Disney World 3

OK, these will be all from this Disney trip. Another character meal at Liberty Tree Tavern. Banastre doesn't like Goofy up close. I guess I would be scared of a six foot tall walking dog too!!!

Elizabeth and Minnie.
Banastre was scared of all the characters. Chip came by once and spent time with Elizabeth. Then he kept playing peek a boo with Banastre. Later he came by and was able to get close. Banastre even played with his nose! I was so happy that Banastre finally came around. Although, this is still the only character he let get close. The rest of the week he just said Hi and waved anytime he saw one!

Here's the kids as co-pilots of the monorail. We asked to sit up front and they let us! Both kids loved this. This was Banastre's first time up front and this is how he stayed for our entire trip! Isn't it cute?

We had a great trip and it was wonderfully warm for the rest of the week. We only went to Magic Kingdom and Epcot this time. I am sure that in December we will hit all four parks. We have annual passes now though, so there could be even more spontaneous trips to visit our Main Mouse. Until then, we have great memories of our latest trips to keep us smiling. It's amazing to me to watch my children's faces as they experience the magic of Walt Disney World. To hear Elizabeth singing the songs to her favorite rides and asking..."Mom, whens our next trip?" always puts a smile on my face!

Walt Disney 2

Banastre's first carousel ride. He doesn't seem like it here, but he loved it. We rode 4 times in a row!
Elizabeth hamming it up as usual!
This is our view from our room. The patio doors opened. We had two ducks who would come to our doors everyday. I know we shouldn't have though, but we fed them. Banastre loved throwing cheerios to the ducks. He would just laugh and then quack, quack!
Can you see the duck right by the table in the bush?

Disney World

Ok, before I get to this past weekend, I wanted to add a few more pics from Florida. Here's the kids with the characters at the O'hana's Lilo & Stitch Breakfast. (Lilo was out sick this day! She's the one of the few characters we haven't met!!!) Elizabeth and the big cheese, Mickey!
Banastre still didn't care much for the characters. As long as they were on the other side of the table he was fine. But if we got close to them.....
this is how he reacted!

We had other character meals scheduled. How will Banastre react? You shall see!!

Tune in for more Disney pics. Blogger isn't let me post many at a time!

Pics from Florida

These are pics from our first nights stay in Florida. We were in a town called Indiatlantic. As you can see our room was right on the ocean. We even slept with the balcony doors open. It was just like having a sound machine that never turns off. Elizabeth and Banastre were addicted to the balcony. They stayed on it for most of the morning. We walked down to the beach after our breakfast, but of all days, this one was very cold in Florida (temps in the 40s!). The kids and I were still bare footed though and we enjoyed the sand on our feet before we started freezing to death. So, we went back and enjoyed the view from our room until it was time to go.

We're Home!!!

Just a real quick post to let everyone know that we are home from Disney World!! We had a wonderful time!!! The weather was perfect and we enjoyed ourselves immensely!!
Unfortunately, we all came home sick. Matt with a stomach bug, Elizabeth with a rash on her legs that has now spread, Banastre with an eye infection in both eyes, and me with a cold that turned into a sinus infection. Well, now Banastre has come down with either the stomach bug or the "teething bug" and I am completely worn out. So, no pictures uploaded yet. I will try this weekend. But........Guess what Banastre started doing yesterday!!!!!!

Yes, my baby is finally walking. Up until now, he would take one or two steps without holding on. Yesterday he took six or seven steps to Daddy with out us even trying to get him too. At first I thought it might be a fluke, but he did it again before bed to get a toy. Now today, he has practiced it several times. We are still definitely "toddling" but I know it won't be long now until he is running and I am trying to play catch up. I tried to get pics, but I guess either me or the camera is too slow, but I will keep trying!!

Lily's First Birthday Party

Look, I can play ball with someone else. I am practicing up on sharing! (I think this is Jack, Lily had a lot of kids at her party!)
Hey Elizabeth, Lily is opening our gift to her.
Mmmmmmmmmmmm cake. Lily definitely knew how to eat the cake!!!
This is just a sweet one of Mommy and Daughter. I thought Lora might like to have it!!

A quick catch up...

This is just a quick catch up on everything with more detailed posts to follow hopefully this weekend.

Things that have happened in the past two weeks:
Lily's First birthday Party
I put in my notice at work....I will once again be a Stay-at-Home Mom and I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am working until they can find someone to replace me and I can train them, but hopefully it won't be too much longer!!!
We put our house on the market, and within two hours had our first bid on it. So I have been crazily (is that even a word) cleaning the house and trying to prep it for showing.

Coming up next:
A one week vacation in the "Happiest Place on Earth," and "Where dreams come true"; so if you really know our family, that means we decided at the last minute to spend Matt's spring break at Disney World. So, I have also been packing and getting all the laundry done. Needless to say I am completely worn out.

But, I will have to download all the pics on my camera tomorrow and will hopefully be able to update one last time before we leave for Florida Sunday!!!