Magic Kingdom!!!

On Olivia's actual birthday, we told her that we were leaving the next day for Disney World!!!  She was moderately excited, not really understanding the magnitude of this surprise.  After much thought, we reluctantly decided to leave Eliza at home with Nonna and Papa.  As hard of a decision that was to make, after going we know know it was the right one.  While she would have loved the actual parks, everything else would have been really difficult with her (all sleeping on one room, lots of going out to eat, need for a nap, her desire to RUN, etc.).

 Olivia LOVED riding the bus to the airport from the self parking lot.  We could have gone home after this ride and it would have been a great trip :)

While we were loading the bags, she made sure Emily and Molly were safely buckled in too

 We were at Magic Kingdom the next morning to open the park  She was so excited to see Cinderella's step-sisters and step-mother.  She kept asking us the entire trip, "So, is that really them or just characters".  It was a hard question to answer and we finally settled on, "Yes, that is really them".

 Our first glance at Cinderella's castle.  Every time she watches a Disney movie now and the graphic of the castle pops up, she gets really excited and squeals, "We have been there!"

 We followed our guide book's itinerary of Disney in one day with a small child.  The "Dumbo or Die" itinerary.  This is where it told us to go first.  We were on its first ride of the day, almost by ourselves.

 Miss Sassy in front of the castle

Selfie in front of the castle

 Olivia's favorite ride, Aladdin's Magic Carpet.

 We loved Splash Mountain!  Olivia was not the biggest fan of the huge drop that, "scared her tummy"

 Waiting to meet Belle

 Olivia got to play Belle's father in the little performance

 We got Fast Pass tickets to meet the princesses.  Olivia could hardly stand it.

 Getting Cinderella's autograph

 Aurora, Sleeping Beauty

  Rapunzel was her favorite

What an awesome day!

Her loot, thanks to Ducky and Pong Pong

I posted on Facebook that we were going to Disney and Mike's cousin's wife, Alyssa, posted that they had just moved Florida, about 5 minutes from Disney!  We met them for dinner that night and got to watch the Epcot fireworks from the Disney Boardwalk.