Honeymooned and Over the Moon

So it's clearly been a while since I posted last and that would be due to my out of state, out of country honeymoon. My husband and I got married last year and were gifted this amazing trip by my best friend in the entire world, Sarah. She gifted us at our wedding a 3 day, 2 night trip to Orlando with a 2 day, 2 night cruise to the Bahamas. We had until January 2012 to use it. We decided as soon as we got it that we would make it our anniversary honeymoon. We never took a honeymoon after the wedding because of work, baby, etc. It was absolutely fantastic, here's why.

We flew into Orlando late on a Saturday and got our rental car and our cheap hotel room for that night. Sunday we checked into our hotel, went to get cupcakes at Sweet! by Good Golly Miss Holly (winner of Cupcake Wars), took a refreshing and amazing dip in the pool, showered, dressed up and headed to Downtown Disney! Now, I LOVE Disney. I mean, I could live there. Seriously, I could live there. We decided to not do any Disney parks this time due to limited time down there (I know, what a bummer, right?!) Downtown Disney was good enough for me. We walked all around, ate dinner and just generally reveled in Disney. Now, Nicholas has an obsession with Toy Story. Well, all over Downtown Disney was Toy Story! Woody and Buzz! My personal favorite was this big thing outside the LEGO store.

I mean, awesome right?! Couldn't help but miss my little guy when we saw that. The next day it was up early as heck and off to Universal Islands of Adventure!! First stop: Wizarding World of Harry Potter!! I mean, it was pretty awesome. We waited in line for the Hogwarts ride, which was really cool, first since it was a long wait. We had delicious Butterbeer (frozen and carbonated), ate at the Three Broomsticks, and took lots of pictures. Of course, we did other parts of the park too. In particular, the roaring rapids ride there which is named barges or something like that. We rode it 4 times because it was so hot, and there was no line!! We finished off our day by riding the Hogwarts ride again and doing our shopping. I won't bore you with our purchases ... nerdy as they were.

We headed to SeaWorld the next day, and it was Dan's first time EVER going there so it was pretty great. I can't say much about the park other than it's totally worth it to experience it. The dolphin and Shamu shows were amazing and everything else was just so great. That night we drove down to West Palm Beach to see my good friends Jodie and Jessica and my goddaughter, Leah. We spent the night in the pool catching up and taking crazy pictures. This had been only 3 days of vacation and I was completely overjoyed at spending quality time with my husband and reconnecting without the hecticness of everyday life. The next day it was on a cruise ship and off to the Bahamas ...