All tagged Trip Planning

February 2017 Disney World Trip Planning (with a baby!)

February 2017 Disney World Trip Planning (with a baby!)

Brittany Payne
Vacations, Kids

Brad, Melody, and I just got back from Melody's first trip to Disney World!!!  What is super funny about Melody going to Disney World at the age of 8 months old...Brad made a comment that we would never take a baby to Disney.  He/She would have to be at least a few years old before going.  Well Brad is the one who initiated this trip!  We also used this trip as a visit to see Brad's grandparents who live only a few miles from Disney.  I want to share some details that went into planning our trip.  This is very basic.  I plan to write more about doing Disney with a baby in future posts.

January 2017 Disney World Trip Planning

January 2017 Disney World Trip Planning

Brittany Payne
Vacations

So my mom and I just got back from our annual Disney World trip.  This year was going to be a little different because it would be my first time away from Melody.  We decided to only go for 3 nights so that I could get home sooner to see Melody (oh and Brad!).  I wanted to share all of the planning that I did for this trip!

DragonCon 2014 and 2015

DragonCon 2014 and 2015

Brittany Payne
Vacations

I already kind of discussed DragonCon back in May when I was going over what Brad and I wear to it.  I thought it might also be informative to discuss some of what we did at the last two DragonCons that we have attended.  It is highly unlikely we will be attending DragonCon 2016 (primarily because we have a little one now, and we prefer she not get the ConCrud), but if you are and have never been, hopefully this will give you some idea of what to look forward to.

New York Planning and Trip Report

New York Planning and Trip Report

Brittany Payne
Vacations

So our sort of "babymoon" was a trip to New York over Thanksgiving.  We started planning our trip, however, before we knew I was pregnant.  Hence the "sort of" babymoon.  New York was something Brad had always wanted to do, and he really wanted to go before kids.  So we investigated and planned away!

Dragoncon Outfits

Dragoncon Outfits

Brittany Payne
Vacations

Every Labor Day weekend an event called DragonCon is held in Atlanta, GA.  In 2014, my husband and I went for the first time just for one day.  We really were not sure what it was all about, and we already happened to be in Atlanta for Ole Miss and Alabama football games.  So we spent the Friday before Labor Day checking it out.  It turned out to be so much fun, we decided to go back in 2015 for the entire event weekend.  This was Friday-Monday. 

Disney Trip Planning - 30th Birthday

Disney Trip Planning - 30th Birthday

Brittany Payne
Vacations

As usual, my mom and I planned to go to Disney World for my birthday.  I was turning the big 3-0.  Unknowing to my mom, my husband and I were trying to get pregnant, so I found ways to discourage our usual cruise/Disney combo.  So we decided we would just do 3 or 4 days at Disney World and fly.  I found out I was pregnant September 23rd, but Brad and I wanted to wait and tell our parents after our first doctor's appointment.  So I didn't tell mom until October 21st.  I put off booking Disney to make sure she would be ok going with me while I was four months pregnant!  I hated for her to not enjoy herself and ride everything unless she was truly ok with that.  Of course she was good with it, so the planning began!