The Many Adventures of...A Family With a New Baby! Jan - Dec 2016! New 11/7!

[Dugette]

IF we get each restaurant to bring out a cupcake for the birthday girl, I think it could be split 3-ways each time hahaha.

Izzy got a cupcake today and proceeded to eat the frosting off and only 1 bite of the actual cupcake.

Not sure I've seen the Sofia Halloween episode, but Aria probably has on the ipad. Since we got rid of cable, her only Dis Jr time is at night now while we're relaxing and Maya is asleep.

That's right, I forgot you cut cable.

Aw, that would be so nice! I really despise that orange one, so if you don't mind I'll take you up on the offer! It was a life saver with Maya, and having my hands free with #3 will be even more important this time around!

No problem, I'm not a fan of orange either. I remember how handy that thing was when Izzy was a newborn - I'd take Bailey out for walks a lot while Izzy napped in it.

I'll be back Monday with birthday party pics!!

Can't wait to see!

I nursed Maya in the wrap on the walk over - which was about as awkward as that sounded, but it worked lol.

That sounds really challenging.

but I knew these were on lower floors and if facing the right way, could still see fireworks from the room! And, they did! Wahoo.

Yay! Great view and great room!

I stared at this picture for a long time, trying to figure out what I was looking at. Eventually, I realized the bathtub had a sliding wall.

Soon our luggage arrived and the first order of business was finding birthday presents!! Remember I mentioned I had packed WRAPPED gifts? I figured that through an xray they'd easily see it was toys, but I was wrong, and everything had been opened then hastily put back together. So you'll sort of see flaps hanging off. Of course I hadn't packed tape or extra paper, but Aria didn't seem to notice.

Aw, that's a bummer!

These sets are a big hit, and great plane toys too

Looks like a cute toy set!

Our view couldn't be better. It was a beautiful pond out to one side, with these beautiful trees, and then the park off to the other.

Very nice!

That was at 6. She woke up around 7PM, hungry again. While she had been sleeping, I had finally made the very tough decision to hunker down and stop being selfish and completely remove dairy and soy from my diet. That started with tonight, and I skipped Aria's birthday cake for dinner (she was very happy with this turn of events) and instead ate some chips or something. I nursed her around 7:15 and again at 8, and finally got her to fall back asleep around 8:30.

Rough night! I don't know that I could handle doing an elimination diet - sounds so hard! Especially at Disney!

 

[JanBlessed]

I SO wish I could. I work at my job for the paycheck alone. Unfortunately we are a few (4) years away from "financial freedom" so to speak. I wish I had the hindsight and maybe didn't travel as much in my 20's and been way more financially smart, but I wasn't and while I am SO glad we did spend that time together, it has left us with the need for me to work. I need to win the lottery or something and then I could stop working :-/ What do you do from home?

Once we get to that point, I will have the freedom to either continue working (since kids will be in school or almost), and maybe even take summers off or something, and still have a good amount of $$ to travel. After Baby #3 comes, I am most likely going to work 4 days per week for about 1/2 a year after I come back from "maternity leave" so that will give me an extra day per week with them, which is something I guess...

I understand...most of us did as new moms . It was hard for me to decide between my career and being happy in it OR my baby and being (completely) happy as a mom. I tried balancing for a bit over a year - but felt miserable and guilty most days.

Once I decided Not to go back to work at any firm, I LOVED the first month. Then I got scared, as my ( my husband had no savings at the time ) savings got smaller & smaller. So we made MAJOR adjustments. Most people would not be willing to do that, and I understand. It's a HUGE sacrifice at first. I literally had no money to go anywhere or do anything for almost two years! Then it slowly got better and better!

BUT: you are only 4 yrs from financial freedom, so that's a goal worth working toward! My hat off to the pair of you! If I were THAT close.... It would've been a different story.

I'll say that neither of my 2 children were planned - so that played a BIG part in the trajectory of our lives. TWO BIG surprises

Having your 4 day week after the baby is born will made a big difference , you will love it

I actually worked as an architect (with my degree, but not 'registered'). Then went on my own processing permits For other architect's/engineer's projects. I'm still project manager for a few projects, while wearing 'multiple hats' on other projects. The business has grown into other areas. I'm very greatful and blessed for this opportunity. I use my extra time for my family. I love my kids more than life itself! Wouldn't want it any other way

 

[JanBlessed]

TR comments :

Love the baby's outfits! The Anna & Elsa pair are GORGEOUS! I love that you put so much thought into them.

