A newbie, a nana, two princess, and......the Planner! (Updated 1/4--DTD & head home)
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i'm here!can't wait to read all about it.
Glad to see you both here! We had a great time! I'm going to get the first "real" installment up when DD #2 goes down for her nap in about 20 minutes. She's never real thrilled about me sitting at the computer.
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Ok, now we're going to get started with the real stuff......not the FUN stuff just yet, but the real stuff!
Those of you that read my pre-trip report know that both DDs, as well as DH, had not been feeling great the week before the trip thanks to a rather vicious cold. They seemed to be doing better by the end of the week, but then the REAL problem hit. At about 2 am Friday night/early Saturday morning, I woke up to DD #1 crying hysterically
. I ran over to her room in a panic because she never does that unless she's really sick. She told me that her ears hurt too bad for her to sleep. This made me completely freak out........here we are, two days from her first plane ride, and she clearly has a VERY bad ear infection!
I gave her some tylenol so that she could sleep and basically resigned myself to the fact that we'd be spending most of the next day in the Emergency Room begging a doctor to give us antibiotics for her ear infection (since docs don't like to give anything for ear infections any more). Turns out that we got lucky, and there was a local clinic open. The nurse practitioner there had no problems giving us antibiotics (turns out both of the girls had double ear infections), and also gave us some nasal spray for DD #1. This is what DD #1 looked like for most of the day Satuday....
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Pretty awful, I know......I was pretty worried. She wouldn't eat anything all day, but I think she did drink an entire container of orange juice by herself.
DD #2's ear infection was as bad, but she was not in a great mood either. Not real helpful since I was trying to finish up packing and such.
Luckily, the antibiotics seemed to take effect quickly, and we saw improvement by the next morning in both girls. This was probably also helped by the fact that everyone got a good night's sleep......well, everyone but me because I was too busy stressing about things.
Those of you that read my pre-trip report know that both DDs, as well as DH, had not been feeling great the week before the trip thanks to a rather vicious cold. They seemed to be doing better by the end of the week, but then the REAL problem hit. At about 2 am Friday night/early Saturday morning, I woke up to DD #1 crying hysterically
. I ran over to her room in a panic because she never does that unless she's really sick. She told me that her ears hurt too bad for her to sleep. This made me completely freak out........here we are, two days from her first plane ride, and she clearly has a VERY bad ear infection!I gave her some tylenol so that she could sleep and basically resigned myself to the fact that we'd be spending most of the next day in the Emergency Room begging a doctor to give us antibiotics for her ear infection (since docs don't like to give anything for ear infections any more). Turns out that we got lucky, and there was a local clinic open. The nurse practitioner there had no problems giving us antibiotics (turns out both of the girls had double ear infections), and also gave us some nasal spray for DD #1. This is what DD #1 looked like for most of the day Satuday....
Pretty awful, I know......I was pretty worried. She wouldn't eat anything all day, but I think she did drink an entire container of orange juice by herself.
DD #2's ear infection was as bad, but she was not in a great mood either. Not real helpful since I was trying to finish up packing and such.
Luckily, the antibiotics seemed to take effect quickly, and we saw improvement by the next morning in both girls. This was probably also helped by the fact that everyone got a good night's sleep......well, everyone but me because I was too busy stressing about things.
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Well, Sunday rolled around, and both DDs seemed to be doing at least a little better. We managed to get my mom picked up on time and stuff all of the luggage in the back of the van. I drove the first half of the trip, my mom sat up front with me, and DH sat in the middle row with DD #2 and watched Sesame Street 
. DD #2 sat in the very back row and watched the Disney channel for pretty much the entire trip.
We drove to the first major city......which took us three hours, and decided to stop to have lunch because it was after 2. We ate at one of my favorite places--The Olive Garden. I admit, not very gourmet, but not someplace I get to eat very often, and I LOVE IT!!!! There will be some food pictures in my report, but none from here I'm afraid. DD #1 still wasn't feeling herself, so she didn't eat very much. DD #2, on the other hand, probably ate more than me. Nothing seems to stop her from eating.
