Disney World

We had a great vacation at Disney World the second week of June. We couldn't pass up Jim's free millitary 5 day hopper pass, and a deeply discounted pass for me. We even used our time share for the first time ever. It was a fun trip. Jim spent some time with his best friend from high school and we had a blast introducing Elizabeth to Disney. She would yell Mickey every time she saw his face, which was all the time. She also loved Minnie and Donald. She even braved a few of the themed rides from Pirates of the Caribbean to Haunted Mansion.

I didn't fare too badly myself, even though I am 6 months pregnant. It was hot, and very humid. But we had a fun time. We even met Jeremy at Epcot on our first real day in Florida. It is crazy, we had to fly clear across the country to see our friend who lives in Chicago. We did so many things, it is hard to describe them all. Elizabeth even went to her first water park - Typhoon Lagoon. She went body surfing with daddy, she did have a life vest on. She enjoyed it much more than her fraidy cat mother who stayed in the shallow end.

We went to all 4 parks. Epcot was one of my favorites. The Animal Kingdom was too hot and crowded to really enjoy, but it is a cool park. The tree of life is one of my favorite parts of the place. The Magic Kingdom was fun - we enjoyed all the Disney favorites - Small World, the Tiki Room (under new management) and Pirates of the Caribbean. Hollywood Studios was also fun because they had Star Wars characters everywhere, Jim loved it. They did Star Wars weekends in June this year. We even saw Darth Vader- that costume was huge!!!!

Here are some of my favorite photos of the trip.

Elizabeth and Jim wearing their 3D glasses for "It's A Bug's Life." She wouldn't keep the glasses on, and it was a little scary for her, but daddy told her to yell "go away buggies, go away" and it seemed to work. We enjoyed the theater because it was air conditioned. We were at Animal Kingdom. They also have a really cool safari ride, it recommended pregnant women not ride -but I went anyway and it was no worse then riding in Jim's old jeep.

Here she is in "France" at Epcot. She was posing for mommy!

Jim and Elizabeth "Celebrated" today with the whole Disney crew- they danced in the streets with all of the characters during a parade. It was so much fun - Jim was half dead by the end of it - they were both soaking wet from the heat and humidity. But they had a great time. I have video, but I don't think Jim would appreciate the fact that I put it on the web.

Here we are at the fireworks show at Epcot. Jeremy took our picture. Elizabeth didn't have a nap all day and was the best baby ever. I can't believe how good she is sometimes. We also spent some time with Jim's friend from high school here.

We had our pictures taken with all the characters, the park took professional pictures, but they also let you use your own camera as well, they took the pictures of us. They turned out great.

We had an awesome trip, and I am glad that we were able to do it. It will be a while before we can do another trip like this one.