Can we please get to Disney! UPDATE 6/4 HOLLIES GRADUATION VIDEO

[BsAngel]

Well before I start my next day of our trip. I thought I would share something with you all. About 2 weeks before we went to Disney I was feeling a little weird.
Now, what I am gonna share with you will explain a lot of things on our trip. We all know that things in life can happen at any time. The week we were leaving for the Polar Express I found out some news that would change a lot of things...........I found out I was pregnant!
So, I called my doctor and went in the very next day for bloodwork. My first pregnancy was an ectopic pregnancy so I wanted to make sure everything was okay. They called the next day and said, "Yep, you are definately pregnant!" I freaked a little! I was at the point to where I was fine with just having Hollie. But, I know that God only gives you what you can handle. If it wasn't meant for me to be pregnant...guess what? I wouldn't be! We are all super excited about it! I actually went to the doctor today and we heard the heartbeat and saw our little peanut on the monitor. Hollie went with us and thought it was very cool, but she couldn't understand why the baby wasn't big yet! So, that made a big change to our vacation. I spoke with my nurse 2 days before we left because I wanted to be sure what I could and couldn't ride. She informed me she went to Disney around they same amount of weeks I was and that she rode everything and that I would be alright as long as nothing was against my abdomen.
So, that explains a lot of this trip!
My family are ecstatic...they just can't wait!
Chad's dad and his family are so excited!!

His mom, not so much! I dont' want anyone thinking that I just can't stand her or whatnot just because she is the MIL. Chad's stepmom...an awesome loving lady!! That is one great MIL right there! Now, Chads real mom....jealous! SHe never wanted anyone in Chads life but her. When we got married, she didnt' talk to me for 3 months prior to our wedding because I didn't let her help me pick my dress, the bridesmaids dresses, etc. First, she isn't my mom! That is my moms job! When we got pregnant with Hollie, she got mad because she wasn't in the room. I can count on both hands how many times she saw Hollie after she was born up until she was 10 months old. When Chad told her we were pregnant again...she got mad! She still doesn't say much and when she does, she has that "tone" But, you know what.....we are not gonna let her get us down! We are excited and happy and nothing can take that away! She can either choose to accept it and be happy or not. Doesn't matter to me! She told Chad today that she might get excited once she finds out what "it" is! Oh well...............

But, I just wanted to share this with my "dis" friends/family!!

Congrats

 

[hlrababy]

GREAT pix of your time in the snow......

Makes me want to drive up to the mountains....

Kids. I don't blame them as much as their parents....

Aw, thanks Jordan!!!
You should drive on up to the mountains!

I know...I just sat there looking at the mom like, "Come on!!"

OMG, the pics of the ski lift...we rode on that! Of course, it wasn't during the winter! But, the view up at the top is amazing! And it was so neat seeing the town on the way down.

I laughed at the pic of the snowball flying towards you. You should've done it back to him!

Hey! You need to put up a warning before posting elevator pics! I'm claustrophobic and hate them!

LOL!!!! I love going up it, but coming down...OMG!!!!!!!!! I freak because I hate heights!!!

I could have slapped him! If it would have hit me.....

Awww, I hate them too!!! Hollie just loves them though! Ugh!!

OMG.........the video of Hollie!!! SO CUTE!!!

I'm so glad all of you "got your snow!" Glad you got some play time....looked like fun!

LOL!! She is a nut!!!

Aww, I was so glad too!!!! It was so nice!!!!!

Congrats

Awww, thank you so much!!!!!

 

[saralexander97]

Haven't been on disbords in a while, I was having withdrawals!! I'm just starting ur trip report, now I'm having the itch!!!!

 

[3prettyprincesses]

Whoa Mama, it's a mega update! Awesome! Love the snow pics. Although I did chuckle because we got over 4 feet! I'd have gladly traded places with you, DH and I were sick of shoveling! We shovel for like 1/2 hour and then look at each other and complain about our backs! Heck, we're only 37 but man oh man is snow heavy!

