The Will-man got to go on his first airplane ride this past weekend. And to where of all places...Disney World! Eric had to travel to Orlando for the week to attend a training. We figured what better excuse than that to build in a vacation for us. So Will and I planned to fly down to Orlando on Friday afternoon to meet Eric and spend the weekend. I will admit, a part of me was very nervous about flying just the two of us, while the other part was thinking it would be a piece of cake.
After packing up all Will's stuff (and I say all Will's stuff because I think his clothes, toys, food, bottles, blankets, stroller, carseat, diaper bag and diapers made up about 90% of our luggage), Will and I drove to the airport, hopped on the shuttle and started our journey to Orlando. Figures that of all day's to travel, we have the worst weather. I was driving through a major rain storm and was thinking the entire time..please God, let our flight leave on time.
We got to the airport and made our way through security. I had gotten a helpful travel tip from a friend to bring my baby Bjorn (front carrier) so that I could be hands free while going through security. It was a HUGE help. I put Will in it and he was smiling and talking to anyone that would look at him.
When I got to the gate, the plane was delayed for 40 minutes. Okay...not bad..I can handle that. Then we found out it was going to be delayed for another hour. Uh oh...I looked at Will and was thinking...when is the meltdown going to begin...but...it never did! He was perfect the entire time. He did a little sleeping, entertained some of the people around us, and just hung out.
I had asked the woman at the gate if there were any open seats so I could bring Will's carseat on with me. There were so she re-issued my ticket. When I got on the plane, I realized that she had hooked us up. We were in the first row (right after business class) which is the bulk head and Will got his own seat. It made for a WONDERFUL flight. I got to do a little reading..took a little nap. Will was entertaining the women next to us and even let them hold him.
Here are some pictures of Will on his first plane ride.
Okay, so enough about the airplane ride. We had a pretty neat little Villa with a living room, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. It worked out perfectly for us with Will.
On Saturday, we started off our day by going to downtown disney for lunch. We did a little shopping while we were down there since I was dying to buy Will something (and I think Eric was too). We got Will his first Mickey Mouse stuffed animal. Well actually we showed it to him in the store and then he wouldn't let go. So we figured he liked it and bought it for him. Look at the smile on his face!
We also had Will try on every hat possible in the store...seriously...how cute is he.
That afternoon, we got to see Ray and Ryan who are Eric's very close family friends. We had never met Ryan's son Kolby so it was really great to see them. We spent the day at the pool and then went out to dinner with them.
We got Will this nifty little float. I wish I had one of these!
I forgot to bring a bib to dinner so I had to made due with a lobster bib. Needless to say, it was a little big for Will but it did the job.
On Sunday, we went to Epcot. As usual, Will was perfect the entire day. We strolled him around the entire park from 11am to 4pm and he was happy as a clam...and it was hot out! The best part of the entire day was when we got to see the Disney characters and take pictures with them. I have no idea what was going through Will's mind when he saw them but he seemed to love it. At one point, he had Mickey's nose in his mouth! I'm not sure we actually got any pictures of Will looking at the camera, he was too interested in looking at the characters. Then, of course my camera decided to die during our time with the characters so we didn't get all the pictures. :-( Oh well, we got a few cute ones.
In line waiting...
Meeting Mickey for the first time
Hey, what's that thing on your face?
Wait..come back here with that. I'm not done playing with it!
More hats!
Pooped by the end of the day....
We had a great first trip to Disney World with Will. I know it was probably more fun for us to take him than it was for him since he didn't understand what was going on. He was so happy the entire time and we couldn't have asked for anything more. We can't wait to bring him when he is older and can really enjoy it.
