Day 1: Disney Trip-First Stop Charlotte, NC!

Hey everyone! It has been a long time since I have updated my blog I know. I have been crazy busy! I thought I would just do a quick update to let everyone know how our first day of travel went. Well, we left our house this morning around 9:20Am with the dog crammed in with us and made a stop at the vet to drop her off for boarding. Not a happy camper but that's how it goes. We actually got on the road around 10:20Am and the kids were doing pretty good. Every once in awhile Lily would let out a yell or two. We stopped just near the West Virginia border for lunch at Mc'Donalds...Gwynny's favorite! That was approximately an hour ordeal and then we got on the road again. On the road again I can't wait to get on the road again...You get the idea. Anyways, I think it was somewhere in the mountains of West Virginia or Virginia when Lily just would not stop yelling. Every few minutes she would holler. I tried everything a mom could to get her to settle down but nothing seemed to help. I realized that part of the problem was the sun in her face off and on as we were driving. So after a few hours of her yelling we finally decided to stop at a Walmart and pick up some of those shades for the van windows only to find out that they wouldn't stay on because it was too cold outside and the window was a little dirty. Bummer! We will try again in the morning. So we had to endure Lily's screams for another 3 hours off and on. The main thing was that she did not want to be in the van ANYMORE! She was done at like 3pm. We finally made it to our reserved hotel in Charlotte, NC and after unloading the van Bill went to a local Taco Bell to pick-up some dinner. Not my first choice believe me anyways, he comes back and tells me that when he pulled up to the window to order the person working took one look at all the salt and snow stains on our van and asked him if the weather was really getting BAD outside, nevermind that it's like 50 degrees outside. You see there is a Winter Storm Warning here tonight and I guess living in the south saying the word "SNOW" sends everyone into a complete state of mayhem. Bill assured them that the weather was just fine and that the salt and snow on the van was from Cleveland where we live. Anyways, we are hoping that everything goes well the rest of the drive. Kids are feed, in their pj's, and in bed. Can't wait to see how rush hour is here in the morning? Stay tuned... Tried to upload some pics but the Internet here at the hotel is too slow. Sorry. :0(