Also, You have beautiful girls. They will look cute in all of the princess outfits. The birthday package , BBB & presents at the resort = one amazing birthday! We will soon plan something similar when my daughter turns 5.

And I'm looking into the DISNEY Store right now for that Ariel toy set . My Ava will LOVE this - I think that Ariel is her favorite princess right now. As you know, little girls usually switch from one princess to another , haha!

 

[Imagineer5]

Love the 1 Bedrooms's at BLT! We stayed in one 2 years ago on the 7th or 8th floor and had a 2 Bedroom this year on the 14th floor. Both had similar views to yours but since we were up higher, there was no building in the way. Both times were only standard view rooms. Love being able to watch fireworks from our balcony & just gaze at the castle changing colors at night in general.

Same here, it was really fantastic! While we LOVE the Beach Club, the villa room we switched to (2BR) after the BLT seemed so outdated after our stay here.

That room looks huge! Definitely nice that you didn't have to deal with opening/closing the bed for Aria ever day.

Glad things worked out with getting the view you wanted too - kinda nice to have that scenic view of the lake and trees and stuff and really feel a bit isolated ... but then be able to turn to the left and see Space Mountain if you want.

Definitely not easy to have to do the food restrictions and can understand wanting to test out what is really needed but probably for the best to go dairy/soy free - I hope it got easier over time

Yeah with pull outs I don't like the extra work of opening and closing the beds so it was nice not to have to do that. It was a great room! Let's just say, I was SO relieved when we found something that worked at 5 months old. I did 3 months of dairy/soy free and it really was no fun.

I don't know why I'm stressing about the tub. I guess i'm just trying to cover all the basis. This is our first big trip with the little guy (we've done over nights here and there). We just booked the standard queen room, I'm sure like you and @Dugette said it will have a tub.

That's sad about the bigger tiara Aria got with her b-day package. I'd like to hope it just fell somewhere and not that someone took it but you never know. It reminds me of when we were in Alaska in 2014 for my birthday and my mom left her wallet in the bathroom at one of our stops. It was a single person room and as soon as my mom walked out another lady walked in. My mom waited at the door but when she went back in $100 bucks was gone from her wallet. It set the mood for the rest of the day. You hate to think people would do that never mind when they're on vacation.

I'm really enjoying your TR and I hope to get to the others tonight.

A blow up shouldn't be too hard to pack at least, but no I don't think you should have to worry about that lol!

Oh wow, that is awful about the lady stealing the $$ I'm assuming she didn't confront her? Ugh. People are terrible. I've never worried about theft at Disney but I know it does happen.

What a great way to celebrate Aria's Birthday! The BBB people do a great job.
That room look incredible. Being about to have that much space, and a fireworks view is fantastic.

Yes they do! It was such a fun birthday!

Izzy got a cupcake today and proceeded to eat the frosting off and only 1 bite of the actual cupcake.


That's right, I forgot you cut cable.


No problem, I'm not a fan of orange either. I remember how handy that thing was when Izzy was a newborn - I'd take Bailey out for walks a lot while Izzy napped in it.


Can't wait to see!


That sounds really challenging.


Yay! Great view and great room!


I stared at this picture for a long time, trying to figure out what I was looking at. Eventually, I realized the bathtub had a sliding wall.


Aw, that's a bummer!


Looks like a cute toy set!


Very nice!


Rough night! I don't know that I could handle doing an elimination diet - sounds so hard! Especially at Disney!

Hahhaa yes it opened up although we kept it closed since Maya was in there (it wasn't much of a sound proofing wall but it helped some).

I understand...most of us did as new moms . It was hard for me to decide between my career and being happy in it OR my baby and being (completely) happy as a mom. I tried balancing for a bit over a year - but felt miserable and guilty most days.

Once I decided Not to go back to work at any firm, I LOVED the first month. Then I got scared, as my ( my husband had no savings at the time ) savings got smaller & smaller. So we made MAJOR adjustments. Most people would not be willing to do that, and I understand. It's a HUGE sacrifice at first. I literally had no money to go anywhere or do anything for almost two years! Then it slowly got better and better!

BUT: you are only 4 yrs from financial freedom, so that's a goal worth working toward! My hat off to the pair of you! If I were THAT close.... It would've been a different story.

