Babs had some vacation points to use so he graciously offered them up for a family Disney vacation to celebrate Mei Mei's BIG girl birthday. Mei turned 1 officially on Saturday, May 22nd. The first full day we were there was Friday May 21st...We arrived late Thursday night after a 9 hour drive. The kids did amazingly well both on the way there and back.
Did I mention I LOVE 12 month olds? Here's the birthday girl on her last day of infancy:(
Beebs and Stell looking at the "hua hua" (flowers in Mandarin) while we waited for our Character Breakfast Table at the Grand Floridian
Hangin' with Babs while we waited..
First up Tigger...Aston looks interested here but he was laughing at something else
Tigger got right up in his grill but he was still focused on his new truck he got at Cracker Barrel on the drive down...
Ahhh...the 1 year old reaction...scrumptious! (photo courtasey of Babs...love it!)
That's me inviting Tigger on a playdate...;)
The twins...
Mary Poppins...
Daddy's last snuggles with a baby Mei Mei...
No one was interested in Alice in Wonderland...
Or the Mad Hatter...
But Pooh Bear...
Ohhh Poooh Bear...She would not let him go...she literally grabbed ahold of his red turtle neck and whined...
The Monorail was a huge hit of course...we jumped on at the Grand Floridian just to go for a ride...
Enjoying more of the Floridian...
Back at the ranch (we stayed at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort)...kids went over to BB and Babs unit after nap while Jeff and I went outlet shopping...we snapped them on their balcony from our balcony when we returned home
Meanwhile Pop and Beverly arrived from Sarasota...and we all walked to Downtown Disney for Dinner at Rainforest Cafe...
It was a beautiful walk with views of "downtown"
Mei seeing the sites with Pop and stuffin' her face with Dad...
At Rainforest Cafe's it "Storms" every 30 minutes. Here's Aston and Pop enjoying the rain during a regularly scheduled storm...
"World of Disney" is like the biggest retail establishment in Disney and Stitch (as in Lilo & Stitch) spews water every so often onto the street...Aston loved getting sprayed...he would have stood there all day if we let him
Aston rode this train ride all by himself...such a big boy...he would turn his head every time he came around to avoid the camera:(
He loved the random spray grounds on the way out of downtown...
5 comments:
oh my goodness -- all in day 1? :) so much to do at disney. can't get over the twins picture - they really are! love how honest you were about aston being more interested in the car than the characters. haha and stellyn's love for pooh?! love that! love the monorail family shots and the pic of jeff and aston looking over the railing. didn't realize the trip was such a huge family affair! you know how i love that. :) can't wait to see more!!
LOVE the blue sky wide angle stuff. Aston is such a sucker for anything water spray. love it. Well no wonder you didn't get as big of a thrill out of the Tweetsie airplane independence...been there, done that! Stelly LOVES the animals. That's so great. Kate would have been at the other end of the room. Glad you included BB and Stelly twins and looks like yall stayed at a cool place-like the balcony shot! Love it all can't wait for day 2!
Whew...I'm tired!! :>) Love Stelly's bear hug with Pooh and the cool pics of Aston and the water spray! Love the monorail pics; it's too bad you guys can't come here to visit before we move back permanently to Charlotte; Aston would've gotten a kick out of the metro!! BTW, I'm having some difficulty leaving comments using OpenID...
How fun! So jealous about your trip. We'll try this trip in a few years. Mei Mei seems like such a big girl now.
holy cow, i can't believe the skies in some of those shots. awesome. loved meeting your cuties today. can't wait to see more pics from the trip--that was just day 1??? looks like a ton of fun. makes me want to plan another trip down there TODAY.
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