[OhToodles!]

The plans for this trip happened shortly (mere months, maybe) after DS was born in October 2007. Why so soon after do you ask? Well, DH & I have been going to Disney together since 2004 (DH has been going on and off since he was 8 and I went once before with my family in 1994). We’re both hooked! Our last trip before this one was in June 2007 while I was about 4.5 months pregnant; we didn’t plan on going so soon, but the farther it got away from our last trip the more we wanted to go sooner than when DS was ‘older’. So around Christmas time we convinced DH’s parents and my parents to join us for DS’s 1st birthday in the Happiest Place on Earth – WDW!!

We booked rooms for Caribbean Beach in early March and booked airfare the week Southwest dates were released in late April. Also in April DH & I finally bit the bullet and joined DVC with Animal Kingdom Villas as our home resort!! Therefore, we had to cancel our Caribbean Beach reservations since we used developer points for a 1 bedroom stay at SSR. DH’s parents stayed with their CBR room and my parent’s decided to room with us.

After the big things were out of the way I took care of all the other details as well – ADRs, MNSSHP tickets, t-shirts, a tour, a surprise, getting groceries for the villa, etc. over the next few months. I love the planning part and I think I now have OCD Disney planning.

Here is the spreadsheet I did before we left:

Up next….Day #1