Friday, June 24, 2011

Florida Vacation

Here we are, almost two months later, and I am finally getting around to posting a blog about Florida. We were gone for 10 days and absolutely loved it! I have always wanted to take a vacation as soon as I graduated college... well... we took this vacation one year early! We went with my mom, mother and father-in-law and Matt's little brother, Benj. It was a blast!!


He did so well on the airplane!! Took a 3 hour nap on both plane rides! That was a huge blessing! I had a whole new adventure when I changed a diaper in the tiny bathroom of the plane!! Weird feeling and totally nasty but it was a success! I didn't flush Emmett or myself down the toilet in the process!



This arcade had every game for free. You would just push the start button on any game and could play it as much as you wanted. It was probably every child's dream come true!


Riding Dr. Seuss Carousel at Universal Studios.

A giant pickle... he loved it!

Swimming at the hotel pool!


We rode this trolley every day to and from the parking lot. Emmett was such a good boy every time. I think he thought it was a ride!!


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Harry Potter land in Universal Studios. It was super cool and so much of it was decorated really realistically!

Hogwarts castle... AWESOME!!!!


Hagrid's Hut.


Our first day at a theme park. Universal Studios! We were pumped!!!
Emmett was at the dinosaur egg nursery... very cute and he enjoyed it!

Butterbeer= AMAZINGNESS!!
My new Hermione wand... so nerdy!


Magic Kingdom day! This is waiting in line for Pirates of the Caribbean.



Waiting for the fam to ride space mountain!

Hiding out inside the Buzz Lightyear ride during a rainstorm!! Emmett stayed dry but I was paranoid I was going to suffocate him in that plastic poncho!

He pulled this puppy off of the shelf in a gift shop and snuggled it.. I couldn't make him put it back!
We waited in line for Toy Story ride for 2 hours! it was so worth it!

Blizzard beach water park... Emmett's first sand experience!


Just woke up..

Safari Ride with Grandma and Uncle Benj.


Bug's Life 3D movie.



Rainforest Cafe inside of Animal Kingdom. We all froze to death inside because the AC was cranked up and we were soaking wet from the water ride!


Playing in the space center at Epcot. For anyone going to Florida with a baby, this place was a lifesaver. It was like a super big McDonalds play toy! We let Emmett run around for an hour to get rid of his crazy energy!

We took a picture in Norway for Kristine. Thought we would get in character!

Epcot right after we had walked so much that our feet were numb and legs were about to fall off! My fault.. I just had to walk across to the other side of the lake to see the country of Italy after we had walked all over animal kingdom earlier that day!

I let him have some ice cream.. this is the result.

Matt and Benj snorkeling.

Typhoon Lagoon water park. It had a huge wave pool in it. The boys all loved it!
Matt and I in front of our favorite ride.


Waiting to ride Winnie the Pooh :)


The tan lines of Florida...

Japanese food place inside of Epcot. They cook the food in front of you! Super cool!



This is how Emmett watched the ENTIRE electric parade. We thought he would love it! Apparently not...
Night time view of the castle... we had just gotten off of Splash Mountain (where we had ridden in the front seat while the fireworks were going off in the background! Awesome and somewhat romantic experience :) Brought back memories of our honeymoon!) that's why we are soaking wet haha