Back to reality.

We're home from The Happiest Place On Earth. {insert sad face here}

It was a fantastic trip, full of unforgettable moments. There were adorable moments, like when Brooke met Cinderella and left the room with a bright red lipstick kiss on the cheek from her. And crazy moments, like when Joe had a poo-splosion on the airplane right as we were taxiing towards the runway. And super-fun moments, like when my entire family (all 19 of us!) had a dance party on Main Street U.S.A. right in front of Cinderella's castle during a parade. And frustrating moments, like when Brooke's diaper leaked for the 80 billionth time on the trip and pee came out the top of her diaper like a fountain. LIKE A FOUNTAIN. (Pretty sure we had a bad batch of diapers. Pampers was called first thing Wednesday morning and they have already put a check in the mail for the batch.) And heart-melting moments, like every time Joe gave me a smile because he was having so much fun on his first vacay.

It was every bit as magical as it should be...yet the most exhausting trip of my life. And I haven't come close to recovering sleep-wise. I came home to 5 loads of laundry, a house that's only a quarter of the way decorated for Christmas, several pending bow orders to fill, Christmas presents to buy (b/c Christmas is in 3 weeks! omg!), and a husband + 2 kids with awful colds. Oh, and I forgot, we're also potty training. (Yikes. Pass the wine.)

I guess I'll just have to relive the trip through the 615 pictures I took. (I know what you're thinking: so many pictures and I'm only supplying you with this one family pic we took at dusk at Magic Kingdom. Sorry, but I just don't have the time to go through them all right now.)

A huge, gigantic, enormous thanks go out to my parents for taking us on this fantastic family escape. The kiddos had a blast...and so did the adults :) Brooke is still talking about seeing Mickey and all of the things we did there. We'll do our best to make sure she never forgets (cue the 615 pictures...) And Joe couldn't possibly have had a better 1st vacation than to Disney World - how perfect considering how much his Mommy loves it! We had so much fun and can't possibly thank you enough!!