herd additions: May 2012

A mere 3 days after Brianna was released from inpatient therapy, we made the wild decision to leave on a cruise. The trip had been planned for over a year and the lead therapist finally consented with these words of wisdom, “I am not against a little enforced family time with no place to run.”

Brianna looked better than she had in ages. We started the trip with two nights in Orlando to just rest and regroup after the previous very stressful months. Of course we never do things the simple way. We flew down on Easter Sunday evening promising it was a jam packed schedule. We rented two small cars because it was cheaper. My phone died and I navigated from the airport to the Hilton with no directions or GPS. I was very proud of myself, but since I struck out on my own instead of following Brian, I completely stressed him. This also gave us the chance to do a character meal and let Lucy swim to her hearts content. (And make us long for a real trip back to Disney)

I get accused of skipping out of pictures, so here I am!

going and gone…….

Show offs! Jack and Hadley will never be able to claim they were forgotten middle children. The weather was perfect for a day at the pool. We ended the evening with supper at our favorite Disney eatery- Boma.

Onto the ship! We were met by Grandma and Grandpa. Grandpa had broken his leg and ended up with a heart procedure just a few weeks before our scheduled departure so he was also in a wheelchair. Never a dull moment with this crew!

Brianna and Hadley froze in the restaurants on board so our servers covered them in tablecloths.

But sometimes they were capes instead.

Disney service is always amazing. We are not short on needs and demands and the cast was always awesome. Special notes include Lucy pulling a cast members hair and she still continued to interact with Lucy the rest of the week, and an interaction with Tinkerbell that brought Brian to tears.