Monday, October 19, 2009

Our Disney Vacation!






























































































































































































































Since so many fun things happen throughout our trip, I'll try to sumarize what we did. First off, our child LOVES the airport. He was so excited as soon as we walked in. I'm not sure if it's the people, the sounds, the large spaces but he just had the best time. He did GREAT on the flight too which was a big help, of course! Then the hustle and bustle of trying to manage all of our bags, Alexander, the stroller and keep Ricardo and Steve under control. We had 2 large suitcases, a backpack with our video camera, Alexander's rolling backback with is clothes, the pack and play, and the carseat along with the stroller to deal with. As we went to get our rental car we realized we had definately not rented a large enough car so we asked if there was anything we could get on the spot that was bigger. We just wanted an SUV but ended up with a Hummer instead. It was awesome! We finally got to our super nice condo and settled in...we had 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a full kitchen, laundry room, a screened in porch, and a very nice view of the woods and a retention pond. We all decided we could live in a place like that for sure minus the 4th floor location with no elevator. UGH! Friday we headed to Disney and with many prayers that it wouldn't rain, we had the best time RAIN FREE! It was cloudy and very hot and humid but no rain and that's what mattered. Ricardo and Steve rode Splash Mountain and we all went on the jungle safari ride and It's a Small World. Alexander loved the small wourld ride and even fell asleep. He even watched his first movie in the Mickey Theater. The BEST part of the day was at the end when he got to see Mickey, IN PERSON!!! I am telling you we have never seen that kid so excited. We finally put him on the floor and he crawled right towards him with the biggest smile on his face. Afterwards we headed towards the gift shop and got Alexander his birthday gift from Grammy and Grampy and Grandma and Grandpa Berkshire. He got a Mickey train set and the biggest Mickey they sold. Needless to say Saturday when he woke up, he was totally excited. We headed to the beach on his birthday and stopped at Don Pan, a Venezuelan bakery in Tampa to eat some yummy goodies! Unfortunately, the weather did not turn out as planned but we still enjoyed a few laughs and the beautiful scenery. Saturday night it was Venezuelan food in Orlando which mom and Steve really enjoyed. Alexander loved it too and also loved his birthday cake Ricardo got him at Don Pan. Sunday we headed to Sea World to see Shamu, the dolphins, and all sorts of beautiful scenery. Mom and I even fed the Dolphins which was so cool. Again, had a GREAT time spending the day together and enjoying countless laughs with mom and Steve. Sadly enough, today we flew home. After almost missing our flight, thought we lost mom and Steve's camera (found it), we made it back and again had many laughs just driving home from the airport. We honestly had a great time and Alexander just loved spending time with his Grammy and Grampy!!! He got to laugh and play and have a great First Birthday which is what we wanted out of this trip!