Disney World

We spent the first week of December in Florida. I had a work training that I needed to go to and since it was over Charlotte's birthday we decided to make a week out of it. I flew to Florida on Monday morning and Matt and Charlotte came and met me there on Tuesday night. We stayed at the Gaylord Palms which was amazing!! Thursday, Friday and Saturday we went to Disney World. We went to a different park each day. Thursday was MGM, Friday we went to Animal Kingdom and spent Saturday at Magic Kingdom. When I was at work Matt and Charlotte spent a lot of time at the huge water park at the hotel. Charlotte was in Heaven with the water sing set!!

Charlotte was still a little small for Disney World but she had a good time for the most part. It was a lot different than our last trip there. Having a kid really changes things. We went to lots of the movies and kid rides, but it was so fun to see Charlotte get excited. She was a little scared of some of the characters. As long as they kept their distance and didn't try to touch her she was good. 

We came home on Sunday. Up to that point everything had gone really smooth the whole vacation.  Our flight was super early and I puked on the way to the airport. Luckily the taxi was still in the hotel parking lot when I  did it. Nothing like running out of a taxi to puke...I was months past any morning sickness so it was a little surprising. When we got to the airport it was nuts. They had to rush us through the check in line and security took forever. We made it to the plane with about five minutes to spare. Some nice guy gave up his seat so Matt and I could sit together. Charlotte was a little monster on the way home. After two blow outs she threw a full bag of Cheerios up the aisle and kept trying to steal the guys pillow in front of us (and was successful twice) Matt finally got her to sleep and then I dumped my cup of OJ on my lap. Needless to say we were so happy when we landed. Despite the crazy trip home we had a great time!

Exploring the hotel. It was fun to see at Christmas time. 

Charlotte HATED these guys! Glad we got one picture where she wasn't crying. 

Dinner on her birthday. Glad the company was good because the food was terrible! I thought with how nice the hotel was the restaurants would be good. Nope, not the case :)

 Meeting Mike and Sully. It was perfect since they were the theme of her birthday party.

 Playing in "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" playground.

 Christmas at Disney World was a sight to see. They even had fake snow falling. You can't really see it in these pictures.

 Her first ride.

 So worn out by the end of the day.

 This was on the boat ride to get to Magic Kindom. She pooped out before we even made it to the park.

 "It's a Small World" was her favorite ride.

 Trotting along with dad.

 She was excited for Winnie the Poo. Then cried the whole time. It scared her so bad.

 After four times around the park on the train (and Charlotte and I napping) Matt got bored.

 The Teacups.

 Her first french fry. I felt like a bad mom.

 Captain Charlotte. She did better on Pirates of the Caribbean than on Winne the Poo.

Going...

Going...

 ...and gone!

 And she didn't wake up until the next morning.