After lunch, we made a quick run into Babies R Us to grab a few last minute items for the trip. Then, we all piled back into the van and continued our drive. It took us about another hour to get to my cousin's house, and then she drove us to our hotel. It was the Radisson Airport in Kansas City, and it was NOT a very pleasant hotel. I was complaining about it to my friend, but she was kind enough to remind me that we would only be there one night, and then we would be in Disney World
!
So, we got set up with the shuttle for 5:40 in the morning
and all went to bed. I knew it wasn't going to be a whole lot of fun to get either DD up that either (or DH either for that matter), but it had to be done. I hadn't flown in several years, DH hadn't flown in over 10 years, my mom hadn't flown in 20 years, and neither DD had ever flown. No one was familiar with regulations, check in, etc, so that made me a little nervous.
I got up about 5 and took my shower.......then I dragged DH out of bed and he helped me get the girls ready. At about 5:30, the girls and I made our way downstairs and DH and my mom tried to get all of the luggage loaded on a cart. I kind of had to hold the shuttle because it took FOREVER for DH to get down. There was only one other person on our shuttle, so it was a pretty quiet ride.
We did curb side check in with our bags and realized we were missing a bag .........it was an important one too because it had DD #2's blanket in it. We called the hotel and they said they'd send the shuttle back over ASAP with our bag. DH waited outside and mom and I made our way in with the girls. We got in line for security, and luckily had no problems......they did go through my mom's carry on bag, but I think that's only because she had her portable DVD player in it and it was really heavy.
DH showed up shortly thereafter, and we all got settled in to wait for our flight.
As you can see, DD already looked much better
......thank goodness! The flight was completely full, but luckily we had "A" boarding passes, so we didn't really have any trouble finding two rows of seats close together. We didn't know this when we got DD #2 her own seat, but it turned out that she had to be in the seat next to the window since we were using her carseat, so she sat next to the window, I sat in the middle, and DH sat on the end of our row. My mom and DD #1 sat in the row directly across from us, with DD next to the window.
An older woman sat in the third row in that seat which was nice because DD spent most of the flight yelling things across the aisle to me
.
DD #2 fell asleep almost immediately when the flight took off, and slept for about the first hour.
The flight was very smooth, and the view was just gorgeous.
When DD did wake up, she wasn't in the best of moods,
but shortly thereafter they brought our snack,
and having something to eat made her happy again.
The flight was just short of three hours, and had the smoothest landing of any flight I've ever been on. We made our way to baggage claim and started looking for our driver.
Up next..........where the heck is our driver
!
. DD #2 sat in the very back row and watched the Disney channel for pretty much the entire trip.We drove to the first major city......which took us three hours, and decided to stop to have lunch because it was after 2. We ate at one of my favorite places--The Olive Garden. I admit, not very gourmet, but not someplace I get to eat very often, and I LOVE IT!!!! There will be some food pictures in my report, but none from here I'm afraid. DD #1 still wasn't feeling herself, so she didn't eat very much. DD #2, on the other hand, probably ate more than me. Nothing seems to stop her from eating.
After lunch, we made a quick run into Babies R Us to grab a few last minute items for the trip. Then, we all piled back into the van and continued our drive. It took us about another hour to get to my cousin's house, and then she drove us to our hotel. It was the Radisson Airport in Kansas City, and it was NOT a very pleasant hotel. I was complaining about it to my friend, but she was kind enough to remind me that we would only be there one night, and then we would be in Disney World
!So, we got set up with the shuttle for 5:40 in the morning
and all went to bed. I knew it wasn't going to be a whole lot of fun to get either DD up that either (or DH either for that matter), but it had to be done. I hadn't flown in several years, DH hadn't flown in over 10 years, my mom hadn't flown in 20 years, and neither DD had ever flown. No one was familiar with regulations, check in, etc, so that made me a little nervous. I got up about 5 and took my shower.......then I dragged DH out of bed and he helped me get the girls ready. At about 5:30, the girls and I made our way downstairs and DH and my mom tried to get all of the luggage loaded on a cart. I kind of had to hold the shuttle because it took FOREVER for DH to get down. There was only one other person on our shuttle, so it was a pretty quiet ride.
