From our house it took us just under 4 hours to get to the resort (I think the GPS took us the long way). Kinley slept for most of the trip and just woke up and got a little fussy towards the end, but that is to be expected. We made it without having to stop more than once, so that was great.
Once we got to our room we settled in and tried to make it as much like home as possible. At home Kinley still eats meals while watching her favorite cartoon, Phineas and Ferb, since we still are trying to make mealtimes fun and enjoyable for her. We set up a portable DVD player and played Phineas and Ferb for most of her meals on vacation. This is what the set-up looked like...
Lucky for us Kinley still fits in her Bumbo, because it worked out well. Kinley ate really good for most meals. Yea!! (That makes vacation a lot less stressful for Mommy and Daddy.) As far as sleeping arrangements go, Kinley sleeps in her own room at home, so we tried to set up a little corner of the room for Kinley to sleep in where she would not be able to see Kevin or I. We thought that if she could see us she would never go to sleep and would just cry until one of us went to rescue her. Here is Kinley's sleeping corner...
We brought our pack-n-play from home as well as my "screen" (as it came to be called in it's previous function, which I am sure my co-workers might recognize). Anyway, it is a little hard to tell in this picture, but the screen is actually blocking Kinley's view of the rest of the room, so it was like she had her own little room within our room. That also worked out really well. Kinley slept great while on vacation. I don't know if it was all the fresh air, excitement, or both, but we actually had to wake Kinley up at 10:00 AM on the second day. Normally Kinley is awake between 7:30 AM and 8:00 AM.
There was so much to do at the resort. There was an indoor water park that we didn't make it to, but there was also 1 other indoor pool and 2 outdoor pools, and each of them had a baby pool nearby. One of the outdoor pools even had a water slide. There was a golf course, bowling ally, shops, playground, putt-putt course, picnic areas, marina, restaurants and more. We didn't have nearly enough time to do everything, oh well, I guess we will just have to go back soon. Here are some of the fun things we did get to do...
Kinley loved to splash and play with her new water toys in the baby pool. The water was only about 6 inches deep and there were little fountains all around the pool that Kinley would crawl into. (That is what's obstructing the view of Kinley in the 3rd pic.) She had a lot of fun in this pool, it was just her size.
Grandpa pushing Kinley in her boat.
Just chillin with Daddy at the kiddie pool.