1st Time Mom Makes Her 1st Trip Report - Our Magical Trip with Our Miracle 7 Mo. Old!

[Disneychix]

great updates! I can't believe how much action that Ergo carrier is getting!
I'll have to look into that if we decide to have another baby.

You are making me so hungry for breakfast at LTT or CP or CM. It doesn't matter where!

I'm glad your DS was not afraid of the characters. See this is a way to make sure you keep going back, you have to keep the characters fresh in his mind so he doesn't become scared of them!

 

[Goofy442]

the snow is "supposed" to come tonight (probably tomorrow where you are) and i hope it leaves quickly for you! i bet by then they'll be able to clear the snow. it's not like you're in the south where they just aren't as prepared as we northerners are!

have fun at the beach club. john and i usually walk to/from DHS and epcot. it'd be so nice to stay at one of those resorts!

Snow was suppose to start at 9 am so no school however where's the snow. And yes the south does not know what to do with snow. Thank you we will have fun it's a break from the cold (I hope). My DS told me it is only in the 60's I really wanted 80's but I guess that will do. You should check into renting points to stay there or Disney is giving a 45% discount for villas it might be worth it. If we paid out of pocket for the BCV it would have been 3200.00 for school vacation week.

 

[sailors_wfe]

LOVE the new update... you guys have had such a great trip... keep it coming!!

i love your hubby and i don't even know him! good for you for doing DVC! DH and i always talk about it but since we don't really stay in the deluxe resorts we thought that it wouldn't be worth the $$ to buy in. still, i'd always like to do it one day!

your DD is so much bigger than my guy! he's barely in the 15th percentile and that's up from all his previous checkups where he was in the THIRD!!! he was less than 6 lbs when he was born so i'm ok with him being small since he started off so small. haha.

i like the back carry on the ergo and so does thomas. i can't do it on my own though. need help to get him in and out. or i need a bed or couch!

ha ha... prior to buying DVC we always stayed in the Values (twice in POP and twice in an AS) but having DVC has been so worth it in our opinion.. DH jumped in when he found out we didn't have to go to disney all the time... and now that we have DD I wouldn't want to go back to staying in a regular hotel room, its so nice to have the bedroom that we can close the door on her and stay up and not keep her awake and of course... I wouldn't be going twice a year... shoot, lately I probably wouldn't have gone every year w/out DVC
LOL.. my DD started out small... she was 7lbs (even) and 20.5 inches long at birth... lost weight the first week (over half a pound, they threatened to keep her at the hospital longer) then finally started gaining when we switched to formula (after MUCH fighting it on my part and many tears and sleepless days) and she's been big ever since... at least she's not just fat, she's tall too
I tried to put Ellie in the back carry possition by myself once and almost dropped her haven't tried it since... always have DH to help now I also love the hip cary if I know she's going to be awake for a while and I don't have anyone around to help... she seems to like that possition the most.. we'll see what happens at Disney next month. I'm running the half marathon in the middle of my trip, so she might not spend ANY time in the Ergo after that
I love that your DH wears Thomas in the Bijorn, I've only gotten mine to wear Ellie twice but i'm working on that LOL.
Keep the updates coming!! We've been getting slammed with snow all morning and I'm stuck at home getting cabbin fever LOL

 

[celeste.]

Your TR is great.
Thomas is too cute!
I love his blue Mickey hat!!

 

[bluechic03]

Hi There! I just read up on your report and LTT looked awesome

Also letting you know we had our baby boy on Tuesday Feb 9th at 2:35am! He is just adorable and despite a slight infection is doing really well. We have to stay in the hospital all the way until Wed since he has to have an IV of antibiotics But I feel blessed that they caught it very early and he seems to be feeling just fine. His name is Silas Henry

 

[lisalisalisa]

Great trip report. Thomas is a sweetie. We took DS1 to Disneyland Paris for the first time when he was 6 months and we had a super time. I look forward to your next update.