We did curb side check in with our bags and realized we were missing a bag
.........it was an important one too because it had DD #2's blanket in it. We called the hotel and they said they'd send the shuttle back over ASAP with our bag. DH waited outside and mom and I made our way in with the girls. We got in line for security, and luckily had no problems......they did go through my mom's carry on bag, but I think that's only because she had her portable DVD player in it and it was really heavy. DH showed up shortly thereafter, and we all got settled in to wait for our flight.
As you can see, DD already looked much better
......thank goodness! The flight was completely full, but luckily we had "A" boarding passes, so we didn't really have any trouble finding two rows of seats close together. We didn't know this when we got DD #2 her own seat, but it turned out that she had to be in the seat next to the window since we were using her carseat, so she sat next to the window, I sat in the middle, and DH sat on the end of our row. My mom and DD #1 sat in the row directly across from us, with DD next to the window.
An older woman sat in the third row in that seat which was nice because DD spent most of the flight yelling things across the aisle to me
. DD #2 fell asleep almost immediately when the flight took off, and slept for about the first hour.
The flight was very smooth, and the view was just gorgeous.
When DD did wake up, she wasn't in the best of moods,
but shortly thereafter they brought our snack,
and having something to eat made her happy again.
The flight was just short of three hours, and had the smoothest landing of any flight I've ever been on. We made our way to baggage claim and started looking for our driver.
Up next..........where the heck is our driver
!
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great first installments, its a good thing the girls were feeling better. Can't wait to hear where the driver was and how the Disney portition went.
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Glad the girls were feeling better and I love the disney shirt...so cute!
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I was SO GLAD the girls felt better quickly.....that would not have made for a fun trip!
Glad the girls were feeling better and I love the disney shirt...so cute!
Thanks.....the shirts are courtesy of the Creative DISigns thread.......those people are pretty amazing. You'll see more of the shirts coming up.
Thank you.....I have curly hair too, but I recently cut it short because it's a pain
. I love hers long though, and so does she, except for the knots every night.
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So, we get to baggage claim and start looking for our driver (or at least a sign with our name on it). THERE WAS NO ONE THERE! I was freaking out because I had booked through a website, and, genious that I am, I forgot to print a copy of it . I went to the company's website on my Blackberry, and called while DH and my mom tried to round up all the luggage. Luckily, I had no problem getting ahold of someone, and it just turned out that the driver was still getting through security.......heart attack averted!
By the time the driver made it in, DH, my mom, and an airport employee had gotten all of the luggage and had it all on a cart ready to go, so we went straight to the limo. IT WAS AWESOME!!! DD #1 was so excited to ride in a limo! The driver had brought along Dumbo, so both girls were happy. As we were making our way to our stop at the grocery store, I took a few pictures (none of the outside.......sorry).
Me, DH, and DD #1
DH lounging
My mom and DD #2
DD #1 enjoying the movie......and all the space
DD making sure that her dolly is comfortable (that's her comfort object, and she's seen better days, but DD loves her to death)
She even had to be buckled in
We made a quick stop at the grocery store and mom and I ran in and picked up diapers (I didn't pack too many because I was trying to save room in the luggage) and some snacks. We were just about the ONLY people in the entire grocery store.
After that, we were off to Port Orleans! It was so exciting when we finally started to see the Disney World signs. I was trying to point out things to DH, but they were going by pretty quickly. We had no problems getting checked in, but our rooms were not ready (they said they were completely full the prior weekend), so after a quick stop in the gift shop........
we headed off to the Magic Kingdom!
. I went to the company's website on my Blackberry, and called while DH and my mom tried to round up all the luggage. Luckily, I had no problem getting ahold of someone, and it just turned out that the driver was still getting through security.......heart attack averted!By the time the driver made it in, DH, my mom, and an airport employee had gotten all of the luggage and had it all on a cart ready to go, so we went straight to the limo. IT WAS AWESOME!!! DD #1 was so excited to ride in a limo! The driver had brought along Dumbo, so both girls were happy. As we were making our way to our stop at the grocery store, I took a few pictures (none of the outside.......sorry).
