Look who's ready to see Mickey Mouse!!!!

 

Countdown to Disney....

We are anxiously preparing for our trip to Disney World in 1 week! We are all so excited! We were talking about it the other night and Michael got a little giddy! I asked him if it was because of the trip or not having to go to work for a week? I was surprised to hear it was because of the trip! We had a lot of fun last year, and I know we will have more fun this year. Christian is taller and will be able to ride more roller coaster type rides, Colin is older and will defiantly enjoy it more this year, since he was still a baby last year. We know (kind of) what to expect. We know what we want to do and things that we could pass up this time around. We are hitting 2 additional parks this time, we are adding MGM and Blizzard Beach Water Park to our list. We are staying at the same hotel so we know what to expect from them. It has a great pool, and the rooms are so spacious. We didn’t know we would have a little kitchen last year so we took many trips to Wal-Mart, which was ALWAYS busy, and out of a lot of things. This year we will be more prepared, I will have all the food before hand, and my goal is to stay away from the Wal-Mart.

Another thing we learned from last year, make sure you have plenty of gas before you hit the Florida turnpike. The gas stations are few and far between so be prepared; also tolls. Yep Florida has many of them. In the middle of the turnpike, when you exit off the turnpike everywhere. I’m not worried about the gas problem this year since I have my new car, my gas tank is twice as big as my last car so we should be good! I also have plenty of one’s and quarters on hand for the tolls.

This weekend I will be picking up last minute items, and starting to pull things together. I have a busy week next week at work so I won’t have a lot of time to do last minute shopping. Of course laundry will be done every day, that never changes. Thursday I will be grocery shopping, Friday will be packing day. We will have the car loaded that night. Saturday our plans are to head out early, so when we arrive at the hotel we will have a little time at the pool!

Colin's First Hair Cut

So, Colin received his first hair cut this weekend. I have put it off as long as I could but it was time. I waited so long because I knew as soon as it was cut he would immediately turn into a little boy, instead of a baby. I know he won't be a baby forever but it's a huge step; at least for me. He didn't do as well in the beginning but towards the end, and a lollipop later he finished great. He received a little "First Hair Cut" certificate and of course a little bag of his hair. I made sure it was the locks from the back since they were curls.

 

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My handsome little boy!

The Yucks!

The sick bug has made its way through our family this week. It started with Christian on Friday and by Monday Colin had gotten it. He was out for a couple of days, and by Wednesday night Michael was in bed running a fever. I have been playing the nurse role all week taking care of everyone. I am the only one, knock on wood, who has not been hit by the so called “bug.” I’m glad it has happened all in the same week as opposed to it being carried over the course of three weeks or so.

We are looking forward to the weekend, Christian is spending the night with my parents along with Jadon and will be going to see Toy Story 3! It will be the 3 of us tonight and I am hoping to get a jump start on my cleaning. It’s funny how behind you get when you are taking care of your sick family.

Atlanta Braves

 

Tuesday night Michael, Christian and I headed down to an Atlanta Braves game. This was Christian first time ever at a game, and Michael and I first game in a long time. We got the tickets through Michael’s work, so after dropping off Colin at my sister’s we headed to Atlanta. Christian had falling asleep in the car and we stopped at the ATM before hitting the highway, while we were there Christian woke up and asked where his shoes were? After looking around, he had walked out of the house with NO SHOES! Don’t ask me how that happened; I guess he was so excited he failed to make sure his flip flops were on. So a quick stop at Wal-Mart to pick up another pair fixed the problem.

We arrived a little after 7 and made our way to the 755 club Delta Sky Lounge. It’s one level of the stadium that is glass enclosed where you can sit and watch the game and order food. It was very nice, but very crowded since the game started off with a rain delay. We eventually made our way to our seats, where we sat for two hours under an umbrella waiting for the game to start. We had AWESOME seats; we were so close and close to home plate. We then decided that sense the rain didn’t seem to be letting up anytime soon, we would walk around the stadium and let Christian enjoy somewhat of this experience. He even got a Tomahawk! Which he seems to call a hamatawk! We left, went and got an ice cream and picked up Colin before heading home. Only to turn the TV on and the game had just started, they were in the first inning. Oh well, Christian still had a great time, and we will be catching another game this summer!

 

 

 

 

 

Summer Time

Summer time=busy time!! It seems like we are always on the move. With family time and work we are going 90 miles a minute. June is here, and we are starting to prepare for our trip to Disney in a few weeks, and Christian can’t wait.

Michael return from Alabama early…he came home Saturday night and surprised the kids! They were so excited!

Christian finished the last part of his dental work, and did awesome. It was a little rougher than last time, but he still did great. All the work is complete and we found out he has a couple extra baby teeth. The dentist said some kids are just born with extra teeth, so he will eventually have them removed. They are not an issue right now, but in a few months we will have them pulled.

Colin, I think has grown about 2 inches it seems over the past couple of weeks. He is now tall enough to open the doors. We have been able to close the doors to the rooms we want him to stay out of, but not anymore. We had to go out and invest in some doors knob covers to keep him out.

Both of the boys are loving spending time outside, and playing in the pool. It’s been really hot here the past few days, so outside time is either early in the morning or after the sun starts going down.

I am so happy when we have a holiday during the week, it makes the week go by so fast. Only a few more days before Michael comes home and we are all excited. It has gone by fast, but we are ready to see him. Since school is out Christian is at daycare full time, and is loving it. I really love the place we use, they are small, have only 2 locations and owned by a husband and wife. They have so many things planned for them this summer. Each week is devoted to a different place, this week is Italy week. They do activities all day that have something to do with Italy. They have a field trip planned each week, and this week was to Stevie B’s, a local pizza place. They took the kids on a tour of the place, in the kitchen and each kid got to make their own pizza. That is all Christian talked about last night. They also have an in ground pool so on the other days they spend time swimming.

Tonight we went out to dinner with Jennifer, she’s my best friend since we met in 9th grade. She is awesome and the kids love her. She doesn’t live close anymore so any chance we have to meet up we do. She teaches so I’m a little jealous that she is out for the summer!!

Memorial Weekend 2010....

Hope every one had a wonderful Memorial weekend, we sure did. We left Friday morning and headed north to Kentucky. A trip that normally takes 7 hours took us 9 with all the traffic, but we made it. We hung out around the house that night, and the kids ran around. My aunt and uncle live on 17 arces so there is plenty of room to run. My cousin Amanda has a love for animals, and over time rescued about 30 turtles. After dinner we walked down to their home to find them a little dinner. The boys loved it!!

 

 

 

 

Saturday and Sunday the weather was beautiful!! We spent most of the time out by the pool, and visiting with family and friends. Both boys loved the pool, so I know where we will be spending a lot of time this summer. On another note by bathing suit was a hit. I felt awesome in it, and got many compliments on it. I am so happy about that!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday night the girls headed out to our cousin Dylan's wedding. The guys stayed home, as well as my aunt Pam and Rusty who came to keep all the kids. It was a nice adult night out. The wedding was beautiful,the food was great and we just kicked backed and relax with a couple Bahama Mama's!! Congratulations Dylan and Jacob!!

 

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