Baby Dexter & Emmie's Disney Trip w/ lots of pics COMPLETED!!!

[Jill in Chicago]

Thank you so much for this trip report. I really enjoyed it. Those two little ones are so cute and you got such great photos! I am so very, very sorry for your lose. I had three miscarriages. (I now have two healthy boys 18 and 13 years old.) Hugs to you and your adorable family!

 

[natale1980]

Day Eight...

We woke up and ate breakfast at POP.
Then headed over and waited for a bus for the Animal Kingdom. Mike & Steph wanted to spend some time there and eat at Tuskers again before heading home.
While we were waiting Emmie threw up all over Mike. So we got out of line and they went to change.
They came back and we got back in line... now the line was starting to get really long. Waiting.... Waiting... Waiting... and Emmie threw up again. I probably should mention that my brother HATES puke... not that I like it but it doesn't bother me like it does him... He was acting like acid had just been poured all over him
The first time Emmie erupted we all just assumed that she had spit-up... but by the time it happened a second and then third time we knew something must not have been right. The crazy thing is, she was acting normal... it didn't seem to bother her at all.
I think it was after the forth time Emmie threw up that they called the Disney Doctor. They came out to see Emmie and suggested that they put off flying until tomorrow.

While all of this was going on, Dexter was sleeping in the stroller and Shawn & me were playing around at the resort.

If you look really hard you can see me with my arms up.

Mike & Steph called down to the front desk and reserved a new room. They would have to move their bags but at least they had a place to stay for the night. Plus since there was that snow storm in the Midwest they had no problem rearranging their flight.

Once everything settled down Shawn, Dexter and Me went to MGM Studios.
We went to say hi to Lightning McQueen and then watched the Car Stunt Show (again).

We (ok me) wanted to watch Fantasmic. It was already getting late, so we went and grabbed seats. The show didn't start for another 45mins. so we got some food from the stands and waited for it to start. Tiny man wasn't too happy about waiting but that may have been the cotton candy talking.

That was only the second time I had ever watched Fantasmic. And I wasn't really all that impressed... I mean the effects were WAY cool... but I don't know if I will go and see it again for a long while.

 

[natale1980]

Thank you so much for this trip report. I really enjoyed it. Those two little ones are so cute and you got such great photos! I am so very, very sorry for your lose. I had three miscarriages. (I now have two healthy boys 18 and 13 years old.) Hugs to you and your adorable family!

Thanks for reading! I am having a hard enough time with one MC... you must be a very strong person. It's nice to know you had a healthy family after your loses.
Thanks for the hugs!
nat

 

[discruiselovers97]

YEAH!!! I didn't know if you were coming back! Loved the last installment!

 

[natale1980]

YEAH!!! I didn't know if you were coming back! Loved the last installment!

Sorry about that. Thanks for waiting.

-nat

 

[timandlesley]

Absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this report, Great pics. Loved how you went swimming in the rain, how cool - we may have to try this in June, it rains daily, never thought of doing that
Did you mean Fantasmic instead of Spectromagic? That confused me a bit , Fantasmic is my favorite!!!!
Thanks for updating, truly enjoyed it.
Lesley

 

[natale1980]

Absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this report, Great pics. Loved how you went swimming in the rain, how cool - we may have to try this in June, it rains daily, never thought of doing that
Did you mean Fantasmic instead of Spectromagic? That confused me a bit , Fantasmic is my favorite!!!!
Thanks for updating, truly enjoyed it.
Lesley

oopsss... your right.. Fantasmic.

Thanks for reading!
-nat

 

[natale1980]

Day nine...

Since we didn't make it there the day before we decided to go to Animal Kingdom. The goal today was NOT to lose Dexter in the Bone Yard.
Emmie was feeling better, so they were going to go AK also. They left earlier in the morning then us, so we were going to meet up just for a bit before they had to leave.

When we finally got our act together we called up Mike and made plans to meet at the Dinosaur ride. Shawn wanted to ride, and he knew I couldn't go on. This time I waited for him before me and Dexter went on any more adventures.

We all said our goodbyes. Mike and his family were going to do a few more things at AK and then go home.

My boys are silly.

Time for the bone yard again!!

Of course when Shawn saw the Jeep he had to take a picture.

Dexter ran and ran and went down a bunch of slides.

This one is more of Shawn's speed cause he doesn't like drops.

Dexter was fine on the Big Boy slides until we convinced him to go on the "Mother of all Slides" I don't have a full size picture but if you have ever been to the bone yard you know the one. It is very very high and spirals all the way down.

