Our Awesome Vacation

We had a great time in Orlando! It was so nice for us to get away and have out first, real family vacation. We have to give a big thanks to my mom and dad for letting us use their time share condo for the third time! We've been to Aruba, Myrtle Beach and Orlando all thanks to my parents. It was a great place with tons of amenities and we never would have been able to go on this vacation if it wasn't for their generosity!

Luckily all of our travels went fine with the two kids. It's stressful flying with two young ones and all our stuff (double stroller, 2 carseats, giant swing box, 2 giant suit cases and two carry on bags) but luckily our flights were on time and the kids were great. Sawyer ate 14 ounces on the airplane (2 hour 20 min. flight) but he's a growing, chubby boy so it's OK. The swing made it in one piece in a giant box so we did enjoy good sleep on our trip. We had a two bedroom condo with a full kitchen so we got to eat in every night. We don't really enjoy going to restaurants with a 5 month old. We just grilled out a lot and hung out around the condo.

We spent one day at the Magic Kingdom, which was definitely enough. Audrey loved it! She went on every ride that she was allowed to go on except for Pirates of the Caribbean. For some reason she has a pirate phobia. Ben and I were so happy she wanted to go on the Haunted Mansion because that was our favorite when we were kids. Her favorite part was meeting all the characters. Below I put a bunch of different pictures from our trip and one of the sections is the characters she met. We did have to wait in some long lines to meet them but it was worth it. She also loved the Dumbo ride and Small World. Audrey and Sawyer were both in a trance throughout the whole ride. There was so much to look at. If you're wondering, Sawyer went on every single ride as well. We stayed at the park from open to close and Audrey did fine without a nap. Sawyer spent much of the day sleeping in his sack and hardly fussed at all. He was a very good baby for having to be held or in a stroller the whole day. We had a really great day and are excited to take them back again!

The other highlight of the trip was watching Audrey swim. She is very confident in the water now and loves to swim all by herself with her water wings. She did a great job kicking and moving her arms. Sawyer learned to splash in the pool and I think he enjoyed that. He also learned to roll both ways on vacation which means he can now get to where he wants to go. I guess I'm really going to have to watch him now!

We were very sad to come home and could have easily handled another week of vacation. Of course it is still cold in MI but at least everything is green and flowering right now. Enjoy looking at all the pictures I posted below.