Aw, I was smiling through this whole update!
I'd like to know what Brookie was saying to him too!
I was getting excited seeing all the CM's coming to you too!
Love the ones of Mickey & Minnie with Bella and Brookie. I can't believe how much Bella sleeps through!
Okay, I have to admit..it was weird seeing your name on your birthday button and not "MeMom".
Brooklynn carries on a conversation better than Drew does.
You know when those Soarin' CM's come out that it is almost time to go!
I should have told them to put MeMom on it. Maybe next time I am there on my birthday, I will do that. That will probably be 2011. Summer 2010 vacation will be the first part of July.
What a great way to spend a birthday!!! I LOVE it!
I love the pics!! So many cute ones!! The up and at em one of drew is too funny!! DH trys that but with 3 kids it doesn't work out well for him.
We've never done rope drop at Epcot! It looks like fun!!
Yes, it was very nice. Jill and I were pumped up about hitting all four parks.
Like I said earlier, getting character pictures quickly is nice, and riding Soarin' and then quickly getting Fastpasses to ride again is nicer.
I have some excitting news!
Since our
Disney cruise had to be postponed (I had to replace our furnace while you were gone to WDW )$$$$ .
I started looking at March break instead and decided to just do it! Life is short after all! And it's F&G Festival too!
I booked POP for 7 nights!
I will surprize Lexi with it at Christmas...if I can keep it a secret that long...
When I made the reservation the lady asked if I wanted to make dining reservations....I paused.....I was not prepared....I panicked a bit...
I am used to planning trips far in advance and usually have to wait til my ADR window opens up. I had to tell her no.
I got off the phone and directly went online and saw the hours are up, and then figured out a rough plan.
I was originally going to just do the Quick service dining plan, but decided to upgrade.
I thought all the good places would be taken.....
I was so excitted to get everything I wanted!
Here's what I got:
1900 Park Fare
Cape May Cafe
Le Cellier
Tusker House 'Donald's Breakfast'
Chef Mickey's
Crystal Palace
Teppan Edo
Sci Fi
Ohana
So you HAVE to convince
Brooklynn'sMommy to go now!
I just noticed
Tinkgirl is going the same week so it could be a mini DIS meet.
I can't even tell you how happy I am for you!
What a GREAT Christmas present!
As much as I would LOVE to, I have to keep telling myself
'I can't, I can't, I can't.'
Unless Jill wants to.
bella looks like she's taking after uncle drew!
that's what ray looks like on our one rope drop morning every trip.
i'm impressed!
i agree! too bad it will never happen for me. i have a july birthday, too (the 18th) and i know that i couldn't deal with the heat that time of year down there. you are a better woman than me!
she cracks me up!
i had to share those with ray. too cute.
sweet!
I bet Ray thinks Bella is just a pretend baby, doesn't he? You always show him sleeping pictures of her.
The heat doesn't really bother me. We are in and out of cool places. I'm really cold-natured, so I do worse when it is cold than in the heat.
Maybe someday you'll do a very short birthday trip, just to say you've done Disney on your actual day.
Adorable pictures from Rope Drop ! I love how Bella can always sleep through all the noise , so sweet . Glad to see you got a Birthday Button , it wouldn't be a Birthday at WDW without one ! Can't wait to read more about your Birthday day and see how the 4 parks in one day worked out
Jill, adorable pictures of Bella pulling herself up , such a beautiful smile !
The four parks day worked out very nicely except for one short meltdown...
not by Brooklynn. Other than that one little incident, it went very well.
I don't remember how, but I think I ended up with two birthday buttons from the trip. Maybe they gave me one at check-in. I'm not sure.
Aww, Bella is so adorable! She is a little peanut.
A sweet, sweet little peanut.
Oh my gosh Jill! Bella is just adorable, and she looks so happy to be pulling herself up! I'm sure she does a wonderful job of cleaning off every surface she comes in contact with!
She'll be busting that chin several times, I am sure, as she tumbles down.
GO, BELLA, GO!!!
such cute pictures. i love hearing things about how she's growing. she's a few days older than margot so it's neat to see how they are learning the same things around the same times. brett said he had her in the floor the other day on a blanket and he was laying on the couch, watching TV. then all of the sudden, he sees this little face pop up next to him - she had pulled herself up on the couch! he couldn't believe it. oh, he also said she now has 4 teeth: the 2 center ones on the bottom and then her 2 fangs!!!! he said it's hysterical when she smiles. i haven't gotten a picture yet but when i do, i'll share it.
We'll have to get together when we have both girls here in town and get a picture. Maybe we can do that when you are in at Christmas - maybe meet at Opry Mills for a good Christmas background picture.
What a cute pic!
She has the biggest smile...kinda like "look at what I can do!"
You should be one proud Momma!
She does appear to be saying,
"Ha, look at me now!" doesn't she?
Love the pictures of Bella! She is so cute! It is funny when they look too small to be doing what they are doing. Owen is a peanut too, but he can walk, run and climb with the best of them.
I bet he is something to keep up with , isn't he? Little boys seem to be go, go, go all the time. I bet Hannah is a big help with him.
Exactly what I was thinking too!
I cannot go in March.
I cannot go in March.
I cannot go in March.
How much could two days possibly be?
Jill- Bella looks so cute! She's already such a good smiler for the camera!
I think she has learned the cheesing from her big sister.
Your birthday is July 30? No way! So is mine! (Of course, I'm a bit younger than you
)
Quite a bit younger, I imagine, but I am just as much of a kid as you I bet!
Have not posted in a while. Love the updates. The girls looked so cute dressed up for Halloween. Looking forward to hearing about 4 parks in 1 day!! Love the opening of Epcot pics!! We also do the mad dash to Soarin every year. Love the pics of Bella & Mickey!! So Cute!! Love the birthday pin MeMom
Bella looks so cute standing up next to the coffee table. She looks so proud of herself
More 4 Parks, 1 Day coming up soon.
I can't believe that tiny Bella is already pulling up on everything! It must be so funny to see her doing that in person!
The Four Parks One Day Extravaganza is off to a good start. I can't wait to hear the rest.
I secretly feel like Drew most mornings for rope drop, but I do my best to hide it!
Doesn't she look like a little show-off?
I think girls do a lot better at hiding their misery than guys do.
I've never made it to a rope drop - probably never will if I'm with DD24. I might just have to go by myself one morning. I'd love to get some early morning pictures! You have inspired me Memom!
You get some nice empty park/resort pictures when you get going early. You don't have a hundred million people in your way.
Sounds like my Ben. He was the same way when he was learning to stand and walk. He's 5.5yo and still only 32 pounds fully clothed! He's just tall enough to make it onto Soarin' in January!
I know Bella will be chomping at the bit to get on the big rides long before she'll be big enough to.
What a great start to your report MeMom! I love Drew's early morning excitement, he's hilarious! That dash to Soarin' is what I have planned for next month and I'm kind of nervous about it. I'll have three kids and we'll be flying by the seat of our pants. What a great start to your birthday!!
I can't wait to read more.
Just have everyone hold on to each others' shirts and forge ahead. We never, ever run, of course, but you have to have a quick, steady pace or you will get run over. We get right on, then get Fastpasses as soon as we get off. By the time we get off, the regular line is always long already.
Drew's up and at em picture is hilarious!!!!! 
....I'm Erica 
Glad you came out of lurkdom!
I have not broken that bit of news to the DH yet. I mentioned wanting to back for F & W with him next year and got a mumble about something I am sure was NOT " great I would love to go" I have to keep trying.
HaHa.