 

[aladdinsgirl]

I'm really enjoying your trip report and Thomas is adorable! My son, Carter, is 18-months old and he already has been to WDW 3 times--5 months, 13 months, and 17, almost 18-months. DH and I have been married 9.5 years and have been to Disney probably 20 times, we always said once the baby was born we couldn't go as much, so far that's not the case and I love it! I think Thomas will love Disney so much more the next time you take him, it was amazing to see how much Carter really enjoyed attractions and parades, etc this time as compared to past trips. People question taking babies to WDW, but I think that's a bunch of baloney, yeah Carter will never remember these trips, but I'll remember him crying to go back and see Buzz and Woody after we left and his eyes shining when he watched the fireworks and SpectroMagic parade and panting at the giraffes at the AKL (yeah, we have a dog and apparently every animal pants ). Can't wait to read your next update!

By the way, we stayed at POFQ last month and we totally put Carter's pack 'n play in the bath area too.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Hi all! Back again for another day!

Thomas woke up today, Wednesday, at 5:45 am! Wow! Talk about sleeping in! LOL! Considering all of us were asleep at 8 am it felt like we had slept for a month! Of course I didn’t sleep that whole time since Thomas is such a noisy sleeper. But at least I got to lay down and relax for a long time! John showered and got ready while I fed and dressed Thomas. He took him out for a walk around the resort so I could get showered, dressed, and packed up for the day. I made pb&j sandwiches for lunch and brought some instant oatmeal for breakfast. I met John and Thomas at the food court so we could have our breakfast:

We hopped on the bus super early to make it to the opening of Magic Kingdom. I couldn’t believe it was our 4th day and we hadn’t been to an opening yet! That’s only because we had the two character breakfasts though I videotaped the opening using the flip camera but did take this one shot before the fun began:

Finally we got to see the show! Finally Mickey came from Toon Town! I had been waiting to take him to the opening ceremony at the Magic Kingdom since before he was born. Since before I was pregnant. All the times we were disappointed with negative pregnancy tests, with a terrible miscarriage, with countless tears, John would tell me not to worry and that one day it would be our turn to take our child to Disney. So, of course my sunglasses were on to try to hide the blubbering mess underneath. Thomas seemed to enjoy the show…but certainly not as much as his Mommy!

Once we walked through the gates we had a photopass guy take this with our camera:

And of course because these photos just never get old:

After our photo ops we headed over to Dumbo. We were both looking forward to taking Thomas on this quintessential Disney ride:

We’re waiting in the line here. I scratched Thomas’s head with my rings while he was in the Ergo with the hood up and I was trying to give him his pacifier. I felt SO terrible. He got over it quickly but I still felt terrible. Look at that scratch! Bad mommy!:

Ok fine, you can’t really see it. But I still felt bad!

Ready for Dumbo to take off!

Thomas seemed to enjoy it but he was really tired so he started to squirm halfway through the ride. Good thing it only lasts like 30 seconds! We decided to put him in the Ergo again to get him to take a nap and we just strolled around and around. I have to point out now that just “strolling around” on my previous trips was a big no-no. I was always going going going when it came to Disney. Always going from one ride to the next and never really stopping to smell the popcorn. John always wanted to stop and enjoy the scenery and I never allowed it! Bad me! Walking around with Thomas while he napped and checking out everything on a much slower pace was really fun. It really is amazing all the detail that goes into those parks!

For instance, see this guy? He was cleaning that plaque or whatever it was with a toothbrush. A TOOTHBRUSH!!!

It’s really amazing, right? People wonder why I love Disney so much. I guess it’s just because they’ve thought of everything! They do everything! The CMs take pride in what they do. You don’t get that at Great Adventure.

Sometime after taking that shot, Thomas woke up in Fantasyland. (Wouldn’t it be fun to wake up in Fantasyland?? Hehe) He was hungry and I didn’t feel like trekking over to the Baby Station so I fed Thomas on that bench beside Peter Pan near the bathroom. It was very empowering. Girl Power! LOL! If you were walking by you’d never be able to tell what I was doing but it still felt good to be able to do that so easily, especially after all the bf’ing problems we had for the first three months of his life. Yay. (Sorry, that is all probably TMI!)

We were looking for a “little” snack but really the only thing open with breakfast foods other than the bakery (which had a huge line) was Scuttle’s Landing. There we split a really gross muffin and cream cheese pretzel. Yuck. Should have just waited for lunch. The muffin was just a pre-packaged one that you could get in a vending machine. Ew.

