Disney World

We went to Disney World this week!

Kristine and Anthony got married so we went down to help celebrate.

Disclaimer: Colin did actually go with us but he mostly just sat in the stroller, or his car seat, or the pack carrier. So everytime I describe what Kaida did just imagine that it also says "And Colin sat/slept in the stroller/car seat/pack carrier."

Wednesday we flew out of Pittsburgh. Instead of leaving the car in the extended lot we parked at The Parking Spot and took their shuttle to the airport. It really helped reduce the stress of spending a half hour looking for a parking spot. Plus I couldn't imagine trying to transport 2 kids, 3 suitcases, and two carry-ons from the car to the shuttle stop at the airport.
We flew AirTran and somehow things got really confused. They had us as 3 ticketed passengers with two infants on laps. So Kaida was holding Kaida on her own lap. But you can't have two lap infants in one set of seats because there is only one extra oxygen mask per set. So they split us up for each leg of the trip. And couldn't (wouldn't?) fix it. We ended up asking people near us to re-arrange so we could sit together. Once we finally got someone to actually understand that we were 3 ticketed passengers with one lap infant he was able to fix it for our return trip.
We laid over in Atlanta, Kaida took a nap in the stroller, we had lunch. People looked at us weird. Especially when one of us was pushing the stroller and the other was carrying Kaida. I think they noticed the double stroller and then Kaida and were looking for the third baby.
Kaida was pretty good for most of the flight. She wasn't a huge fan of the seatbelt but once JR explained the seatbelt light she was a little more compliant. Unfortunately the plane noise was too loud for us to hear the tablet with our headphones on so the movies we had planned to entertain her with were a bust. Luckily we had toys and books.
They both wore disposable diapers the whole time. Kaida's leaked a lot on the way down. We gave her a ton of juice but I am still very surprised by how many outfits she went through. She was on her third outfit and we were headed to the hotel when she threw up all over herself. So I recycled a shirt from earlier in the day and she went to dinner pantless (since our luggage took a little longer to get to the hotel than we did). She had a cloth diaper cover on (I brought those for Colin to help contain any diaper blow outs but after she leaked so much I put one on her too), still not real classy.
We had adjoining rooms with JR's parents. We met them at the airport and drove to the hotel together. We stayed at the All Star Movies resort. Kaida was really good at finding all the Mickey Mouses or "Mee-mou". She even found one when she was in the tub. It was a sticker stuck on the tank of the toilet so only she could see it.
Once we got unpacked we put Kaida to bed but it was still pretty late for her.

Thursday we went to Animal Kingdom in the morning. We had to wake Kaida up, which is always a treat. We saw the Nemo show and the Lion King show. She road a dinosaur ride that's like Dumbo and played in a playground area. She also got to meet Goofy (whom she calls Doopy, it's adorable). We had lunch at the park but did just half a day. Then we headed back to the hotel. Kaida took a nap but we had to wake her up again to get ready to head over to the rehearsal dinner. Uncle Steve's brother couldn't make it so JR, Kaida, Colin, and I got to go in his place.
We met at Shades of Green and took a bus to Epcot. We were dropped off backstage at the GM test track. Dinner was in a banquet area above the ride and was really good. Kaida ran and ran and ran. JR, his parents, and I traded off following her around. She loved it. After dinner we left the two of them with his parents and, everyone who wanted to, got to cut in line to ride the Test Track. It was pretty cool. We went on with Pop Pop (Pop) and Aunt Joyce. The best part is the outside part where you're going 60 with the wind blowing in your face.
After everyone had done the test track we were escorted to the UK where we got to watch the fireworks in a private area.
Aunt Joyce took Kaida for a while and when they came back she had a spinner that lights up. It was quite the hit!
It was all very cool and we took the bus back to Shades of Green.
So Kaida was pretty late to bed again.

Friday we hung out around the hotel for the first part of the day. We had a late breakfast and were getting ready to go to the pool when Kaida melted down. She wasn't a fan of the bathing suit we were trying to put on her. So we stayed in and she had a nap while Grandmom and Pop Pop went down to the pool. When she woke up we went to the pool for a while. She really liked it. and She LOVED playing with Pop Pop.
After the pool JR went to get us lunch and we headed back to the room. We got ready for the wedding and then headed over to Shades of Green. The wedding was outside in the Gazebo. Kaida was quiet enough for about half of the ceremony but then JR had to take her for a walk.
Grandmom and Aunt Judy brought all sorts of toys so that helped a little. Mostly she just wanted to run around and do whatever was opposite of what you were telling her to do.
About 10 minutes into the reception she found the dance floor. And that's where she spent most of the evening (even before the dancing started). She stopped for about 5 minutes to shovel some mac and cheese into her face.
It wasn't long before she started sucking on her fingers. We could tell she was exhausted so that must be something she does when she's tired.
She danced with JR and me, Pop Pop and Grandmom, Kristine, and almost everyone else. She did have one favorite girl she kept going back to though. It's kind of scary how chummy she got with complete strangers in the course of an hour or two.
We left around 9:30 ish in the hopes that Kaida would get some sleep.

On Saturday she still woke up at 8 though. We were thinking about going to the Magic Kingdom but decided Kaida probably wasn't up for it. So JR's parents went to meet Aunt Judy etc. and Pop Pop (Pop). We had a late breakfast and put her down for a nap. We tried to go to lunch but she had a meltdown before we could even get out the door so JR went to get us something and we had a bed picnic instead.
Once she was fed she was alright with getting ready to go to the pool. She played with JR for a while and Colin even went in (but of course we forgot the camera).
After we got dressed again she played on the playground with JR but after two face plants they came back to the room. We got a pizza from the dining room and had another bed picnic. Then we went to the Disney Store. She went all through the store taking things off the shelves, carrying them 5 to 10 feet, and then dropping them on the floor. We ended up getting her a Minnie Mouse ears hat.
She had her bath and stayed up just long enough to say goodnight to Grandmom and Pop Pop when they got back.
Once she was asleep we packed up what we could and then left the kids in Grandmom's care and went on a mini date. We went for ice cream and then to the Disney Store again. We got Colin a onesie that says Future Prince Charming, it's pretty cute.

Sunday we got up really early and she ended up waking up early too. We got all packed up and then checked in and dropped off our luggage. Then we had a quick breakfast. We were hoping to get a picture with the character that was coming in the morning but our bus to the airport was leaving right at the same time. So we saw Goofy in his Easter finest from a distance.
At the airport she just wanted to run again but that wasn't working out real well. So there were a few fits in the airport, then again on the plane when she had to be belted in. But she fell asleep as the plane was taking off and slept about an hour and a half. Once we got off the plane one woman commented on how good the kids were. I wanted to say "Only because it's hard to be bad when you're asleep."

And this whole trip reminded me of the poem There was a little girl by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

There was a little girl,
Who had a little curl,
Right in the middle of her forehead.
When she was good,
She was very good indeed,
But when she was bad she was horrid.

My little girl's curl is on the back of her head but everything else applies.