debrapagliasotti
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 3, 2011
Starting this PTR a full year ahead of time there will be some slow periods, but I will try and write about something monthly.
First lets start with our cast of characters...
Me - Debra, 35. Crazy-over-planner. I used to work for a major airline and then as a travel agent before getting married (we celebrated our 10 yr anniversary this past May). I've been a SAHM mom since the 1st trimester of my pregnancy with my oldest child. Went to Disney World in my early 20's, and have been 1 other time with DH & our 2 kids at the time. I was 7 mo pregnant with #3.
DH - Bo, 40. College coach and teacher. He has been coaching womens volleyball at the collegiate level since before we got married. He has made his way up the ranks of a student assistant, grad assistant, assistant coach and head coach. So volleyball has been a huge part of our lives. He is resigning from coaching at the end of this year to focus on teaching and getting his doctorate degree. He loves WDW, just not nearly as much as I do.
DS - Hunter, 9. 4th grader who does really well in school. He's a good kid, never been in trouble. Loves playing soccer. He is in his 6th year of playing soccer for the city. Over the last year he has really had a desire to be starting goalie. He worked really hard this summer at soccer camps, and officially became starting goalie! He currently does soccer 3 days a week, 2 days of team practice, and 1 day he does player development. He would love to become a professional soccer player someday...or an architect. He had his 1st (and so far, only) trip to WDW back in Aug 2003. He LOVED it! He still pulls out maps and pictures almost daily and looks at them. Harper and Hunter are 15 mo apart.
Favorite ride - Expedition Everest, Star Tours
DD - Harper, 8. 3rd grader. Super sweet little girl. She loves dance. She is in her 6th year of dance. This year she goes twice a week for classes.This year she was able to add Lyrical and she really enjoys that. She would love to be a dance teacher when she grows up. She loved WDW when we went in 2003. She loved seeing all the princesses and cant wait to go back.
Least favorite ride - Haunted Mansion (she HATED the stretching room!!)
Favorite ride - Kilamanjaro Safari, Splash Mountain
DS - Jaxon, 2. He is our "miracle" baby. I had lots of problems early on in his pregnancy, and had actually miscarried a few months before getting pregnant with him. I had very low hormone levels for most of the 1st trimester with Jaxon and was on meds to try and sustain the pregnancy. Finally, about 12 weeks we heard the heartbeat for the 1st time. He was born 17 days early (late-term preemie), but did very well in the hospital and came home with me. He is speech delayed and is seeing a speech therapist once a week. This will be Jaxons 1st trip to WDW. He loves Woody and Buzz.
DS - Evan, 1. He is our "suprise" baby! Not at all planned, but cant imagine my life without him. He is also speech delayed and sees a speech therapist once a week. He recently started having seizures, so he is scheduled to see a neurologist. This will be Evans 1st trip to WDW. He hasnt really connected with any Disney characters...yet.
First lets start with our cast of characters...
Me - Debra, 35. Crazy-over-planner. I used to work for a major airline and then as a travel agent before getting married (we celebrated our 10 yr anniversary this past May). I've been a SAHM mom since the 1st trimester of my pregnancy with my oldest child. Went to Disney World in my early 20's, and have been 1 other time with DH & our 2 kids at the time. I was 7 mo pregnant with #3.
DH - Bo, 40. College coach and teacher. He has been coaching womens volleyball at the collegiate level since before we got married. He has made his way up the ranks of a student assistant, grad assistant, assistant coach and head coach. So volleyball has been a huge part of our lives. He is resigning from coaching at the end of this year to focus on teaching and getting his doctorate degree. He loves WDW, just not nearly as much as I do.
DS - Hunter, 9. 4th grader who does really well in school. He's a good kid, never been in trouble. Loves playing soccer. He is in his 6th year of playing soccer for the city. Over the last year he has really had a desire to be starting goalie. He worked really hard this summer at soccer camps, and officially became starting goalie! He currently does soccer 3 days a week, 2 days of team practice, and 1 day he does player development. He would love to become a professional soccer player someday...or an architect. He had his 1st (and so far, only) trip to WDW back in Aug 2003. He LOVED it! He still pulls out maps and pictures almost daily and looks at them. Harper and Hunter are 15 mo apart.
Favorite ride - Expedition Everest, Star Tours
DD - Harper, 8. 3rd grader. Super sweet little girl. She loves dance. She is in her 6th year of dance. This year she goes twice a week for classes.This year she was able to add Lyrical and she really enjoys that. She would love to be a dance teacher when she grows up. She loved WDW when we went in 2003. She loved seeing all the princesses and cant wait to go back.
Least favorite ride - Haunted Mansion (she HATED the stretching room!!)
Favorite ride - Kilamanjaro Safari, Splash Mountain
DS - Jaxon, 2. He is our "miracle" baby. I had lots of problems early on in his pregnancy, and had actually miscarried a few months before getting pregnant with him. I had very low hormone levels for most of the 1st trimester with Jaxon and was on meds to try and sustain the pregnancy. Finally, about 12 weeks we heard the heartbeat for the 1st time. He was born 17 days early (late-term preemie), but did very well in the hospital and came home with me. He is speech delayed and is seeing a speech therapist once a week. This will be Jaxons 1st trip to WDW. He loves Woody and Buzz.
DS - Evan, 1. He is our "suprise" baby! Not at all planned, but cant imagine my life without him. He is also speech delayed and sees a speech therapist once a week. He recently started having seizures, so he is scheduled to see a neurologist. This will be Evans 1st trip to WDW. He hasnt really connected with any Disney characters...yet.
, I just knew they would love it. So, Sept rolls around and I start seeing all these posts about everyone going. It really got me thinking "just how much would it be to do a short trip?" So I started looking at numbers. I was able to find Art of Animation, Family suites for fairly reasonable, adding the dining plan (1 QS, 1 TS, 1 snack) and 2 days of tickets...not too bad of a price. So now I just needed to convince DH that we needed to do 2 WDW trips this year...within 2 months of each other (more about that another post). So, I just used my charm and convinced (it didnt take much) DH for us to do this. With him resigning from coaching, this made it the perfect time (he was always out of town or had home games during Fall break). I thought the little boys would love this, plus its a trial run for our "big" trip later in 2012. I knew the older kids would love this idea too. So, a couple days later (mid Sept-ish) I booked AoA, Cars Suite, which at the time seemed perfect.
So nice to see someone will be reading and I wont be talking to myself for the next year 
No worries, I'll be here! 
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