I'VE MADE MY ADR'S!!!
So, last night I tried to get to bed bright and early so I could get up before the sun came up. Not my time of morning. I made sure I set the alarm, made sure the volume was on, and went to bed. At 12:00, I still couldn't sleep. Dozed off finally, 1:00, I hear my daughter screaming. I run in, and she's terrified of the puppy. We don't have a puppy, so obviously bad dream. She finally calms down, and I bring her into our room. She won't walk, I need to carry her - lest the puppy get her.

Ok sweetie, into bed, go snuggle with Papa. ok, sigh, need to get to sleep. 2:00 - my bladder has mysteriously shrunk to the size of a chick pea, so I need to go make a bathroom break. 3:30 - Ephraim starts coughing and gagging. Pick him up, pack his back, sit him upright, try to drain the stuff from his nose, finally give him a nebulizer treatment, and get back to bed around 4:15. Go back to sleep and suddenly realize I hear music. I open my eyes, peek at the clock and it's 6:50!

I slept through my alarm!! By like an hour! Jump out of bed, wake up my husband, because he's usually awake by now - he heard his alarm, shut it off in his sleep and went back to bed. Guess we were both exhausted. Grab my handy dandy trip planning notebook - which thankfully already had my reservation number and credit card waiting to go. Call the number around 5 to - not oopened yet. Great, time for a bathroom break. Make a mad dash in, make a mad dash out, and redial and YES!

I'm in!
We go through the whole Are you going to Victoria and Albert's press 2, if not press 1 deal - thought about pressing 2. I doubt there is waiting time over there with those prices! Go through the whole option thing, the voice says it's unusually busy wait time, please be patient.......and then.......silence. Where are the songs? Shmu said there were songs while she was waiting....... 10 seconds - nothing. 20 seconds - nothing. 30 seconds - I panic and hang up. I can't waste precious seconds waiting for nothing. Quickly call again. Go through the menu again. Busy - please be patient.....A WHOLE NEW WORLD! Yes! Thank you thank you shmu! Who knows how long I would have been waiting there for nothing as precious reservations tick by! Ok, whole new world - trying not to break out into song. Beauty and the beast. This is taking long! What if I can't get the coveted CRT, or Le Cellier?????
"Hello, My name is Leah"

Let the reservation making begin! My plan had been to try and snag Le Cellier first - but lack of sleep mixed with the butterflies in the stomach and the andrenaline pumping clouded my mind. I tried for Cinderella's Royal Table first. Do they have a 2:00 opening??? 2:15! Good enough! I'll take it! Onto Le Cellier! Do you have dinner, between 5 and 6:30? "No."

How about dinner at all? "No."

How about ANYTHING???? Bingo - Lunch at 2:40.

. I'll take it. Better than nothing! I can always call back and try again. Onto Artist Point. Do they have a 7:00 opening? 7:10 - 2 tables.....booked it because I thought she meant 2TS credits, realized, no 2 tables. I'll try and switch that later. Kona Cafe dinner? yup! good to go! Hollywood and Vine? Woo Hoo! got the latest breakfast at 11:20! LTT?

This is going well! Chef Mickey's? "Are you sure you want it that early" she asks. second guess myself for a moment, then decide to not 2nd guess myself - didn't they teach you to always go with the first answer in school? Trail's end? Got it. GFC? "The character breakfast?" Nope, not 1900 park fare, just the Cafe. We're in! At this point I'm feeling guilty that I've got so very many reservations to make. Let's keep on trucking. Next on my list, Bippidy Boppidy Boutique - I need to call a different number for that, right? "No, we can take care of that here!"

ok, earliest possible reservation? "ummmm....let's see." Oh no, an ummm let's see answer. Great blew my chance for an early time! Should have asked about this....what was that? 8:00? before the park opens YES!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS WAS THE ONE I WANTED!!! MK location, right?

It is! Woo hoo! My

will get to be a real

for the day! I'm almost done I promise her. Kona for breakfast this time? we're good to go! Crystal palace dinner?

And WCC for our last day?

Yes! Ok leah THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
Ok - so, here's the run down:
Day 1 - Kona Cafe/Dinner/7:00
Day 2 - Le Cellier/Lunch/2:40
I've decided to cancel our Le Cellier and instead booked dinner at Yachtsman Steakhouse at 5:40.
Day 3 - Hollywood and Vine/Breakfast/11:20
Day 3 -Liberty Tree Tavern/Dinner/5:40
Day 4 - Yak and Yetti - can't call until Sunday
Day 4 - Artist Point/Dinner/7:10 - 2 tables, need to fix this
Day 5 - Chef Mickey's/breakfast/7:00
Day 5 - Trail's End/Dinner/5:35
Day 6 - Grand Floridian Cafe/Breakfast/11
Day 7 - BBB at 8am

(this means we can do Tom Sawer Island like Nathaniel wanted! and maybe he can see the opening ceremony)
Day 7 - CRT/Lunch/2:15
Day 8 - Beaches and cream and Earl of Sandwich - no ressie's needed
Day 9 - Kona Cafe/ breakfast/8:10
Day 9 - Crystal Palace/Dinner/4:00
Day 10 - Whispering Canyon Cafe/Breakfast/9:30
All in all, I think it went well. I'm thinking about keeping the Le Cellier lunch. Might give us a bit more park time AND I can eat in China for dinner before Illuminations. We're getting closer and closer!