reaction to our last Disney trip was a bit like Hopes reaction to your cruise. It took a while for the excitement to build. Can't wait for more!
I think if there was no excitement at all I'd be super concerned, but thankfully I didn't have to worry about that.
You're about to board. Yippee! Sorry Hope's reaction wasn't what you were looking for. I find that with my kids it's the same way. They enjoy the surprise and I think are really excited about it, but they don't really "get it". I'm starting to think it's maybe because everything is so exciting to a kid. They are still learning so much about the world that I'm thinking on a daily basis something catches them off guard and "surprise". So what we consider to be a really cool "surprise" is just kind of another moment where the kids just accept that something is going to happen that they weren't really prepared for and accept it.
So sorry that poor Hope got so sick - but what an amazing server to be so kind about it - you don't find that all that often! Glad that Hope woke feeling MUCH better!!!
So excited to read about your adventures!!!
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You're about to board. Yippee! Sorry Hope's reaction wasn't what you were looking for. I find that with my kids it's the same way. They enjoy the surprise and I think are really excited about it, but they don't really "get it". I'm starting to think it's maybe because everything is so exciting to a kid. They are still learning so much about the world that I'm thinking on a daily basis something catches them off guard and "surprise". So what we consider to be a really cool "surprise" is just kind of another moment where the kids just accept that something is going to happen that they weren't really prepared for and accept it.
I definitely agree with you. Take last night for example, I bought Hope new slippers because she outgrew her old ones. By the sound of her excitement, you would have thought I had given her the moon, but nope, it was just a pair of Old Navy slippers.
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Yeah!!!! found your TR!!!
So sorry that poor Hope got so sick - but what an amazing server to be so kind about it - you don't find that all that often! Glad that Hope woke feeling MUCH better!!!
So excited to read about your adventures!!!
Welcome! I hope you enjoy all of our adventures.
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Love the excited pic of Hope! Glad to hear she was feeling much better in the morning. I can't wait to hear about this next update!!!
You have no idea how happy I was that she woke up all better. Can you imagine what would have ended up happening???
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Don't you just love trying to surprise kids - they never quite give you the reaction that you're expecting! So glad everything worked out and Hope felt better!
Never! Oh well, they keep us on our toes don't they?
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Isn't that always the way? You think they are going to react one way but they don't. Then is will throw you for a loop another time.
YAY!!! you are there and heading on board!!!! so exciting
I promise to have another update at the beginning of next week. I would use the same excuse that I used last week, which was because I was waiting for Kelly to catch up. BUT since she's been rockin' on getting those updates done on her report, I'm afraid the only excuse I can give is the truth. I've just been crazy busy! I think the idea of taking on another job after I already have a regular full-time job during the day, and then a regular full-time job as a mommy when I'm at home, didn't really seem so bad...until I actually started having work come in.
I've had a photo session scheduled every single weekend for the last two weekends, and I have another one coming up this weekend. Plus the only time I can work on edits is after Hope goes to bed because I refuse to take our together time away due to my crazy ambitions. I'll soon learn to juggle all of this in a more organized way, but for now, it's become a learning process.
And just so you know that I'm not pulling one over on all of you guys, here's one photo from my shoot two weekends ago. I unfortunately can't say the shoot I had this past weekend went just as well because it was a dreary day. If only the light would be like this every time I was out there.
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The next part is going to be great! And made me a little teary at the 'up next'. 
And yes, you all felt like family from the very second everyone met each other. I can't say it enough, but it just amazed me how well everyone got along and how much fun we had with you guys. When I say that I miss you and your family, I truly mean it from the very bottom of my heart. 
Not exactly what I was expecting. My oldest even said he doesn't like surprises. All righty then! I'm still planning on suprising them next year but this time I'll be doing it the day of. We'll see how that goes... 
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I hope you enjoy all of our adventures. 
Oh well, they keep us on our toes don't they? 
I think the idea of taking on another job after I already have a regular full-time job during the day, and then a regular full-time job as a mommy when I'm at home, didn't really seem so bad...until I actually started having work come in. 
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