Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Logan's 6.5 month pics....

And some! We decided since we were taking Logan's 6 month pictures a bit late (due to our Disney trip) we would also take a few pictures of the girls in their Disney gear. Thanks again to our photographer and soon to be Auntie Jecca! (reminder these haven't been cropped or edited yet).

Here are some of my favorites:




















A month of chaos...

...or so it feels.  :)  Here are some cute pics of the kids in the last month or so.

Logan fell asleep in the car and then stayed that way all through a Target trip.  So cute!

 SO BIG!  12 month outfit.

He loves to get a bath in the sink. Now when I do dishes, he stares at the sink. :)

Sitting up on our new sofa. 

Dress up time....hahaha

Making pizza with Jecca. They both love to 'help'.

He fell asleep like this.  I had to stop the swing so he wouldn't hit his head.

Sunday I had a bridal shower to attend - Logan went with me.  
Grandma Barb was there to help entertain. 

Friday, April 20, 2012

Jecca's Shower

Our Photographer, and soon to be the girls' aunt, Jecca had her bridal shower on Saturday.  She is marrying Chris, Justin's step-brother in June.  We LOVE her! The girls are her flower girls, and are VERY excited!

 All ready with pretty dresses and nails.

Cute picture frame centerpieces for the photographer bride. 

 Handmade Scratch Off game.

Jecca and Hailey

Kaelin our toilet paper bride model - she won!

Kaelin and Hailey helped open gifts...and gather trash.

Amy, Cindy and I pitched in for Jecca's gift - this towel cake I made. 

Her bow bouquet for the rehearsal.  

Animal Kingdom

Wednesday was our last day in Florida.  We spent it at Animal Kingdom.  It is very zoo like with exhibits set up and a safari ride.  

We rode Expedition Everest (a roller coaster), the Kilimanjaro Safari (we got to see a real Pumba!, and lions, and many other animals), and the Kali River Rapids (again a water ride that Hailey rode twice).  We also saw the Finding Nemo Musical (kinda weird), Flights of Wonder bird show, It's Tough to be a Bug, and the Festival of the Lion King.  We ate at an awesome restaurant for lunch called Yak and Yeti - awesome service and great food!

Hailey wants a bongo!

Kaelin's face after a bird flew overhead during the Flights of Wonder.

Coolest part of the day: Kaelin got called up during the Festival of the Lion King to participate in a dance around the show and shake a mini rain stick.  She was so excited!  She had tried to get Hailey to go up too but Hailey had fallen asleep for about 15 minutes!



After Animal Kingdom we started the drive home.  Let me tell you - Best Vacation! The kids all did great even with weird schedules of going to bed after 10/11 and getting up at 6, weird eating schedules and naps (if any).  Logan was awesome about being in his stroller most the day.  I was shocked that we really didn't start having meltdowns until the last day from the girls.  And, even though we went at the second busiest time of the year (Spring Break, the first is Christmas), we never waited in a line more than 20 minutes! Mostly, thanks to Josette for helping me plan and probably because I am also very organized and had Justin and Ray to help me!

On our way home Wednesday we stopped in Charlotte, NC overnight and got to have lunch Thursday with my friend Kristin and her 4 beautiful children (including the new 6 week old twin boys!).  It was a wonderful visit, however we took NO pictures- shame on us!

The one thing about the entire trip that bums me out is that we lost our 4 Photo passes somewhere.  Throughout Disney there are professional photographers that will take your pics and post them to an online account that is connected to a plastic card.  Good thing we took almost 1000 pics of our own because all 4 cards are gone - we have no idea where, and never even got to view the pics :(.  I am seriously bummed about it! Oh well, I am grateful for Rays and my IPhone cameras and our Canon!! 

All in all it was an amazing trip, but I won't repeat it for several years! I'm exhausted! : )

Magic Kingdom - Day 2

Tuesday was our second day at Magic Kingdom, and we still had a TON to do!  We started by riding Goofy's Barnstormer - a roller coaster, followed by Dumbo, The Mad Tea Party and Speedway!  We met Chip and Dale, Woody and Jesse and Daisy and got their autographs.  We also rode the Astro, Orbiter, Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, Mickey's Philharmagic, participated in the Monster's Laugh Floor and rode Splash Mountain (PS Hailey LOVES water rides and rode twice!).

I like this pic of Ray and the castle.








The guys and K and H are in the first 2 rows. 




We took an afternoon nap and headed back for the Electrical Parade and Wishes Fireworks show.

Not a great pic but he loved all the lights!



These are the ears the girls chose for souveniers.

haha-  a pic of Hailey wearing her mask.  Both girls actually wear them even at home now.  BTW K slept on a twin air mattress in the hotel room. Hailey shared with Uncle Ray and would snuggle right up to him, it was so cute!