Those are beautiful. Are hoping to get one made for Callie this time?
Judy
Olive is a cutie! I have to laugh b/c looking at your other dog pic it looks like there is teeny tiny Olive and a BIG sibling!VBAndrea Any time you want to talk parties.... : 0 ) PS that is Callie's best friend Olive on the invites!!
I'm worried about the BBB interruping Our MK day too, I'm also worried about if it's worth it to do it so late in the day especially when we leave right after to have a break.....I love to do hair etc. anyways but I want her to have the pixie dust experience too. If we could do it first thing it just makes more sense or possibly before 1900 park fare but that is the Epcot day *sigh* what to do? I'll keep calling!
I think I've seen the dress you're talking about both on Etsy and here with the cute little Lady Tremaine and stepsisters etc? LOVE IT!! Do you have a TR or photos posted?
We have already started the process to foster to adopt another little girl. We have told them about J's wish trip and so we will get all of our ducks in a row and paperwork submitted but won't accept placement until late June or July.
That is sad that your dreams of adopting from Russia were stopped.
You have likely heard this before and I don't want to step on toes but, Have you looked into domestic adoption where you are at? There is lots of "waiting children" and quite often if there are special needs I have heard in some states that adoption costs can be waived and sometimes there are post adoption supports etc.
Here in Alberta we have been lucky and there are post adoption supports for all domestically (publicly) adopted kids, as they are all considered to have special needs because they have been unable to stay with their bio families and almost all have degrees of prenatal exposure to drugs and alcohol.
I'm off to call Callie's sis "j's" SW to plan the next visit & then I'll try the BBB again....Keep you posted!
Oh my you and I are way too much alike. I would totally do a send off party and be going insane with all the last minute trip things at the same time. I would plan on doing a little something, but do make it minor.Hmmmm....Should I try to do a little send off party for Justin's wish trip?
Ever since J has seen Plush Puffs "the big one" on the show Unwrapped he has wanted one.
(Actually he wanted a copy of every episode of unwrapped and to be on an episode with Marc Jacobs as one of his wish choices he used to be obsessed with that show I think its now off the air J is watching Kid in a candy store and You gotta eat here now, he loves watching the food channel)
Back to Plush Puffs I love that they use all natural ingredients and for anyone that hasn't heard of "the big one" it is an 2lb cake sized marshmallow!!
http://blog.plushpuffs.com/so-you-h...serving-suggestions-for-the-big-one/#more-857
So what do you think....am I insane to consider doing a mini send off? am I going to be up to my armpits in last min. packing etc?
What do you think?
Good luck at the dentist and orthodontist.Y
So today we are off to the dentist to see if Callie will need any of the 3 teeth she knocked loose (did i mention this yet? About 3 weeks ago she was so excited Dad got home she ran full tilt into his back, bounced off and hopped a couple times and kissed the floor. We took her to an emerg. Appt with the dentist and this is our follow up) so we see if any need to be removed all but one has firmed up. And Justin is off to the orthodontist we were Lucky to get a cancellation apt. Otherwise we'd be waiting until mid August! The only downside is we need to divide and conquer because both appointment times are close but the offices aren't! So luckily dad was able to get the day off. I think poor Hayden felt ripped off having to go to school while the other two are heading into the city!
Tonight R & I are heading in for the parent group session for Justins social group that starts next week. Really hoping the group is helpful. It's been a hard year socially for J. He is really feeling his limitations and difficulties.
He wrote in one of his assignments that he's always alone and he worries his classmates need to know that he's a person and has feelings too *sniff* this having your child feel alone and friendless is almost worse than all of the medical stuff. At least with the medical side you schedule appointments, see specialists give medications & treatments etc.. With the social other than this social group and the social speech therapy he has done in the past, I'm at a loss as to what to do to help... Anyone have any ideas?
Well I'm typing on my phone so I'll wish everyone a good day and update you tomorrow!
Justin's wish trip will be from June 5th to 12th so he is super excited to be able to go to star wars weekends.
So if anyone is still here, thanks for sticking around
and I look forward to sharing plans (and getting opinions!) with you.
-Melissa
Melissa, we will be there for our do-over trip on June 1 - June 8. We have got to meet up somewhere....your crew, my crew, WDW....sounds like a party to me!
Woot!!
Sounds good to me! Have you Checked? Do any of our PTR plans match up with yours?
so exciting!!!
Nope, they dont, but that can be remedied. We arrive a week earlier. Our schedule is arrive Friday night, DHS Saturday, AK Sunday, Epcot Monday, MK Tuesday when you are flying in, then the pool and DTD on Wednesday (we are going to Cirque that night). Thursday is our make up day - go back to the things we missed or the things we want to do a second time. Friday we head home. We are flying this trip (last time we drove), and we may be at Disney the whole time(we haven't gotten a rental). I am thinking of checking with the airlines to find out what it would take to extend a couple days. If I don't have to give up my first born in exchange for new tickets, we may bump out our trip a little bit. My former wish kid loves Marvel characters though, so we might not be able to stay away from Universal. Somehow or another, we will make our plans maleable and find a way to connect with you all (where I am from we say y'all) and say hello.
I haven't started a PTR, but I am thinking about it. Adam was so over stimulated on our wish trip 5 years ago that we didn't do everthing we wanted to do...this is our second time around trip. We did 2 days at Universal and felt we hit all the things we wanted to do there, but the 3 days we had at Disney weren't enough...we had to rush through several of the parks, and Adam had a melt down in MK, so we left at about 2. I think all we got to was Dumbo, Small World, Pirates and lunch before we had to head back to GKTW.
Hi there! I just found your PTR and wanted to say hi from another fellow Canadian. I'm living in Ottawa now but I grew up in Cornwall, just and hour down the 401 from Brockville.
Your plans look great! You all must be getting so excited!
Hi MaeB!!! We are all so getting excited!!
I know Cornwall! When I was pregnant with Justin, R was sent to Cornwall for his ATC training. (At the time I was in Vancouver working as a nanny.)
At one point during the 7 months he was away we scraped together enough air miles and pennies that I was able to visit him... My clearest memory of that visit was on the way we had amazingly cheap $0.50 hotdogs from this random place (Billy K's Restaurant) and you could choose if they were toasted hotdogs or steamies..... mmmm....steamies so good!
Anyways (sorry for the ramble my only excuse is I'm a foodie.) welcome to our PTR I hope you choose to continue on with us
A warning to everyone else more of the photographic trip down memory lane in a bit!
Mmmmm...steamies. You're right, they are really good! My friends and I used to always laugh at the sign for them- both because they're called steamies and that in itself is hilarious, but also because the sign was always advertising 8 steamies. It just seems like so many steamies! Of course, when you actually think about it, it's not that outrageous because they're so tiny. But yes, steamies are amazing. One thing that I miss about not living there anymore is the random food places like that. I'm sure there are some here in Ottawa but I haven't lived here long enough to find them. Did you or your husband have the pleasure of eating a pizza from Riverside or anything from Sub Bay? Both those places are Cornwall staples and aren't far from where he would have been staying for training.
Wow...I really know how to ramble about steamies.
he was such a little cutie! love the one in the pot!