Bringing the Princess to Her Castle for the 1st Time!

[shelbys mommy]

Could you please pray for my Uncle Bo. He's in the hospital in Lafayette, LA. He has fluid around his heart. He already had a quad-dropple by-pass done in 2002. His wife is my mom's godmother. He was visiting her daughter when this happened. My aunt is in North Carolina. She is so worried. She wants to be here with him, but she is raising her granddaughter & can't take her out of school. All we know is that he's in a room. They did an angiogram & still waiting on the results.

 

[ladybugmom]

Praying for healing for your uncle!!! (((HUGS)))

 

[shelbys mommy]

Praying for healing for your uncle!!! (((HUGS)))

Thank you so much Becky. We are just waiting. Last September we buried my Grandmother & Ben's uncle in the same week!!!

 

[BabyEeyore]

Your uncle will be in my prayers.

 

[mickeystoontown]

Absolutely!

 

[SOUTHERNtinkerBELLE]

Just said a prayer for your uncle! I sure hope he is doing better today.

 

[shelbys mommy]

Here is the update on my uncle via FB from my aunt: Spoke to Bo this morning and he seemed to be in good spirits. They will do an angiogram on him in the morning. He went for a cat scan yesterday, since they thought he may have a blood clot. But that test came back good. They have brought his blood pressure down, so now we wait for the other test.

 

[shelbys mommy]

And here is the latest update on my uncle: Just got word of Bo. He has no blockage's. He will be released from the hospital tomorrow.

Thank you all so much for all the prayers!

 

[mickeystoontown]

Glory! I'm so glad that your uncle's test results were good. Prayers have been answered!

 

[Charlefours]

I am thinking of your uncle--I sure hope you have gotten news by now.

 

[lbuzz52]

I am asking everyone to pray for Koby & Shelby. Koby has been running a fever all day of no lower than 102, so he has to go to the dr tomorrow. Shelby...is just really tiny. She has to go to the dr tomorrow also for a weight check. She is 9 months old (10 months tomorrow on the 12th) and is 14 lbs & 26 inches. Third percentile for weight & 5th for height. She eats like crazy & her blood work came out fine. At her 6 month check up she was 14 lbs. In 3 months time she gained 3 oz. If she has not gained at least 2 lbs, then more blood work & PediaSure to help her gain. Thank you all so much!

my ds was the same way. he weighed almost the same thing at 8 months as he did at 3 months. well, now he's certainly changed that since he's eating real food. he's jumped from 20 % height and 4% weight to 45 height and 55% weight at 12 months.

When we started the planning for this trip, I had asked Ben about the DDP. He said no. He said it cost too much money & we could bring our own snacks to eat. When we went in 07, Disney did not have the DDP, so we really wasn't missing out on anything. Well, Ben talked to a co worker today who told him that when they had went to Disney not that long ago, they did the DDP & it did save them money in the long run. So he comes home asking me about it. I pulled up everything I could find on it & read it all to him. I asked him if he wanted to do it & his reply was "We might as well. Sounds like it will be worth it." He wants to do the basic one since we are only doing one Character Dining. But I'm still happy about it!

On another note, I noticed in about 35 mins, the re-run of Cake Boss in WDW will play, so I have the tv set to remind me to change the channel!

I wish I could talk him into flying instead of driving. It's a 10+ hr drive. I'd love to fly & be there in less than 2 hours, but I don't see that happening anytime soon.

It's not June 19th yet? I'm ready to go now!

We actually saw buddy and the group on our trip! it was our last day, and we were waiting outside the Chapeau for my sister and here came the group of them with the TLC cameras!


Your kiddos are super cute, especially little Shelby! I love your countdown chain and love the high chair stuff for her birthday!

 

[ladybugmom]

I'm so glad to hear that your uncle was released from the hospital!!! PTL!!

 

[shelbys mommy]

It's been awhile since I have updated! We are only 87 days away from Disney!!!!

The boys have been so excited to go, so we decided to make a chart for them to earn their Disney money. This one is a little different. Anytime they have to get corrected, they lose money! They get $14 every 2 weeks, everytime they get corrected, they lose 10 cents. At the end of the 2 weeks, if they have no marks, they get $16! So far, Brady has 7 marks & Koby has 0. You can tell who is taking this seriously But he still gets upset when he gets a mark on the chart. This has cut back on the attitude issues, the fighting, the just not listening. Hopefully this will keep up & after Disney the new behavior stays! Here are pics of each of their charts.

Koby's

Brady's

And of course come report card time they got money put in our Disney bank aka old formula can. Koby's GPA is 3.78 & Brady's is 4.0. They have maintained those exact GPA's all year long!

Shelby busted out 3 new teeth & has been talking & running around like crazy. So now that it's her nap time, I knew I needed to update! I still have not added the DDP, Ben is still unsure about it, so . I really need to figure out if we are eating on the parks or if we are going back to the hotel or if I have to bring lunches for everyone, which I seriously hope not. I'd rather eat on the parks even if we have to pay OOP. Last time we went we ate at Pecos Bill at MK, Chef Mickey's, Restuantasarous (sp?) at AK, Pizza Planet at HS, and that was it. We didn't even see the countries at Epcot. So that will be a new thing for us. Any places you recommend? We were there in 07, so I really don't remember how the food was.

We also didn't get to spend alot of time doing Character Greetings, my MIL was "we have to go here" the entire time & we never did see any parades or any fireworks. This trip will be tons of Character Greetings, parades & fireworks (I just hope Shelby cooperates).

Tomorrow Shelby will spend the day with my MIL so I will start trying to figure out exactly what to do & where to go. Should I do EMH? Is it worth it? We didn't do them last time.

So many decisions!!!!

I also cut my hair in preparation for Disney! Over 6 inches GONE! It was a shock to everyone at first, but I absolutely love it! It will be so much easier to deal with at Disney!

The back:

The front:

 

[mickeystoontown]

I love the charts! We do something similar but it's without the charts. For every good grade, my son gets money put into his "vacation jar". For every bad grade, some comes out. That's a sure incentive!

Love the haircut!

 

[shelbys mommy]

I love the charts! We do something similar but it's without the charts. For every good grade, my son gets money put into his "vacation jar". For every bad grade, some comes out. That's a sure incentive!

Love the haircut!

Well, with them being 9 & 7, it would be easier for them to keep track of what they have & how many marks they get. And easy for me to keep track of it all, cause lord knows I am losing my mind these days!

Thanks! It's so much easier to deal with now, especially with Shelby.

 

[BabyEeyore]

Your hair looks wonderful!

 

[shelbys mommy]

Your hair looks wonderful!

Thanks!

 

[reyasmommy]

I like your haircut, it looks very nice on you!

I also love the charts! What a great idea! I hate that I can use our trip to disney as leverage anymore. I loved when I could say. "go to bed, or we're not going to Disney world"... "eat your food, or we're not going to disney world" .... "pick up your toys or we're not going to Disney world"

 

[shelbys mommy]

I like your haircut, it looks very nice on you!

I also love the charts! What a great idea! I hate that I can use our trip to disney as leverage anymore. I loved when I could say. "go to bed, or we're not going to Disney world"... "eat your food, or we're not going to disney world" .... "pick up your toys or we're not going to Disney world"

Thank you! I love it! Even Ben said this is the best hair cut I have ever had!

HAHA! I know the feeling! I will be so lost after Disney! But so far the charts seem to be working! So I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it continues!

 

[lbuzz52]

love the hair! i wish i was brave enough to chop mine off.