It was actually a little chilly so we walked over to Mickey Star Traders (now approaching…) and we bought a blanket for Thomas. I was annoyed by this because we had a few blankets in the room and I didn’t want to buy another one. BUT, the time it would take to go back, get a blanket, and get back to the park (for free) didn’t outweigh just buying a new one for $30. Besides, it had a big Mickey on it and we’ll be sure to bring it on our next trips!

Also in Star Traders was Push getting ready to head out into the park. He is so funny. I immediately looked for the guy who was controlling Push and then realized that it was a dumb thing to do. It’s so obvious once you find him but then it takes the fun out of it! Next time I’m not going to look for him! Anyway, of course we looked for some trash to throw out and John went over and threw out a piece of paper.

“Hey, don’t touch my backside!” LOL!

And of course by this time Thomas was cranky – we really tried to get him to nap in the stroller but it never worked. So, back in the Ergo again. We went on Jungle Cruise while he napped.

I love elephants so here’s my favorite part of the ride:

I usually really like the Jungle Cruise but the last few times I’ve felt that the CMs weren’t too into it. This, unfortunately, was still the case this time. Our guide through the jungle was soooo booooored! Oh well, we still had fun 

Afterwards we took the monorail over to Epcot. I’m pretty sure it’s my favorite park. Thomas woke up sometime when we first got there because we went straight to the Baby Center. The entrance to the baby center is right next to a Cast Members Only area which is obviously where they go for their smoke breaks. Now, I’m not one of those posters that thinks every smoker is the devil. I really don’t care one way or the other. But the stroller parking area was SO smoky. I don’t mind for me but I’d rather not have Thomas breathe in all that smoke. Still, we just parked and took him out right away so no biggie.

After the baby center feed and change, we headed over to do Test Track. There was pretty much no line for the single rider so we didn’t bother getting a baby swap pass. John took some shots both while they were waiting for me and on the ride:

lol! Weeee! Don’t you feel like you’re on the ride! Haha.

By now we were ready for lunch and we decided to try something new. We headed over to the world showcase and went to Morocco.

Waiting for our food:

We split the chicken wrap and an order of hummus and chips. I really enjoyed it. The chips were so good – greasy and delicious!  Thomas woke up sometime during the meal which was a shame because I knew he still needed to sleep more. We put him back in the stroller (again, hoping he’d nap – ha!) and strolled over to the American Adventure. We each got an ice cream cone. After that gross Gertie’s experience we were determined to have good ice cream!

We walked with our ice cream over to Italy to take another look around. Thomas, like I said, was tired and CRANKY! Poor baby. I wanted to finish my ice cream before I put him back in the Ergo so to try to get him to calm down a little I gave him his first taste of ice cream! He was screaming in between tastes! It was so funny and so cute. We got a video of it but also managed a few shots:

A very sad little tear and a very yummy big ice cream:

And after we took the ice cream away:

I think by this time Thomas was just…done. We booked it over to the baby center where he had a bit of a meltdown. After some nursing in a quiet place and some extra snuggle time with Mommy, he fell back asleep in the Ergo and was out while we rode Figment. Even the loud noise during the ride didn’t wake him!

After more walking around while he napped, we hit up the Character Spot once he woke up.

Waiting in line:

This one is my favorite. I love his expression. It was like 100 degrees in there so I’m beet red:

Next we went to Mission Space. John went on the Orange part while I stayed with Thomas and gave him a water bottle to play with:

There was no line for Mission Space so when it took a long time for John to come out I started to worry. Did he get sick??? I walked over so I could see all the exiting people. All the way down that hall I saw John sitting on a bench talking to a CM. Oh boy. I asked one of the CMs where I was if I could just go over to make sure he was ok. She told me that if he’s sick that he probably wanted to be alone. Erm, ok, that was weird. I just told her that even if he wanted to be alone that I needed to make sure he was ok! Duh! So I walked through that hallway over to him and asked him if he was ok. “Yeah! Why? I just left my sunglasses in the cubby thing on the ride.” LOL! And here I thought he was sick!

I decided against riding (I was so full from the ice cream). We actually had reservations of ‘Ohana but decided to cancel. Thomas had already had a big day and we didn’t want to push it, especially after the Cape May Café experience. Back in the Ergo Thomas went and before we left we took a walk through Mouse Gears. What is UP with that place always smelling like a sewer? It’s a shame. I love the stuff in there but it always stinks too bad to linger!