I love the pics of Hollie making her snow angel and playing around. So cute! I do have to say though that when I saw the pics of that old cabin, I was hoping you weren't staying there! It looked like it was about to fall over and I'll bet it had more holes in it than swiss cheese! I laughed when I saw your hotel pic, I went 'whew, they're not staying at that cabin!'

The pool looked amazing at your hotel, like a hidden cave or something. My kids would've loved that! I hear ya on the the whole 'why isn't this child's mother paying attention' at the pool. We have a really nice pool in our neighborhood, it's huge and we always spend a lot of the summer in it. I can't tell you how many times some kid canon balls us in the face over and over again. Hellloooo, the pool is the size of an ocean! Find somewhere else to jump! I usually just say 'honey, could you please stop jumping in front us, we're trying to swim here'. Usually works. Speaking of pool manners and crazy parents, one time when my DD was 3 we were swimming around the fountain area. One of those little body boards came floating by so my DD grabbed it to return to the little girl who lost it (she was close by us). Out of nowhere this girl's father comes swimming over, rips it out of my DD's hands and tells me that it's not hers. I was soooo mad so I said 'hey, calm down dude, she was just returning it your DD.' Then he looked embarassed and said that his wife made him promise not to lose any pool toys! That made me laugh!

Loving all the updates! Glad Hollie enjoyed the snow, what kid wouldn't? All your pics were really cute! Too bad you didn't have your mil come along, you could've got some pics of her and her wallybangers!

 

[hlrababy]

Haven't been on disbords in a while, I was having withdrawals!! I'm just starting ur trip report, now I'm having the itch!!!!

Awww, well I am glad your back on the Dis!!
Believe me, I have the itch to go now..and unfortunately can't till probably next year!

Whoa Mama, it's a mega update! Awesome! Love the snow pics. Although I did chuckle because we got over 4 feet! I'd have gladly traded places with you, DH and I were sick of shoveling! We shovel for like 1/2 hour and then look at each other and complain about our backs! Heck, we're only 37 but man oh man is snow heavy!

I love the pics of Hollie making her snow angel and playing around. So cute! I do have to say though that when I saw the pics of that old cabin, I was hoping you weren't staying there! It looked like it was about to fall over and I'll bet it had more holes in it than swiss cheese! I laughed when I saw your hotel pic, I went 'whew, they're not staying at that cabin!'

The pool looked amazing at your hotel, like a hidden cave or something. My kids would've loved that! I hear ya on the the whole 'why isn't this child's mother paying attention' at the pool. We have a really nice pool in our neighborhood, it's huge and we always spend a lot of the summer in it. I can't tell you how many times some kid canon balls us in the face over and over again. Hellloooo, the pool is the size of an ocean! Find somewhere else to jump! I usually just say 'honey, could you please stop jumping in front us, we're trying to swim here'. Usually works. Speaking of pool manners and crazy parents, one time when my DD was 3 we were swimming around the fountain area. One of those little body boards came floating by so my DD grabbed it to return to the little girl who lost it (she was close by us). Out of nowhere this girl's father comes swimming over, rips it out of my DD's hands and tells me that it's not hers. I was soooo mad so I said 'hey, calm down dude, she was just returning it your DD.' Then he looked embarassed and said that his wife made him promise not to lose any pool toys! That made me laugh!

Loving all the updates! Glad Hollie enjoyed the snow, what kid wouldn't? All your pics were really cute! Too bad you didn't have your mil come along, you could've got some pics of her and her wallybangers!

Whoa!! Shovel that stuff and send it to me!!!! PLEASE!!!

lol!! No, that is just an old cabin we like to look at! There are no doors and no windows! lol! Its really neat to see how some people used to live in those!!

Oh, uh uh!! I can't believe that man did that to your DD!! How rude!!! Some people...I tell ya!!!! It should have embarassed him!!!!!!!

Aww, thanks girl!! Oh my goodness, she kept saying she wanted to go with us! If you could have seen her bikini last year at the beach.....whoa!!!

 

[hlrababy]

Finally you say….YES FINALLY!! I am doing our update from Disney!! YAY!!!! HOORAY!!! THROW THE CONFETTI!!!! Enough now…lets get back to it since its been sooooo long!!

