Vacation 2009

Ahhh, home again home again clickety clack. We had a wonderful vacation, despite the horrific heat! Seriously, it's not cool when you get in your rental car and it tells you its 104 degrees outside. Here's the run-down:
Sunday: had a 6 am flight, so we were up by 2 to be out of the house by 3. Now, I am a morning person, but not that early! I was a ball of nervous energy. I suddenly was overcome with all sort of irrational fears about flying with Sophie. We got through it though and she's a champion flier! Seriously, the most well behaved kid on the plane! Fast forward- we land in Orlando and neither of us are dressed for the oppressive heat. We hop in the rental (got a Kia Soul- so cute!) and head to Target! I needed shorts STAT! Can I even tell you they didn't have any shorts?! It's FLORIDA and there were NO SHORTS in Target! I ended up getting yoga shorts and calling it a day. We had to kill time, so we went to an early lunch at Logan's (my fav steakhouse in Kissimee!) and then drove around, checked on my Grandma's house, moseyed through Celebration, etc. Still having to waste more time- we went to Downtown Disney and did a little shopping and added "No Expiration" on our Park Hoppers. We couldn't check in early to the time share, we tried to though! Once we did check in though- HEAVEN! Our villa was amazing! We had a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, full kitchen, washer/dryer, patio overlooking the golf course piece of fabulousness! We didn't do much other than shower (because we were gross from travelling and sweating), unpack and go to bed!
Monday- We put on our swim suits and hit the pool! Sophie absolutely LOVED it! She was a little uncertain at first, but once she realized it felt good and splashing was fun..she was hooked! Later that afternoon we lunched at Breezes in the resort- they had a fab deal where you buy a frozen cocktail for $7.95 and you get to keep the cup. Then every frozen cocktail refill in that cup is $5! Awesome! That night we went to Hollywood Studios, mostly out of boredom. Took Sophie on 2 rides- she did really well! Then it started to rain, so we hightailed it outta there! It was already hot and humid, wasn't really looking to add being wet to that combo!
Tuesday- Pool day again! We really enjoyed just laying by the pool/in the pool. Met some nice people sitting around us, carried on a few little convos, etc. Went to Cracker Barrel for a late lunch, went for a walk with the babe around the resort, then found sanctuary inside! Ahh blissful air conditioning!
Wednesday- Kati, Brian and Alyssa arrived at 8:30 am! Brian hit the sack, but Kati and Aly came to the pool with us for a while. Around noon we went back to the villa and woke Brian up to come to the lazy river with us. We did the lazy river for a few hours then went back to the room, showered, changed and went for a late lunch at Logan's. Once we got back to the villa we had plans to get apps and drinks that night but Kati, Brian and Aly all conked out at about 5 pm for a "nap". We tried to wake them at 5:45 and 6 but they were out cold so we went out without them. We got back around 8 and Kati finally started stirring. She came out into the kitchen where I was washing dishes and was all "are we going out?" I laughed and said, "we did and we're back already!" She was all confused "what time is it?" etc. I just told her to go back to bed! We had a big day the next day!
Thursday- Happy 4 Years to me and Sal! We had a Character Breakfast at the Polynesian's Ohana restaurant! It was fabulous! We met Lilo, Stitch, Mickey and Pluto. Aly had them all sign her autograph book, we took pictures, etc. Soph loved Pluto! After that we went over to the Animal Kingdom. Kati, Brian and Sal all left their sunglasses on the Dinosaur ride.. Brian and Sal's were recovered, Kati's got jacked. Of course, cute girl sunglasses are not going to be returned to the Lost and Found. Kati, Brian and I went on Expedition Everest leaving Sal with the girls. He swears we were gone for over an hour (it was really about 20 minutes LOL). Then we watched the Nemo show. After that we called it a day there- we were dying and Kati and Brian wanted to check into their room. We reconvened at 5 pm at Epcot. It was the Food and Wine Festival! But honestly, it was so damn hot, all we had were frozen drinks. The thought of hot food was a turn-off. Not for my hubby though! He ate in Greece, France and ... somewhere else I can't remember. We had Sophie's pictured taken for one of the those 3D crystals.. $200 and 45 minutes later we finally got a pic. You have to sit completely still for 6 seconds to get a proper picture. Not an easy task!
Friday- Magic Kingdom day! We got to the park by 8:30 so we could see the opening ceremony! Aly loved it, she was so excited to see the characters arrive on the train. We did a bunch of rides, Soph conked out for It's A Small World, which was fine, it was air conditioned so I didn't mind holding her sweaty little body LOL At 12:30 we left to take a break- shower, etc since we all sweated through our clothes again. Met back at the park at 4:30 and discovered it was only opened until 7 pm. WTF?! So we inquired about getting tickets to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. They were $60 each! For 3 more hours?! I don't think so! Needless to say, we didn't spring for them. If they were $20ish we were going to get them for the 4 of us and stay, but $240?! No way!
Saturday- Pool Day! Kati and Brian had to do their time-share tour crap, so we decided that we'd each do our own thing. We hung by the pool, then hit up the Super Target again- almost made the whole week on just one pack of diapers! I love Super Target... just sayin'.
Sunday- Time to go home... boo! We were extremely early to the airport since we had to check out at 10 am. Our flight was at 2:30. It wasn't too bad though, we got lunch in the airport and walked through the shops. Oh and Soph had a massive poopy diaper right before we boarded! Thank you for your good timing lil mama!

So all in all, we had a wonderful time. Was it hotter than hell? Yes most def! Did it ruin our good time? Certainly not!! Can't wait for next year!! Already planning...