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Getting ever closer! I'm also in the same pack/not pack land as I leave just two days before you!
I think you are probably better off waiting to replace Bri's dress until BB, because, as you said, she can choose whichever dress she wanted.
Grr on the missing items! I know that feeling oh so well. But upside, they will probably be on your doorstep Monday.
It turns out they arrived yesterday, but we didn't get the mail, so we weren't aware until this afternoon. They didn't bring them to our door for some reason, they were delivered at the apartment manager's office. Oh, well. The office is open tomorrow, so we will be able to get the stuff and I will finally feel more prepared for the trip!
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Not long now! I think having Bri choose her dress at BBB will add to her experience.
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That is GOOD to know! Thank you!
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So close!!!!!
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So exciting!
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WDW is giving out free mosquito repellant if that will help you all. I thinking waiting to get new dresses at the parks is a great idea. I was just thinking about packing for our trip this morning, but reminded myself that at 18 days until the trip, it's just too early. I don't have room to keep the suitcases out without interfering with daily life between now and then. But I'm ready to start!
Oh, they are? Is that just in the parks, or at the hotel, or...? I'm trying to be extra careful because I'm pregnant, but I honestly can't ever remember getting a mosquito bite at Disney World.
And yes, our apartment is way too small to have suitcases sitting around everywhere. So I'll likely end up packing the day before, which will make me feel stressed out.
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I am with Cam Getting her the dress at BBB is a great idea I couldn't help but wonder how neat it would be if her FGMIT would just happen to say how much she looks a young ( insert name of her favorite princess here) as she is choosing it
David and I think it's the best route to go as well. She will love it! And she has plenty of other dresses to cart along with us on the trip, so, you know...she'll live, haha!
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Today, we drove out to Mount Vernon to see my dad and grandmother, and Briana spent almost the whole visit telling them that it was almost time to go to Disney World, and that she was going to meet princesses and see the castle and stay at a cool hotel with statues of Lady and the Tramp.
I don't know if I mentioned this, but I had originally requested the 70's section, because it's fairly close to the main building and I thought Bri would like the decor over there. But then I realized since there is no pool in the 70's section, there's no laundry room there. And the one time we were in that section and had to do laundry, it was kind of a pain to haul it all the way over to the Hippy Dippy Pool area. And then when I was showing Briana (yet another) walk through video of the hotel the other night, she said "We're staying by Lady and the Tramp, right?!"
Well, problem solved. She wants the 50's section, there's a pool and a laundry room over there, life is grand.
I gave my dad and grandma a (typed) info sheet that had our flight info, hotel info (including phone number) and AJ's cell phone number on it. My dad gave me a hard time because AJ's number was handwritten. I told him that was because on the copy we gave to AJ's roommate and AJ's parents, OUR phone numbers were on there, and then on David's parents' copy, their copy, and my mom's copy, we wrote AJ's number. He teased me, saying it looked sloppy. I threatened him with bodily harm (), and he laughed. He KNOWS I am OCD about everything looking neat, so he should know better than to tease me.
Our countdown chain is getting so small! I can't believe we're almost to single digits! My newest project to get ready for the trip is to get in and get our apartment clean so we can come home to a clean home. Nothing worse than coming home from a hotel to a messy house! (Send me energy pixies, if that's a thing, haha! The third trimester of pregnancy is stealing all of my get up and go!)
We are here now, and to answer your question about mosquito spray, yes there is a can of spray in the resort room. But they also have stations set up in each of the parks where you can spray yourself.
We haven't bothered to use any because as you said, there really isn't a mosquito problem here! I've not seen one. But of course, being pregnant you should be extra cautious.
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I can't believe how close your trip is!! Sounds like you are already to go. Hope those missing items show up soon! Glad you were able to switch your request to stay in the 50s section. It's usually pretty quite in that section too.
Jess - I'm so excited for all of you that your long awaited trip is finally here. I am just wondering how you and the newest princess are doing? I hope that you and your little one are doing well as your 3rd trimester starts and that the heat doesn't zap all your energy when you get to FL.
The article I read on the mosquito repellent says that there will be signage to direct us to tables in all the parks and Disney Springs. I was glad to see in Donna's (DMA) post that there is also some in the room. Even better to hear that mosquitos really aren't a problem at WDW.
The article I read on the mosquito repellent says that there will be signage to direct us to tables in all the parks and Disney Springs. I was glad to see in Donna's (DMA) post that there is also some in the room. Even better to hear that mosquitos really aren't a problem at WDW.
Good to hear about this, but mainly a precaution!
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We are here now, and to answer your question about mosquito spray, yes there is a can of spray in the resort room. But they also have stations set up in each of the parks where you can spray yourself.
We haven't bothered to use any because as you said, there really isn't a mosquito problem here! I've not seen one. But of course, being pregnant you should be extra cautious.
Definitely! My midwife told me the risk to my baby is pretty much non-existant since I'm in my third trimester, but that I should of course, take precautions.
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You're getting so close!!
11 Days!
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I can't believe how close your trip is!! Sounds like you are already to go. Hope those missing items show up soon! Glad you were able to switch your request to stay in the 50s section. It's usually pretty quite in that section too.
Everything has FINALLY arrived! Woo hoo!
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Jess - I'm so excited for all of you that your long awaited trip is finally here. I am just wondering how you and the newest princess are doing? I hope that you and your little one are doing well as your 3rd trimester starts and that the heat doesn't zap all your energy when you get to FL.
