Disney '14: Part 2

Day 4: We had an early morning start at a character breakfast at 1900 Park Fare. You can tell in the pictures that we all look exhausted.

We had already seen Pooh last year so Miller was excited to see him again.

Okay so he looks slightly awkward here, let me explain. With pretty much every character he would get slightly nervous and he just started this new thing where he would put his fingers in his mouth. This is right after one of us reached up and pulled his hand out of his mouth.

 Same here. In his defense, Mary Poppins and Alice were sort of formal so he did not really know what to do with them.

Tigger came up and just grabbed him and he loved it. They are also old friends from last year.

I love how the Mad Hatter just went with it. He was hilarious!

We got to ride Buzz's Space Ranger Spin and Miller loved it. He went and checked out the captured Zurg and reprimanded him. He is telling him, "No no".

Another old friend but Miller was excited to see him. No fingers in his mouth here.

Last year we had to force him on rides and this year he started to get it and enjoy them. I can not wait to see what the next trip will be like.

She was asleep and woke up beaming on Aladdin s Magic Carpet. She loved the ride.

Peter Pan. You know I never realized how annoying a character he was until I watched the movie recently and this guy was perfect in that regard as well.

Ahhhh,  I love her! She was helping Ninny stake out a spot for the parade with the other 3 kids while the rest of us parents went on Space Mountain. Thanks mom! (Speaking of that ride, I remember loving it the last time I went on it. I liked it but it went so much faster than I remember and I found myself a little anxious about being in the dark).

He was doing such a good job sharing.

The parade got rained out so we went on the People Mover.

This kid and Isla loved how the camel and Stitch at Downtown Disney wold spit on them. We took a few videos of them running around getting wet and giggling.

We had pretty much gone on every ride so we decided to just deal with the wait time and go on Pirates of the Caribbean. We adults and Scarlett liked it but Miller had his eyes closed so hard the whole time that he ended up falling asleep.

We had an early start so I figured that we would take a mid day break but we stuck it out and stayed at the park until 8:30 after the parade.

Okay so there is one more part to share.

Happy birthday Miller!

 

Seriously, how is this guy 3 years old already?!?!?! It completely baffles me that I have a little boy now and not a baby anymore. Sometimes I get sentimental and miss when he was younger but honestly, we have gotten so far and I really enjoy the age he is at. The past 3 years have been the most challenging and absolute best of my life and I fall in love with him more and more each day.  

Happy birthday Miller monkey! You are my favorite boy and best buddy.

Our 6th Anniversary

It has been 6 years and these crazy kids have gone from this.... 

......to this.

6 years, two kids, and a house and this is where we are. I hope the next 6 years are full of just as much happiness, and adventures (and babies?).

Disney '14: Part 1

Another year and another successful trip to Disney World. I was a little nervous about this years trip since we now have two kids to deal with but it was a major success.

Day 1: We left super early Sunday morning because we had dinner reservations at 5:10, yet we still cut it pretty close. We checked into our hotel and had about 10 minutes for diaper changes before we had to leave for dinner. We went to the Beaches and Cream Soda shop because I thought it would be fun. We were still a little on edge from a long day of traveling but dinner was good. Well lets be honest, dinner was okay but dessert was great. 

Day 2: Our first day at the Magic Kingdom. Heather and I had wracked our brains and came up with outfits that were inspired by characters without being costumes. Miller was the prince from Snow White. I made  the shirt a few months before and ever since then he was dying to wear it. He looked adorable!

I was Snow White, Ben was Peter Pan, Scarlett was Ariel, Mom was Pocahontas, Heather was Cinderella, Steve was Cinderella's Prince Charming, Isla was Elsa and Ruby was Anna. We got soooo many compliments on our outfits. We even had a bus driver stop her bus and yell out her door to us.

Our first ride was Dumbo. Scarlett started out asleep on daddy but woke up and tried to figure out what was going on

I went to Disney with my Mammaw and Pappaw when I was 3. I loved Cinderella and really wanted to see her. My pappaw always tells the story about how we could not find her but we saw Snow White one time. I cut the line of kids waiting to see her and asked her where Cinderella is. She told me she was in the castle but would come out soon. I did not see her on that trip, or any of the other 4 times I went but we were going to see her  this  time. I told her that story and how my Pappaw loved telling it. She was so sweet and kept telling me to tell him that she said hello. I know that she is just playing a part but it was sweet.