Me, DH, and DD #1
DH lounging
My mom and DD #2
DD #1 enjoying the movie......and all the space
DD making sure that her dolly is comfortable (that's her comfort object, and she's seen better days, but DD loves her to death)
She even had to be buckled in
We made a quick stop at the grocery store and mom and I ran in and picked up diapers (I didn't pack too many because I was trying to save room in the luggage) and some snacks. We were just about the ONLY people in the entire grocery store.
After that, we were off to Port Orleans! It was so exciting when we finally started to see the Disney World signs. I was trying to point out things to DH, but they were going by pretty quickly. We had no problems getting checked in, but our rooms were not ready (they said they were completely full the prior weekend), so after a quick stop in the gift shop........
we headed off to the Magic Kingdom!
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Just a couple of more quick pics from the bus stop before DD wakes up, just because they're cute!
DD #2 enjoying the breeze
DD #1 lounging and posing
DD #2 enjoying the breeze
DD #1 lounging and posing
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aww you got to ride in a limo...that is awesome! We always just take magical express...perhaps one time I should talk dh into a limo ride. We rode in a limo from our wedding reception to the airport on our wedding night, which was pretty awesome and nice. It was suppose to be a town car, but they didn't have any so they brought us a nice pretty limo! Yay! Your daughters are super adorable and you have a very cute family! The little pumpkin mickey ears are to cute for words and I can't wait to hear more about the magic kingdom! 
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aww you got to ride in a limo...that is awesome! We always just take magical express...perhaps one time I should talk dh into a limo ride. We rode in a limo from our wedding reception to the airport on our wedding night, which was pretty awesome and nice. It was suppose to be a town car, but they didn't have any so they brought us a nice pretty limo! Yay! Your daughters are super adorable and you have a very cute family! The little pumpkin mickey ears are to cute for words and I can't wait to hear more about the magic kingdom!
Honestly, we didn't do the Magical Express because I didn't want to have to wait around the airport with two little ones. DD #2 is pretty impatient, and she tends to get pretty vocal when she's not getting her way........not a lot of fun. A towncar wasn't big enough enough for all of us, so a limo was the way to go
! It was a lot of fun.Thanks for the compliments of the girls.......it's easy to make them look cute.....they're naturals
. If your wedding has already taken place, is your ticker wrong? I guess I thought you were still in the planning stages of your wedding
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Sorry for the confusion...my ticker needs to be revamped...we got married july 19th of this year. When you were doing your pre tr I was in the planning stages...well in the very early part of your pre tr. Hehe. Yep...I'm a married girl now. No babies for us though for 2-5 years, but I hope they are as cute as yours when they come! So adorable! I have been meaning to change my siggy, but I keep forgetting to have dh do it for me. I want to put a pic in there from our wedding and then a few from the disney cruise we took Okay enough rambling..this is your trippie. I can't wait to hear more. Sorry for the confusion again
No babies for us though for 2-5 years, but I hope they are as cute as yours when they come! So adorable! I have been meaning to change my siggy, but I keep forgetting to have dh do it for me. I want to put a pic in there from our wedding and then a few from the disney cruise we took Okay enough rambling..this is your trippie. I can't wait to hear more. Sorry for the confusion again
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Love the T-shirts, and the girls looked so cute in them, you all did, I can't wait to hear more! And the pumpkin ears are so cute I might need to get some myself
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Sorry for the confusion...my ticker needs to be revamped...we got married july 19th of this year. When you were doing your pre tr I was in the planning stages...well in the very early part of your pre tr. Hehe. Yep...I'm a married girl now.
AAAAAAAAAWWWWWW.............you're so sweet
. Feel free to chime in anytime. I honestly don't want to be doing all the talking.....I do enough of that during the day when I'm home by myself with the 14 month old
.Congratulations on your marriage. I knew you had talked about planning at some point, but I could remember if I read about it in your trip report or what.