We took the bus home and hit up the food court for dinner. John had the fried chicken and I had a hot dog with fries. Both were ok but more like endurance food than anything.

Bath, fed, and bed at 8 pm! I was asleep before my head hit the pillow!

Thanks for reading!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Subbing! You had me hooked when you were nursing in the Ergo...I've done that with DS on 3 disney trips and umm...pretty much every day of her life with DD. Well, some kind of sling, anyway. The Ergo is great for Disney trips, I love the hood. Do you like the sucking pads? I've thought about getting them. And isn't having them napping on you the sweetest thing ever? It's the only way my kids napped (they're horrible sleepers, I hear you on 6 am is sleeping in) and I know those are memories I'll cherish when I'm old and grey. Snuggly sleeping babies

Sounds like a great trip so far! Can't wait to read more!

i love the ergo! it's THE best! thomas hasn't sucked on the sucking pads yet! haha. BUT i did see from a DISer that they suggested buying those babylegs instead of the sucking pads. the sucking pads were like $15 and probably a ripoff. i think the babylegs are much cheaper and you can get ones with cute designs!

i love when thomas naps on me - i wish he'd nap in his crib though!!!

great updates! I can't believe how much action that Ergo carrier is getting!
I'll have to look into that if we decide to have another baby.

You are making me so hungry for breakfast at LTT or CP or CM. It doesn't matter where!

I'm glad your DS was not afraid of the characters. See this is a way to make sure you keep going back, you have to keep the characters fresh in his mind so he doesn't become scared of them!

right! that's a great point! if we keep going back, he won't be afraid!!!!!

i can't tell you how good that LTT breakfast was!!! SO GOOD!!

Snow was suppose to start at 9 am so no school however where's the snow. And yes the south does not know what to do with snow. Thank you we will have fun it's a break from the cold (I hope). My DS told me it is only in the 60's I really wanted 80's but I guess that will do. You should check into renting points to stay there or Disney is giving a 45% discount for villas it might be worth it. If we paid out of pocket for the BCV it would have been 3200.00 for school vacation week.

how does renting work? is there a site that explains that? maybe that's a good way to see if we like it!

we wound up with 8 inches of snow. not bad.

LOVE the new update... you guys have had such a great trip... keep it coming!!


ha ha... prior to buying DVC we always stayed in the Values (twice in POP and twice in an AS) but having DVC has been so worth it in our opinion.. DH jumped in when he found out we didn't have to go to disney all the time... and now that we have DD I wouldn't want to go back to staying in a regular hotel room, its so nice to have the bedroom that we can close the door on her and stay up and not keep her awake and of course... I wouldn't be going twice a year... shoot, lately I probably wouldn't have gone every year w/out DVC
LOL.. my DD started out small... she was 7lbs (even) and 20.5 inches long at birth... lost weight the first week (over half a pound, they threatened to keep her at the hospital longer) then finally started gaining when we switched to formula (after MUCH fighting it on my part and many tears and sleepless days) and she's been big ever since... at least she's not just fat, she's tall too
I tried to put Ellie in the back carry possition by myself once and almost dropped her haven't tried it since... always have DH to help now I also love the hip cary if I know she's going to be awake for a while and I don't have anyone around to help... she seems to like that possition the most.. we'll see what happens at Disney next month. I'm running the half marathon in the middle of my trip, so she might not spend ANY time in the Ergo after that
I love that your DH wears Thomas in the Bijorn, I've only gotten mine to wear Ellie twice but i'm working on that LOL.
Keep the updates coming!! We've been getting slammed with snow all morning and I'm stuck at home getting cabbin fever LOL

wow. i'd love to hear more about your DVC experience. you guys really use it and think it's worth it?

yeah, john only wears the bjorn on vacation or at the zoo. i usually wear him!

Your TR is great.
Thomas is too cute!
I love his blue Mickey hat!!

thanks!!!!

Hi There! I just read up on your report and LTT looked awesome

Also letting you know we had our baby boy on Tuesday Feb 9th at 2:35am! He is just adorable and despite a slight infection is doing really well. We have to stay in the hospital all the way until Wed since he has to have an IV of antibiotics But I feel blessed that they caught it very early and he seems to be feeling just fine. His name is Silas Henry

Great trip report. Thomas is a sweetie. We took DS1 to Disneyland Paris for the first time when he was 6 months and we had a super time. I look forward to your next update.

