Our first family vacation! *tons of pictures!

Blain had his block leave earlier this month so we took our first family vacation to Florida! We spent the first week at Disney World! We had a wonderful time! It was so fun for me to see the excitement on the kids faces.
Dewpop picked us up from the airport on the 2nd and took Makayla straight to see the Snow White at the airport.




Day 1 - Magic Kingdom





The Princess meet and greet




Princess Aurora planted a big kiss on Elijah!




Blain, Mak and Eli in front of Mickey's house





Eli LOVES Mickey Mouse but wasn't sure what to think when he saw the real live version standing in front of him. :D


Waiting to ride It's a Small World. I swore as a kid that I would never ride this again. LOL It's a little different once you have your own kids though.


The end of day 1


We went to dinner at one of the restaurants at our hotel and Makayla said she was Mary, as in the mother of Jesus. LOL



Day 2 was the 4th of July and we spent it at Hollywood Studios (formerly MGM Studios). We met up with Brandon, Deidre and Benjamin (my brother, sister-in-law and nephew) for the afternoon. After a few hours, Blain & Brandon riding Tower of Terror and all of us watching the awesome stunt show, we split for dinner and met back up at the park for the fireworks. The fireworks at H.S. left us a little disappointed. :(

We loved the Mickey statue at our hotel



We watched Beauty and the Beast Live (great show!)





Playhouse Disney Live - Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - Eli loved this show



Day 3 was spent back at Magic Kingdom. We had reservations for breakfast at Cinderella's Royal Table. We got pictures with Cinderella and then while eating breakfast, all the princesses walked around to every table for autographs and pictures.






Princess Aurora kissed Elijah again! :)





Poor boy crashed after the breakfast




Since we had to wake up early for the breakfast at Cinderella's castle, we went back to the hotel for naps. We didn't make it back to the park until 6pm. We met up with Brandon, Deidre & Benjamin again to watch the Spectromagic Parade and fireworks over the castle. I have seen the fireworks at Disney before, but never in front of the castle. It was quite magical!

Benjamin star struck, I'm sure :)


Eli fell asleep during the parade




Benjamin fighting with Uncle Blain


Day 4 - Animal Kingdom - It was also our anniversary so we kind of had to rush through the day. We had dinner reservations at one of the other resorts and Dewpop was coming to our hotel to watch the kids for us.

Mak in front of a trailer and pink flamingo lawn ornament in Dinoland (are you sure we aren't in AL? Just kidding, I love my home state!)


On the TriceraTop Spin


In Tiger Jungle


My beautiful babies





On the Kilimanjaro Safari



Pocahontas


Rafiki (from the Lion King) - Makayla absolutely would not stand for a picture with him!


She decided to stand behind this instead


Us on our 7th anniversary!


Makayla decided to be an artist and draw on Dewpop's feet while we were gone.


Day 5 - We went back to Magic Kingdom for our last day at Disney

Makayla, Elijah and I spent an hour in line to meet Ariel. Hope Makayla knows I love her because it was HOT!



Daddy teaching Makayla how to drive


The Liberty Bell


Donald Duck in Frontierland


On Aladdin's carpet ride


In line for the jungle cruise. As you can see, Elijah missed it.


We watched the Spectromagic parade twice on our last night.





And we watched the fireworks again. This time, we were right in front of the castle. They were absolutely beautiful!



We were a little sad to leave!! :)