I'll say that neither of my 2 children were planned - so that played a BIG part in the trajectory of our lives. TWO BIG surprises

Having your 4 day week after the baby is born will made a big difference , you will love it

I actually worked as an architect (with my degree, but not 'registered'). Then went on my own processing permits For other architect's/engineer's projects. I'm still project manager for a few projects, while wearing 'multiple hats' on other projects. The business has grown into other areas. I'm very greatful and blessed for this opportunity. I use my extra time for my family. I love my kids more than life itself! Wouldn't want it any other way

Unfortunately it isn't a decision I can make right now, if I could and it was just between having the extra $$ and staying home, I would choose staying home. But we did a lot of money spending before kids and that put us in a position to need me to work for a bit longer than I'd like. We can't even move to a smaller house as we bought at the height of the market in Dec 2006 and if we sold today, we *might* break even, minus commission, and have nothing for a down payment. It's just not feasible unfortunately.

TR comments :

Love the baby's outfits! The Anna & Elsa pair are GORGEOUS! I love that you put so much thought into them.

Also, You have beautiful girls. They will look cute in all of the princess outfits. The birthday package , BBB & presents at the resort = one amazing birthday! We will soon plan something similar when my daughter turns 5.

And I'm looking into the DISNEY Store right now for that Ariel toy set . My Ava will LOVE this - I think that Ariel is her favorite princess right now. As you know, little girls usually switch from one princess to another , haha!

Thank you so much!! Yes, Aria never answers the same when asked her favorite princess. Ariel has always been up there though, along with Cinderella. She throws in Jasmine and Tiana sometimes. She knows Belle is my favorite, so she generally doesn't claim her as her own favorite lol.

 

[Imagineer5]

No TR update yet (I need to upload more days of photos from our trip, will try to tonight!) but this weekend was super busy and fun! Thursday-Today we've had a house load full of people - my MIL, FIL, SIL her husband and 6 month old twins (Sofia and Wyatt) all stayed that whole time, Saturday we had a baby shower for my other SIL Kerry, then her and her husband stayed at our house Sat night, and my mom and step-father came and stayed Sat-today. Phew! Sunday was Maya's birthday party!

That went really well. The time change was tough, and instead of even slightly sleeping in, Maya thought it would be fun to wake up even earlier than normal, like 4:50AM. She usually sleeps until 7 or so on the weekends. The party itself was pretty small, with 8 kids total (including the twin babies, Maya and Aria) but they had fun playing in the basement on a small bouncy house and a little roller coaster thing, and with balloons in the living room. The food went over well - I made an allergy free menu so Maya could eat anything - including home made corn dogs, fried chicken, super pretzels (bought), sweet potato fries (bought), a vegan pesto pasta salad, fruit, etc. Here are some photos:

Before:

IL's with their grandbabies

Kids bouncing:

Maya riding the roller coaster (she always smiled at the end)

The food

Waiting for dessert

She was a pretty dainty eater

Although the purple frosting got everywhere lol

She opened a couple presents before going down for a nap but was VERY over tired, but after nap time (2.5 hours!) she was ready to play!

Shortly after the party, a friend (who happens to be pregnant and due April 2017 too!!) posted this photo.

SO I thought it was really successful and a fun party - I'm so glad we did it this weekend when SIL's were both around to come (she turns 1 on 11/19, so the Saturday before Thanksgiving)

I'm also really glad to be walking into a 3-day weekend with NO PLANS! LOL. I mean, we have to start cooking for our annual holiday party, and decorating, and putting our house back in order after all the house guests, but hopefully we'll get some down time too. Oh and I have to wrap all of Maya's birthday gifts from us lol.

Anyway thanks for reading and I'll be back for more updates soon!

 

[TheMaxRebo]

looks like a really fun weekend!

I am glad you posted that last picture as I saw it on Facebook but felt weird commenting on the post made by someone I don't know - but I thought it was great and such a perfect moment to capture!

 

[schmass]

Looks like a great 1st birthday party! The girls in their Small World outfits are so cute. I have to admit, the cute outfits that your girls are always wearing in your TRs have sent me down the rabbit hole of little girls clothes. Sewing for Lola and my two nieces is now my absolute favorite thing to do!

 

[Imagineer5]

looks like a really fun weekend!

I am glad you posted that last picture as I saw it on Facebook but felt weird commenting on the post made by someone I don't know - but I thought it was great and such a perfect moment to capture!

Aw thanks! I sort of stole her pic and made it my profile pic, I hope she doesn't mind lol! But she was sitting on the floor in front of Maya, taking photos, which was so sweet of her! Not sure if she got any other good ones but I loved this one.

