Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Disney World!!

Better late than never! I have finally found time to update the blog from our wonderful Disney vacation! We had such an amazing trip and all of the kids were so well behaved and even the adults enjoyed the Disney experience. We had great weather and both of the kids were amazing during the drive. I included a lot of pictures because I couldn't decide which ones not to include. We had a great vacation and can't wait to do it again (when our kids no longer require strollers!)



Oliver loved the pool...who could blame him it was like a huge tubby!



Henry continues to love the water and didn't even need time to warm up, I wasn't sure how he would do since he hasn't been in water since last summer.






On our first day at Disney we went to a character breakfast with Lilo, Stitch, Mickey, Minnie and Pluto. It was a good thing we decided to do this since you have to stand in line in the parks to see the characters, they are no longer roaming around waiting to get attacked by the kids.






Henry required many ice creams and pops to remain entertained while the bigger kids (and men) went on the bigger rides...overall the little ones did really well waiting.



Oliver and I on Small World, I was surprised how many rides Oliver was able to go on with us...I may not have taken him on some of them if I had known what they were all about...(like the haunted mansion), but he seemed to enjoy all of them.



The littles (Henry, Reed and Oliver), Kevin and I watched as the rest of the crew came down Splash Mountain.



The boys at Animal Kingdom (if you click on this to make it bigger you can see the amazing artwork on their faces). This was one of our favorite parks, there was so much to see for all of us and the carnival games definitely made going to Florida worth the trip for Henry!

Oliver took many naps in the strollers...Henry not so much, but that made for early bed times every night!


Kevin booing another kid...really Kev, is this appropriate to teach our kids!


Henry won two "carnival" games on his own, making his cousins somewhat jealous, I'm sure it was all those hours he logged of playing his Wii carnival games, again, the HIGHLIGHT of the trip for Henry, just ask him what his favorite part of Disney was and this is what he will tell you. We could have saved everyone a lot of money and just hit up lots of carnivals during the summer!



A great picture of Reed with Grammy and Papa.



Henry and Kevin spent a lot of time watching this monkey and his friends fling poo at each other...I know really, it doesn't take much to entertain my boys!



Grammy and Papa and their boys at Hollywood Studios.



Henry with Tigger and Eeyore at Hollywood Studios.


The boys and me, again at Hollywood Studios.


The gated community we stayed at had a community pool complete with sprinklers, both of my kids loved them!






The teacups...another favorite of Henry's.



The Castors and us on our last day.



Oliver at the Electrical Parade...which was awesome!


Kevin bought light up swords for all of the boys...all of the boys, big and small, were thrilled!





All the cousins with Bubba and Emily.
We had a great time!! Thanks again Grammy and Papa!!

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

7 Months

Wow, it's sad that I have only managed to update the blog once a month! I still have a bunch of Disney pictures to update as well so bare with me, I will get there. Back to Oliver...he turned 7 months at the end of February and I cannot believe how fast time is going. He now has two teeth, both on the bottom and he continues to love to chew and eat everything! Although he is not one for rolling, he is starting to figure out how to squirm his little body to get toys when he is on his belly. Oliver continues to babble quite often and quite loudly, his favorite saying is Dadda and he will laugh at me and only yell Dadda louder when I try to get him to say Mamma! He has also perfected the fine art of spitting and does this at everyone and anyone, especially Auntie! Another new trick that Oliver has mastered recently is shaking his head no, he also thinks this is funny and will shake it harder when you tell him yes. Oliver also experienced his first ear infection this month and has handled it well, I figure one ear infection at 7 months is not terrible, considering Henry started with his at 3 months. Due to the unexpected trip to the doctor I can report that he weighs 17 lbs! Enjoy the pictures!