The Many Adventures of...A Family With a New Baby! Jan - Dec 2016! New 11/7!

[kelmac284]

Just found your report. Wanted to say that my youngest was born on April 27th. Of course she is a bit older than yours. We will be celebrating her 16th birthday this April at DL. My older one is just 16 months older and was born in Dec of 99. Looking forward to reading your report!!

 

[FantasiaMagic]

It seems like you all had a nice quiet afternoon at the pool!

California Grill sounds fantastic! I have always wanted to go there. I am a big sushi fan as well, so hearing that it is so good there makes me excited lol.
How nice the chef was able to make you something delicious that worked with your restrictions

Watching wishes from the balcony at BLT sounds amazing! I had no idea that there is a chancel on the TV that plays the music, good to know!

 

[Imagineer5]

I wanted to get some more updates up this week but I was volunteered to take a Torpedo training at work, and I can't have my phone so...no DIS for me! I did have my anatomy ultrasound (19 weeks tomorrow!!) and baby girl is looking healthy and perfect <3 Plus some other stuff going on this week and our big holiday party Saturday and I can't catch a breath. SO instead of my nightly shows tonight I came on the DIS to say hi

We do that too ... although we have to cut it down ourselves and carry it back to the car ourselves ... nothing like lying on the cold (sometimes snowy) ground and cutting down a tree with a handsaw! :|

We've avoided having the real little babies - but we went just before Peter was born (He's Dec 13th) so Judi was like full on 9 months pregnant at the time

Haha I used to do that, this with them cutting it down for us is new but I don't mind it

All caught up!
Sorry to hear Maya had so many issues with dairy/soy and that she was fussy a lot of the time. My oldest was the same, so it was such a shock when I had my daughter and she was easy going. It's amazing how different each child is. I hope for your sake Baby #3 is super relaxed and mellow.

Your dinner at CA Grill sounded like a great experience. That dark chocolate dessert looked delicious. I could substitute that for a dairy dessert any day of the week.

Those 1 bedrooms at BLT seem perfect for a family. So much space! And very smart thinking putting the pack and play in the master bath. It was like everyone had their own room, which I'm sure made it that much cozier.

How great that you were able to catch Wishes from the balcony after your dinner. The joys of newborns...you tend to pass out when they do and have to sacrifice some Disney activities.

I'm glad your daughter was easy! I am so hoping this one will be too. At the very least I hope we can deal with it sooner knowing what we know now.

YES the 1br was amazing. I would not hesitate to stay there again! We are early birds in general, but yes having a newborn definitely makes us appreciate sleep even more!

What a nice afternoon/evening! It's a good thing you got that pool time in, because I think we are about to show up on our trip and bring the freezing cold weather with us! lol

I'm glad the kids were cooperative during dinner and that you had a good experience with the chef and had a great meal even with your restrictions. And what better way to cap off a night than with Wishes on your balcony in your pj's?!

Yep, it did get COLD! We had to hop in the BC pool at least once, but that doesn't mean it was comfortable lol.

I was so incredibly far behind sorry! All caught up now. Hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving, we were in Disney so yes, we enjoyed ours!
I love the pictures from SE and how you got Maya's little head in there
I may have said this earlier in your report, but I really commend your usage of those baby wraps/carriers. I could never use them; between my kids not liking them and/or me not finding them comfortable, they just never worked for me!

Aw I hope your trip was amazing!! That would be so much fun to go over Thanksgiving.

I am not in love with the carriers I have. But Maya was SO happy in the Moby wrap that I wore it lol. It's really not ideal for walking around Disney though, so I am hoping the next one will be happier in the stroller

Just found your report. Wanted to say that my youngest was born on April 27th. Of course she is a bit older than yours. We will be celebrating her 16th birthday this April at DL. My older one is just 16 months older and was born in Dec of 99. Looking forward to reading your report!!

Aw thank you!! What an awesome way to celebrate 16!! I am anticipating her arrival a little earlier, around Easter maybe, as both my other two were early but we'll see! <3

It seems like you all had a nice quiet afternoon at the pool!

