The Birthday Boy with his celebration button!
First thing we did was head off to meet some characters.
Meeting Buzz Lightyear. Spencer was completely star struck!
He kept pushing Buzz's buttons-I'm assuming that he was trying to play with him like his Buzz toy:)
Woody and Jessie. Spencer was still star struck meeting his "idols" from Toy Story-Avery was pretty darn excited too!
We waited in line for over an hour to meet Ariel-Avery's favorite Disney princess. She was excited in the line and talking to the little girl in front of us about their shared love of all things Ariel and the Little Mermaid. Then, it was Avery's turn to meet her and she turned to Artie and I with a frightened look on her face and asked to leave!! The same thing happened on our trip last year. She was perfectly fine with the characters, but the real people dressed as princesses/princes and such she is for some reason terrified of! So, daddy took her to meet them so she didn't totally miss out.
She got a little brave after Ariel asked so sweetly if Avery would take a picture with her. By the way, Avery was ecstatic after this encounter and thought it was the coolest thing-no mention of her last minute terror!
Prince Eric took a second to come over and chat with Spencer and wish him a happy birthday:)
After having to socialize all morning, Spencer completely crashed out. I don't know how he did it with how hot it was but he slept forever! So, in the meantime we took Avery on a few rides.
Such a sleepy boy-keeping his Mickey stickers close by.
Riding Aladdin's magic carpets. Everything we went on that had something pink, Avery had to ride in it. We weren't assigned this particular carpet, but Artie negotiated with the people in front of us to switch carpets so Avery could have the pink one:)
Tea Cups! Avery loves spinning it:) Spencer did get to ride this once he woke up!!
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Then, we had a little accident. The kind that is mommy and daddy's fault for playing around. Artie and I were enjoying our one-on-one time with Avery while Spencer napped and after a ride we were swinging her (you know, she's in the middle and Artie and I each have one of her hands). She loves to do this and we've done it before. However, like I mentioned, it was really hot. Artie's hands were sweaty and somehow he and Avery lost their grips on each other. She went flying through the air and landed on her head. The people around us gasped in displeasure of our parenting (though not one of them came to Avery's aid) and the sound of her head hitting the concrete is not something I'll soon forget. Luckily, we knew where first aid was located (remember last year when I had just been stung by a sting ray?? I had to visit that very first aid station to get help for a painful, seeping wound). We rushed her to first aid and she got checked for a concussion-no signs of that, but she had a massive purple egg on her forehead and huge bruises on her knees. After a quick dose of advil and some band aids, the nurse tells us if she's up to it we can continue our day. Phew.
This is what Avery looked like for about 20 minutes while we had to keep ice on her head. Thank goodness we were able to get her to keep it there that long because it helped so much! She was acting like her usual self in no time, especially when she got candy as a reward for being so good at first aid and spotted the Mickey performance at Cinderella's castle!
One quick family photo in front of the castle before heading out for the day. These are such great memories for me (minus cracking my daughter's head on the ground) and I hope one day the kids will look back and be happy that we spent this time as family celebrating our little miracle(s).
Almost there!
3 comments:
I think we're experiencing that Florida weather today! It looks like you had a wonderful day at Disney. Maybe next you won't need to visit first aid! But it looks like Avery didn't miss a beat!
Don't be so hard on yourself- accidents happen! Drew fell of the bed in the ER room during Luke's treatment. I thought Ben heard me to watch him, as I went to get something on the diaper bag. I still remember his head hitting the floor. He was fine, but they admitted him anyway and did a head CT. So there I was crying bc Luke had cancer, and I was so afraid for Drew- horrible mother moment.
Drew was fine..
That is a shame no one came over to help you guys- that is really sad.
Love all the pictures from your trip!
I think that everyone has parenting moments like that- it is called life! glad that Avery is okay and next time just try to ignore the others' rude stares- although I know that is hard- I didn't know there were so many perfect people out there! Seriously!
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