~A XMAS STORY~decorations, crowds, pixies..AND A BLOODY NOSE~ACTUAL UPDATE 11/9 p190

[tinkgurl]

Luke running as Anna drives by him.

 

[hlrababy]

Congrats on the new car!!!!! I love it!!!

Luke is so funny!! I could just imagine him yelling whooo hoooo!!

 

[joy13]

Anna is such a fun Mom! I probably would have been annoyed and made him get in the car - LOL! Congrats on the new car!

 

[punkin413]

CONGRATS ON THE NEW CAR!!! VERY EXCITTING!!!

I hope you find some prenatal vitamins that you like, they can be nasty.
Maybe you will have a summer baby next year. Good Luck!
My wish for you is a healthy little 'baby Ray' or 'baby Punkin'....

thanks! so far the ones i'm taking haven't bothered me at all. so far, so good! i just hope they don't take a turn for the worse. and i'm hoping i WON'T have a summer baby! i don't want to be REALLY pregnant in the dead of summer. not fun! i'm *hoping* to get pregnant really quickly and have a may/early june baby.

I will let her answer this one....but we both have the same thoughts on this....imagine that
If only we really could 'control' when it would happen , but we sure as heck can try....right??

i just answered it above! i really think i might stop trying in october/november just to avoid having a july/august baby. but it just depends on how i'm feeling at the time. if i have the attitude that i'd just rather get it over with, then i'll go ahead and keep trying!

Yayyy for the prenatal vitamins! You and Ray will totally have some adorable babies And I don't blame you for not getting the dental work done without drugs. I remember getting my wisdom teeth pulled...drugs were definitelyyyyy necessary!!

Love the new car! The smell is just the best and 25k miles isn't bad at all. Good luck with it!

thanks! yeah, drugs are needed for sure! i'm taking valium on the way there and then he's going to sedate me for the surgery. i hope it's not too bad. only one is impacted and it's only about halfway impacted. the rest are fully in and so they will just need to be pulled.

Congrats on the car. I just bought a 2009 blue CR-V. Great vehicles!

thanks! don't you love it? my 2003 cr-v has 140,000 miles on it and it's still going strong!

I KEEP forgetting about your oral surgery!!!!
Do you want me to come down and take care of you?????
I loving on patients that aren't so excited about everything

sure!!!!! ray's actually taking that day off and i scheduled it on a friday so i'd have the weekend to recover and wouldn't miss much work. i'm even gonna *try* to go to a twilight convention on sunday in atlanta! we'll see how i feel!

Luke running as Anna drives by him.

i know!

Congrats on the new car!!!!! I love it!!!

Luke is so funny!! I could just imagine him yelling whooo hoooo!!

thanks! yes, that kid is crazy. you should've seen him running down the street in the dark!

Anna is such a fun Mom! I probably would have been annoyed and made him get in the car - LOL! Congrats on the new car!

she definitely is! they got into a tiff when they were leaving because he wanted to run back home and she said it was too late and too dark. i don't know if she won or not!

 

[punkin413]

once the show started, everyone woke up, thank goodness! although i do have to say that i saw ray doze off a couple of times. he was really was struggling during this part of the trip! as i said before, he has occasional insomnia and we were doing some gung-ho touring because we only had 4 days. i felt bad for him!

here are some pictures of the show. my pictures aren't always the best in here because of the lack of flash and because they move so quickly. some of these are anna's, too.

the saddest part of the show......

it's so pretty when the stage opens up with all the sea life!

mr. ray!

the students find a butt.....

there goes nemo!

i love the sharks and the guy that plays bruce was awesome!

look at dory's face!

peek-a-boo

meanwhile in the tank at the dentist's office.....

that's one REALLY BIG bird!!!

just keep swimming!!!

dory upside down!

this is my favorite part! i love how the school of fish makes the different shapes! this part is hilarious!

sydney, australia.....AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

go that way!

this is when they're imitating the current or whatever and i thought the picture turned out cool.

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[punkin413]

boooiiinnnngggggg!!!!!

poor dory!

riding the EAC with crush! the guy that plays crush here is the same one that erica and i saw and he has an AMAZING voice! if you haven't heard him go to our trip report from september 2008 and watch the videos. he's awesome! i think him singing "go with the flow" is my favorite part of the show.

i love this picture!

