Over the weekend Hailey had her first date.  I told her date that he had better set the standard high

Hailey all ready for her date.

She was so excited.  She had been counting down the days since January!  And all day she kept asking if it was time to get ready yet.

So pretty!!

Hailey and her date all ready for the Snowflake Ball

Hailey and Rich.  I love how big she is smiling up at him!

Rich gave Hailey roses.

A few pictures at the father-daughter dance:

Hailey had so much fun!  I’m glad she has this special memory

Our last day in Disney World  We weren’t planning to go to the parks but we had a late flight so we had a nice relaxing last day.

Yummy breakfast!  Hailey loved sitting at the little table that they had set up for the kids.  She sat there all by herself, looking way too grown up.

A little hula hooping in the lobby on the way to the pool.

Time for some swimming:

We had a blast at the pools!

Goodbye Pop Century… we made reservations before we left and we are staying at a different resort next year.  As much as we have liked Pop in the past we didn’t think it was as good this year.  The food court used to have amazing food but the selection and quality had both declined.  Plus we paid very close attention and the lines for the buses for Pop were always the longest at the end of the night.  Other resorts may share buses but their lines move much quicker.  Plus the other guests at Pop made us want to stay somewhere else.  So we’re trying a new resort next year.

Hailey on the Magical Express on our way back to the airport.

Playing at the airport while waiting for our flight.

We had a great trip to Disney World, as always, and can’t wait to go back!!

We got up nice and early on our 9th day- this would be our last day in the parks.

We were at Hollywood Studios for the rope drop.  As soon as the rope dropped Rich took off to get us fast passes for Toy Story Mania while Hailey and I got in line for the ride.

We love this ride!

I love the theming!

Hailey and Lightning McQueen

Hailey and Mater

Hailey meeting Ferb

And now meeting Phineas

Posing with Phineas and Ferb

A nice healthy breakfast- a cookie as big as her face.

Hailey and Rich had a last ride on Tower of Terror.  Then we went to see the newly refurbished and just reopened Little Mermaid show.

Hailey got to welcome everyone to the Little Mermaid show!

Ariel and Eric

We went on Toy Story Mania one last time

Me on Toy Store Mania

Then we headed over to Magic Kingdom

I love the castle!

This was the only day we experienced big crowds.  The crowds were pretty low at Hollywood Studios, but it was super busy at Magic Kingdom… it doesn’t look too bad here but it was really crowded.  It was the day before Labor Day, so I’m sure that was part of the reason.

Hailey found a Hidden Mickey- she became quite the little expert in finding them!

We rode on Snow White and then headed over to Splash Mountain

Hailey on her favorite ride (Splash Mountain).

After a ride on the Haunted Mansion it was time for our early dinner reservation.  We had originally had a dinner reservation at ‘Ohana but decided to change it.  We were worried we weren’t going to have enough time at Magic Kingdom on our last day, so we switched to the Liberty Tree Tavern.  I was really disappointed we didn’t go to ‘Ohana as that is my all time favorite.  But, I wanted to make sure Hailey had enough time to do all of her favorite rides again, so we wanted to be able to stay in the park.

Hailey coloring while waiting for our table.

Liberty Tree Tavern ended up being Rich’s favorite meal of our whole trip.  I liked it too, not my favorite, but still good.  I was glad we made the decision we did.  But next year I’m not missing out on ‘Ohana!

After dinner we went to the Laugh Floor… always a good show and different every time.

Hailey on the People Mover.

After the People Mover we went on Stitch’s Great Escape.

Stopping for a minute to make a little music.

Then it was time to go on Splash Mountain again… and again…

Riding on Buzz Lightyear

One last time to capture Zurg!

Then we rode Peter Pan and got off the ride just in time to see the fireworks.

So pretty!

Then it was time for Extra Magic Hours and the crowds did go down a bit, but it was still quite busy.

Waiting in line to ride Pooh

A yummy sundae for a late night snack and then we went to see Mickey’s Philharmagic again.

I love the castle all lit up!

In line for our last ride of the trip- The Haunted Mansion

Goodbye Main St.

We were able to sleep in today!  We had a breakfast reservation but not until 10am, so it was nice to have a slow morning.

Hailey posing with her various toys she had gotten during the week.  Each morning she set them up in the window so that they could watch for us to return at night.

We took a nice boat ride over to the Grand Floridian for our breakfast reservation.

Hailey checking out the Grand Floridian

Such a beautiful resort!

Us at 1900 Park Fare for breakfast- this is my favorite picture of us!  We are all smiling and I don’t look like a huge pregnant whale- and if I do then just keep that to yourself so you don’t ruin it for me.

Mary Poppins was the first to visit Hailey.  Right before Mary Poppins came over, Hailey wasn’t happy about something (I don’t remember what) and I love how when the characters see that a child isn’t happy about something they do their best to fix that right away.  And it worked!  Hailey was happy after a little chat with Mary Poppins.

Next up was Tigger and he was so funny!  He had us laughing pretty hard.

A big hug for Hailey

Checking out Hailey’s breakfast

A yummy Mickey waffle

Hailey talking to Alice in Wonderland

Belle and Hailey… we love Belle but she was there because the Mad Hatter couldn’t make it.  I was disappointed that he wasn’t there because he was my favorite character last year and one of the reasons I wanted to go to 1900 Park Fare for breakfast.  He made me laugh so hard last year.  So we love Belle but we were a little disappointed not to see the Mad Hatter.

Hailey and Pooh

After our late breakfast we headed over to Epcot.

This was going to be our last visit to Epcot for this trip so we wanted to redo some of our favorite things.

Hailey loved the Great Piggy Bank Adventure, so we made sure to do that first.

She was so happy at the end that we saved up enough money in the game.

Another one of Hailey’s favorites- The Universe of Energy

Hailey and Rich went on Test Track

See the Hidden Mickey they found on the tool bench?

Time to see some characters- Minnie and Pluto with Hailey.

Minnie and Hailey

Hailey did this really neat game where she got to be a part of a video game- here she is setting up the video game.

That’s Hailey on the screen as part of the game.  It was soooo neat!

Hailey on Spaceship Earth

Hailey and me in the future

Rich and Hailey working on powering a city.

We tried doing a Kim Possible Mission for the first time.  Hailey was so excited!!

Hailey with her Kim Possible phone

Watching the fountains

We had dinner at the Electric Umbrella- this was my delicious burger.

Last time on Test Track

Goodbye Epcot

We spent the evening relaxing at the pool.

Big jump!  So much braver than she was at the beginning of summer.