Our 1st Family Vacation!

We took our 1st family vacation in July to Orlando Florida. We visited Walt Disney World and Universal Studios. We (especially our 2 1/2 year old son Gavin) had a blast! We left early Friday morning (4am) and we drove. Yes, we drove! It wasn't as bad as we thought it would be especially driving with a toddler. Actually, he was great the whole drive too and back. We split our trip in half and stayed at Moss Point MS. Woke up the next morning and left at 5:30 am caught up with other family members close to Alabama border line. The drive was nice, pretty scenery. Too bad we didn't stop to take a picture with every State we drove thru. All though we did get Mississippi. Gavin was asleep most of the time. That's probably why the road trip was nice. We got to Florida Saturday night. We checked in and unload, unpacked, showered, and slept. On our trip was My husband, our son and I along with with my Mother-n-law, her sister and niece. We stayed at this nice Resort called Orlando Breeze Resort. It was very convenience to our hotel to the WDW Park. It was literally 10 minutes away. We woke up the next day and we headed out to the Downtown Disney. It was really nice! There, we did the character balloon ride. It was awesome! 400ft high! We loved it! We ate at the T-Rex Cafe, the food was excellent! Then we walked around Downtown Disney. It's more like the outlets. I was told to head out there before we get into the parks to buy your souvenirs. So that way you don't have to carry so much in the park. They have this HUGE store call World of Disney and they everything to the "T" that you can name of in that store. And yes, I bought several souvenirs. I bought mostly for our son. Not to mention, I bought myself 3 tote bags! I love tote bags! You never know when you need a bag. Lol!

Sunday Downtown Disney

This is made out of LEGO

Character Balloon Ride

It is very popular there where everyone collects pins. Here, Gavin is picking out his own pins. So, we went ahead and started one for him.

It was very HOT that day, so we told him to go ahead and cool off!

Monday July 4th, we started our day with a Character Dinning with Chef Mickey. Gavin meet Mickey for the first time. We would sit at our table and the each character came to greet us. Gavin took a picture with each one and had them sign his Autograph book. That was the cutest thing ever! Although, my husband and I were very surprised that Gavin didn't even get scared to get close with the character. He did really well. We were so happy! After our fabulous breakfast buffet, we took the monorail to Magic Kingdom. It was a LONG day! The castle was Beautiful! I couldn't believe we were actually in Disney World! I felt like a kid again! We walked around and around, got on the Dumbo, Aladdin and Pirates of the Caribbean Ride. Saw the Day Parade. Then the FIREWORKS! That was awesome! They sure did put on a good show!

On Tuesday we did Animal Kingdom. It was really nice! We got up early to do the Safari Ride. That was a cool thing to do. Then we saw the Tree of Life. Huge Tree! We saw "How Tough to be a Bug" show and "The Lion King show". That show took my breath away. The music was amazing. I just Love the Lion King. We also met Safari Mickey and Friends and among others. Such as, Chip-n-Dale, Pocahuntas, Thumper and Miss Bunny, Pooh, Eeroyers and Tiger. We also saw Finding Nemo show. Now that was so cool! You need to see that when you get a chance to go to WDW in Animal Kingdom!

Wednesday was Universal Studios. We started off with another Character Dinning breakfast buffet. Here we met Agent Oso, Handy Manny, June and Leo from Little Einsteins. As soon as we got out of the resturant, there was a parade going on. So we missed most of it. We meet the Mickey Fantasia, Woody and Buzz and The Incredibles. We saw the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and got on the Toy Story Spin ride. It was a long day but a fun day!

Thursday was Epcot. It was our last Disney park of the week. We did the Finding Nemo ride, Talking Crush show and meet Daisy Duck. It wasn't much to do for the kids, so we left early and headed back to our resort to rest. And the end of the night, we headed out to our Pirate Adventure Dinner Show. It was cool! Gavin enjoyed the show!

Last but not Least, on Friday we went to Island of Adventure and Universal Studios! We had to meet the one and only Spiderman for our little guy! He loves Spiderman! We are doing his birthday which is coming in October a Spiderman Party! We also meet Captain America. We did the Dr. Seus Landing. And we strolled down Harry Potter Lane. Mike had this drink called "ButterBeer". That was a really good drink! After that, we headed over to Universal Studios. We didn't get to do much because it rained on us. We were lucky that it didn't rain on us all week, except the last two days that we were there. It rained on the day we were at Epcot, BUT we missed it. We were just getting back to our car then it rained. But overall we all had a really great time on our trip! We want to thank our Aunt Marisa for inviting us and staying at her resort. My husband and I are planning (if God's willing) to go back in 5 yrs. But right now, we're planning on taking a Disney cruise next year with our cousins. Hoped you enjoyed our pictures as we enjoyed in taking them. If you haven't gone to Disney, you need too. Believe me, while planning and waiting, I was so excited and I felt like a kid again once I got my foot in the door! Just seeing my son's face expressions and meeting with the characters was priceless!

What a week we had. My poor baby was tired. We were ALL tired. This is pretty much how he was the whole trip too and from. This is all for you baby boy! Hope you had a great time and we have pictures to prove it. We love you!