Christmas Day recovery and New Year's Eve 2012

Although our family was plagued with the stomach bug after our Disney trip, we still enjoyed Christmas. Thankfully opening presents does not require that much energy! The girls enjoyed looking through the loot that Santa left for them and opening a few gifts from Uncle David, Aunt B, Uncle Dustin, Aunt Na, and Uncle JoshA. 

Santa even remembered the Eeyore likes to play dress up every once in awhile. 

 Gryffyn was so exhausted after a day of playing with her new toys (day after being sick) that her bed was just too far away when nap time came around!

 We were extremely excited that we had all recovered in time for December 31st to celebrate Dan and my 6th wedding anniversary by making our traditional trek to Delray Beach for Mellow Mushroom! 

First Disney Trip--December 2012

We arrived for our first Disney trip late Thursday night the 20th, and didn't go to the parks until the next day. As soon as we got up the girls got dressed in their Disney dresses, and waited for Momma and Daddy...

...then it was time for fun! Half of the fun for the girls was running around in special dresses and people commenting on how much they looked like princesses! On the first day we went to Universal Studios and saw all the Disney Junior shows. 

The 22nd was Hannah's 4th birthday and we started the day off by opening birthday presents! Once we got dressed, it was time for Epcot and Magical Kingdom. 

 Our little girl growing up TOO fast! 

 We had a character breakfast in Magical Kingdom with the Winnie the Pooh characters. Each character stopped by. I will admit I was a little awestruck when I met Piglet, but not as bad as when Gryffyn met Eeyore!

 Then it was time for rides and time to meet other Disney characters. Aladdin even told Hannah a special story about birthdays and magical wishes.

 I think my favorite ride was the Winnie the Pooh ride. It was worth the 45 minute wait because their was so much to do while waiting in line, like playing the drums, climbing in Eeyore's hut, or playing with honey.

 On the (supposedly) last day of our trip, Gryffyn and Dan both woke up with a nasty stomach bug. After we got them squared away with medicine, Hannah and I decided to sneak out so we didn't get sick and continued to enjoy our Disney trip. Hannah passed out on our way to see Merida at the Magic Kingdom, but she had cried the previous day (her birthday) about how she didn't have a picture with the real Merida princess. So I trudged along with Hannah (in princess Merida costume)--alseep--on my shoulders until we got to Princess Merida's castle. Woke Hannah up, got a picture, and went on a few more rides before returning to the hotel room.

By the time we returned to the hotel room, Dan and Gryffyn seemed on the mend and we decided to head back home so we could rest before Christmas Eve was upon us. After we loaded up and got on the road (10 minutes away from the hotel), Hannah got struck with the stomach bug! We turned right around, rented a hotel room for one more night and all watched Christmas movies in the hotel beds. After we got settled, I got attacked by the bug as well! Not how we had planned to end the trip, but it was still memorable!