NiniMorris
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NewPre- Trip Report
I know hard to believe I would do a new Pre-trip report, but I guess it is time. I used the same PTR for three trips, so I think having a new one is a good thing right?
First lets start with the cast of characters.
Me Nini Mom, homeschooler, wife, seamstress, and pretty good TA. I have been addicted to Disney since I was a child. I have a picture of my second birthday where my favorite gift was a Donald Duck Bank. WDW opened up in October just as I was turning 17. I was positive we were going there for my birthday! Imagine my disappointment when we only went to Pensacola to the BEACH!
When my older kids were growing up we were a military family. Vacations were reserved for visiting the grandparents each summer for a month: Two weeks in Georgia and 2 weeks in Missouri with a stop in between in Nashville to see MY grandparents.
When we got the two youngest kids back in 2002, I made it my mission to get them to Disney! We have been back at least once every year since!
Husband Dad, retired military, deputy sheriff, Stump grinder, and pretty good at putting up with me for these 36 plus years! He was never enthusiastic about those early trips to Disney and preferred the more easy going trips of visiting relatives. But he has now become almost a Disney aficionado. He will talk Disney with almost anyone although I do believe that discussing the peoples Disney trip as he is writing them a ticket is a bit much! He loves to explain to people that are on their way to Disney that they are going wrong and sends them on the back roads it knocks about 2 hours of time off their trips .NO BODY wants to go through Atlanta traffic!
Miss B daughter TEENAGER! Yes Miss B is now a teenager. That means nothing we want to do will suit her. She knows more about everything than I do and she thinks listening to me is a chore best done with closed ears Although she still loves going to Disney, she LOVES to complain about having to go and having to wear matchy shirts, and having to spend time with her family! She is the older of my two younger kids. She came to live with us forever when she was a little over 1. She doesnt remember her bio mom, but does remember that she had one. She is my tester. She tests everything we say. She pushes us to the limits and then will go a few steps beyond always staying just close enough to safety to keep from having to suffer the consequences
Mr D son. He is my youngest, both in chronological age and physical age. I used to say he was my forever 3 year old, but lately he is testing much older. He is now testing at a 5 year old. We are so excited about this! He was about 6 months old when he came to live with us forever. He was always very advanced for his age, with fine motor skills that had EVERYONE amazed. All that changed when he was involved in a motor vehicle accident when he was 3. He suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury that left him paralyzed on the left side and having to learn how to walk talk and swallow all over again.
He has come a LONG way! In the almost 9 years since the accident he has made so much progress that we know there is no stopping him! He is my miracle baby. They never thought he would make it, and if he did they didnt think he would ever walk again. I was also told he would never talk again. He proved them all wrong, and continues to show me that nothing is impossible if you want it bad enough.
Grand Princess- 6 year old granddaughter. For a long time she was the ONLY granddaughter. While that changed when her Aunt Amanda had a little girl in May, she will always remain an only child. She is beautiful and about as perfect as a child could ever be (even though I AM a bit biased!) She is my Disney buddy. We have been taking her since she was 2. She is now into designing her own dresses for Disney. Of course, I am the one who is supposed to make her designs a reality. She had a rough year last year, but is pushing though like there is no problem.
She was born with club foot. She had her first castings done when she was only 4 days old. Her first surgery when she was 6 months. One foot took really well to the casting and first surgery, and is now corrected. The other one is proving to be as stubborn as she is. We have lost count as to the number of surgeries she has had. In February of 2012 she had a life changing surgery. Something went wrong and she developed a resistant infection. There were times we thought she was going to lose her foot. She did end up losing two bones in her foot from the growth plate. She had numerous surgeries for the next year; actually about 3 a week. Unless you look closely now you would not know she is an ever moving dynamo who just happens to have one foot that is about 4 inches shorter than the other. She will have to have another surgery in a few years to correct the length issue, and then several plastic surgeries to deal with the scars, but for now she is a healthy happy normal 6 year old.
DS30 something- oldest child and Disney lover! His first trip to Disney was when the Grand Princess was 2. He and his wife decided at the last minute (ok more like 3 weeks before we left) that they wanted to go too. It was a scramble to get them a reservation and ADRs, but they had a blast. They also took their foster child as well. We did not know if he was going to be able to go until the last minute but they got the approval less than 48 hours before we left. Since he was only18 months old, there was not a lot of changes we needed to make
DDIL (soon to be 30) my great daughter in law and Disney lover but always hates the planning and the worry that comes with planning a trip! Every year she says they are not going back and every year she changes her mind and goes!
(Now, just for claity sake...the last three may or may not go on the next trip... but I added them just in case!)
Up next...our general plans!
Nini
I know hard to believe I would do a new Pre-trip report, but I guess it is time. I used the same PTR for three trips, so I think having a new one is a good thing right?