As you know, after we got through eating breakfast with Mickey and friends, we decided we were gonna ride over to DTD to check out some things and get some goodies from Goofy’s! Yum!

We first got there and I had to go in Basin. I have never been in this store before and just had too! Now, Hollie was with Chad smelling some bath salts when all of a sudden, she runs up to me crying rubbing her nose. He said she smelled some salts too close to her nose. So, I immediately took her out of the store. She was sneezing, crying, and rubbing her nose away. I went into to “Hyper mom mode!” which in turn my dear, wonderful (very sarcastically) husband takes as my smart alleck mode! Yes..he does! He will say it, then I just say something back to him. Hmm, men! Anyways, I took her to the restroom and she was fine after she blew her nose. Lesson learned….don’t smell the bath salts really close to your nose!
DH, MIL, and FIL were all in the World of Disney by this point. I wanted to get Hollie a cute hat to wear to the MVMCP tonight so we were in search of one. Nope, not one that she liked at all! But, I was looking around and did get her a doll that she picked out. While I was in line, (FUNNY STORY COMING UP!!!) I noticed MIL was about 4 people in front of me. She didn’t nor couldn’t see me. I saw her look at FIL and mouth something to him. I am sure it was catty….I am sure it was smart…..I am very sure of this! He immediately looks at me and says, “Honey, she is right there.” I SAW THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION!!!!!!! She turns around and says, “I have been in line for over 15 minutes!!!” Now……I KNOW THAT IS NOT WHAT WAS SAID!!!! I know it!!! But, anyways…I jumped out of line and went to a smaller one. When she finally got up to pay, Chad was beside her because she was buying him a t-shirt and he said she was so rude to that little old lady checking her out!!! This was embarrassement number 3 with her so far!!
Oh wait, let me tell you the first time. When we first got to Pop…they somehow misplaced her pillow and never could find it. She was mad and let them know it!! Then when the luggage was brought to our room, she noticed her makeup case had a piece broken towards the bottom where it had been dropped. She called and complained and here comes a CM to the room to check it. She ended up getting a $25 dollar credit to her room. Hmmm

So, this would make number 3. That poor little lady, I should have warned her!!! TURN AND RUN ONCE THE WALLYBANGER, RED-HEADED-WITH-BLOND-BROWN-AND WHO-KNOWS-WHAT-OTHER-COLOR-HAIRED WOMAN COMES TO YOUR REGISTER!!!!

LOL!! So, we leave WOD and head towards Goofys! We all made some treats! Here is Miss Priss with her treat, which she was very proud of!

Lets try that again!

So, after we got our treats we went back to the car. It was time to head back to the room so Hollie could rest and get ready for the Wonderland Tea Party!
Here is my sweet princess, all dressed up!

Then off we were to the Grand Floridian!!

We went inside and I had to take a picture of the gingerbread house! So pretty and it smelled heavenly!!

We were the first people there to get ready for the Tea party! Funny story, we were standing at the door where the CM told us too. Once it opened we were told to walk to the podium for them to check us in. Okay, easy enough. Well, the door opened and this mom and dad literally pushed us to the side so they could run to the podium. The poor CM just looked at them with her mouth wide open. It was kind of funny, but very rude!! Once they walked away, we checked in. They gave the kids a name tag and told them to wait till the CM’s came out to get them. I took a picture of Hollie by the tree outside of 1900 PF

About 15 minutes later, these 2 ladies came out. She told us once they opened the doors we were to follow them inside so we could get our kids seated. The doors opened and Hollie found herself a seat!

Then the ladies told the kids to pick their right arm up and wave goodbye to your parents for the next hour! 

We decided we were gonna walk around and take pictures! Here are mine!

My favorite resort in the whole world!!!!!

After walking around, it was finally time to go check on Hollie! When they opened the doors, this is what we saw!

Awww, she had a wonderful time! I actually recorded some of it so I will have to add it on here too. She gave me a really sweet bouquet of flowers!

This was the picture that they took during the

Coming up next…MVMCP!!!