WONDERFUL NEWS!!! thank you for letting me know! Welcome to the world, Silas Henry!

how is he feeling?? how are YOU feeling??

I'm really enjoying your trip report and Thomas is adorable! My son, Carter, is 18-months old and he already has been to WDW 3 times--5 months, 13 months, and 17, almost 18-months. DH and I have been married 9.5 years and have been to Disney probably 20 times, we always said once the baby was born we couldn't go as much, so far that's not the case and I love it! I think Thomas will love Disney so much more the next time you take him, it was amazing to see how much Carter really enjoyed attractions and parades, etc this time as compared to past trips. People question taking babies to WDW, but I think that's a bunch of baloney, yeah Carter will never remember these trips, but I'll remember him crying to go back and see Buzz and Woody after we left and his eyes shining when he watched the fireworks and SpectroMagic parade and panting at the giraffes at the AKL (yeah, we have a dog and apparently every animal pants ). Can't wait to read your next update!

By the way, we stayed at POFQ last month and we totally put Carter's pack 'n play in the bath area too.

aw, i can't wait til thomas recognizes the characters. that will be the BEST!!

i'm so glad we took thomas this young. i'll never forget it! i'll remember enough for him too

 

[cmp1111]

Even when he's cranky, he's just too cute for words. Glad you had a nice "stop and smell the popcorn" kind of day!

 

[lexmas]

Great update! I teared up when I read about the opening ceremonies. It took us a long time to get pregnant with DS so I felt so much for you reading it. I remember all the tears that I shed, and you had a much harder time than we did. It's a hard road, and I'm so happy that you have your sweet little boy. He's so lucky to have you for a Mommy!

How cute is he with that ice cream? My kids have dairy issues, so I would have been paying for that one lol, but what sweet pictures.

I agree, how wonderful to wake up in fantasyland. How wonderful to wake up at disney, period, actually. I'm glad you finally got him to nap. Cranky babies are no fun.

My DH loves the hat. He made me show him where they sell them online!

Can't wait to read more!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Even when he's cranky, he's just too cute for words. Glad you had a nice "stop and smell the popcorn" kind of day!

aw, thank you!!! you are so sweet he really is a good boy.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Great update! I teared up when I read about the opening ceremonies. It took us a long time to get pregnant with DS so I felt so much for you reading it. I remember all the tears that I shed, and you had a much harder time than we did. It's a hard road, and I'm so happy that you have your sweet little boy. He's so lucky to have you for a Mommy!

How cute is he with that ice cream? My kids have dairy issues, so I would have been paying for that one lol, but what sweet pictures.

I agree, how wonderful to wake up in fantasyland. How wonderful to wake up at disney, period, actually. I'm glad you finally got him to nap. Cranky babies are no fun.

My DH loves the hat. He made me show him where they sell them online!

Can't wait to read more!

aw, thank you! even though he's been a bit of a "difficult" baby, he's the best thing that's ever happened to me

he really liked that ice cream! i only gave him a tiny tiny bit - i was afraid he might react poorly to it. but those couple of tastes he loved!

i'm so glad i got that hat! i put it on him yesterday! hehe

 

[DEdisprincess]

Hi, coming out of lurkerhood to tell you your DS is adorable..and also to tell you that i am going through the same feeding issues with my youngest DS right now. however, my DH and I decided to switch him to formula and we ALL have been better off since. can't wait to read the rest of your report. i'm trying to talk DH into taking a trip later this year. so, my youngest would be about the same age as yours is now.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Hi, coming out of lurkerhood to tell you your DS is adorable..and also to tell you that i am going through the same feeding issues with my youngest DS right now. however, my DH and I decided to switch him to formula and we ALL have been better off since. can't wait to read the rest of your report. i'm trying to talk DH into taking a trip later this year. so, my youngest would be about the same age as yours is now.

you are a smarter person than me! i should have stopped. i am so stubborn that in my head i just couldn't let it get the best of me. you name the issue, i had it.

and now?? i can't get him to take a bottle! argh!!!!!!!

thank you for the complement!! and congrats on your newest baby! a trip to disney was a great reward and going with a 7 month old really was easy

 

[MickeyisBeast]

Great update
Your DS is just adorable! I love his Mickey hat

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Great update
Your DS is just adorable! I love his Mickey hat

thanks sweets! i love that hat!