First lets start with the cast of characters.
Me Nini Mom, homeschooler, wife, seamstress, and pretty good TA. I have been addicted to Disney since I was a child. I have a picture of my second birthday where my favorite gift was a Donald Duck Bank. WDW opened up in October just as I was turning 17. I was positive we were going there for my birthday! Imagine my disappointment when we only went to Pensacola to the BEACH!
When my older kids were growing up we were a military family. Vacations were reserved for visiting the grandparents each summer for a month: Two weeks in Georgia and 2 weeks in Missouri with a stop in between in Nashville to see MY grandparents.
When we got the two youngest kids back in 2002, I made it my mission to get them to Disney! We have been back at least once every year since!
Husband Dad, retired military, deputy sheriff, Stump grinder, and pretty good at putting up with me for these 36 plus years! He was never enthusiastic about those early trips to Disney and preferred the more easy going trips of visiting relatives. But he has now become almost a Disney aficionado. He will talk Disney with almost anyone although I do believe that discussing the peoples Disney trip as he is writing them a ticket is a bit much! He loves to explain to people that are on their way to Disney that they are going wrong and sends them on the back roads it knocks about 2 hours of time off their trips .NO BODY wants to go through Atlanta traffic!
Miss B daughter TEENAGER! Yes Miss B is now a teenager. That means nothing we want to do will suit her. She knows more about everything than I do and she thinks listening to me is a chore best done with closed ears Although she still loves going to Disney, she LOVES to complain about having to go and having to wear matchy shirts, and having to spend time with her family! She is the older of my two younger kids. She came to live with us forever when she was a little over 1. She doesnt remember her bio mom, but does remember that she had one. She is my tester. She tests everything we say. She pushes us to the limits and then will go a few steps beyond always staying just close enough to safety to keep from having to suffer the consequences
Mr D son. He is my youngest, both in chronological age and physical age. I used to say he was my forever 3 year old, but lately he is testing much older. He is now testing at a 5 year old. We are so excited about this! He was about 6 months old when he came to live with us forever. He was always very advanced for his age, with fine motor skills that had EVERYONE amazed. All that changed when he was involved in a motor vehicle accident when he was 3. He suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury that left him paralyzed on the left side and having to learn how to walk talk and swallow all over again.
He has come a LONG way! In the almost 9 years since the accident he has made so much progress that we know there is no stopping him! He is my miracle baby. They never thought he would make it, and if he did they didnt think he would ever walk again. I was also told he would never talk again. He proved them all wrong, and continues to show me that nothing is impossible if you want it bad enough.
Grand Princess- 6 year old granddaughter. For a long time she was the ONLY granddaughter. While that changed when her Aunt Amanda had a little girl in May, she will always remain an only child. She is beautiful and about as perfect as a child could ever be (even though I AM a bit biased!) She is my Disney buddy. We have been taking her since she was 2. She is now into designing her own dresses for Disney. Of course, I am the one who is supposed to make her designs a reality. She had a rough year last year, but is pushing though like there is no problem.
She was born with club foot. She had her first castings done when she was only 4 days old. Her first surgery when she was 6 months. One foot took really well to the casting and first surgery, and is now corrected. The other one is proving to be as stubborn as she is. We have lost count as to the number of surgeries she has had. In February of 2012 she had a life changing surgery. Something went wrong and she developed a resistant infection. There were times we thought she was going to lose her foot. She did end up losing two bones in her foot from the growth plate. She had numerous surgeries for the next year; actually about 3 a week. Unless you look closely now you would not know she is an ever moving dynamo who just happens to have one foot that is about 4 inches shorter than the other. She will have to have another surgery in a few years to correct the length issue, and then several plastic surgeries to deal with the scars, but for now she is a healthy happy normal 6 year old.
DS30 something- oldest child and Disney lover! His first trip to Disney was when the Grand Princess was 2. He and his wife decided at the last minute (ok more like 3 weeks before we left) that they wanted to go too. It was a scramble to get them a reservation and ADRs, but they had a blast. They also took their foster child as well. We did not know if he was going to be able to go until the last minute but they got the approval less than 48 hours before we left. Since he was only18 months old, there was not a lot of changes we needed to make
DDIL (soon to be 30) my great daughter in law and Disney lover but always hates the planning and the worry that comes with planning a trip! Every year she says they are not going back and every year she changes her mind and goes!
(Now, just for claity sake...the last three may or may not go on the next trip... but I added them just in case!)
Up next...our general plans!
Nini
and can't wait to follow around on your adventures.
: That's a great idea... It's in 2015, so you have plenty of time to work on him... It would have to be just us though, and a relaxing resort... Hmmm... This is sounding better and better as the moments tick on. 