She seems to be just fine in there, happily doing the Cha Cha or the Macarena or possibly the Twist all day, every day, and through the night, too! I have a midwife appointment on Wednesday so I'll know a bit more about her positioning and such then. I am also doing fine, just very tired all the time...more from my insomnia than my pregnancy. I've been getting lots of naps snuck in while David is home. I'm hoping the excitement of being down in WDW will give me an extra boost of energy, but have also scheduled in time for a midday break every single day of our trip, barring the first park day and our last day. So hopefully that will help as well...I'll nap with the baby while AJ and David take Bri swimming.
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The article I read on the mosquito repellent says that there will be signage to direct us to tables in all the parks and Disney Springs. I was glad to see in Donna's (DMA) post that there is also some in the room. Even better to hear that mosquitos really aren't a problem at WDW.
Yes, I'm very happy to hear about all of these things!
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Hoping you get your request and you get to stay at the Lady & the Tramp section! I'm sure Bri will be so happy.
Now..., what's this nonsense about the hand-written phone number on a neatly typed paper ?
Jess I can't speak for what happens at other resorts but I can't think of a single visit at Ft Wilderness where they didn't come through with Mosquito repellant dispersing trucks once or twice a day. We've never had a problem and I have cheap Irish skin that they love
.....I'm hoping the excitement of being down in WDW will give me an extra boost of energy, but have also scheduled in time for a midday break every single day of our trip, barring the first park day and our last day. So hopefully that will help as well...I'll nap with the baby while AJ and David take Bri swimming.
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I've only been to WDW during the 1st-tri of a pregnancy, but I can tell you that on every single trip I've ever taken, I am running on adrenaline and can GO like my pants are on fire!! On days where at home, getting up by 7am is like waking the dead, at WDW I am up no later than 6:00 and looking like I was just infused with espresso!!! My family and I joke that they must put something in the pillow cases there. You breathe it all night and wake up at the crack of dawn, rarin' to go.
David's mom took him to get his hair cut the other day (because she's sweet and still likes to pay for his haircuts, haha), and she asked Briana if she would like to go and watch Daddy get his haircut so she could see what it was like.
Now Briana is all sorts of excited about getting her hair cut down in Disney World. She says "It's not scary, and my hair will look pretty after." Plus, the hairdresser gave her a sucker, so she's like "I love that lady, she's my favorite."
I had a midwife appointment on Wednesday and everything looks great, no concerns at all, so I've got my letter that states I'm clear to fly until October 25th. Yay!
My mother-in-law has offered to take us to Costco and Winco Foods to get our snack-type foods for the plane and to get snacks that were too expensive through Garden Grocer that we know we can get cheaper up here and will travel well via suitcase. We will probably do that the day before we leave, because if I buy them now they will be gone before then.
I took Briana to the doctor the other day and found out there is a possibility she has Type 1 Diabetes. I was less than impressed with this new clinic we had to go to because of our current insurance, and was frustrated that they didn't draw blood...they just took a urine sample and said they would call us back in a couple of days with the results. I told them "I'm going out of town in just over a week, and I need to know before we leave what's going on so that I can take care of my daughter properly." They said they "understood my frustration and concern" and they would "put a rush on it." This was on Tuesday. I called them today (Thursday) and asked for the results and they said they didn't have them yet and would call me as soon as they were in. I'm about ready to just go to her regular pediatrician and tell them I will pay off the labs on a payment plan, but could they please see her and run the tests for diabetes?
We've never had to wait more than 24 hours for results out of their normal doctor office, so I'm feeling really frustrated that with something this potentially life changing for Bri I am having to wait so long to find out. I have friends with type 1, and I have a general idea of what that would mean for her regarding blood sugar testing and insulin shots and diet management, etc. I just want to know what the heck is going on before we travel all the way across the country. I talked to my grandmother and found out that, unbeknownst to me, there is a long history of type 1 in our family. I had absolutely no idea, because it didn't affect her, my dad, or my uncle, so it's just never come up. Gah! Not knowing is stressing me out. I just want to know one way or the other so we can start doing what we need to/making whatever changes are necessary in order to keep Briana healthy.
*sigh* Enough of that. Sorry. I guess I'm venting a bit. One thing after another around here.
Since it's after midnight, we are now at 8 days on our countdown, and I am SO excited. I was dancing around the living room with the girls singing "9 days, 9 days, 9 days 'til Disney!" Briana and Chelsea were both cracking up, until Briana suddenly told me that I should stop singing because she wanted to watch Little Einsteins and I was "distracting" her.
I asked her what she had been doing in her room yesterday and she announced she was "packing" and wanted me to come look in her suitcase. (She has a carry on sized roller type bag that has Ana and Elsa on it.) I went into her room and opened her suitcase to find all of her kitchen toys and as many books as she could cram in there, as she proudly announced "I'm ready for Disney World!" It was precious, and I had to try so hard not to laugh at her. I explained that we weren't going to bring all of those toys, but we could put the books in her backpack for the plane.
David is finally starting to act a bit excited, which makes my heart happy. I think he was afraid we wouldn't be able to go for some unexplained reason, so now that we are just barely over a week out, he is finally realizing we really do get to go to our Happy Place again. I caught him watching a YouTube walk-through of our resort yesterday and he just grinned and said "I can't wait!"
Anyway, I should be editing right now...ever the procrastinator. To be fair, I've already completed two editing jobs tonight and I needed a break before I started the third!
Hope you get the lab results soon, and hope maybe they're wrong, too. But if they're correct, better to know ASAP for Briana's sake.
You're down to the wire now! Enjoy the dance!
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I thinking waiting to get new dresses at the parks is a great idea. 
I was just thinking about packing for our trip this morning, but reminded myself that at 18 days until the trip, it's just too early. I don't have room to keep the suitcases out without interfering with daily life between now and then. But I'm ready to start! 
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