Disney Trip- Day One

The first day of our trip was a travel day.  We had a 10:05am flight to catch, so we left pretty early, around 6:45, in order to drop our car off for safe keeping and make it to the airport.  Big guy was in great spirits, though a little tired, and since we had been talking about and reading about going to the airport for a while, he was very excited.  We made it to the airport around 8am- perfect timing!  We checked in, gave our checked bags to the airline employees, and headed to security.  We were lucky enough to get one of the only terminals that still had metal detectors.  I had been nervous earlier because I didn't know if big guy would actually stay still for the full boy scanners.  He was not thrilled about all the rushed activity leading up to the metal detector, but I just grabbed him in my arms and scooted through quickly.  Whew- we made it!

Cheering up after that immensely was easy because we stopped at the au bon pain to get some bagels with cream cheese.  We parked ourselves in the terminal at the best seat.  Right in front of the window, where we ate breakfast and watched planes land, trucks go by, and people with fun orange tops go to work.  Big guy did awesome, but he was a bit tired and writhed around a lot.  I had come prepared with a really fun couple of sticker books, so I busted one out that had reusable stickers with cool settings and fun vehicles.  A page for trains, construction, airplanes, highway, etc.  This soothed the wildness while we waited to board.

We got on board and big guy was totally juiced.  He and I had a window seat and middle seat.  Big guy took the window seat.  He was more than happy to watch all the action.  He got a special treat, a piece of gum, to chew slowly while we flew.  I have to say that big guy did an amazing job.  He was an absolute angel on the plane.  He thought it was the most exciting thing.  The only time he got really jazzy was when the captain put the fasten seatbelt sign on for landing.  Big guy was not pleased and I spent the last twenty minutes wrestling him into the seat.  Upon landing we went down to the Disney magical express bus to take us to our hotel.

We reached our hotel around two pm and were quickly taken care of.  Big guy and I stopped in the gift shop and picked up a lollipop! We got to our hotel room and relaxed, which meant putting on the tv for hubs and big guy, while I unpacked and put clothes away in drawers and the closet.  After I sat down, big guy came up to snuggle with me and passed out.  Poor buddy, he was so happy and so exhausted.  I woke him up at five pm, which broke my heart because he was so tired and miserable, but he had barely eaten anything with all the excitement.  He was incredibly grouchy and refused to let me put him down, but he did eat half a cheese burger in the cafe at the hotel.  The real smile came when he got to have ice cream with Mickey sprinkles!!!  Following the ice cream, he was in much better spirits.

We decided that the pool was in order!  It had rained while he had napped, so the pool was just opening up after dinner.  We changed into our suits and went for a nice long swim.  Our hotel had this totally fabulous pool area.  A little kid pool as well as a big pool with a water slide that was in the shape of a dragon, the slide actually being it's tongue!  Big guy was so brave, he tried out the slide and was quickly addicted!  We went down it about ten times before I flagged him.  After prying him from the pool, we took a bath, talked about our first official day in Disney, and went to bed.