Disney World- Animal Kingdom

I need to do some catching up so I will start with January's events. We spent some time in Flordia with LaVon's side of the family. we were there for 6 days and 4 out of those 6 days we spent going to amusement parks. The first day we went to Disney World Animal Kingdom. we quickly learned that disney world really is not the happiest place on earth (nap time and bed time are :))...i mean, come on... you have tired parents and kids who haven't slept well in their own homes or beds, you have crowds beyond belief, and you have a daily schedule that has been thrown out the window---so we made the best of it and ended up really having a blast, given the circumstances. caylinn refused to sit in the stroller because she didn't know all the people around her and couldn't see mom and dad who were pushing the stroller....so we ended up carrying her most of the first day (please remember she weighed 23 lbs during this time- tired arms, back, and legs = a bad combination). she also did not do well with any shows or rides (which worked out pretty well for Animal Kingdom....you may ask what we ended up doing that whole day for the whole 10 hours we were there???? well we went and saw as many characters as we could because our kiddos LOVED the characters- that alone made the first day so worth it....Caylinn who was just learning how to walk even attempted to walk to Donald Duck! they would seriously be whinning and crying and the second it was their turn to see the character (didn't even matter who it was) they were all grins and giggles! here are some pictures from the first day at Disney World Animal Kingdom.