The biggest thing that our family has done is that we took our very first family vacation to Florida. It was full of fun, heat, sun tan and swimming. We flew out on Thursday and came home on a Thursday, each day we were gone we did something every day. The first day we flew in was busy busy busy, right after we got off the airplane we grabbed our rent-a-car and headed to Nanny's house (dan's grandma) where Remy met his great-nanny for the first time. We last saw his Nanny at our wedding about 3 years ago and since then we had Remy and moved 2x. Well by the time we got to Nanny's house Remy was passed out! We ended up heading out to dinner anyway with sleepy Remy in tow, we went to Cracker Barrel one of Dan and I's favorite places to eat. We talked laughed, discussed and headed home to Nanny's house were we spent the night. The next morning Nanny told us more stories of her and Pop-pop (dan's grandpa). She told us all about how they have traveled all over the place and visited so many different places. They sure have done a lot. Nanny has a pool in the back patio so before we headed out for the day we took a dip in the pool as a family. We splashed around and laughed a lot too. We then got ready for the day and we accompanied Nanny on all the errands she needed to get done which took us about 4 hours long. Remy got super restless in the car, because well he is 14 months old and cant stay in a car for that long with out getting ants in his diaper. So we stopped by Chick-flia and had lunch as well as let Remy get some of his wiggles out. We ended the day by saying bye to Nanny and making our way back to Orlando to start off our first family vacation together as a family just the 3 of us.
Orlando was full of fun, sun, and laughs/smiles. Everyday we did something different which made the trip more exciting. The first day we got in we just hung out and relaxed for the rest of the day sense most of the day was spent driving around. We woke up bright and early and headed to my favorite grocery store that you can only find in the east coast called Publix. We got food for the week and of course we got white mountain bread which is the best bread since well sliced bread! It is just really good there is no way to really describe this bread except that when you eat it, it is like you are in a whole different world. After we got back from the store and unpacked we and hung out at the resort while Remy took a nap. Once Remy woke up we were a little stir crazy so we went to the closet mall we could find on the app called yelp. I should have read into the mall a little more because it was lets just say not our kind of mall. We were the only people there who spoke English so it was different and not something I had ever seen before. The did have a Ross to where we ended up buying Dan a hat because he forgot his at home and I was worried that his forehead and head was going to burn from the hot sun. After having an interesting experience there we went to dinner at Joe's Crab shack so that Dan could live in the life for a day of having fresh seafood. Remy loved their mac n cheese and their fish tacos weren't that bad either. We ended the night with grease stained shorts and ice cream for dessert.
Legoland!!!!! Who doesn't love legos?? Well I know no one loves legos when they step on them but lets be honest at least one time in your life you loved to play with Legos?! Dan was super excited to go to Legoland because he had always wanted to go as a kid but never went. One thing that we really enjoyed about Legoland was that around the entire theme park they had play areas every where! So if one kid was on the ride others could play with legos or on a playground. They really thought the park through. Remy was only able to go on a couple of rides but he liked it when he did. Remy also got to meet Emmett and Wild Style from the Lego Movie (he didnt seem to care for them that much).
Disney!!!! Disney World was amazing!!!!!!! We loved all of it, the fast passes, the baby swap feature, the rides, the everything. We went as soon as the park opened we figured if we went early enough we could hop on the rides that they the longest waits first so that we dont have to worry about them later. NOT! Little did we know ( i never remembered the ferry when i was a kid) that after you got to the parking lot you had to take a ferry or a monorail to the actual park entrance you don't just show up and you walk from your car to the front entrance. So by the time we got to the park it was already open for about 40 minutes and those hot ticket rides were already up to a 40 min wait time. So we headed to our first secluded fast pass which was Peter Pan, (side note Remy went on every ride with us except one), by the time we got there the regular line was a 30 min wait. So Dan and Remy went first and they both came out happy which means Remy really enjoyed it. I loved taking Remy on all the rides with us. We then went on the "its a small world" ride, followed by hunted Manson, then back to peter pan, by this time it was around noon/lunch time for Remy which is always followed by a hard crash into nap time. So we booked it out of there as fast as our legs and the ferry would go and got back to the resort so that Remy could take a nap. Once Remy woke up we were back out to Disney and we rode some more rides and had some more fun. Before we left I was determined to get a photo of Remy with a character but no one was out!!! So we headed to the Winnie a Pooh ride and find Winnie and Tigger outside taking photos!!!! So we had to stop because we knew it was going to be our last ride. It was an hour wait to meet Winnie the Pooh and we really wanted a photo so we waited, and waited, and waited!!! Till finally it was our turn (side note: remy has never seen or watched the show/movie) and Remy, Dan and myself took a photo with the both of them and then just Remy took a photo. Dan and I were ready to leave and let someone else have a turn but Remy would not let go of Pooh it was the cutest thing I have ever seen. I mean this kid was soooo tired and so cranky the entire wait to meet them that he was screaming, throwing fits left and right! But once he meet Winnie the Pooh all was right in the world. We ended up stopping by the gift shop right next to the ride and getting him his very own Winnie the Pooh which made him soo happy the rest of the night and it is now his night time best friend.
Till next time
Buzzy B's Out