California Grill sounds fantastic! I have always wanted to go there. I am a big sushi fan as well, so hearing that it is so good there makes me excited lol.
How nice the chef was able to make you something delicious that worked with your restrictions

Watching wishes from the balcony at BLT sounds amazing! I had no idea that there is a chancel on the TV that plays the music, good to know!

If you like sushi, you have to go!! Yes they pipe in the music, it's about the best way I can imagine spending an evening!

 

[schmass]

California Grill is amazing - I'm glad you guys had a nice dinner there and that the chef was able to create some good food for you! Fine dining restaurants always tend to be the best in dealing with food allergies. Watching Wishes on the balcony with the music sounds so nice. That was part of my reason for keeping our BLT reservation rather than switching to Poly in May (although we could probably see Wishes from Poly, as well!).

 

[Reflections of Earth]

Just found your report, got all caught up, and am following along. You have the most adorable daughters by the way!

As everyone else has been saying, California Grill sounded great.. especially the dessert that the chef made for you! I'm definitely going to have to give it a try after reading about your experience.

 

[amberdc1987]

All caught up!! I can't believe how big the girls have gotten. It looks like y'all had a blast on this trip!! Can't wait to read more!!

On a side note, I'm loving all your LulaRoe clothes you wore to the parks!! They are definitely super comfy, especially post baby. Can you tell me what shoes you wore with your leggings?? I have a few disneybounding outfits for our trip in Feb, but my cute shoes aren't comfy enough for the parks.

 

[Imagineer5]

California Grill is amazing - I'm glad you guys had a nice dinner there and that the chef was able to create some good food for you! Fine dining restaurants always tend to be the best in dealing with food allergies. Watching Wishes on the balcony with the music sounds so nice. That was part of my reason for keeping our BLT reservation rather than switching to Poly in May (although we could probably see Wishes from Poly, as well!).

Yes, totally agreed! We had great experiences at all signature places (generally do though!). The ending to the evening was perfect too!

Just found your report, got all caught up, and am following along. You have the most adorable daughters by the way!

As everyone else has been saying, California Grill sounded great.. especially the dessert that the chef made for you! I'm definitely going to have to give it a try after reading about your experience.

Hi!! Thanks so much for reading along and commenting!!

All caught up!! I can't believe how big the girls have gotten. It looks like y'all had a blast on this trip!! Can't wait to read more!!

On a side note, I'm loving all your LulaRoe clothes you wore to the parks!! They are definitely super comfy, especially post baby. Can you tell me what shoes you wore with your leggings?? I have a few disneybounding outfits for our trip in Feb, but my cute shoes aren't comfy enough for the parks.

Thanks!! it was fun, trying at times but still fun lol! Aria had a great birthday and that is what matters!!

Hmm I either wear Merrill sandals or Sketchers Go Walk shoes to the parks, both are super comfy. They aren't cute by any means lol!

 

[Imagineer5]

Ahh, I can't believe we leave in 2 days! This time on Thursday we'll be flying to Disney!! Work has been hectic but at least there's only about 9 work days left of December between Disney and Christmas break :-D but on a few of those days (today included) I have to work 12 hour days because my leave balance is so low lol. Really looking forward to having 6-days straight this weekend and 10 days straight over Christmas though!

Anyway, back to the TR I left off after a fun day at EPCOT and dinner at California Grill. Upcoming today we have another MK day (I tried to stick with where we were staying so the early part of the trip is heavy on MK and monorail resort dining, then we'll move to BCV and stick with that area a little more). First up Be Our Guest for an early breakfast! We did the quick walk over to MK, and were waiting with the breakfast line by 7:35. It had been an early morning, as Maya woke up around 2 then was up for her day by 5:15, a bit earlier than necessary lol! But we sort of relaxed in bed until we had to get up.

On the walk over to the MK, btw, she wouldn't sit in the car seat/stroller so I had her in the wrap. That ended up working out as she fell asleep around 8 and slept until 9:30 lol.

but back to 8! Before our early park breakfast we wanted to grab some walking to the castle pics, bc Aria had refused on her birthday.