SWIM DOWN!

back at school with mr. ray.

the finale with BUBBLES!!!

taking a bow....

you can see crush is singing "go with the flow again"!

it was almost 2:30 when the show ended and so ray and i decided to go on ahead to use our safari fastpasses before the parade started at 3:45. when we got to the safari and were waiting to get in our jeep, we saw this chick holding a stuffed teddy bear. i started watching her and she was treating him like he was her little baby or something!

crazy!

soon our safari adventure began! now be prepared to be astonished.....by crappy pictures!!! my pictures always STINK on this ride.

here ya go, erica!

i know so many people think these are so ugly but i think they're cool!

another giraffe!

these are such big, ugly birds. i'm so glad he was far away!

can you see the lion? he's on the right side lying on the grass. i have yet to see one of these up and walking around.

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[punkin413]

meanwhile, chris and anna got luke in his stroller and started heading towards the safari too. they didn't even get out of dinoland and luke was out!

they stopped on the way to the safari for some photopass pictures....

so pretty!

enjoying some entertainment in africa!

wow....if only we could all wake up to one of these in the morning!

when we got off the safari i called anna to see if they were on yet. she said luke had fallen asleep and so they were just gonna skip it. i felt bad but i knew there was no way around it. we were running out of time! it was around 3:20 or so, so she said they were gonna get us a spot for the parade at 3:45 and then she was gonna run down to flame tree BBQ to get them something to eat. we weren't hungry so i declined for her to get us anything.

on the way to meet them ray and i had a little discussion about the rest of our evening. our plan after the parade was to leave AK, go to the WL to see the christmas decorations and change clothes, then head to MK for MVMCP. well, ray was REALLY needing a break. he just needed about an hour to CHILL OUT. like i said before, i think i just run on pure joy and adrenaline at disney world but i know not everyone is like that. my only hangup with changing our plans was that i wouldn't get to see the WL and that's the one i REALLY wanted to see at christmas! ray looked at me dead in the eyes and said, "what if i told you that i promise you we will stay there when we come back in 2010?"





OKAY!!!!!!!

i couldn't turn that offer down! a PROMISE to stay there???? sure!!!!!

so our plan is to buy DVC points from tara (thanks, tara!) when we return in december 2010 and stay at VWL. right now we're planning on december 5th through december 11th. actually, we'll probably leave on friday december 3rd, stay off property that night, go to sea world on december 4th, stay off site again and then check in at disney sunday morning on the 5th. i can't wait!!!!! the only thing that would change our plans is if i'm 6+ months pregnant or if we have a tiny baby at the time, like less than 5 months old. only time will tell!!!!

anyway, back to the trip!

we also had a talk about spending some alone time together that night. we love, love, love anna, chris and luke. but if you're not used to being around someone all the time like that, you need a break. and i'm sure they needed a break from us, too! so ray and i agreed that we would do our own thing the rest of the night. i talked to anna about it when we met them before the parade and she was totally cool with it. that's what cell phones are for!!!

up next....A JINGLE JUNGLE PARADE and giving a taxi driver directions is never a good sign!!!

 

[MeMom]

I am so glad the creators of Nemo decided to make the actors such a big part of the show rather than hide them out. Their costumes and expressions are a big part of making the show great.

Just out of curiosity, does Luke call Mr. Ray Mr. Gray???

Not a bird around stands a chance with you, do they?
Poor guy was just minding his business and not bothering anybody.
Beauty is only skin, er... uh, feather deep, you know!
He might be the nicest guy in the world, if you'd get to know him.

Ray's not going to back out on the WL promise and claim he was delirious from exhaustion when he made that claim, is he?

That definitely does give you something to look forward to, so time this little baby right so he/she fits right into the plan!

Of course, I am looking forward to seeing the Jingle Jungle Parade.
You may be posting it while I'm typing this, in which case I'll sound like a dummy if you already have the pictures above this post.

 

[lmillercrew]

Wow! I really need to figure out this working and dising thing. I am SO far behind on so many TR's and PTR's.
I'm heading over to your NY TR.
Congrats on your new car. Sometimes it's more affordable to replace a car, than to keep fixing an old one. It's very beautiful. Have fun with it.
Good luck with the prenatals. You should get really nice nails and hair from taking them.
And, your safari pics don't look bad at all compared to the way mine turn out. Mine are always blurry! It's like when your looking at them, they are in some kind of code and I have to crack it to determine what amimal I'm looking at.

 

[Happy Elf]

Loved seeing the Nemo pictures! I can't wait to see that! It's one of the things we HAVE to see!

 

[VandyFan10]

i just answered it above! i really think i might stop trying in october/november just to avoid having a july/august baby. but it just depends on how i'm feeling at the time. if i have the attitude that i'd just rather get it over with, then i'll go ahead and keep trying!

