Animal Kingdom Pictures and News!!

Animal Kingdom was great! We had a blast, the weather was perfect, the guys had fun with the race, and Meaghan was an angel the entire time (well except for when it was time to go to bed that night)!

Picking up the race packets, Meg knew something fun was going to happen! I expected her to take a nap in the car on the way over... she did not. She was much more interested in playing with Jon in the backseat.
We weren't exactly sure how character greeting was going to go, but she really liked Minnie! Meg is trying to give Minnie a kiss on the nose, or bite it, one of the two!
And Minnie played back with Meg's nose!
We went to the Lion King show... and we got VIP seats right up front! Meg was quite intriqued.
But then the big stilt leg people came out...
and Meg wasn't so sure about them. "There's something definitely wrong with their legs!"
Then the monkeys came out and did their thing!
And Meg was delighted once again! "Yay monkeys!"
She was very interested at the end of the show when the kids were rounded up for the little parade.
Since morning nap time was non-existant, she crashed!
OK, here's the big news..... Meaghan took her very first steps at the Animal Kingdom!!! I don't have any pictures... maybe my brother does. In any case, it was very exciting!

At the Conservation Station, after riding the train out there.

Almost recreating the unassisted steps!
What does one do when meeting Pocahontas for the very first time? We put her down to get some crawling time in on the carpeted floor... she decided to lay and roll instead.
Ahhh.... two princesses, as cute as can be!
Mickey Mouse ice cream bar - yummy!!
"What do you mean there's no more?"
The start of the Expedition Everest Challenge.
Part of the obstacle course... Jon on the left, Bill on the right.
"We finished!" Their official race time was 58:25.
Our room at the Animal Kingdom Lodge was excellent - and we had animals outside the window! Meg was so excited that we let her be out on the patio in her monkey jammies. Such a little mop top! The wild kingdom outside our room! It was so quiet... so amazing.
We found rocking chairs - Meg was all over it!
Literally... our little monkey!