That heat from yesterday left quite the fog behind, though, and this was our view!

So we kept on walking! I think we did stop at the FP kiosk near Philharmagic to grab some extra same-day FP and then checked in for breakfast.

I feel like this was the last time this trip I was comfortable in a tank and shorts!!

We'd pre-ordered the meals (they have an allergy option online), but they still sent us through the regular queue so we only saved time by not having to place our order then. I actually asked about this in the dining forum because on our upcoming trip with @Dugette, we are eating here again and last time we were able to go to a separate pre-order line. Most people said it still saved them time, so once again we have pre-ordered.

Anyway...

We decided to sit in the main dining room (I think the rose room was actually closed?). I had my allergy frozen waffle with fruit and allergy friendly pastries which were surprisingly good (I think they were from Babycakes at DTD?). The waffle wasn't great but overall it was a fine breakfast.

I like the mix of CS and TS where the interior is gorgeous, and they bring you your food. But you still have to grab drinks so we did that. Aria had some sort of crepe with yogurt? She hardly ate a bite
Kid's crepes - stuffed with Yogurt, Fresh Berries, and Wildberry Foam served with a selection of pastries.

Andrew had a charcuterie plate and he loved it, thought it was a really nice change for a breakfast. You can also see they brought out a regular plate of pastries in addition to the allergy ones. I hope they do this again this trip, so I can pack up some of the allergy things for Maya and eat the regular ones :-D

We had a 7DMT FP booked, so after breakfast we headed straight to Peter Pan which had no wait whatsoever. We finally were able to (quickly) check out the new queue!

And then we rode. Maya was still asleep!

Aria asked for the Barnstormer next, so Andrew rode with her. They wouldn't give me a RS for later, because there was no line. That was annoying bc obv I couldn't use it then as I had Maya on me asleep, and with the RS I could ride later via the FP line. Not sure if this is normal or not, but the only time we encountered it.

Next up we headed to Dumbo and since we had so many FP coming up, we let Aria play (thankfully the play area was open, sometimes it isn't this early in the morning!).

She is going to have a blast with izzy running around here.

Then headed out to ride

Aria wanted to ride with me, so Andrew rode solo. The CM came over and told me Maya could not be in the wrap! WTH?! So I had to uncover her partially and of course she woke up. Some people have mentioned they encountered this zero times, but I had SO many CM's telling me to take her out of the wrap it was really annoying. I don't like how inconsistent it is.

Well you can see I didn't fully take her out and gave a little evil eye to CM but we were soon on our way.

Afterwards, Maya was pretty content so that was nice!

We decided to go on Ariel's ride next

Maya was really cute watching everything

Then it was time for 7DMT!! I rode first with Aria and we did grab a RS for later

We had a FP for Pirates open but on the way we stopped at It's a Small World!! This one was a huge hit with Maya, even so young! (She loved it even more at DL in August).

Then a ride on Pirates. It was surprisingly busy here so nice to have the FP.

Aria still doesn't like the cannon scene, but otherwise likes the ride.

continued in next post!

 

[Imagineer5]

Afterwards, Andrew and Aria rode BTMRR while I fed Maya and got her freshened up. Everything took a bit longer than anticipated and we missed a Speedway FP but instead met back up at the front of the park, as we had a FP for Tinkerbelle.

She admired Aria's dress but then Aria told her that Maya had the same one!

She was looking at me holding Maya, but she was NOT happy at the moment so I was letting Aria have her time with Tink.

I hopped in for a quick picture, you can see what Maya thought of that idea lol.

So for lunch I had this super bright idea of grabbing ice cream for lunch! I had read that the ice cream parlor on Main Street had allergry friendly ice cream and their chocolate syrup is dairy free! So we got in there and ordered Andrew's and Aria's sundaes, then I got to mine and their only substitution was a soy milk based ice cream! Ugh! So sadly I went away empty handed. (Note: the soy ice cream apparently only has soy lecithin, which I added in and it turns out Maya isn't even allergic to soy - but many kids who are allergic to soy can handle soy lecithin).

