12-12-06 Taking Disney by Storm

Hi Everyone,

Before I begin today's post, I realized that I never posted a post that I typed when I first got home from the hospital. Thank you to everyone that sent flowers and came to visit Mommy while we were in the hospital. Also, the biscuits/cookies were a great snack! (Thanks Paula!) It was all very appreciated. Thanks again!

Now on with the awesome news! As most of you know (if you have been reading my blog for any length of time) my brother Neil's high school chorus was selected to sing as part of the Candlelight Processional at Disney's Epcot. This is a nightly show that runs around the Christmas holidays. Neil's chorus has gone a few times already this season and yesterday, Monday, was the day that they spend the entire day (and much of the night) at the park.

Mommy had to chaperon and seeing as they were going to be there the whole day, Daddy and I followed the bus up and spent the day at Epcot! That's right - Only 13 days old and I got to go to Disney! Mommy and Daddy kept asking other parents how old their infants were and they couldn't find anyone even close as young as me! So I'm pretty sure that I was the youngest person in the park!

We got to the park around 10:30. It took a few minutes for Daddy and I to actually find Mommy but we finally did right up front near the ticket area. We had to wait a few minutes for all of the kids that Mommy was chaperoning to get through the line. She told them that they could run the park on their own, but that everyone had to check in at 1:00pm at England in the World Showcase. (This is how Mommy has done this in the past. Her thinking is that if they are in high school, they should be old enough to have enough responsibility to be on their own.) Usually a couple of the kids end up hanging out with Mommy. Yesterday it was Nina (who actually graduated last year). So anyway, everyone was going to meet up at 1:00pm in England.

Ten minutes after all of the kids left (except Nina) Lisa's cell phone rings and it is one of the girls in here group. "Ms. Lisa, there is no England." "What do you mean," asks Lisa." "There is no England on the map and if we are suppose to meet in England how can we do that if it's not on the map?" Lisa looked at her copy of the map and told the girl to meet us at the United Kingdom. I guess that is way Mommy and Daddy don't want me to attend school in Florida.

Daddy took lots of pictures and because Nina was with us, she used Daddy's camera to take some pictures of Mommy, Daddy, and me. One of the coolest ones was the three of us with "Spaceship Earth" in the background.

I was in the park from 10:30am until 8:30pm and I have to say that the 25 minutes I was awake were the most fun 25 minutes of my life! Another highlight was that I got to talk to Mary Poppins! Daddy did embarrass me, though. Ms. Poppins was talking to the little boy who went before me and asked him what he did so far in the park. He told her in a voice loud enough for all to hear that he went on Spaceship Earth, and rode the Nemo ride, and that he went to the bathroom. Now Ms. Poppins found that very funny, as did several of the parents waiting in line. So when Daddy and I get to go sit next to her, the first thing Daddy does is tell her that I went to the bathroom also! Everyone laughed and I think Ms. Poppins actually blushed! I have a feeling that Daddy is going to be doing things like that my entire life, so I best get used to it.

After went met Ms. Poppins, we went over to the Nemo ride in "The Living Seas." It was pretty neat and it was like they made the ride just for me! Mommy, Daddy, and I all sat in a Clam shell and it went nice and slow. There were a lot of different color lights and contracting things that I actually stayed awake for most of the 3 minute ride. Of course, Daddy was holding me in his arms so it was real easy to fall asleep. I did wake up for a few minutes and got scared because Daddy and I were in the mouth of a shark! They Mommy and Daddy took a picture with me with a couple of little fishes...

I'll have to finish telling you about my Disney trip tomorrow, or later tonight. Daddy has to use the computer so I have to go.

Love y'all,

Melody

PS - One last picture of me (because I'm soooooo cute)