Looks like a great 1st birthday party! The girls in their Small World outfits are so cute. I have to admit, the cute outfits that your girls are always wearing in your TRs have sent me down the rabbit hole of little girls clothes. Sewing for Lola and my two nieces is now my absolute favorite thing to do!

Aw thanks!! How do you find time to do that sewing?! I'd love to see what you have made! When I was pregnant with Aria I did a little bit, but nothing since then aside from those stockings. I just don't have time!

 

[schmass]

Aw thanks!! How do you find time to do that sewing?! I'd love to see what you have made! When I was pregnant with Aria I did a little bit, but nothing since then aside from those stockings. I just don't have time!

I sew during naptime, when the kids are in bed, and whenever Michael will let me on the weekends! I also only work 3.5 days a week, so I can squeeze in a little more during the extra 1.5 days I'm home. It helps now that the kids like to play with each other because sometimes while they are playing I can get some things done. I made a shutterfly website with some of the things I've done so far: https://mysewingcreations.shutterfly.com/

 

[ariane37]

What a fun birthday party! I love the IASW birthday sign Did the roller coaster go down a little ramp? I think it's the same one or similar to the one my younger DS had. He'd ride that thing continuously for hours!

 

[Dugette]

but they had fun playing in the basement on a small bouncy house and a little roller coaster thing, and with balloons in the living room.

Sounds like Izzy's kind of party! She's been obsessed with playing "volleyball" with a balloon lately.

The food went over well - I made an allergy free menu so Maya could eat anything

Great job! Did Maya eat much?

Love their dresses! And the banners are great too!

Nice family photo!

Cute shot - I love the cat in there!

Love this one - sums up a first birthday quite well!

 

[Imagineer5]

I sew during naptime, when the kids are in bed, and whenever Michael will let me on the weekends! I also only work 3.5 days a week, so I can squeeze in a little more during the extra 1.5 days I'm home. It helps now that the kids like to play with each other because sometimes while they are playing I can get some things done. I made a shutterfly website with some of the things I've done so far: https://mysewingcreations.shutterfly.com/

Link isn't working at work or on my cell lol so I'll have to look when I get home but that is a lot of extra work, sounds wonderful though if you love doing it!

What a fun birthday party! I love the IASW birthday sign Did the roller coaster go down a little ramp? I think it's the same one or similar to the one my younger DS had. He'd ride that thing continuously for hours!

Yes it has a little track! Aria used it quite a lot but mainly it comes out when we have other kids over to give them something to do inside. Last time I pulled it out Maya was about 7 months old and cried on it lol...but she loved it this time

Sounds like Izzy's kind of party! She's been obsessed with playing "volleyball" with a balloon lately.


Great job! Did Maya eat much?


Love their dresses! And the banners are great too!


Nice family photo!


Cute shot - I love the cat in there!


Love this one - sums up a first birthday quite well!

Yes! Maya's favorite was the corn dogs! They were a bit hit. She also loved the sweet potato fries and super pretzel with mustard!

 

[Imagineer5]

On our next full day, we had AK planned with a PPO at Tusker's. We usually do AK as a 1/2 day and so after lunchtime we planned to head back to the room, with dinner at Chef Mickey's.

Aria still had her BBB hairdo in, and she was so excited to see the characters in their safari gear

We were a bit tired as once again, Maya woke around 1AM, again about 3:45, and finally we had our alarms set for about 6:15. We had high hopes for her first nap being during breakfast, but she took a 15 minute nap on the drive over to AK and never fell back asleep after we transferred her car seat to the stroller - boo!

We did get a high chair to set the seat on again (this time a bit more secure so as not to be knocked over)

But she started fussing pretty quickly so that didn't last long.

In the meantime, I waited around for a Chef to come out to show me the allergy options, while Andrew took Aria up to grab breakfast. I also asked our server for some non dairy, non soy milk and he came back a long while later with Rice (soy is their typical non-dairy milk).

Aria had picked a donut, fruit loops and bacon and soon Donald came over

I went up and was sad to hear that tater tots had soy I got some fruit, an allergy muffin, and the chef offered to make me some allergy mickey waffles so I took her up on that. I quickly found out soy was a much bigger issue than dairy in terms of finding food.

Anyway, the reason we were here was for the characters! And since we had a 9:15 FP for the Safari, there was truly no rush, which was so nice. BTW, during breakfast Maya had another bottle.

Maya is so scrunched in all her pictures lol! Don't worry, her neck is totally fine now...

Mickey came over and Aria made it a bit awkward because she suddenly wanted to take his photo with her camera lol

But she couldn't get it to turn on so she just went up to hug him

She was ready when Goofy came by though!