While Andrew and Aria sat and ate, I ran across to Casey's since it was right there and I was starving. Once again, I had ZERO options, like even their French fries had soy in them. (I don't eat hot dogs, but their hot dogs & buns had dairy in them at the time, too).

Unhappy and hungry, I decided to check out the "new" Skipper's Canteen. It had been on my to-visit list anyway and at the time they weren't taking reservations I think? IDK. Maya had a little cat-nap during this whole ordeal. Andrew wasn't happy that we were having an extended lunch time.

Aria was happy to wait with me though so we sort of split up for a bit.

The CM's were in full blown character and were having fun.

Aria enjoyed her coloring pages

I would have preferred a side room, the main room seems more like a cafeteria to me, but the theming is great inside.

Andrew texted asking me to order him a coke, and shortly after ordering he came in with an awake Maya.

I ordered one of their fruity bubble tea drinks, which aria really enjoyed sharing with me, LOL

They have a VERY good allergy menu I think, including their noodle which can be made with chicken. It has jalapenos in it, and I asked for it to be extra spicy but there was hardly any spice. It was still very food and full of flavor.

Then I quickly paid and we headed out. Andrew had already taken Maya out because she started getting super fussy. We had FP's for Splash next, so Aria and I rode that.

Around this time we headed out of the park. Maya nursed while we walked back again in the awkward wrap lol but it worked Aria and I had a mommy daughter date coming up and we needed to get cleaned up for it!!

Back at the room, Maya was pretty content while we got ready.

I made a bottle for her to have while we were gone, and pretty soon we headed out. She was asleep in the pack n play when we left.

Soon we were arriving at our destination - the Grand Floridian! We had some beautiful views from the monorail

We checked in for Afternoon Tea, then took some photos.

Aria loved the flooring <3

I ordered a mango flavored tea of some sort, and Aria had the kid's tea which was a strawberry "princess" one.

The tea cozy was so pretty, but man it kept the tea HOT!

I attempted to instruct Aria in the fine art of tea, but that mainly included me telling her not to cling her spoon on the cup hahah

They brought out small peanut butter sandwiches for her to enjoy

There was an edible flower on my fruit plate. Aria thinks these are so cool and likes to point them out when they come in nice restaurants. She schooled her grandparents at a nice place this Spring telling them about edible flowers when they came in a salad and they took them out

Here were my dairy/soy free sandwiches and fruit.

Our shared pastry tower. The top levels were for Aria although I think she had already taken one or two things off. I had the same Babycakes allergy friendly pastries as BoG, which were good but redundant unfortunately. However, they did make me this pyramid fruit/jello mold thing which was interesting and I appreciated the effort.

Overall we were there for quite some time, and had a really nice time. We made "small talk" and the table next to us chatted with Aria a little bit too. This would be a lot of fun to do again without allergies and when Aria is a bit older (or in maybe 5 years with all my girls!).

 

[Imagineer5]

After our little date, we headed over to the MK to meet up with Andrew & Maya who was about to walk over.

It was so nice being stroller-less!!

Aria was so excited to see Maya she kissed her feet?

Maya wasn't very happy though

Andrew and Aria ran off to use the Splash RS

I put Maya in the wrap again knowing she needed a good nap

Then Andrew wanted his dinner to consist of a turkey leg LOL while Aria and I went in search of popcorn!

We decided to meander our way up Main Street and find a spot for the MSEP then Wishes. This time of year, MSEP was at 6:30 which is really nice for us early birds

I think we had a FP for this actually, back when they still did that!

Maya woke up so Andrew thought it necessary to take a pic of me nursing her at the curb lol.

We were told to move behind the rope, so Aria hopped in her seat and I moved back under. Maya was pretty content just relaxing.

Soon the parade started and both girls loved watching

MIND.BLOWN

When the parade was over, we watched Wishes then had the short walk back to the room. I fed Maya once more and put her down a little after 8 and she slept a miraculous 9 hours straight.