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Thank you........there are several more matching shirts to come. There is a picture of all 5 of us wearing these shirts at Chef Mickey's from that first night, but it's only on the Photopass CD which I haven't ordered yet. I'm still working or adding all the borders and stuff
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I forgot to mention we might be taking a disney trip in dec. Long story short dh went behind my back before the wedding and called dreams unlimited and booked our disney trip for dec 13th-21st and didn't tell me b/c I told him I didn't want to plan it and have to cancel it b/c that would just make me ball my eyes out. Due to work we don't know if we can go still, but with dreams unlimited you can cancel up to the day before and only lose 200 bucks. I have no idea if this is how all of disney operates or not...just so nobody tries it and then comes back to yell at me. I'm going off of what dh has told me. Well anyways a reminder popped up on the computer in our bedroom telling him to pay the payment and I saw it and thats how it came to be that I found out. I found out about three weeks ago and we still don't know if we can go. The only thing I know is that we have a afternoon flight on the 13th, which I'm assuming would mean we'd do the same thing we did last year when we got there and that is go to dtd and walk around and grab a bite to eat. I have no idea where we are staying b/c he won't tell me even though I've begged him, but he won't tell b/c quite honestly I told him I don't want to know anything until our suitcases are packed b/c then it can't be taken away from us. Its bad enough that I know about it and our chances are only about 50/50. I hate working in such an uncertain business and I really hate that he booked it, but if it turns out we can go then I'll be thanking my lucky stars b/c if we found out tomorrow we could go all adr's would be booked and that would suck. I'm assuming that we're staying at AKL again and that we're doing MVMCP b/c last year we missed it by one day. The last party was the day before we got there. Its all guess work though b/c he won't tell me. The upside is my birthday is the 12th so we'll be celebrating it when we go to disney! (yes thats right I'm being optimistic and saying when we go!) Keep your fingers crossed for us! 
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I forgot to mention we might be taking a disney trip in dec. Long story short dh went behind my back before the wedding and called dreams unlimited and booked our disney trip for dec 13th-21st and didn't tell me b/c I told him I didn't want to plan it and have to cancel it b/c that would just make me ball my eyes out. Due to work we don't know if we can go still, but with dreams unlimited you can cancel up to the day before and only lose 200 bucks. I have no idea if this is how all of disney operates or not...just so nobody tries it and then comes back to yell at me. I'm going off of what dh has told me. Well anyways a reminder popped up on the computer in our bedroom telling him to pay the payment and I saw it and thats how it came to be that I found out. I found out about three weeks ago and we still don't know if we can go. The only thing I know is that we have a afternoon flight on the 13th, which I'm assuming would mean we'd do the same thing we did last year when we got there and that is go to dtd and walk around and grab a bite to eat. I have no idea where we are staying b/c he won't tell me even though I've begged him, but he won't tell b/c quite honestly I told him I don't want to know anything until our suitcases are packed b/c then it can't be taken away from us. Its bad enough that I know about it and our chances are only about 50/50. I hate working in such an uncertain business and I really hate that he booked it, but if it turns out we can go then I'll be thanking my lucky stars b/c if we found out tomorrow we could go all adr's would be booked and that would suck. I'm assuming that we're staying at AKL again and that we're doing MVMCP b/c last year we missed it by one day. The last party was the day before we got there. Its all guess work though b/c he won't tell me. The upside is my birthday is the 12th so we'll be celebrating it when we go to disney! (yes thats right I'm being optimistic and saying when we go!) Keep your fingers crossed for us!
I will definitely keep my fingers crossed for you
......when will you know for sure? As you can see from my ticker, DH and I are actually going back in January (just us, no kids). I'm really excited. DH loved Disney as much as I did, and he's even talking about doing DVC. It's for my birthday as well, but mine is the 18th, which is Martin Luther King weekend, so we're waiting a couple of days to avoid the holiday crowds. DH was going to try to do it himself and surprise me, but he gave up because he had no idea how to do ADRs and such. It's ok with me really..........I enjoy the planning part.We were REALLY hoping to stay at a monorail resort, but, right now, there's no special deals or anything, so we just can't afford it. We're booked at POP, but I'm subscribed to the January code thread and really hoping something will come out.
DD #1's birthday is December 13, so the day after your's! She's going to be 6, and I just can't believe it.
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I went ahead and found the link and came over. The girls are sooooooooooo cute in those pumpkin hats! The limo ride looks fun! Much better than a bus full of people I'm sure. Great start...can't wait for more!
The limo ride looks fun! Much better than a bus full of people I'm sure. Great start...can't wait for more! -
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