Christmas in Florida 2021

 Whelp. Change in plans again. Larry and I struggled to purchase Genie + last night, so we were up until about 12:30. At 12:15, Thom walked out of the bedroom and said Teddy's cough was not improving; in fact, he thought it was getting worse. So, the combination of having a little fever and the cough we decided it would be best for us to not go to Disney. I logged on to move his ticket but because it was after midnight I couldn't do it online. So I had to call after I woke up in the morning. We met at 7:00 so that I could try to get everyone signed up for their lightning lane and get them into the virtual queue for Ratatouille. They got in for queue for group 67 so would be able to get to ride hopefully around 1:00. They also got into the Frozen Ride lightning lane, but that wouldn't be until 7:00pm.   After they got set I called Disney to see what to do about Teddy's ticket. Dad ran to Walgreens to get some cough medicine for himself because he is starting to not feel

 It was another relaxing condo day. Rocky woke me up this morning announcing it was time to wake up because it was light out. We sat outside for awhile until Teddy woke up. Mom decided to take Teddy to the arcade to spend the last coin she had and, of course, Rocky wanted to go too. Mom and Teddy walked ahead with Drew while I got Rocky ready to go.  We met them at the activities center. Rocky liked to pretend drive the motorcycle and car while Teddy enjoyed the claw machines.  Teddy and Drew worked together to win some more balls. We checked out the basketball court and the boys tried to make a hoop with their new balls. We also checked out the mini golf course and Teddy played with his new ball and used his hand as a club. We headed back to the condo for awhile. We tried to get Teddy to rest as much as possible today to get ready for Disney tomorrow. He seems to enjoy laying in bed and watching TV. Mom and Drew went to Publix while Thom worked out. We decided to meet him at pool 3 (j

 Happy Monday! We were able to sleep in a little bit and I was woken up by Rocky shaking me and saying "MOM! It's light out! It's time to get up!" So up we got. Mom, Dad and Drew headed to Walmart to pick up a few things. When Teddy woke up his fever was down to 100. So taht is a good thing, however, we know it usually peaks in the evening. His cough is a bit more bark-y so hopefully that will calm too.  Mom took the boys to the arcade while Dad and I talked to the Legacy Owner Customer Service about exchanging the week he has in July to another week. It was going to cost about $5,500 to exchange it to about 66,500 points.  Once everyone was up and moving (Thom slept in until 10:00--woohoo vacation!) it was decided that people wanted to go to the outlet mall. We all got in the vehicle, but my gut was telling me it wasn't a good idea because of how much Teddy was coughing.  So while Dad was turning around in the condos across the street, Thom, Teddy and I hopped ou

 This morning Mom and I started off by heading to Walgreens for some cough medicine for Teddy. We found some halls suckers and cough medicine so we should be good to go. Thom, Mom, Drew and Dad all went to Marshalls and the outlet mall this morning. I had been taking Teddy's temperature with the thermometer Mom had, but he just felt super warm so Thom got some tylenol and a new thermometer. Sure enough the kiddo has a fever.  The medicine helped and Teddy started to feel a bit better around lunch time. We ate leftovers for lunch and went swimming in the third pool for a bit.  About 2:30 we decided it was a good time for a nap and brought the boys back. Drew stayed with the boys while they napped in the condo and Thom and I joined Marci, Larry, Dad and Mom at pool 3. We enjoyed a few drinks (yay for pina coladas with a rum floater and Naturdays!) and some pool/hot tub time.  While the boys were napping I caught up on the blog while sitting outside the condo and people watched people

 SeaWorld Day! We had never been to SeaWorld before so today was a day of new experiences. We got there at about 8:50 knowing the park opened at 9:00. There were very few cars in the parking lot! We didn't quite know where to go, so we started toward one of the rollercoasters because it wasn't busy. SeaWorld has an assortment of ocean animals, but also a few rollercoasters that are big and popular. We found the line for Manta and Drew, Dad, Thom and I waited while Mom took the boys to see dolphins. The Manta was unlike any rollercoaster I've ridden before. Named after a Manta Ray they want you to experience swimming like a manta so once seated, they lay you forward in a dangling position. The ride was filled with turns, loops and twists to simulate swimming like a ray. It was intense! At one point it took our breath away and like knocked the wind out of us!  We then met up with Mom and the boys and headed to Sesame Street World. Walking across the dock to get to that part o

 It was an early morning! We had to get up about 3:30 to get down to the lobby at 4:15 to catch our shuttle. Thom and I woke up first and tried to get ourselves set up to go quickly and easily once the boys were up. When it was time to wake up the boys we decided to start with Rocky, Thom gently rubbed his back to wake him up and said "Rocky, it's time to go to Florida." Rocky shot up and yelled "TEDDY! WAKE UP! TIME TO GO TO FLORIDA!" Teddy was a bit slower to move, but we got down to the lobby in time to catch our shuttle! When we arrived we didn't have to check any baggage so we thought it wold be a breeze to get through security- unfortunately, they only had one security open for every airline so the line was incredibly long. We got in back and hoped we'd make it in time. Thankfully, the line moved quickly. Rocky was very excited to see the airplanes. We boarded in good time and we were off to Florida! The flight went very smoothly! 2 hours and 14 mi