Coming up - free day! It was supposed to be our Water Park day, can you guess what happened?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

The pictures of the Castle in the fog are really neat - looks very mysterious and fits the "storybook" theme

That's nice they have that charcuterie option for breakfast at BOG - seems very European so I guess appropriate

definitely seems like a productive morning

I know when we had Emma as a baby they explained the rule that if there is a lap bar you have to have the baby out and facing forward - so we had to have her out on Ariel's ride which has a lap bar but not on Nemo which doesn't ... but I agree, whatever the rule is they should always explain it clearly and be consistent with enforcing it

Love the pictures of Maya when she is really interested in things - like on Small World or for the Electric Parade (guess you'll just have to take her to Disneyland now to see it again )

Pirates seems to be one of those rides that the wait times are random - some times you think it will be crowded it isn't and then others that you wouldn't think the line would be bad it has a long wait

Bummer about the ice cream situation (good info you shared though about the soy lectin vs full on soy) - at least you got a meal out of Skipper's canteen out of it!

The tea seems fine. I think Olivia would like it at this point - maybe something Judi and her can do as a "special event" some day. I like Aria sharing her smarts about the edible flowers

 

[FantasiaMagic]

I enjoyed reading about your BOG breakfast review. I have had lunch and dinner there, but still have not been there for breakfast. I would like to try it, since it gets you into the park earlier, which seems like a very nice perk!
I loved the pictures with Tink, the girls dresses were so cute!
How nice you and Aria were able to get some girl time. That Tea Party at the GF looks adorable!

 

[Imagineer5]

The pictures of the Castle in the fog are really neat - looks very mysterious and fits the "storybook" theme

That's nice they have that charcuterie option for breakfast at BOG - seems very European so I guess appropriate

definitely seems like a productive morning

I know when we had Emma as a baby they explained the rule that if there is a lap bar you have to have the baby out and facing forward - so we had to have her out on Ariel's ride which has a lap bar but not on Nemo which doesn't ... but I agree, whatever the rule is they should always explain it clearly and be consistent with enforcing it

Love the pictures of Maya when she is really interested in things - like on Small World or for the Electric Parade (guess you'll just have to take her to Disneyland now to see it again )

Pirates seems to be one of those rides that the wait times are random - some times you think it will be crowded it isn't and then others that you wouldn't think the line would be bad it has a long wait

Bummer about the ice cream situation (good info you shared though about the soy lectin vs full on soy) - at least you got a meal out of Skipper's canteen out of it!

The tea seems fine. I think Olivia would like it at this point - maybe something Judi and her can do as a "special event" some day. I like Aria sharing her smarts about the edible flowers

It messed up our early photo plans hahaha, but we got them later in the trip anyway

BoG breakfast seems to get a bad rep, but I really like it. Dumbo doesn't have a lap bar - it has a seat belt, so technically they shouldn't have asked me to take her out (and even with her "out" she wasn't under the belt. Yes even at 8/9 weeks old I wanted to show that a baby can still take things in and enjoy WDW! The tea was fine, and fun, but again would have been better without allergy restrictions as I felt the options were very limited, esp desserts. But that's an ongoing issue lol!

I enjoyed reading about your BOG breakfast review. I have had lunch and dinner there, but still have not been there for breakfast. I would like to try it, since it gets you into the park earlier, which seems like a very nice perk!
I loved the pictures with Tink, the girls dresses were so cute!
How nice you and Aria were able to get some girl time. That Tea Party at the GF looks adorable!

I normally love BoG breakfast - SO excited for our upcoming one in a few days where I get to have that delicious cronut!! mmm!! I think it's a great option to get into the park early but not as pricey as the character meals and doesn't take as long.

Aria got the dresses as one of her birthday presents so she was very excited to wear them this day And I got Maya's a bit bigger, so she fits in it much better now lol!

A little one on one time was awesome with Aria. I wish I had that opportunity every trip, but at the very least I do try to make that time at home (and vice versa too, with Maya, though she doesn't understand that yet lol).

