Disney 2011

Our first family vacation as a family of 4!!!

With Anna being born in June, we were not able to go on vacation during the summer. Ashlyn was quite the trooper and enjoyed her time around Mt. Pleasant. After we got on a regular schedule with school, etc., we decided to hit Disney for a few days. We were not sure how it would be with a three month old in tow, but we decided to give it a go. Our motto...divide and conquer when necessary, or in Ashlyn's favorite words, "Mommy has a girl, so Daddy needs a girl!"

Anna's first character encounter...MICKEY!!!

Ummm...yep, she fell asleep during our photo shoot!

The first day we were in Florida, we went to Hollywood Studios. It was Ashlyn's first time to visit that park. We had a pretty good time. There were a few afternoon showers that we had to hide from, but Ashlyn was so excited to see Disney Junior Live, that the rain was just a small detail of her day! She loved seeing Jake and the Neverland Pirates. This sparked the idea for her to be Izzy for Halloween & Anna would be her parrot, Skully!
On our second day in Florida, we decided to go back to Sea World. Ashlyn had not been there since her second birthday & could not remember the dolphins. She really enjoyed watching all of the shows with her Daddy!

Ash giving Anna a kiss! Anna & I could not go into the show, so we watched from the balcony.

That evening, we headed over to the Magic Kingdom. Our family favorite...Trick or Treating with Mickey!!! Ashlyn dressed in her Rapunzel dress.

We enjoyed watching the "Boo to You" Halloween parade. Ash had the best view!

Getting tired....

Well, not if there is still candy to collect!

We closed the park down!!!Day 3, we went to the Magic Kingdom.

We had lunch at the Crystal Palace with Pooh & his friends. We decided to try to see different characters on this visit. We took Ash to see ALL of the princesses on our last visit.

Ash wanted to take a few pictures...Rick & I with Tigger!

Piglet...Anna never cried!

She loved looking at all of the characters...I think she liked the bright colors!

My favorite! Eore!

The Chadwick girls with Tigger!

Next we hit Neverland...Ashlyn loved the outfits that all of the fairies were wearing. Their wings were beautiful! Here she is with Rosetta!

Ash & Tink! Ok, so if you know Ashlyn, then you know we could NOT leave without seeing Ariel & giving Prince Eric another kiss!!! We waited in line for an hour for this special moment!

I just had to share this...our little sweetheart...totally pouting because, well, I can't even remember now. Rick and I could not stop giggling to really figure out what upset her. She stormed up the steps and sat with her back to us for a few minutes. I like to think that she was reflecting back over the 3 days of family fun that she just experienced!

No attitude there...

She got over it pretty quickly & was ready to take some pictures!

Rcik and I at the hotel!

Rick & Ash being silly in front of the waterfall.

What a great weekend...I look forward to our return next Fall!