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I know I had told you the next thing would be leaving day but I forgot I wanted to share the big reveal with you. We will get to the trip in the next update though! I promise!!
It's finally time to go to Disney World! This is the day we were not sure would ever happen again. We had hoped and dreamed. Had told Asher we get to go again one day, but in reality we just were not sure. Things had gotten difficult for us after Selah started having seizures. Between the medical bills that were piling up, the doctors appointments, therapy appointments and just not feeling like taking Selah on vacation was a good idea or even possible, we just didn't know. Then something wonderful happened for Jamie and work and things turned around for us in an instant… at least financially. Everything else we just decided we would figure it out. We had decided we were going to Disney World! We had not, however, told the kids we were going. We decided to surprise them with the trip for their Christmas present. Christmas was just a little over a month away and we could keep the secret for that long couldn't we? It was soooo hard! On several occasions we found ourselves talking about ADR's and things like that with Asher in the room but luckily we never said too much. We did tell Selah because we just couldn't help ourselves! She didn't understand anything we were saying (she might next time though!) and she can't talk so we knew she was not going to tell Asher. Christmas morning finally came and we had it all planned out. We had some Disney goodies in a box and the box was wrapped.
We got the camcorder ready and told Asher to open the box. First thing he pulls out is a post card from Mickey saying "See you real soon, Your Pal mickey" (Thank you Fairy Godmailer!). He looks at us with hesitation.
Next is his t-shirt that says, "We're going to the Walt Disney World Resort!" Now you would think at this moment he would get all excited and jumping up and down. Nope, he still just looked at us like ummmm…
Next is Selah's t-shirt that says the same thing. Still nothing.
Next are some Disney cups from the party section in Walmart. Still nothing.
Last but not least our Custom Maps and STILL NOTHING. I say, "well what do you think this all means?" Then he looks up with a gleam in his eye and a smile on his face and says, "are we going to Disney World?!?!" Then comes the jumping up and down! That's what we were looking for! I think he knew from the moment he saw the post card but he was afraid of getting his hopes up. It just didn't seem real to him.
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Great Update and Reveal!! Alex and I actually got the same shirts for before we left.
Thanks! We love our shirts! I was so excited to find them. While we were there we received several comments from CM's saying they had never seen them before. Did you guys get any comments about yours?
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Great reveal!
Thanks!
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Awwww, that brought tears to my eyes! What a great reveal!
Thank you! As long as they are happy tears!
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What a great reveal!
Thanks!
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What a wonderful surprise for the kids! Looking forward to your trip report!!
Thanks so much! Leaving day is coming up next!
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Selah is a miracle! Beautifully touching story! Love the reveal! Poor Asher afraid to get his hopes crushed! Can't wait to read more.
She is a miracle for sure! Thank you so much! I could tell with everything that he opened that he was afraid to speak what he thought he was seeing. He was so excited when he finally realized it was really real. Now that we are home the excitement has not left him.
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more please
More coming right up!
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What a wonderful surprise for your children!
It was and we were so excited to be able to do it for them and us!
We woke up at 6:30 (our normal time for a Friday morning) and started getting Selah ready for school. The plan was for Selah to go to school a half day so as not to miss another day of school (she was already missing the whole next week) and I was going to finish the packing while Asher did any school work he had not yet finished (we homeschool him). Jamie was having to work for a few hours that morning and then we were leaving around 1. That was the plan. That was not exactly what happened. Selah did go to school for a half day. Asher did not have any school work to finish as he had finished it all up the day before. Jamie did go to work but his couple of hours turned into 5 hours. Ugh. Oh well, we were going to Disney World and that is what mattered. Wanda was coming to our house that morning to get her bags loaded into the car. I didn't know when Jamie was coming home so I didn't change anything with her. I figured I could get everything loaded up and that way when Jamie got home all he had to do was get himself showered and changed and then we were off. I had told Selah's teacher that I would be picking her up around 1 so when the time rolled around I went on to pick her up. Once I got back home I started loading everything into the car with some help from Asher while Wanda watched Selah. All the while we were all very anxiously awaiting Jamie's return home. 2:00 rolled around and he finally got home. Wanda and the kids were so excited they were all sitting in the car waiting. Jamie got himself ready and we were pulling out of our driveway by 2:30. Our plan for this day was to drive to Kingsland, Georgia and stay the night. That way we would only have a 3 hour drive the next morning. We were really wanting to get to our resort early in the day so that we could enjoy more of that first day there and also because we were needing to make room requests. We had heard on this board that it was a good idea to get there early to make those requests. Jamie