Family Vacation 2012!!!

There isn't much that is more exciting than family vacation!

We left for Orlando on the morning of July 4th, and arrived around lunch time. Lily was wearing the cutest "uh-merr-lucan fuh-lag" dress - I should be punished for not getting pics of this. We (Nana, Papa, me, Clay, Lily) met Eric and his girlfriend at O'Charleys for lunch. Fort Meyers does not have one, and wow, I have really missed those cheese wedges. Then all of us met Jodi, Austin, and Jordan at the resort and spent the evening at the pool and then playing cards in the room.

Thursday morning we split into 2 groups:

Sea World group - Me, Lily, Papa, Jodi, Austin, and Jordan

Universal group - Clay, Eric, Nana, Michelle

Sea World-

Cousin love = no need for a double stroller.

That night we swam again and played more cards. Friday morning we went to a breakfast buffet before Eric and Michelle left.

Around the resort-

Pure joy-

Her uncle taught her how to do an evil laugh-

An attempt at family pictures-

They are making the same facial expression :)

We spent the rest of the day at the resort and Downtown Disney.

All 3 kids got airbrush tattoos, and even my dad got a huge dragon on his arm.

Nap at the pool-

T-Rex Cafe-



Lily was funny about the T-Rex. Normally when there is both a large and small version of something, she says it is the mommy and the baby. But, apparently, this T-Rex was the "daddy".



Saturday, we spent the day at Animal Kingdom. This was the first time for us to visit this park, and it is officially my favorite with kids, and my second favorite for no kids (probably nothing could ever beat Epcot). It is so full of shade, and the shows they have are really amazing.




Watching the gorillas.

 



This face means "don't even try to get me off this elephant".



Lily was pretty hilarious at the petting zoo. She was almost aggressive. She was going to pet all of those animals *excessively* and no one was going to stop her. She was even trying to grab them to keep them still whenever they would start walking.

Notice when she pokes him in the eye-

He decided to eat her hat a little - haha. Probably revenge for the eye poke.

Playing the drums in Africa-

Snack break with Nana.

Pick with Papa after the Lion King show - which she was obsessed with. Obsessed would be an understatement. This was amazing for adults also. Clay and I thought the price of the ticket for the park was worth it for this show alone.

Lily rode this ride 10 times and raved to us about going "up and down" and "round and round".

We ate at Rainforest Cafe near the park exit late that night.

After dinner we went back to the resort and swam really late. All the kids were up until 11pm, since it was our last night, and I have to say that all week, even with the potential meltdowns we could have had from doing 2 parks, they we perfect angels.

Sunday morning we were back at Donwtown Disney for lunch and the new spiderman movie.

We took a pic in front of the fountain near the theater because I love comparing pictures to see how Lily has grown.

Last year, in front of the same fountain at Downtown Disney-

The best part of the trip was having family together. Lily absolutely adores her cousins, and they love her just as much. She is still jabbering about them constantly, and I hope she gets to see them again soon.