 

[hlrababy]

Now..my next update for our Disney trip is the MVMCP. Its gonna be a looooooong update!! I am sure it will take a few posts and I was gonna try and finish it out tonight, but photobucket is being a pain right now. So, I will probably just finish out the Gatlinburg and then our last night at Disney!
Thank you all for the ones who have stuck around! I know it wasn't much of a TR, but hopefully the next one will be even better!

 

[tinkgurl]

Hey Heather!

Woo! A WDW update!

I remember seeing a live update of that pic of Hollie all dressed up as Alice. So cute! Looks like she had lots of fun.

The GF is gorgeous. I could just sit in that lobby all day. And I can't help but always thinking of that Full House episode when I'm there.

 

[lmillercrew]

I have really loved reading your TR! All the stories about your MIL from h***.

 

[punkin413]

we were standing at the door where the CM told us too. Once it opened we were told to walk to the podium for them to check us in. Okay, easy enough. Well, the door opened and this mom and dad literally pushed us to the side so they could run to the podium. The poor CM just looked at them with her mouth wide open. It was kind of funny, but very rude!!

people continue to amaze me.

i love the mural behind her!

When they opened the doors, this is what we saw!

so were they all asleep? what did they put in that tea?????

This was the picture that they took during the

so cute!

 

[hlrababy]

Hey Heather!

Woo! A WDW update!

I remember seeing a live update of that pic of Hollie all dressed up as Alice. So cute! Looks like she had lots of fun.

The GF is gorgeous. I could just sit in that lobby all day. And I can't help but always thinking of that Full House episode when I'm there.

I know, I finally did one!!

Aww, thanks girl!! She did have fun! She talks about it all the time!!!

It really was! Chad's mom said she would love to stay there one day!
Oh my gosh, I think of that too!!!!!!

I have really loved reading your TR! All the stories about your MIL from h***.

Awwwww, thank you!!!! You know I always have a story about her to tell! lol!

people continue to amaze me.

Me too!! I couldn't believe it, but then in a way I could!

i love the mural behind her!

Oh I did too!!!! I wanted to go back once everyone was inside and take a full picture, but I forgot!

so were they all asleep? what did they put in that tea?????

LOL!! I had wondered the same thing! They told them to "pretend" to be asleep and then they yelled surprise. If I can figure out how to get the video on here (it was taken with the video camera) then I will put it on.

so cute!

Awww, thanks girl!! She told me yesterday she didn't like getting her picture with the Mad Hatter. She said he makes goofy faces at her!

 

[WrightFamily06]

So I was a little bit behind again !

The pictures of your family in the snow are just beautiful & that cabin is just darling ! Looks like you all had a great time on your mini vacation We are taking one this weekend to Myrtle Beach & I can't wait !

Nice WDW update The MIL again what a pain , how can one person be so rude ! Hollie's Goofy's treat looked soo yummy , can't wait to go there in September , we went there almost every night or day on our last trip & got treats ! The Wonderland Tea Party looks like it was so much fun & your exploring pictures at the GF are great . I love the Poly also , it's my dream to stay there one day !

 

[jenseib]

Love the Tea Party. Did they give you a reason why they didn't serve lunch. Last I looked it is still in the description and I don't think the price went down either. Did she love it? Claire jsut couldn't stop talking about it.

 

[MeMom]

What a fun tea party - so cute and colorful! I look forward to Brooklynn and Bella being able to do that in the future.

Awesome Goofy's treat, Hollie!

 

[3prettyprincesses]

Oooh, WDW update! Woo-hoo! Love the Alice tea party. Hollie looks darling in her outfit! My DD6 informed me (that's right informed, not asked!) that she wants an Alice tea party for her upcoming b-day. The tea party at the GF looks so adorable. I'd love to do that for my girls but it would be expensive since I have 3! When I saw the pic of all the kids with their heads on the table, I thought they were in trouble! Soooo cute! The pic of Hollie with Christmas tree is adorable!

We stayed at the Poly in October with my in-laws. I love the theming of that resort! DH has declared that the GF is his new favorite and he ONLY wants to stay there! Heck, I'm not complaining, the GF is fabulous! We stayed there a year ago for the 1st time and it was lovely! I would really like to go when that gingerbread house is up! Your pics of it were awesome!