We also got to see Rapunzel which was great because "Tangled" is one of Miller's favorite movies right now.

Scarlett got a chance to get down for a minute while we rode the steamboat.

Ariel was such a sweetie and got so excited when she saw Scarlett's outfit.

Miller is in love with Belle so I was ecstatic that we got to see her at Enchanted Tales with Belle.

The kid passed out hard and missed  the parade. I was disappointed because he would have loved it, but we took pictures and videos and he has enjoyed looking at those at least.

We went back to hotel for a little rest and went back that evening when it was of course raining. Tinkerbell was so spunky and funny.

All of us decked out in our rain gear.

Day 3: We went to Downtown Disney to look around and have lunch at Rainforest Cafe. The thunder scared the kids a bit but they eventually got used to it and had a good time.

Mousekeeping arranged all of Miller's friends. We told him it was Mickey Mouse because he was good. Mickey Mouse is the Santa of Disney.

I hate to always do this but I had to divided this into three parts. I still need to edit the other posts.

Scarlett Monthly Update: Month Nine

Three quarters of the year has gone by. My girl has officially spent the same amount of time out in our world as she did inside of mommy. I look back at her newborn pictures and miss the snuggles but she is so much fun now. I remember at this point falling head over heels in love with Miller since he interacted with me. Her and Miller actually play together sometimes and they make my heart soar with happiness. I wish time would slow time but I look forward to all the fun ahead.

 

Weight: 21lbs 10oz (+12lbs 15oz) (Miller was 20lbs 8oz)

Height: 28.5in (+8in) (Miller was 28.5in)

Head: 18.25in (+4.5in) (Miller was 19.25"in)

Sleep: So, knock on wood, we have been doing pretty good lately. Not sleeping through the night but better than she was doing two months ago. She sleeps anywhere from 5-7 hours, nurses and is back to sleep until morning. She might wake up one more time but she is normally in bed with us by that point and it is because Ben woke her up by getting ready for work. She has been napping for 2-3.5 hours everyday. I have worried that me rocking her to sleep is going to kick me in the butt but lately she is so squirmy while I am nursing and rocking her so I just have to lay her in her bed and hope for the best. Everytime, she puts herself to sleep. I am hoping we have turned a corner with her. 

Eating:  She has stopped nursing as much but still 5-6 times a day, maybe 4 on some days. She has been eating more solid foods and she is so good at it. Her motor skills always impress me and she knows how to get what she wants to her mouth and toss aside what she does not.

Best Moment: She does the cutest little giggle. When she gets excited she wrinkles her nose and huffs and snorts. Miller did something similar at this age too. 

Milestones: No real milestone, she is wanting to walk but just has not gotten brave enough yet. She is great at cruising on things though. She is also really good at walking behind her push toys. Most kids I know had trouble controlling the toy and it would run away from them. She has such good balance and control with  them. 

Monthly Wisdom: I do not have anything. There have been a lot of transitions with Miller lately so lots of me telling myself that this is all just a phase. 

Goals for the Upcoming Month: Same as the last month, the swaddle. There have been some changes to Miller's sleeping arrangements and so I am clinging to Scarletts swaddle as my security blanket. As soon as I think she does not need it, she will not go back to sleep during a feeding until I reswaddle her. Most nights she gets out of it but it just helps get her to sleep. I have no idea what to do or when to do it.

Things Scarlett is doing

-She can kind of wave but mostly just looks at us and giggles when we ask her to. Same for clapping.
- She mimics making sounds all the  time. One day we were all 3 singing to "Frozen" and she joined in on a long note.

-She gives the typical open mouth baby kiss. It is so slobbery but so sweet!

This is the chunkiest Miller got because soon after he started walking and he never stopped moving. I had outtake pictures from his shoot of him crying and making faces and they have so many of  the same expressions. She might actually be catching up on the hair. It has grown a lot over the last two month but it is just so fuzzy and sticks up all over the place.



Here is an additional comparison shot that is from both of their 9 month picture shoots. I see so many similarities but they still look so different.



These two pictures were too funny not to share. 

 

Ben and I think it looks like she is going to eat whatever she is staring at.

Scarlett's 9 Month and Miller's 3 Year Photos

It was that time again. I needed to take Scarlett's 9 month pictures and Miller's 3 year pictures. I decided to just combine the shoot to make it easier on everyone.

Can you see what the sign behind her says?