 

[DEdisprincess]

you are a smarter person than me! i should have stopped. i am so stubborn that in my head i just couldn't let it get the best of me. you name the issue, i had it.

and now?? i can't get him to take a bottle! argh!!!!!!!

thank you for the complement!! and congrats on your newest baby! a trip to disney was a great reward and going with a 7 month old really was easy

I bf'd my oldest DS for a year so it was a difficult decision to make...but, what can you do? I love your DS's hat!! so cute. we took my oldest DS last may ( i was 7 weeks pregnant..yeah, not the best time to go) and he still wears his mickey ears at least once a day

 

[sailors_wfe]

Hi all! Back again for another day!

We’re waiting in the line here. I scratched Thomas’s head with my rings while he was in the Ergo with the hood up and I was trying to give him his pacifier. I felt SO terrible. He got over it quickly but I still felt terrible. Look at that scratch! Bad mommy!:

Ok fine, you can’t really see it. But I still felt bad!

A very sad little tear and a very yummy big ice cream:

And after we took the ice cream away:

This one is my favorite. I love his expression. It was like 100 degrees in there so I’m beet red:

GREAT update!! I'm loving your TR so much.. thank you for posting!! I can't wait until our trip... 2 1/2 more weeks!
I have to say, Thomas is so cute!! I love these pictures.. such a little cuttie! (if I can call a boy a cutie LOL) where in the world did you get that ears hat for him.. I love it! Oh, and don't feel bad about scratching his face.. these kids heal so fast... over Christmas we were in Savannah walking around with DD in the Ergo and I fell... managed to do the whole "Duck and Roll" bit so I didn't fall on her, but she scraped her head.. I felt so bad.. a week later you couldn't even see the scratch.. and I'm still limping from the sprained ankle
my DD reacted the same way the first time she had ice cream and we took it away LOL.. and now she has learned what Coldstone Creamery containers look like so anytime we have that ice cream she knows immediately and flipps out if we don't share

how does renting work? is there a site that explains that? maybe that's a good way to see if we like it!

we wound up with 8 inches of snow. not bad.


wow. i'd love to hear more about your DVC experience. you guys really use it and think it's worth it?

yeah, john only wears the bjorn on vacation or at the zoo. i usually wear him!

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Renting points is pretty simple... in fact, there's a section here on the Dis that you can use to rent points.. .we never rented before we bought (we always stayed value) but I have since then rented out points once and it's pretty simple to do.. go take a look at that section of the boards, there are a lot of easy to understand directions on there for renting and it really is a great way to stay in a DVC room w/out paying a ton out of pocket.
I LOVE my DVC and it was totally worth the money. We did finance through Disney, so for the next 5 years we're paying monthly on the loan payment.... but once that's done we'll only be spending $600 a year for our vacations for the next 50 years. With DVC we've been able to take my parents to WDW; DH's brother and family to WDW; DH's MOM who would never get to go anywhere has gone with us to WDW and has gone to Hilton Head Island; we've gone on 2 trips just the 2 of us; I got to go on a solo trip; we got to take Ellie at 4 months and we've got this next trip planned next month plus we are taking my cousin and his girls over Thanksgiving... and it's all been possible due to DVC.. we wouldn't have done any of it without having the rooms "pre-paid". and like I said, I would never want to go back to staying in a single hotel room with DD. LOL.. PM me if you'd like more info since I could go on and on about how much I love it.
It did take me 3 years before I got DH to agree to go do the tour.. but once we did the tour we decided to buy in.

Can't wait for your next installment ... hope you get done before we leave for our trip

 

[monkey30]

I had gotten behind on reading your TR!!! Bad me! It looks like we were at DHS and MK at the same time. I keep watching in your photos as well for a glimpse of one of our troop!!

I am so glad to see you are having such a good time. I BF on the same bench by Peter pan, and then right in front of dumbo in the middle of the crowds!

He is so cute, I love the ears and such u have. I had seen those before and liked them but could never talk DH into them! I will be watching for more!