Love Hollie's treat that she made! It looked like it weighed about 3 pounds! The folks over at Goofy's Candy sure are generous with those toppings! We made a couple of pretzels last time and they were like the size of a banana! Lip smacking goooodness!

Love your description of your mil (aka WWOTW)! Red headed, blonde haired and some other colors, wallybanger (I have used this phrase now thanks to you!) woman! Whew, that's a mouth full.

Honey, don't let this woman ruffle you. I KNOW what you're going through. My mil has a real snarky, nasty streak. One night when we were at the Poly, she just HAD to special order some coffee (that's not on the menu) and when it didn't taste right, she let everyone within a 1 mile radius know it! She said her whole night was ruined (thanks, I planned the whole trip lady!) and just kept on complaining. Another day we were at San Angel Inn and she ordered the chili relleno (sp?). Apparently it was too hot for her even though we all tasted it and were fine. She alerted our sweet waitress and kept on complaining that it was too hot, not good and so on. Weird that a CHILI could be spicy, right? I mean, chilis are normally so not spicy!! DH said that and I about spit my iced tea across the table! Ah, mil's, can't live with them and well, thank God we don't live with them!

 

[DisneyJo]

OMG Hollie is so sweet in the video and I agree with her why step on the base when you can jump over it and look pretty

The GF tea looks so cute and Hollie looks adorable in her Alice costume

 

[jordanyosh]

Hollie looks like an angel!!!!!!! Too cute.

I see the Mad Hatter and I have something in common

I forgot that you were still doing a TR. Your side trips are soooo interesting to one who may never get to go to the places you go!

 

[hlrababy]

So I was a little bit behind again !

The pictures of your family in the snow are just beautiful & that cabin is just darling ! Looks like you all had a great time on your mini vacation We are taking one this weekend to Myrtle Beach & I can't wait !

Nice WDW update The MIL again what a pain , how can one person be so rude ! Hollie's Goofy's treat looked soo yummy , can't wait to go there in September , we went there almost every night or day on our last trip & got treats ! The Wonderland Tea Party looks like it was so much fun & your exploring pictures at the GF are great . I love the Poly also , it's my dream to stay there one day !

Awww, thanks girl!!! We did have a good time on our mini-vacation!

I know...it was embarrassing!! Just wait till you hear what she did at the MVMCP!! I literally walked away shaking my head. I worked at Six Flags and I just couldn't deal with people who were rude to us because our ride broke down, they couldn't ride, etc. Just like the CM's at Disney...we are doing our job!!!!!
It was fun to explore the GF. I wanted to explore it more but I wanted to be right at the door when Hollie was done!

Love the Tea Party. Did they give you a reason why they didn't serve lunch. Last I looked it is still in the description and I don't think the price went down either. Did she love it? Claire jsut couldn't stop talking about it.

Aww, thanks girl!!!
No, I even asked about it and the lady said it was just a make-your-own cupcake and tea. I remembered from your TR there were grapes, sandwichs, etc. I was a little disappointed. But, Hollie still loved it!!! She talks about it all the time too! I have a feeling she likes it better than the BBB!

What a fun tea party - so cute and colorful! I look forward to Brooklynn and Bella being able to do that in the future.

Awesome Goofy's treat, Hollie!

It was! I wish I could have attended that tea party!
Aww, Brooklyn and Bella will just love it!!!!

Oh yes, she loved her treat. Well, she loved picking the M&M's off of it!

Oooh, WDW update! Woo-hoo! Love the Alice tea party. Hollie looks darling in her outfit! My DD6 informed me (that's right informed, not asked!) that she wants an Alice tea party for her upcoming b-day. The tea party at the GF looks so adorable. I'd love to do that for my girls but it would be expensive since I have 3! When I saw the pic of all the kids with their heads on the table, I thought they were in trouble! Soooo cute! The pic of Hollie with Christmas tree is adorable!

