Well, it's finally here. The night before we are to leave for our long anticipated trip back to WDW. It's been 3 long years since we've been there. Three years filled with both joy 
and heartache 
. We welcomed our second son 
during this time, but also suffered through 2 job losses and the need to sell our dream home. But we perservered and finally the day is here.
Our cast for this trip includes:
Your Host - me - 41 yo senior paralegal with a passion for Disney that sometimes borders on a sickness.
DH - 41 - sales manager for a high end audio/video designer/installer. Also a Disney lover, although not quite as crazy and me.
DM - late 60's - close to being the greatest mom on the planet, she's joining us again for this trip. She came with us almost 4 years ago when we only had ds#1 .
DS#1 - almost 7 - claims to remember the 3 trips he took to WDW between ages 3 and 4. Determined to ride the "big" rides this trip.
DS#2 - almost 2.5 - the unknown factor in our happy little equation. Started out planning on running away when he saw a character
but has progressed to wanting to hug Mickey and ride the teacups 
. Remains to be seen what he'll really do.
We leave from Newark, NJ tomorrow at 2:15 PM. BIL is being kind enough to drive us to the airport in our van so that we don't have to uninstall and reinstall ds#2's carseat more times than is necessary
. We expect to arrive in Orlando around 5, get our rental van and head to our 3 bdrm condo.
While I have so many plans in mind for this trip, the reality is that ds#2 will be the one dictating the pace. If he feels the magic
, we're good. If not, then we'll just have to adjust our plans and do a bit more baby swapping to accomodate him.
So there you have it, kind readers. I will not have access to the boards while we are gone, but will take notes about our trip and post them as soon as we return.
A big thank you to everyone on the boards who have made these long months almost bearable for me. I picked up so many hints and ideas and feel ready to tackle this new adventure head on
.
See you all in a week.
and heartache . We welcomed our second son during this time, but also suffered through 2 job losses and the need to sell our dream home. But we perservered and finally the day is here.Our cast for this trip includes:
Your Host - me - 41 yo senior paralegal with a passion for Disney that sometimes borders on a sickness.
DH - 41 - sales manager for a high end audio/video designer/installer. Also a Disney lover, although not quite as crazy and me.
DM - late 60's - close to being the greatest mom on the planet, she's joining us again for this trip. She came with us almost 4 years ago when we only had ds#1 .
DS#1 - almost 7 - claims to remember the 3 trips he took to WDW between ages 3 and 4. Determined to ride the "big" rides this trip.
DS#2 - almost 2.5 - the unknown factor in our happy little equation. Started out planning on running away when he saw a character
but has progressed to wanting to hug Mickey and ride the teacups . Remains to be seen what he'll really do.We leave from Newark, NJ tomorrow at 2:15 PM. BIL is being kind enough to drive us to the airport in our van so that we don't have to uninstall and reinstall ds#2's carseat more times than is necessary
. We expect to arrive in Orlando around 5, get our rental van and head to our 3 bdrm condo.While I have so many plans in mind for this trip, the reality is that ds#2 will be the one dictating the pace. If he feels the magic
, we're good. If not, then we'll just have to adjust our plans and do a bit more baby swapping to accomodate him.So there you have it, kind readers. I will not have access to the boards while we are gone, but will take notes about our trip and post them as soon as we return.
A big thank you to everyone on the boards who have made these long months almost bearable for me. I picked up so many hints and ideas and feel ready to tackle this new adventure head on
.See you all in a week.