 

[mousehappync]

I'm going to have to comment in waves-- so many amazing updates!

That heat from yesterday left quite the fog behind, though, and this was our view!

I love the fog-- everything looks so mysterious! (Plus, it hides the crane!)

Aria had some sort of crepe with yogurt? She hardly ate a bite
Kid's crepes - stuffed with Yogurt, Fresh Berries, and Wildberry Foam served with a selection of pastries.

My kids have turned up their noses at this before, too. I tasted it--it's not great!

Andrew had a charcuterie plate and he loved it, thought it was a really nice change for a breakfast. You can also see they brought out a regular plate of pastries in addition to the allergy ones. I hope they do this again this trip, so I can pack up some of the allergy things for Maya and eat the regular ones :-D

THIS, however, is delicious! I think I may order this in a few weeks!

We had a 7DMT FP booked, so after breakfast we headed straight to Peter Pan which had no wait whatsoever. We finally were able to (quickly) check out the new

I love this queue! It's Disney Magic at its best.

They wouldn't give me a RS for later, because there was no line. That was annoying bc obv I couldn't use it then as I had Maya on me asleep, and with the RS I could ride later via the FP line. Not sure if this is normal or not, but the only time we encountered it.

ANNOYING!

She is going to have a blast with izzy running around here.

That's such a cute picture of Aria-- it's always so crowded when we are in there, I can barely even find my kids!

Well you can see I didn't fully take her out and gave a little evil eye to CM but we were soon on our way.

Do they want her in the "seatbelt" thingy? Geeze. She's 1,000 more secure in the wrap!

everything

Then it was time for 7DMT!! I rode first with Aria and we did grab a RS for later

We had a FP for Pirates open but on the way we stopped at It's a Small World!! This one was a huge hit with Maya, even so young! (She loved it even more at DL in August).

I LOVE her face in this pic, and the IASW pics that I thought I was quoting...she's so totally engaged. I'm with Maya--Small World makes me very happy, too!

 

[ariane37]

I LOVE the new PP queue! Three times we've purposely planned to ride early rather than getting a FP, even though my boys are older, simply because we all enjoy so many things about the queue now.
I'm also dying to try the GF tea, and I'm glad you enjoyed it even though you'd already had the same pastries that morning which stinks Since I don't have any girls I think I'm going to have to talk DH into doing it on our next kid-free trip!
Oh, and have a wonderful time if I don't get back here before you leave Thursday; safe travels

 

[mousehappync]

Back for more-- this looks like such a fun day!

with

Aria have her time with Tink.

I hopped in for a quick picture, you can see what Maya thought of that idea lol.

That pic of Aria is adorable!

Unhappy and hungry, I decided to check out the "new" Skipper's Canteen. It had been on my to-visit list anyway and at the time they weren't taking reservations I think? IDK.

I'm debating trying to squeeze this ADR in-- I go back and forth. I know the kids (well, JH, at least) won't enjoy it, but I think I would. Maybe I will feed mine elsewhere and just get them bubble teas there?!

Overall we were there for quite some time, and had a really nice time. We made "small talk" and the table next to us chatted with Aria a little bit too. This would be a lot of fun to do again without allergies and when Aria is a bit older (or in maybe 5 years with all my girls!).

This looks like so much fun! I think you definitely need to be allergy-free to enjoy all the little goodies-- I love the little swan pastries.

After our little date, we headed over to the MK to meet up with Andrew & Maya who was about to walk over.

It was so nice being stroller-less!!

MIND.BLOWN

When the parade was over, we watched Wishes then had the short walk back to the room. I fed Maya once more and put her down a little after 8 and she slept a miraculous 9 hours straight.

Fun evening! I really love seeing Maya's face watching lights. I can't imagine what it must look like to a baby with no frame of reference. And how amazing that you got good sleep that night, too! Perfect day!

 

[Imagineer5]

I'm going to have to comment in waves-- so many amazing updates!

I love the fog-- everything looks so mysterious! (Plus, it hides the crane!)

