amandaluvsgoofy
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Hey all and welcome aboard!
For a tiny bit of information about me: my name is Amanda, I currently teach middle school history and just finished (as in a couple of weeks ago!) my Master's degree. My DH and I celebrated our first anniversary in June, but since we were both in classes, we decided we could celebrate in August (kind of double whammy). One a side note, Johnny (commonly referred to as "J") and I met in grad school a couple of years ago and we've been together ever since!
Info about J: he is also a history teacher (but teaches high school level at a private school). J finished his Master's but decided to go for his PhD. Have fun with that one, babe!
One more thing which brought a "slight" change of plans. J and I received some surprising (yet wonderful) news in early June. Turns out that I'm pregnant!! Granted we had started trying, things just happened a little sooner than we planned. No big deal cause we were still going to Disney and were both going to have a great time!!
So my sweet hubby and I just returned from our wonderful week at Disney...and I'm ready to go back!!
It was J's first trip and this would be a test to see if he would want to return. Feel free to check out my Pre-Trip Report here for more details!
Anyway, on to our trip!
Day 1, August 9 - the night before we both tried to go to sleep around 9:30 or so since we had an early flight. Also keep in mind we decided to host a garage sale with my mom that Saturday! I don't know what we were thinking since we were also finishing up graduate courses for the summer. Oh well, it worked out. We got some extra spending $$$ and we both got A's in our class! So we were both in wonderful moods!
Needless to say, I didn't sleep very well. Too excited!!
My alarm was set to go off at 4:30am so we could be ready to leave by 6. But I was up by 3 and just sat there in bed. Finally I got up at 4:15 to do a last bit of cleaning and get organized. J was soon up (guess I wasn't exactly quiet). He then went to water the yard and take our two boys on a walk. We had a friend of mine from work that was going to doggie/house sit, but we didn't expect her to walk the pups, they can be a handful!
My dad came to pick us up before 6 and of course we weren't ready. In fact we didn't leave until 6:10. Now, normally I would have been freaking out cause I'm one of those people that likes to get to the airport really early and our flight was scheduled to leave at 7:45. I couldn't tell if J was worried or not, but I was completely cool cause I had a little surprise in store...
As an added bonus for our trip, I upgraded us (for a small fee) to BUSINESS CLASS! So we had virtually no wait and were on the front row of the plane!! It was a nice little surprise for J! We literally walked into the airport, walked to our gate and it was time to board!!
The flight went by fairly quickly. Once we landed J grabbed our carry-on items then we were outta there!!! First off the plane and my goal was to beat the crowd to Magical Express, which we did, hehe!
The wait for DME was not long at all and then we were on the bus!
J was wwwaaaayyyy more patient than me!
"Are we there yet?!"
Finally! We're home!!!
We pulled up and I almost started crying! But I was able to keep it together as J told me I should head to the lobby (there were quite a few people on the bus going to the Boardwalk). I walked inside and it was awesome!!
Check in was pretty smooth! There was a new guy working, Noel and he seemed pretty nervous. I felt bad for him cause he was sweating all over the place! Poor guy! But, our room was ready!! So we headed up and I was floored! It was gorgeous!!!
Check out our view!!
Up next, we're heading to Downtown Disney for some shopping!!
Day 1 Continued
The Start of Hollywood Studios!
Day 2 Continued, Can You Say "Food" Much?
Day 3! Report on the Water!
Day 3 Continued...Time for Poly!
Day 4! Starting out!
Baby Stuff!
More of "Where the Wild Things Are"
Finish Off Day 4!
Baby News!
Day 5...Finally!
Day 5 Finished!
Day 6 Started!
Day 6 Finale!
Some Final Thoughts...
For a tiny bit of information about me: my name is Amanda, I currently teach middle school history and just finished (as in a couple of weeks ago!) my Master's degree. My DH and I celebrated our first anniversary in June, but since we were both in classes, we decided we could celebrate in August (kind of double whammy). One a side note, Johnny (commonly referred to as "J") and I met in grad school a couple of years ago and we've been together ever since!
