Having Belle's glamorous life isn't easy. She's achieved it largely through contributions of generous benefactors: Danny, Grandparents, Great-Grandparents, and Brad Hall.
Who is Brad Hall? you say- Only the guy who let us stay in his Orlando home for a whole week, got us into Disney World everyday for free, got us discounts on food, merchandise, and free parking. (He's working for Disney right now.) He's also largely the reason Danny has the job he does at Leo Burnett. (They were sort of partners for 5 minutes when recruiting was done at BYU.) Oh and he helped us move- twice.
We talked about it, and Danny and I decided that if we ever won the lottery, we would give Saint Brad at least 1 million dollars. In the mean time I try to pay him back for his generosity with
Well, here's our trip broken down into each day:
Day 1- Downtown Disney
...makes Disneyland's Downtown Disney look really sad.
One of Belle's favorite parts of the trip was grabbing stuffed animals off shelves and giving them kisses.
Belle always carries around Nala during visits to the downtown Chicago Disney store. They kind of look alike...?
One of my all time favorite babies- Landon Hall.
Day 2- Disney's Hollywood Studios
My favorite part of the trip- Seeing Belle's face the first time she saw Mickey Mouse.
We watched Disney Junior Live On Stage twice.
Pooh Bear was the first character she met.
Every time we'd meet a character Belle would fight fight fight to get to them. When it was actually her turn she would vacillate between apathy and terror. And then when we'd carry her away, she'd burst into tears and claw to get back to them.
Fantasmic has its own aphitheater.
Day 3- Disney's Magic Kingdom
Dad!
No more pictures!
Birthday lunch with Pooh Bear and Friends.
Pooh Bear's coming!
Headbutt
Nice goin' Pooh.
Mom!
Not
Piglet!
It's a Small World was one of Belle's favorites.
Waiting in line is the worst!
Belle developed a new weird face at Disney World. Biting the lip, squinting, smiling a little. Appeared when she was excited/nervous/happy/scared. We call it "Disney Face."
Winnie the Pooh ride- another fave.
Meeting the Princesses was Belle's least favorite part of the trip.
Exponentially scarier than the Haunted Mansion ride.
Waiting in line to meet Mickey.
Day 4- Disney's Wild Animal Park
Meeting Thumper.
What the- waiting in line again?!
Disney Face!
Meeko
Belle did a great job pointing all the animals out for me on our Safari.
Poop squat.
Day 5- Beach and Downtown Orlando
When you wake up looking like this, you should probably think about the choices you're making, reorganize your priorities, take a couple chill pills...
just take a break from Disney
and go to the beach!
And then go get ice cream!
Day 6- Epcot
Then took the monorail across the lake to Epcot.
Try not to get too excited about how good I was looking at Epcot, okay?
Day 7- Magic Kingdom again
Another one of Belle's faves- The Tikki Room
Maybe Belle's favorite ride- Prince Charming's Carrousel
This girl would cry and cry impatiently waiting for the ride to start. Then when the horses would begin moving she'd shriek with joy. Then when the ride would end she'd start bawling. So we would get back in line and do it again.
Guess who's going to be spending all their money at the carrousel on Navy Pier this summer?
Quick dance break
Disney World has all of those old rides Disneyland got rid of years ago...
Remember The People Mover?
Or how about this gem?
Saying goodbye to Mickey was very sad.
Day 8- Fly Home and pretend like we don't know every day of the rest of our lives will be a let-down.
Okay so that's a tad over-dramatic. But it was an amazing vacation. Thanks again to the Halls. And thanks to Belle for giving Danny and I an excuse to live out our childhood fantasies.
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I love you guys.
I'm so jealous.
I really love you guys.
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