This is him at the bottom.
He didn't cry until he saw me... Oh well... I'll be a better mother tomorrow

Here were are after I was done torturing my baby.

We went on the Safari and it was the best one I had ever been on. It seemed like all the animals were out and about. We even had to stop several times because they were walking across the road!! (don't have any pictures)

When we were on our way out of the park we saw the 'tree lady'

Time to go BACK to MK... Shawn was very tried of his favorite park by the time we left. I think we went there over five times in 10 days.

 

[betsywdw]

I just found your TR and have spent the last hour reading it! I LOVE IT! I am so sorry to hear about your MC. I'm glad to see you are up to writing your report and it's giving you some happiness! Little Dexter is absolutely adorable Can't wait for the next update!

 

[princessjv]

Poor Emmie! Did they make it back with Emmie the next day? Did their airline charge them a small fortune to change their flight?

More wonderful pictures of the 2 cutie-patooties!

I love how many chapters you pumped out yesterday. Nothing like sitting home in a spring snow storm. For what it's worth we have just over 2 inches (MN) and it is already melting...Yuck!

 

[blue_river]

The goal today was NOT to lose Dexter in the Bone Yard.

This is him at the bottom.
He didn't cry until he saw me... Oh well... I'll be a better mother tomorrow

That's funny!! I guess he didn't want to go down that one again

 

[natale1980]

Poor Emmie! Did they make it back with Emmie the next day? Did their airline charge them a small fortune to change their flight?

More wonderful pictures of the 2 cutie-patooties!

I love how many chapters you pumped out yesterday. Nothing like sitting home in a spring snow storm. For what it's worth we have just over 2 inches (MN) and it is already melting...Yuck!

They made it back just fine with Emmie. She hadn't 'erupted' since they had seen the Disney Doctor. They gave her some medicine and then she was all better. Although a day after they got back Steph got the adult version. I guess she was VERY sick. (i won't go into details)

Southwest Airlines didn't charge them any extra to change flight plans. I guess there were alot of flights cancelled the day before because of the snow storm... so there were plenty of people who wanted their seats. Worked out pretty good.

Here is the latest picture of Emmie & Dexter...
Emmie just turned One and Dexter just turned Two so we got their pictures taken together.

I'll post more of the trip really soon.... I'm almost done.

 

[natale1980]

Day Nine... part two...

We headed over to the MK and ate lunch at Pecos Bill's (i think that's what it's called ) counter service. After we loaded up our burgers with mushrooms and other 'fixins' we took our tray to eat outside.
After awhile I started to feel like we were being watched.

Then Shawn thought it would be funny to throw some food in the dirt on the OTHER side of the table. I thought I was in a wind storm!!! All of those birds flew right over my head almost touching me.

This one looks like he's going to eat my baby!!

There were no signs up and they kinda looked hungry.... soooooo.... we let them have a few fries.

After lunch we let Dexter play for awhile in Pooh's Play Area. He was doing so much better with waiting his turn!! In the beginning of the trip he just wanted to go NOW!!

Cars (the movie) was playing tonight at the Fort Wilderness Camp Fire. So we thought we would go. This week was the longest Dexter had ever gone without watching his favorite movie (since he discovered it a month ago).
We took the boat over to Fort Wilderness and walked around for awhile. Tiny Man fell asleep so it was nice and relaxing just to walk through the 'forest'. I think this is the only place in Disney were the trees are really trees

Messing around near the camp fire.

We were a little early so we had first dibs to seats near the movie screen and the fire.
For those of you who have never been to the Camp Fire it's awesome! It starts around 7pm and first they have a camp fire sing along with Chip & Dale.

After I took this picture a cast member informed me that having Dexter sit on the barrel wasn't the best idea. I guess kids fall through them all the time. I just wonder why they don't have a sign up.

Then you can sit around and roast Marshmallows. Don't worry if you forgot to pack them. They sell a Kit with two sticks and Marshmallows for $3 (give or take a dollar).

I love this picture.

Dexter liked blowing out the fire.

We made it through most of the movie... just up until Lighting McQueen and Mater go 'cow' tippin. For some reason that part always freaks Dexter out. We could tell he was very tired... and it was a long trip back to POP so we thought it was a good time to leave.

Bye Bye Fort Wilderness.... see you next time.

 

[CHEK]

Great report, and your photo's are beautiful .

 

[natale1980]

Day 10...