But again got stuck with the camera so I tried to take it away so she would focus on Goofy being there instead hahaha

That's better

Grrrr with the camera again (I highly recommend NOT buying your newly turned 4-year-old a new camera ON vacation and having her learn how to work it while meeting characters lol)

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Great timing for Daisy to come by though as their little song and dance started then, and she grabbed Aria to go around with her!

After that fun, we headed out to ride the safari. I grabbed Maya and a blanket and we were on within minutes

As soon as we sat down, Maya fell asleep. Aria's camera was safely attached to her magic band, so she took photos on the safari with it and it wouldn't fall to the ground.

Despite the chill in the air, we had pretty decent animal sightings

And Maya stayed asleep

While we retrieved the stroller, a little audience had formed watching squirrels stealing snacks! This stroller parking ALWAYS has animals all over the strollers (birds pooping there is very common!).

Maya woke up but wouldn't lay in her car seat. We decided to head down the Pangani trail to see the new baby gorillas!

We saw this hippo just hanging out

Andrew took a turn with miss Maya and Aria and I got up close to see the gorillas

This little guy was so cute and so mischievous

I could have watched these guys all day long, they were just so cool. But we decided to move on - next destination was Rafiki's planet watch!

continued in next post...

 

[Imagineer5]

After making the walk back, intending to head straight to the goats, we saw a line forming to meet Chip & Dale so we hopped in line. We just happened to be right behind a girl I knew from FB/DIS and her DD, her new son, and her DH!! So we chatted and the girls played in line. Then they went up and we got a few pics with Aria and the other little girl with them.

That was a neat unexpected meet up! Afterwards they headed off and we ended up having a hilarious meet up with them - I think they had ended the line after us so no one was behind us, which meant Chip & Dale played forever with us! Too sweet! They loved Maya!

Aria was bonding with Chip I guess

Dale thought stealing Maya's sock would be hilarious

Maya didn't find it that funny however

He did attempt to put it back on

Photopass:

after that unexpected fun, we headed off to meet and pet some goats

And then headed inside to join the short line for Rafiki

We decided to take a family pic

Maya was hungry, and I love the AK Baby care center, so we headed out of Rafiki's back on the train. Aria wanted a snack so Andrew and she hung out in the little relaxing room while I took Maya into one of the nursing rooms. Afterwards we all headed over to use the Mickey & Minnie FP.

But when we got Maya out, we smelled a dirty diaper, and Andrew offered to take care of that while I took Aria in.

I accidentally left my phone in the stroller though, so had no way to tell Andrew that the wait seemed pretty long But Aria was being super silly in line and we had a nice time chatting about the day and taking photos.

Finally it was our turn!! I am *pretty sure* the CM was signaling to Mickey & Minnie and handler that it was Aria's 4th birthday

After searching for Andrew for a bit, we found him and headed to our next destination with a few grumbles on the way. I had Dinosaur FP's to use!! Andrew isn't a fan of this ride so again he stayed with Maya while I got to take Aria on her first ride!!

I left the camera with Andrew, so took these cell pics...


Well, let's just say there were a few tears at the end. She excitedly said that since she rode it once she never has to ride it again! LOL. Here's our ride photo:

While we were riding, there was a photopass taking photos of Andrew & Maya

I came up and he noticed we were together so grabbed a quick family shot (you can see Aria wasn't TOO scarred by the ride!)

After this we split up, as Andrew was on a mission to ride Expedition Everest, and I took the girls on the Triceratop Spin.

I always forget which seat controls the up and down and which one makes it rock! I attempted to sit in the back and let Aria sit in the front, but the CM wouldn't let her sit alone, so moved up front to sit with her.

Afterwards we headed to the Boneyard. Random thought, but I am so sad that they closed the Honey I shrunk the kids play area at DHS

It was sort of tough keeping up with Aria while holding Maya, the set up here makes it hard for me to keep an eye on Aria with all the different levels and such. But at least there's only one entrance (I think?? And they hopefully wouldn't let a solo 4 year old leave without a parent).

She listens well though and knew to come back up to meet me (I did not have the energy to go up and down and up and down lol)

Love these ropes courses

Andrew joined us in the boneyard, and a photopass happened to be there, so he got some cute shots (as if Andrew had been holding her the whole time...)

After a few more minutes we decided to head out - Maya was ready for another nap, and we wanted to get in some pool time as it had warmed up a little bit, before dinner!

Coming up next - some fun time at the Contemporary and Chef Mickeys!