My kids have turned up their noses at this before, too. I tasted it--it's not great!


THIS, however, is delicious! I think I may order this in a few weeks!


I love this queue! It's Disney Magic at its best.


ANNOYING!

That's such a cute picture of Aria-- it's always so crowded when we are in there, I can barely even find my kids!


Do they want her in the "seatbelt" thingy? Geeze. She's 1,000 more secure in the wrap!


I LOVE her face in this pic, and the IASW pics that I thought I was quoting...she's so totally engaged. I'm with Maya--Small World makes me very happy, too!

I had a lot of time yesterday working a 12 hour day hahaha I just decided to bang out the full day of updates

Oh no, I honestly didn't try her crepe, now I feel bad if it actually tastes gross (she is usually a picky restaurant eater though so I figured it was just that).

Yeah I was really annoyed about having to wake her up, apparently I still am! Esp since it isn't EVERY CM who makes you undo them.

My mom totally sat out It's a small world at Disneyland, and didn't even seem sad after hearing how much fun Maya had on it. I have definitely gone past hating the song after seeing how cute my girls are (Aria loved it too, BTW, with the Disney characters hidden in the ride for her to find).

I LOVE the new PP queue! Three times we've purposely planned to ride early rather than getting a FP, even though my boys are older, simply because we all enjoy so many things about the queue now.
I'm also dying to try the GF tea, and I'm glad you enjoyed it even though you'd already had the same pastries that morning which stinks Since I don't have any girls I think I'm going to have to talk DH into doing it on our next kid-free trip!
Oh, and have a wonderful time if I don't get back here before you leave Thursday; safe travels

Yeah I typically don't plan to spend time in a queue, but was really glad to see it as it's super cute. Same with the Pooh queue, we generally just run through.

The tea is definitely something I would enjoy with DH as well, so I agree that'd be a fun little date time!

Back for more-- this looks like such a fun day!



That pic of Aria is adorable!

I'm debating trying to squeeze this ADR in-- I go back and forth. I know the kids (well, JH, at least) won't enjoy it, but I think I would. Maybe I will feed mine elsewhere and just get them bubble teas there?!


This looks like so much fun! I think you definitely need to be allergy-free to enjoy all the little goodies-- I love the little swan pastries.


Fun evening! I really love seeing Maya's face watching lights. I can't imagine what it must look like to a baby with no frame of reference. And how amazing that you got good sleep that night, too! Perfect day!

Hahaha yes, while Aria could have found something to eat (and DH would have enjoyed the food) their ice cream lunch was sufficient - but the bubble tea was definitely a hit. The food and atmosphere was good, but I am skipping it this trip (@Dugette is going to have a lunch there with her family, but I am skipping it).

I know right?! What was she thinking? I was so glad she enjoyed it.

Loving this report! Your girls are so adorable and they have the cutest dresses I've seen! I'm also an engineer (but of software. It's great to see how you handled an 8 week old because I'm pregnant (due Feb 2017) and hoping to bring our baby when he is also 8 weeks old.

Aw thank you!! I am surprising Aria with a few this trip, so that'll be coming up (I just got a last minute one in the mail yesterday, and we leave tomorrow haha!). CONGRATULATIONS on your baby! Is he your first? I hope this report doesn't scare you away from taking him at that age - it shouldn't because despite all our issues with her (100% due to her allergies) I am still planning on doing the same with #3!

 

[Grumpy's Wife]

Great updates. I love Maya's eyes as she was watching the parade. Just taking it all in. Precious!

That bubble tea looked so good. I've never had that before but definitely want to try it.
I haven't read too much on Skipper Canteen. How did you like it?

Aria looked like she really enjoyed the tea. It's nice just having some mommy and me time.

 

[thebyrdwoman]

Just came across this TR but following along! Congratulations on baby girl #3! We are expecting our third baby in May of 2017, so right behind you!

Such a sweet little family, can't wait to get caught up on the TR

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Just wanted to wish you a wonderful trip!

Say 'hi' to Mickey for us