Addison did wonderful in the car until about the last hour so we got out the DVD player and let her watch a movie. It did the trick and we had a great ride. She was so excited to go to Disney World!!
Here we are at Epcot. I had a little pink doggie harness for Addison to wear while we were there. When she first saw it, she asked what it was. I told her that it was a doggie back pack that she got to wear with a long tail that Mommy or Daddy would hold on to and she says, "Oohhh, so it's a leash!" How is that kid so smart?! She's only 2 and a half!
This was right after we got there. We were waiting to see some characters...
Addison was so excited!! I left all of her hair clips in the car and her hair was in her face all morning. It was bothering me so badly that I stopped and paid almost $10 for 6 little barrettes with Mickey Ears on them.
Can you tell that she was excited?!
I wasn't sure how Addison would do with all of the huge characters, but she wasn't scared at all. Daisy Duck was the first one we saw and I think it ended up being Addison's favorite (and she'd never ever heard of Daisy Duck before seeing her at Disney).
So cute!
Now, Addison loves Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, but she was a little but afraid of these two. She wouldn't go up to them without her daddy coming too.
She's also never heard of or seen Marie from Aristocats but she loved this kitty!
Addison with Nana and Papaw
We rode on a little canoe type ride in the water that was very slow and relaxing and Addison completely passed out on Papaw's shoulder. We laid her in the stroller and she slept for about an hour.
Minnie was the last character of the first day. We were all exhausted and ready to get back to the hotel. It was the longest we stayed at any park of all 4 days we were there (it's a lot of walking, and we me being 7 months pregnant and Gena having a bad knee, we got worn out pretty easily).
Day 2: This was Addison's favorite day I think. It was the day we went to Magic Kingdom, which is home to all the princesses and Cinderella's castle. She loved it! (She's wearing her leash here)
Here we are on the Ferry to Magic Kingdom. It started out being a little chilly that day but it warmed up very quickly. The next few days were colder.
Addison and Papaw waited in line for an hour just to ride on the Dumbo ride. It goes around and around and up and down. Addison loved it and Jeff says it was completely worth the long wait to see her so happy! (Side note: DO NOT EVER go to Disney World the week after Christmas. It is crazy crowed! And I mean, CRAZY!! They actually had to close the parks while we were there because they had reached capacity.)
Mommy and a silly-faced Addison in front of Cinderella's castle.
Addison is super happy here because Nana had just bought her this little Cinderella doll set and she couldn't wait to open it! She loves it!
Nana Papaw and a very distracted Addison.
I love this picture of Addison and Papaw. Super cute!
Addison on the "Merry-a-go-around." I think this was the only thing that we came to that didn't have a line.
And this starts Addison favorite part of our whole trip! The Princesses! We waited for about an hour to see Aurora, Belle, and Cinderella. From the moment we walked into the room that housed the Princesses, Addison was in awe. She was so incredibly cute!
Addison with Belle (whom I think also played Pocahontas later in the week).
Cinderella was Addison's absolute favorite thing while we were there!
After she posed with Cinderella, Addison jumped up from her lap, without saying goodbye and ran back over to Jordan and I. We couldn't figure out what she was doing or why she was running from her favorite person of the week until she grabbed her dress up Cinderella doll and Daisy Duck doll to show to Cinderella. It was so cute!
On Day 3 we went to Animal Kingdom. It was such a pretty park and had some of the coolest things! There was a safari that everyone went on but me because it advised pregnant women not to go. That was the worst thing about going to Disney while I was pregnant; not being able to ride any of the rides. Poor Jeff didn't have anyone to ride them with because Jordan and Gena don't do rides (Not that he could have ridden them anyways. All of the good rides had nearly 2 hour waits. I'm telling you, it was INSANELY crowded!!)
Addison wasn't scared of Thumper (even though he appears to be trying to choke her in this picture...) and ran right up to him.
This was probably Addison's runner up favorite person to see at Disney World. Pocahontas and Cinderella are the ones that she talked about seeing before we went and who she remembers most now. (Doesn't this look like the same girl that was Belle? She's a horrible Pocahontas, but at least it didn't matter to Addison and she was really sweet with my baby!)
This was such a pretty picture (and there's a big roller coaster in the fake mountain that I really wanted to ride).
Gena got Addison an Aurora night gown and she LOVES that thing! She cried every time we had to take it off her to put on real clothes. Its how we had to bribe her to take a nap some days!
Here's a cute little video of Addison in her princess night gown. So cute!
We went to Hollywood Studios the 4th day of our trip. Apparently I was exhausted to the point that I couldn't even take a picture because I have none from that day. It was fun but we barely made it to 3 pm before calling it a day and retiring back to the room for naps. We had intentions (every day) to go back to one of the parks to see the awesome firework shows but never made it. We showed it to Addison on YouTube and it scared her so it's probably a good thing we didn't go in person (and it would have been so CRAZY with all of the people there!).
When we bought our tickets, we actually bought 5 day tickets and thought about going back to one of the parks the last day and driving back during the night, but we were all too tired and decided to just go ahead and hit the road. Addison did so good while we were in the car even though she barely slept during the whole 10 hour drive (there or back home). It was a fun trip and I'm looking forward to going back again when Ava's a little bit older (before she turns 3 though because then we have to pay for a ticket for her too) and when it's not to insanely crowded!!