drove all day this day. We both like to drive so we share this responsibility. We got just a few miles down the road and realized that Jamie and I had not eaten yet. Neither of us has stopped long enough to do that. So we went through the McDonalds drive thru and got a couple of burgers for us and some fries for the kids. In the past 6 months or so Selah has learned what McDonalds looks like and if we were to go through the drive thru and not get her anything she would NOT be happy and then rest of us would not be very happy either . So we got our food and we were on the road again. Around 6:30 we stopped at a Taco Bell and had supper. I don't remember where we were at that time but we didn't stop for long. We were ready to get on down the road and to our destination for the night. The sooner we got there, the sooner we could go to sleep and get up the next morning to head to Disney World. We arrived at the Days Inn in Kingsland, Georgia at 10:05 that night. Got checked in and quickly got everyone ready for bed. I had packed an over night bag so all we had to take in was the one bag for us. I had encouraged Wanda to do the same that morning when she got to my house and I saw that she had not. She thought this was a great idea and she was able to do that pretty easily. Once everyone was ready for bed I realized that while I had packed a bag for overnight I had failed to put Selah's sleeping meds in that bag. I had her daytime meds for that day and the next in her diaper bag but her night time meds were in with all of the medication that I had packed for the week. Selah cannot sleep without taking her sleeping meds. So Jamie and I go back out to the car in search of the medicine bag. I had a good idea where it was and if I was remembering correctly it was in mine and Jamie's suitcase which was the first bag packed. Oops. Luckily Jamie and I are both very calm people and we don't let a whole lot bother us. So this was really no biggie. We found the meds and then we were off to bed. All in all we had an uneventful first day. Which makes for a very good first day when all we are doing is driving.
Sorry I had no pictures for this day but I will make up for it the rest of the trip.
So glad you decided to do a TR and I love your new sig pic. By your title I am so excited to hear all about Selah's reaction. This is definitely a well deserved trip for all of you. Can't wait to hear more.
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It sounds like your daughter must have had a great time. I can't wait to hear about it.
I hope the story of our adventure lives up to the title! Thanks for following along!
Ugh. Oh well, we were going to Disney World and that is what mattered. Wanda was coming to our house that morning to get her bags loaded into the car. I didn't know when Jamie was coming home so I didn't change anything with her. I figured I could get everything loaded up and that way when Jamie got home all he had to do was get himself showered and changed and then we were off. I had told Selah's teacher that I would be picking her up around 1 so when the time rolled around I went on to pick her up. Once I got back home I started loading everything into the car with some help from Asher while Wanda watched Selah. All the while we were all very anxiously awaiting Jamie's return home. 2:00 rolled around and he finally got home. Wanda and the kids were so excited they were all sitting in the car waiting. 
Jamie got himself ready and we were pulling out of our driveway by 2:30. Our plan for this day was to drive to Kingsland, Georgia and stay the night. That way we would only have a 3 hour drive the next morning. We were really wanting to get to our resort early in the day so that we could enjoy more of that first day there and also because we were needing to make room requests. We had heard on this board that it was a good idea to get there early to make those requests. Jamie drove all day this day. We both like to drive so we share this responsibility. We got just a few miles down the road and realized that Jamie and I had not eaten yet. Neither of us has stopped long enough to do that. So we went through the McDonalds drive thru and got a couple of burgers for us and some fries for the kids. In the past 6 months or so Selah has learned what McDonalds looks like and if we were to go through the drive thru and not get her anything she would NOT be happy and then rest of us would not be very happy either 
. So we got our food and we were on the road again. Around 6:30 we stopped at a Taco Bell and had supper. I don't remember where we were at that time but we didn't stop for long. We were ready to get on down the road and to our destination for the night. The sooner we got there, the sooner we could go to sleep and get up the next morning to head to Disney World. We arrived at the Days Inn in Kingsland, Georgia at 10:05 that night. Got checked in and quickly got everyone ready for bed. I had packed an over night bag so all we had to take in was the one bag for us. I had encouraged Wanda to do the same that morning when she got to my house and I saw that she had not. She thought this was a great idea and she was able to do that pretty easily. Once everyone was ready for bed I realized that while I had packed a bag for overnight I had failed to put Selah's sleeping meds in that bag. I had her daytime meds for that day and the next in her diaper bag but her night time meds were in with all of the medication that I had packed for the week. Selah cannot sleep without taking her sleeping meds. So Jamie and I go back out to the car in search of the medicine bag. I had a good idea where it was and if I was remembering correctly it was in mine and Jamie's suitcase which was the first bag packed. 
Oops. Luckily Jamie and I are both very calm people and we don't let a whole lot bother us. So this was really no biggie. We found the meds and then we were off to bed. All in all we had an uneventful first day. Which makes for a very good first day when all we are doing is driving.
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