I hear ya! I have to include Sept. in there too...personally for me Aug/Sept is our hottest months...but I do understand exactly what you are saying

sure!!!!! ray's actually taking that day off and i scheduled it on a friday so i'd have the weekend to recover and wouldn't miss much work. i'm even gonna *try* to go to a twilight convention on sunday in atlanta! we'll see how i feel!

I bet you'll feel ok to go to the convention. If it's not an ALL day 12+ hr long thing or something. One big suggestion I can make is EAT! Think of soft things you like to keep up your strength. Scrambled eggs, pancakes, steamed broccoli, smoothies, spaghetti, soups....I'll think of more

I bet we have to work that day b/c I don't have many days off between now and the first week of August. But I would love to come and take you and baby you after

CUTE!!!

That looks like the baby...love it!!

my only hangup with changing our plans was that i wouldn't get to see the WL and that's the one i REALLY wanted to see at christmas! ray looked at me dead in the eyes and said, "what if i told you that i promise you we will stay there when we come back in 2010?"





OKAY!!!!!!!

i couldn't turn that offer down! a PROMISE to stay there???? sure!!!!!

That SO sounds like Matt ...he will promise just about anything when he wants to do the opposite of me, but I always make him stick to it

I do wish we could go that same week with you guys....but I know he will be in LA that week

 

[AussieAngel]

this is my favorite part! i love how the school of fish makes the different shapes! this part is hilarious!

sydney, australia.....AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Yayyyyyyyy!!! My own personal little shout-out!!

Hehee, okay, maybe not.

I love Nemo! Bubbles, bubbles!!

And for staying at Wilderness Lodge next time!! You'll love it!

 

[joy13]

I haven't had a huge desire to see the Nemo show - but your pictures have changed that!

 

[shannon47142]

great shots of the Nemo show!!
wow-VWL at Christmas time--how cool

 

[winkers]

You have great pictures from Nemo! Most of mine came out all blurry.

I wouldn't want to have my wisdom teeth out without being knocked out either!! I have a hard time going even when I know I'll be in lala land.

Prenatals can really mess you up......all that extra iron...you need a little prune juice to go along with it.

 

[MagicShell]

I would have made that deal with Ray also. I would love to stay at the Wilderness Lodge some day.

I know what you mean about needing a break to be by yourselves. We usually go with my family, but in Dec. we went alone, just the four of us. It was different and a lot of fun. I like it both ways, but you definitely need time alone.

 

[xoktenox]

Ohhh what a great deal to make with Ray! WL was gorgeous in April but I've only seen pictures of it around Christmas time and it looks even better! I know what you mean about just needing a break from people too. I remember going on vacation with my best friend in the whole world a few years ago and after like 3 days of constantly being together, we needed a break from eachother.

Your Nemo pictures came out really good! Reading your narration through it made me wanna see it again

 

[Wonders10]

Hey Dawn,

I've sort of turned into a lurker on the DIS but I have been keeping up with your reports! They are all great as usual. Love your new car! I really like the new design of the CRV's and it is on my list of potential cars to buy in the future. But I just paid off my Saturn so I hope to keep that for at least another year. And more congrats on trying for a baby! That is VERY exciting. Best of luck to you and Ray with everything! It stinks about your oral surgery - not sure if you were around on the Peeps thread when I was having dental drama and ended up having my wisdom teeth removed. I only had 2 (on the bottom) and they were impacted and I ended up having deep sedation so I remember nothing after they put the IV in my arm. I was extra super careful about eating the dr. recommended foods for about a week, but I felt fine the next day. A little sore, especially if I moved my mouth in a certain way, but it wasn't too bad. I laid low and enjoyed the percocets, but if I had to go somewhere (especially somewhere fun!), I probably would have been fine with just some tylenol. The week before I was so nervous plus the week or so after I was eating so little that I actually lost close to 15 lbs! Most of it stayed off too once I went back to my usual diet. Something to look forward to - not that you need to lose anything, but everyone loves seeing smaller numbers on the scale, right? Good luck!

 

[mouseketeer70]

Thanks for all the great pics of Nemo. I was at the show in Feb. 08 but since I slept through all but the bubbles I technically have never seen it before Maybe I'll try again.

 

[MaceysMom]

I am behind! I love love love your car! I want a small suv for my next car.

Good luck to you in your baby ventures! That is so exciting!


I loved Nashville. My cousin and I went for the Hairshow. I loved Tootsie's Bar. We probably had to much fun! We went out at 7pm and didn't get in until 3am.
We only stayed one night I can't wait to go back.