First, I have to say, I love your shoes!


They are a great buy! I am really liking mine, I hope you do too!
I just love all the memories - the story about the bus driver announcing Cinderella and everyone clapping makes me tear up! I'm such a sap. But really, where else do you find that sort of thing???? NOWHERE! Ahhh, I love Disney World!
What a truly, truly magical trip.
I have a bit of a personal question - when you quit your job in '06, your kids would have been around 5 and 3, right? Was it hard to adjust at first to being SAH? I am always half tempted to quit. We could afford it. Things would be MUCH tighter, but we could do it. And I would make it my personal mission to find ways to save a buck here and there. I do like my job (usually), so, it goes back and forth with me....I just wonder how hard it is to go from working full-time outside of the home to being a SAHM...any input on that would be great to hear!
Oh my goodness they arrived last night at like 6pm via UPS! They came overnight and shipping was free

I'm wearing them now and they are super duper comfy! I'm in love

and my feetsies are happy
I'm a sap too!

I cant tell you how times I tear up during any given trip! Looking at the old scrapbooks gets me totally choked up! I just love all the magical moments WDW gives to us we've had soooo many and I know there are so many more to come!
No problem! When I quit my job the kids were 5 and 3! Quiting my job was not a hard decision to make because I absolutely hated my job at that point! I had worked there for almost 5 years and was done with the junk! I was completely stressed and completely cranky! Not to mention I was having anxiety attacks because I hated it so much!
DH became business partners with FIL and then he got baby lust when a close friend had a baby!

At first we had talked about me getting pregnant and not going back to work after the baby was born. But then it occured to us that the state I was in was no way to be healthy during pregnancy!
During my other 2 pregnancies I had work I had no choice. Especially because both of them were suprises!!

After DD was born I didn't go back to work for 9 months because I got laid off and was able to collect unemployment. After that ran out I got the job I left in May 06. I worked there through my pregnancy with DS6 and returned 3 months after he was born.
When I left we were a little worried about the financial end of it but wouldn't have done it if it wasn't swingable. We've been very, very blessed and lucky that DH and FIL have a great business going and that has been able to support us. Even now business is as strong as ever (knocking on ever single piece of wood in the house and crossing fingers and toes!)
The transition from working mom to sahm was a little tough. Going from having something to do everyday to being at home was a little boring after awhile. I'm the type of person who has to
do something! If I don't I get cranky.

That's were the scrapbooking and crafty things come in! I have something to do besides housework etc.
But honestly I think the transition was harder for my MIL and FIL! LOL!! MIL watched the kids while I worked and FIL works from home. Not having the kids in the house everyday was VERY hard on them! FIL actually teared up when he told me how much he missed his grandkids being in the house!
Not having adults around, besides DH, gets a little much sometimes too! But that can be fixed by playgroups and such!
I also find that from time to time I need so alone time! Really, with 3 kids I can't get a minute alone, they even follow me into the bathroom! Finding the time to do something alone, besides going grocery shopping, is very important! Even if it's only an hour or 2 every couple of weeks! It's still alone time!
Quiting my job was one of the best things I've ever done! Spending the time with the kiddos is better then anything in the world! Being able to be a soccer mom, run to the school to have lunch with the kids, to be able to take Ryan for a walk alone and see him explore the world is all stuff I cherish and no amount of money I could earn would ever replace that. Kids grow up way to fast these days and ever single moment counts!
About 8 months after I left my job I went to my old office to go out to lunch with 2 of my friends from work. My old boss called me into her office and asked what it would take to get me to come back after the baby was born (I was visibly pregnant with Ryan) I told her, in all honesty, there was no amount of money and no amount of perks she could offer me to get me to come back because I had the best job in the world now!
Have you tried working part time? I had gone back and forth with working full and part time in the almost 5 years I worked there depending on their need. Most of the time I worked between about 24 hours a week, 6 hours Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, Wednesday off.
As much as I love being a sahm there are days I'd like to pull my hair out, but you have that with anything. DH loves having me home and hates the thought that I may consider going back to work after Ryan is in school.
I hope that helps!! If you have anymore questions or anything let me know!
Oh I am feeling guilty now...

But I hope you will love your Tevas as much as I love mine!
I loved your trip recap! When I saw your DD's picture after the BBB I immediately thought that she really looks like Cinderella! And your DS's face painting as lion is amazing!

LOL!!Between you and Brook my feet were asking me to buy them!! They actually came last evening!!Not only was shipping free but they came overnight!

I'm wearing them now and I LOVE them!!
Awww thanks!! I love those pictures! She's totally my little princess and she's growing up soooo fast!
DS looked so cute!! He kept growling at me!

Unfortunately the paint go itchy and he insisted I had to take it off! I think it only lasted an hour!