 

[Imagineer5]

I found a few more cell pics from our time in AK



Maya was being a little fussy so Aria tried to make her feel better.



And then we all enjoyed the ride

 

[Grumpy's Wife]

Aria's hair held up really good. At least she's getting an extra day out of her BBB experience.

No one in my family has any food allergies. I guess I've never realized just how hard it is with special dietary needs. I definitely take that for granted. I'm glad they have special offerings for you but they really need to offer a bigger selection.

Maya's birthday looked like it was a great success.

 

[Dugette]

I went up and was sad to hear that tater tots had soy

Aw, that's rough.

Grrrr with the camera again (I highly recommend NOT buying your newly turned 4-year-old a new camera ON vacation and having her learn how to work it while meeting characters lol)

It looks like it's facing her - is she taking a selfie?

While we retrieved the stroller, a little audience had formed watching squirrels stealing snacks! This stroller parking ALWAYS has animals all over the strollers (birds pooping there is very common!).

Yep, I've seen squirrels stroller-diving there too.

We just happened to be right behind a girl I knew from FB/DIS and her DD, her new son, and her DH!! So we chatted and the girls played in line. Then they went up and we got a few pics with Aria and the other little girl with them.

Wow, cool coincidence to meet up!

Aw, so sweet! Chip and Dale are so great!

Well, let's just say there were a few tears at the end. She excitedly said that since she rode it once she never has to ride it again! LOL.

I am really curious to see if she changes her mind next month.

Afterwards we headed to the Boneyard. Random thought, but I am so sad that they closed the Honey I shrunk the kids play area at DHS

Agreed about the HISTK playground. I've had this long-standing fantasy that they would build a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse play area, but I doubt that will ever be a thing. But how awesome would an "up-slide" be?

Andrew joined us in the boneyard, and a photopass happened to be there, so he got some cute shots (as if Andrew had been holding her the whole time...)

 

[Imagineer5]

Aria's hair held up really good. At least she's getting an extra day out of her BBB experience.

No one in my family has any food allergies. I guess I've never realized just how hard it is with special dietary needs. I definitely take that for granted. I'm glad they have special offerings for you but they really need to offer a bigger selection.

Maya's birthday looked like it was a great success.

It was totally new to us too, honestly. We have zero allergies, so that is why we didn't jump to that conclusion early on.

I agree though - doing some research I was able to find some really awesome options, but overall even at places like Tusker which are supposed to give a wide range of food, there is still the issue of not much to offer. (Of course, I have to admit that the fact that I don't eat red meat to be an issue here - I believe I could have had a couple more options with that, but I only eat chicken). My favorites for breakfast include potatoes, pastries, waffles etc.

Aw, that's rough.





It looks like it's facing her - is she taking a selfie?


Yep, I've seen squirrels stroller-diving there too.


Wow, cool coincidence to meet up!


Aw, so sweet! Chip and Dale are so great!


I am really curious to see if she changes her mind next month.


Agreed about the HISTK playground. I've had this long-standing fantasy that they would build a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse play area, but I doubt that will ever be a thing. But how awesome would an "up-slide" be?

Hahhahaha exactly, she had it facing the wrong way! She does much better with the iphone camera honestly.

I have gotten her to ride it one other time (trying to remember if it was this trip or in May?) and she didn't cry but still didn't like it. She says she'll ride it though, so we'll see.

Speaking of rides, I just read through Leshaface's TR and noted that she road (at 22 weeks preggo) TT and something else... makes me think that might be okay? IDK. TT is just like an every day drive for me LOL. Oh Star Tours! Eh I don't need to ride that one and I know you guys love it so Aria will love riding twice on that. If Maya miraculously makes 32" though (I need to measure her still, with shoes on) I could see doing the Speedway.

A mickey mouse clubhouse playground would be awesome. Reminds me of Toontown, which I just LOVE at Disneyland and wish they still had at WDW

 

[amazingact21]

I just read the intro, but I wanted to let you know that I'm following along! I have read Dugette's recaps of your trips together, so I already knew how adorable Aria was! Looking forward to hearing about Maya's experience at Disney, and a big congratulations on baby number 3!

 

[schmass]

I love Tusker House - I've only done lunch though, not the character breakfast. Looks like fun, and Aria is hilarious with her new camera. I can get why that would be a bit frustrating, though.

The Boneyard looks like so much fun for kids. Maybe next time we go we will check that out - I don't even know where it is!!

Aria making Maya feel better on the ride is way too cute. Looks like it worked!