Orlando part III: The never-ending last day

We knew it'd be a long one and so decided to make the most of it. We'd only been to Universal for a few hours this trip and I really wanted to see Seuss Landings (being a fan of Dr Seuss since my own childhood [Islands of Adventure weren't built when I was there last]). So, after a final mad packing scrap, breakfast & Isaac's morning nap we toddled off to Universal to see as much as we could in a short time. It was so worth it.

Sarah - ridiculous mega grin - Isaac, not really sure

It really is exactly like the books, from the Fox In Sox to Circus McGurkus :mrgreen: Can you tell I was a bit excited? Anyhoo, this blog is about Isaac, not my childhood nostalgia.

We walked around as much of the islands as we could, which was pretty much all of it without going on any rides, not easy with an infant unless you leave beb with one of you & join the lonely looking single rider line. Bad planning there. Note to self: wait for Isaac to be old enough to A) enjoy it himself or B) be old enough to stay with Nanna for an afternoon while parents go on big scary rides!

Having had enough of getting hot & sweaty for one day we went back the apartment to cool off & Isaac & Mummy had a little snooze (Mummy's was unplanned & sort of knocked her out!) Next thing I know it's time to go to the airport! Which we did. No delays & we'd pre-checked in so just had to rock up & get to the gate. We sort of forgot to feed Isaac (whoops), but he was so busy watching everything that it didn't matter & worked out quite well because it meant he had something to do while we sat for the final 35 minutes by the gate before boarding. Got on the plane, Isaac slept most of the way. Simon & I tried to sleep, but having a baby does something funny to you in that, neither of us could. We were checking on wee man every 5 minutes & generally couldn't sleep.

So, come landing time we're both shattered & I'm actually drinking coffee to stay awake for the drive home! I don't do coffee. Felt very weird! We stopped a couple of times on the motorway to give Isaac some stretching time & us all some food time. Thought we should capture the highly amusing hair (badly on a mobile phone):

Several different kinds of sweat in there:
Universal sweat, sleeping blanket sweat
& car sweat. Who needs gel??

VERY glad it was sunny at home :-) The drive seemed to take forever, but Isaac was very good & didn't peep once. Goodness knows we were grateful for that. We landed at 8.30am & got to bed at about 11 so I was up for approximately 34 hours (I couldn't get back to sleep after Isaac woke for his early morning feed at 4.30am), give or take the odd snoozeroo here & there.

So now we've been home for 4 days and he's just about getting back onto UK time although he has more teeth coming through. So we're all over the place anyway!

Verdict: lovely holiday, but might stick closer to home next time so less trauma for Isaac in terms of time difference. No doubt we'll go back again in the future when he's old enough to drag us around the different parks!