This report day is going to be really short.
I didn't take great notes so I do not remember everything that happened. But I do remember that we had been in Disney for a very long time at this point and were starting to wear down.

This was going to be another Epcot day. When we got there we started to see the sea of people.

It was crazy!!!

Shawn finally wanted to try Mission Space, so we went and grabbed a fast pass for him. I went on this ride alone the year it came out. I could tell he wanted to try it, but he wouldn't believe me that it didn't have any drops . So after asking several people, for several years, he thought it would be safe to give it a try.
The fast pass wasn't good for a few hours so we headed over to Nemo... I can't get enough of those birds!!! "Mine, Mine, Mine." We didn't have to wait too long for the ride. Maybe 10mins. But it really takes around 10mins just to walk from the entrance to where the ride starts.
After the ride we just happened to get out when they were starting the Turtle Crush Show. I couldn't believe that we were able to just walk in!!! I have read that you have to wait forever to just watch it. This show is soooo funny!!! I would really like to know how they do it.... I imagine that it is someone in one of those full bodysuits with sensors, so when they move so does the charter on the screen. But I bet it's just done all with computer. I guess I'll never know all the ways of Disney Magic.
When we were done with the Living Seas we couldn't believe our eyes... the line for Nemo was all the way to Innovations!!!!

PLEASE don't wait this long for Nemo... thats crazy!!!

Shawn brought me over to Soarin' I really wanted to try and get in the front row. So I grabbed a FP.

It was time for Mission Space. Shawn liked it, but of course once he found out that you should keep your eyes forward and not look around, he did the bright thing and looked around. So he got a little sick.

We then went back to soarin' and I was able to get in the front row. This ride is sooooo much better in the front row. I love it!!! Only when I was finished with the ride I came out to a screaming Dexter. Shawn said that he started crying as soon as I left. OOPS... but I couldn't help still being happy that I was able to get in the front row.

Our last goal for Epcot was to head back to Japan. Shawn wanted to buy some little ninja guys. We found him some 'toys' and bought some more candy. By this time the crowds were just too much and we thought it would be a good time to leave.

Bye Epcot!!

Last time we came to Disney World Shawn REALLY wanted an ice cream sundae from DTD. So we headed over. It was very good. We both got our own, and Dexter tried to eat most of mine. While we were there we picked up the few things we had been looking at all week. We were so good on this trip... we ended up spending less then $75 on souvenirs.

We grabbed some sandwiches from Earl and headed back to POP. (I love earl)

Time to go home and pack. Tomorrow we will be leaving Disney World.

 

[natale1980]

Day eleven...

This was the day we were supposed to fly home... little did we know that by the end of the day all of our plans would change.
We were all packed (thanks to me) and didn't know where to spend our last day.

Bye Bye POP...

I really wanted to go to the Magic Kingdom... Shawn didn't have too much to say besides, "We've been there a millions times already!!!"
We lugged all of our bags over to check them in.
FYI - the long line to the right is people checking their bags and checking into their flight. If you are just checking your bags go to the left... We waited in the wrong line for about 15 minutes before I wised up and asked someone.

After our items were all locked up we caught the bus to the Magic Kingdom. We bought some fudge and some other chocolate to take home with us. We didn't have much time to do anything, so we just walked over to Pooh's Play Area and let Dexter run around for the last time.

Then it was time to go. We were ready... it had been a long trip and it was definitely time to head back to reality.

Here's Dexter Saying Goodbye...

BBBBBBBBBBYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Next up... everything changes...

 

[pikaboo27]

I just found this report today and I've read the whole thing(what? I got all my other work done! lol). What a great TR!

Also, I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope remembering all the fun you had is helping. I'm sure looking into the face of your adorable son helps too. He's such a cutie.

Can't wait to read more!

 

[natale1980]

I just found this report today and I've read the whole thing(what? I got all my other work done! lol). What a great TR!

Also, I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope remembering all the fun you had is helping. I'm sure looking into the face of your adorable son helps too. He's such a cutie.

Can't wait to read more!

Thanks for reading...
We sure did have fun!

more to come soon.
-nat

 

[jackdis]

I've enjoyed catching up on the rest of your trip! Can't wait to hear what happens next..........

 

[natale1980]

I've enjoyed catching up on the rest of your trip! Can't wait to hear what happens next..........

Unfortunately what happens next is not good.
I haven't decided how I am going to write what happens next yet... It's part of the trip so I may as well finish...

I'll post it soon.

-nat