Florida was a hot success!

Wow, has it really been nearly a month since my last post? Sorry we've been unbelievably busy.

Florida was great. The drive was much better than I could've imagined. Ry was great and watched quite a few movies. We made it to SC on the drive down. The next day we were in Florida by 5pm. Trav and I shared the driving for the most part.

First stop was my parent's house in Bradenton. We had a wonderful few days there. Ry rode a scooter made by my dad (!), did a lot of swimming, went to a minor league ball game, fed fishies, played on a playground, ate ice cream and more that I'm probably forgetting about.

After a few days at my parents we then drove to Orlando. My parents joined us for the first day at Magic Kingdom. Despite the heat and crowds we had a good time and got through most of the kids rides by around lunch time. We left the park at 1pm due to the heat and needing a rest. We checked in to the hotel, took a nap, and went swimming. It was back to the park later that day for a character dinner, more rides, parade and fireworks. Ry seemed to enjoy all the rides he went on but I think it's safe to say he probably enjoyed Dumbo and Pooh's ride the most. I loved the fireworks! Ry made it till about 11pm that night.

The next morning we said our goodbyes to my parents and decided to head to MGM for the day since we got through all the Disney kid rides. While MGM didn't have a lot of rides, I think they did have Ry's favorite overall, the Toy Story 3D one. He loved it! We were also able to enjoy a Little Mermaid show, Playhouse Disney show, meet Toy Story characters, and do a few other rides. We left the park in the early afternoon to get a nap in.

After our afternoon nap, we headed to Downtown Disney. We wanted to take Ry to the Lego Store. He loved all the lego statues and abundance of lego choices. He chose an airplane set. After visiting several stores and taking in a few sites, we decided to eat at the T-Rex Cafe. It's a dinosaur version of the rainforest cafe. Ry was very hesitant at first and a little scared. He finally relaxed enough to enjoy it.

The next morning we headed back home and made it to Virginia. Trav would've driven the whole way but I wouldn't have let him. Overall we had a great trip. We think we'll wait a few more years for Disney again and go in a cooler month.