Disney - Take Off & Day 1

We left for Disney World January 25th, and our flight was at 9:15am. So we made it to the airport around 7:40ish. Flying isn't my favorite thing, and the last time I did was when we went to Disney World 3 years ago. Even though I don't love flying, I didn't have much time to think about it because Abby kept us busy! My arms were about to fall off because we carried her through the airport and between taking off her shoes, jacket, my shoes, my jacket, and my bag off my back for security purposes...I was feeling slightly wiped by the time we even made it to the gate. Sad, I know :) The plane flight went great. Granted she was wiggly by the last 45 minutes, but an almost 2 year old sitting on your lap for almost 2 hours is a big accomplishment in itself anyway! On a side note: if you want to keep your child entertained for awhile, the airport is one fun place!

We stayed at the Pop Century Resort (which is where we stayed 3 years ago, too), but this time we were in the "80's Decade." We were by the computer pool, which is so fitting since we had so many computer people in our party :) This was the giant keyboard, so we took a picture by the A!

The first park we went to was Magic Kingdom. All in all, at all the parks Abby did great, but at the start of every morning she basically flipped out. I don't know if it was so overwhelming for her mind to grasp or what, but she did NOT want to be in the stroller this first morning. After time, and for all the rest of the days, she completely calmed down and took it all in. She never had huge smiles at any of things we were doing (not because she didn't love it), it was more huge wide-eyes trying to figure out what the heck we were doing. She stayed completely entertained by her cousin, Peyton, and they laughed so much! They were adorable together.

Bippty Boppity Boo!

See what I mean...wide eyes! This was on the little kids Peter Pan ride. I'm saying "Yea, yea!" so she isn't scared. This ride is in the dark with all the lit up stuff around you. She didn't cry; she just had huge eyes :)

I picked this picture to post of the arm out shot because you just barely see her eyes. Wide-eyed still!

Waiting on the Dumbo ride! Don't you love her Disney Princess shirt? It's a Small World ride. This picture for the Ege's...the hula dance :)
Character dining. We got to visit with the Winnie the Pooh Gang, and the food was SO good!

These pictures make me laugh! Here are the shots taken in order of Abby's experience meeting some of the characters.You see her little hand out next to Josh's? Things are good here. She's ready to give Winnie a high five.

Then she gets a little nervous, and is thinking...Pooh, you're totally invading my bubble!

I've looked at this picture several times, and I can't help but laugh every time! It's hilarious! Her face is like, "Oh God, please don't touch me!"
"Please take me back to my chair..."

"OK, he's gone...I'll blow him a kiss now!"

"You people are subjecting me to this again?"

"Seriously, again?!?!"

Many of our pictures look like this. The back of Abby's head because she's too interested in what we're taking our picture in front of to actually look at the camera. I don't blame her, though...it's cool stuff! There is a glare on his face, but it's Buzz Lightyear in case you were wondering.

In front of Minnie's house and her cute mailbox :)

Y'know those people in gift stores that see all this cool stuff and repeatedly keep trying different things on and taking pictures? Well, we are those people :)

Ch-ch-ch-chip 'n' dale, Rescue Rangers! (C'mon, ya'll totally remember that show, right?!?!)

On the train. What a sweet face!

The parade we stayed for--Spectro Magic! This parade was wonderful, and the kiddos were totally into it!

G'nite Magic Kingdom...we had a great first day!

(If you're thinking the rest of the posts about Disney are going to be as long, don't worry, they won't be. We must've been totally pumped this first day, and the days that follow have fewer and fewer pictures. So if you've made it to the end of this one, you'll definitely make it through the rest :)