Awww, thanks girl!!!! She loved it!!
How cute!!! That was what kind of party Hollie was gonna have last year....but darn spongebob won! I had bought the soundtrack to Alice in Wonderland and had all these ideas in my head!! So, I told her either this year or the next its gonna be Alice!

We stayed at the Poly in October with my in-laws. I love the theming of that resort! DH has declared that the GF is his new favorite and he ONLY wants to stay there! Heck, I'm not complaining, the GF is fabulous! We stayed there a year ago for the 1st time and it was lovely! I would really like to go when that gingerbread house is up! Your pics of it were awesome!

I love that resort too!!! It is my favorite. I stayed there in 94 with my mom, grandmother, Aunt, and cousin. My grandmom would take her grandkids (there are 8 of us and she took us by how close in age we all were) on a Disney trip when they turned 7. Well, my trip was in 83 and I went with my 2 older cousins, Leann (who was 9) and Adolyn (who is the same age as me) . Well, the next trip was the next younger grandkids, my sister Carrie and cousin Wes (they are the same age), then it was my younger cousins Jesse and Josh (again, same age! haha) well...the youngest grandkid was Amanda and then the next youngest granddaughter was my sister (who was 14 at the time) she couldn't go because she had a band competition coming up. Well, my mom was already going so she asked me if I wanted too...HECK YES!!! So, we all stayed at the Poly and I fell in love!!!!

Love Hollie's treat that she made! It looked like it weighed about 3 pounds! The folks over at Goofy's Candy sure are generous with those toppings! We made a couple of pretzels last time and they were like the size of a banana! Lip smacking goooodness!

That thing was huge!!!! The poor box was so heavy!!! hahaha

Love your description of your mil (aka WWOTW)! Red headed, blonde haired and some other colors, wallybanger (I have used this phrase now thanks to you!) woman! Whew, that's a mouth full.

LOL!!! I am sure everyone loves how honest I am!!
hahaha I still laugh when I say wallybanger!!

Honey, don't let this woman ruffle you. I KNOW what you're going through. My mil has a real snarky, nasty streak. One night when we were at the Poly, she just HAD to special order some coffee (that's not on the menu) and when it didn't taste right, she let everyone within a 1 mile radius know it! She said her whole night was ruined (thanks, I planned the whole trip lady!) and just kept on complaining. Another day we were at San Angel Inn and she ordered the chili relleno (sp?). Apparently it was too hot for her even though we all tasted it and were fine. She alerted our sweet waitress and kept on complaining that it was too hot, not good and so on. Weird that a CHILI could be spicy, right? I mean, chilis are normally so not spicy!! DH said that and I about spit my iced tea across the table! Ah, mil's, can't live with them and well, thank God we don't live with them!

Oh wow.......that is just awful!! I am telling you, I wish people didn't just find things to gripe about all the time! It would make everyone else with them (US!!!) less embarrassed!!!

OMG Hollie is so sweet in the video and I agree with her why step on the base when you can jump over it and look pretty

The GF tea looks so cute and Hollie looks adorable in her Alice costume

Aww, thanks Jo!!! She has practice again this Saturday so we will see what she does. I am sure she will still run like tinkerbell and step over the base really graceful!!

She just loved the tea. I wish I could have went to it!

Hollie looks like an angel!!!!!!! Too cute.

I see the Mad Hatter and I have something in common

I forgot that you were still doing a TR. Your side trips are soooo interesting to one who may never get to go to the places you go!

Aww, thanks Jordan!!!

HAHAHA That was exactly what I was thinking! I still need to find the picture of Hollie doing the exact same thing!!

I know...I need to really finish my TR. Its just sad I won't be going this year...
But, the side trips do make it more fun!

 

[xoktenox]

The Wonderland Tea Party look adorable!! Hollie probably had such a great time

Girl, you get a huge for dealing with your crazy MIL!

 

[hlrababy]

The Wonderland Tea Party look adorable!! Hollie probably had such a great time

Girl, you get a huge for dealing with your crazy MIL!

I know!! It was so cute!!! She had a blast!!

Well, you can say you actually saw her in person and that it really isn't a figment of my imagination!!!