Christmas Countdown Special Edition: Day 18 & 19

For our special day 18 & 19 we planned a special trip to Branson, MO to ride the Polar Express!!!!! It was truly magical!

We kept it a surprise, loaded them up, and took the beautiful (but very curvy) drive through the Ozarks.

Our hotel was perfect! Right across the street from the train station and right in the middle of Branson Landing-full of shopping and eating. This was HUGE for me because walking sends me straight into a contraction tizzy. I was so worried about how I was going to do this!

We booked this hotel because it had a heated pool and the boys had been dying to go swimming! Our room looked right out to The center's Christmas Tree!

We had dinner and then went across the street to board the train!

 

The boys were so excited! Every detail was covered. All the characters from the movie were there and came aboard to do their bit. We even picked up Santa from the North Pole!

Dylan turned to me and said I hope I get the first gift of Christmas. Sure enough....when Santa came on our car-Dylan was the first one to get the shiny bell!

There were cookies, hot chocolate, singing, lights, and just great memories made!

  

That night we went back to the hotel for a swim. This was another special treat for them! So much fun that their SUPER DADDY took them again the next morning!

We loved our trip! The next day I was feeling rough and couldn't do any walking. We ate lunch and came home.

All those curvy roads had the boys car sick and despite Dramamine Brody got sick everywhere in the car! It was terrible! Then as soon as we stopped the car at home, Dylan ran inside and got sick. It's a very curvy trip!!

Not the way we had hoped to end the trip, but a special Christmas treat for sure!