Mommy Vacation!!!

So as I was blogging about the month of December, I almost forgot to mention that Kimmy and I went on a major vacation BY OURSELVES!!! Thanks to multiple people making it possible, we were able to celebrate my 30th birthday in style at Harry Potter World and Disney World!!! I have to give a special shout out to Mikey who balanced both kids, daycare, work, and sickness for 5 days with out me. He is truly an amazing daddy and husband!

So we flew out on a Thursday... the rainiest day of the year!!! It has been a horrible drought this year and of course the one day we fly mother nature was actually pouring buckets on us!! Despite the delay because the pilots got stuck in traffic LOL!!! It was a great start to our trip! We spent the first day at Disney World! Kimmy tried to tell me we should only do one of the four parks there, but I knew the fireworks in Epcot would sell her :0) So we did three parks in one day!!! Mad skills right there!!! We started at 8 am and left at midnight!! My legs felt like they were going to fall off but the magic kept me going!! We did absolutely everything we wanted and saw everything we wanted!! Although Disneyland is my first and true love, Disney World was super impressive!!! I can't believe the size of that place!!! We literally took four modes of transportation there!!! We ate amazing food!! Our Moroccan dinner was perfect!!! I can't wait to be able to take the boys there!!! They will LOVE it!!!

I can honestly say, I was most excited about Harry Potter World on this trip than Disney World. I was so nervous that it wouldn't live up to my expectations... but oh my goodness it did not disappoint!! I was literally like diving into the pages of the book!! The designers of this park literally thought of everything!!! Everything from Hogsmead, to Hogwarts, to Moaning Mertle in the bathroom!! It was so impressive!!! What made it even more special was we were able to meet our friends Clint and Laura there!!! It was so great to hang out with our East Coast friends!!! Kimmy made us all amazing sweatshirts before we left... so we wouldn't get lost?!?!? LOL it was just fun to dress the same. We ate at the Three Broomsticks, had butter beer (amazing!!!), and tried different potions. It was so fun being a wizard for a day!!

I think the Hogwarts Express was one of my favorites. It's how you travel between two parks (yes you have to pay for two parks to see all of Harry Potter World, these park designers are no dummies!) But there were different scenes going there and back, which just showed even more detail!! I just can't say enough about this park!! Matt told Kim before we left that "If you buy a wand there, you cannot  come home." Granted we didn't buy one, but I think we came as close as possible too...

The wands actually did magic tricks through out the park!!! Seriously the coolest thing ever!!! WE did another long day at this park, we were actually the last ones to leave LOL!!! Walking through Jurassic Park at night without any people is slightly creepy. Here is our before and after shot...

Obviously we were both a little tired... But I do love that scarf!!! I'm like a real Griffindor member! 

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So, believe it or not, we actually went to Florida for a wedding! Kimmy's cousin got married and it was beautiful!!! I got to meet so many people from her family!! We had a great time!!

I'm thinking a mommy's trip should be an annual event?!?!