Info about J: he is also a history teacher (but teaches high school level at a private school). J finished his Master's but decided to go for his PhD. Have fun with that one, babe!
One more thing which brought a "slight" change of plans. J and I received some surprising (yet wonderful) news in early June. Turns out that I'm pregnant!! Granted we had started trying, things just happened a little sooner than we planned. No big deal cause we were still going to Disney and were both going to have a great time!!
So my sweet hubby and I just returned from our wonderful week at Disney...and I'm ready to go back!!
It was J's first trip and this would be a test to see if he would want to return. Feel free to check out my Pre-Trip Report here for more details!Anyway, on to our trip!
Day 1, August 9 - the night before we both tried to go to sleep around 9:30 or so since we had an early flight. Also keep in mind we decided to host a garage sale with my mom that Saturday! I don't know what we were thinking since we were also finishing up graduate courses for the summer. Oh well, it worked out. We got some extra spending $$$ and we both got A's in our class! So we were both in wonderful moods!
Needless to say, I didn't sleep very well. Too excited!!
My alarm was set to go off at 4:30am so we could be ready to leave by 6. But I was up by 3 and just sat there in bed. Finally I got up at 4:15 to do a last bit of cleaning and get organized. J was soon up (guess I wasn't exactly quiet). He then went to water the yard and take our two boys on a walk. We had a friend of mine from work that was going to doggie/house sit, but we didn't expect her to walk the pups, they can be a handful!My dad came to pick us up before 6 and of course we weren't ready. In fact we didn't leave until 6:10. Now, normally I would have been freaking out cause I'm one of those people that likes to get to the airport really early and our flight was scheduled to leave at 7:45. I couldn't tell if J was worried or not, but I was completely cool cause I had a little surprise in store...
As an added bonus for our trip, I upgraded us (for a small fee) to BUSINESS CLASS! So we had virtually no wait and were on the front row of the plane!! It was a nice little surprise for J! We literally walked into the airport, walked to our gate and it was time to board!!
The flight went by fairly quickly. Once we landed J grabbed our carry-on items then we were outta there!!! First off the plane and my goal was to beat the crowd to Magical Express, which we did, hehe!
The wait for DME was not long at all and then we were on the bus!
J was wwwaaaayyyy more patient than me!
"Are we there yet?!"
Finally! We're home!!!
We pulled up and I almost started crying! But I was able to keep it together as J told me I should head to the lobby (there were quite a few people on the bus going to the Boardwalk). I walked inside and it was awesome!!
Check in was pretty smooth! There was a new guy working, Noel and he seemed pretty nervous. I felt bad for him cause he was sweating all over the place! Poor guy! But, our room was ready!! So we headed up and I was floored! It was gorgeous!!!
Check out our view!!
Up next, we're heading to Downtown Disney for some shopping!!
Day 1 Continued
The Start of Hollywood Studios!
Day 2 Continued, Can You Say "Food" Much?
Day 3! Report on the Water!
Day 3 Continued...Time for Poly!
Day 4! Starting out!
Baby Stuff!
More of "Where the Wild Things Are"
Finish Off Day 4!
Baby News!
Day 5...Finally!
Day 5 Finished!
Day 6 Started!
Day 6 Finale!
Some Final Thoughts...
I guess I wasn't thinkingn straight. 
Your dress is super cute. And now I'm really, really excited to eat at Wolfgang Puck Express for our first day too 
I'm anxious to see J's reactions to everything. I'm sure he loved it. And sorry you couldn't ride the intense rides--I know Michael would have been the same way if it was us. 
It was awesome! I knew we would spend a majority of our time at Epcot (which we did!) so it was all worth it! You're going to love the area!
It's wonderful to have someone to share the magic with! 
