I think I can, I think I can, I think I can get my DH to let me go back to Disney!

[HeatherBelle614]

Aw; I'm sorry about the messy sickness! Poor thing!

OMG! A car hit you and didn't even really stop? What a horrible woman! I would've been out of the car begging you to let me take you to the hospital, for forgiveness, etc. How rude! I don't understand some people anymore!

 

[wdwgirl03]

This trip sounds so fun! And how exciting you are staying at the AKV!

 

[DisneyTiger]

Hey everyone. Sorry I've been missing lately. Can you believe that my kids are STILL sick??? Needless to say, it's been a long couple of weeks. We had Brendan's 2nd birthday party last weekend and I took some crawfish boil pics just for my DIS friends. There are also a few of his cake and the birthday boy. I did a "Word World" theme and had to get really creative because there isn't anything out there for Word World parties. It's his favorite show...

Here's a pic of the crawfish being poured out on the table. We all gather around and graze...

Aubrey checks them out...

She picks out a good one. Look at those claws!!!

Ok, so I had to get a pic of someone sucking the head, because yes, that's what we do. Here is my BIL giving us a demo...

Here are some pics of the cakes that I had to make on my own. I am not a baker but I'm proud of how they turned out...

And here is Brendan letting go of his birthday balloons...

Alright, I will be back later with some Disney updates. I have exciting news to share. Hint: there are more Disney trips in my future

 

[coteau_chick]

Hey everyone. Sorry I've been missing lately. Can you believe that my kids are STILL sick??? Needless to say, it's been a long couple of weeks. We had Brendan's 2nd birthday party last weekend and I took some crawfish boil pics just for my DIS friends. There are also a few of his cake and the birthday boy. I did a "Word World" theme and had to get really creative because there isn't anything out there for Word World parties. It's his favorite show...

Here's a pic of the crawfish being poured out on the table. We all gather around and graze...

Aubrey checks them out...

She picks out a good one. Look at those claws!!!

Ok, so I had to get a pic of someone sucking the head, because yes, that's what we do. Here is my BIL giving us a demo...

Here are some pics of the cakes that I had to make on my own. I am not a baker but I'm proud of how they turned out...

And here is Brendan letting go of his birthday balloons...

Alright, I will be back later with some Disney updates. I have exciting news to share. Hint: there are more Disney trips in my future

You just made me hungry. I want some crawfish too. I have been so busy lately . I started babysitting my niece. She is the same age as Grace so it is like having twins. She is really good so it is not bad. They are so cute together. She calls Grace, Gace and Grace calls Emily, Emme. I could just pinch them they are so cute. I have bad news my sewing machine died. I sent it to the shop today. I hope it comes back good. I am sorry I haven't done your dresses yet we were throwing up last week and my machine died this week. I need to PM you my number so we can talk. I am glad you came back. I need to update my report too.

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

Okay, somehow I missed a LOT of your updates!

The photos, as always, are great!

I am going to be down your way next week but I don't know if I'm going to be able to see you. I missed the 100 day mark on days left in my lease; I'm at 91 days left! Guess I better figure out what to do come July 1!

I forgot to tell you I had a dream about you. I dreamed you and I were both pregnant and we were both having boys. When I have these dreams usually someone turns up pregnant. Who will it be????

LOL this could get interesting...

 

[kathleen27]

I'm sorry to hear your family has been sick. Jacob through up at school last Thursday too. Luckily it was just the once. It seems this winter has been really bad for everyone being sick. I don't think we've ever had this many colds/ sore throats over the year before.

I cannot believe that lady hit you! And didn't even get out of the car. Glad you are all ok!


Your trip plans sound great! AKL looks fantastic! Glad you got the extra day there!

Looks like a fun birthday party!

Love the beach pictures!!!!

 

[my2disneyboys]

Hi there!
Hope everyone is feeling better. Just wanted to check in and say HI! I am so excited- only 28 more days for me!! :

 

[coteau_chick]

Are you ok? I am getting worried about you. Please let us know you are ok.

 

[DisneyTiger]

I'm sorry to hear your family has been sick. Jacob through up at school last Thursday too. Luckily it was just the once. It seems this winter has been really bad for everyone being sick. I don't think we've ever had this many colds/ sore throats over the year before.

I cannot believe that lady hit you! And didn't even get out of the car. Glad you are all ok!


Your trip plans sound great! AKL looks fantastic! Glad you got the extra day there!

Looks like a fun birthday party!

Love the beach pictures!!!!

Hey Kathleen,

Good to hear from you. I hope Jacob is feeling better. Seems like someone has been sick around here for the last 2 months

Hi there!
Hope everyone is feeling better. Just wanted to check in and say HI! I am so excited- only 28 more days for me!! :

Your trip is REALLY around the corner now! I am so excited!!! It will be here before you/we know it!

Are you ok? I am getting worried about you. Please let us know you are ok.

Hey Laura,

I am ok. It's been a crazy couple of weeks around here. I just haven't had the time to be on the boards. I miss everyone thanks for checking in!

 

[DisneyTiger]

Hi everyone. I'm so sorry I havent' been around much lately. Things have been a bit crazy. To start, Aubrey has had multiple ear infections and a ruptured ear drum. Both of Brendan's ears are infected too. We're just finishing up the medicine for him. Then Aubrey wakes up cring last night because her ear hurt. Guess we'll be going BACK to the dr tomorrow!

In addition to my kids being sick, I have not been well either. About 2.5 years ago, when I was pregnant with Brendan, I found out I had gall stones. I would have horrible attacks, two of which sent me to the ER because the pain was so bad. Once I had Brendan, the attacks slowed down but I still had them. Last weekend was my breaking point. I began feeling really sick on Friday night and by Sunday I was miserable. I spent Easter Sunday in my bed, missing all of the fun and yummy food. After seening multiple doctors, a trip to the ER, a CAT scan and numerous other tests, I FINALLY had my gall bladder removed this past Thursday! It was such a long ordeal. The thing should have been removed 2 years ago but my doc was acting very conservatively about it. We had to take things into our own hands and found a surgeon who would take it out. I am now feeling a lot better but still pretty sore from the surgery. It's been rough, can I tell you!

Ok, so all of that being said, there have been some exciting developments on the Disney front. Let's see, where to begin...

Well, a few months ago, Jasons's sister and her husband told us that they want to go to Disney with us at Christmas time. You know you don't have to twist my arm. We were totally up for it. Well, this is my sister in law who had a baby very premature last year. Some of you who read my previous report may remember the story. They tried for over 3 years to get pregnant and after seeing many doctors, she finally got pregnant only to deliver him at 28 weeks! It was scary but almost a year later, he's a normal healthy little boy. I'm sure you're probably wondering what in the world this has to do with Disney. Well, we decided on the dates we wanted to go in Dec and the next morning I picked up the phone to call DVC to make the reservation. Before I could dial, my phone rang. It was my SIL. She took two pregnancy tests and they were positive!!!! She's freaking pregnant!!! No one though this was possible especially after everything they went through to have their first child. So we calculated the due date, yeah.... last week of November. Looks like our family Christmas Disney trip was off. I have to say, Jason and I were bummed, but still very happy about their good news!

Suprisingly, Jason took it upon himself and found out when the food and wine fest was going on. This is by far our favorite event at Disney, besides Christmas. He had a great idea for us to take a quick trip to Disney and leave the kids with his parents! Woo hooo! I know I married the right man So yes, instead of going in December, we are now going in Oct, by ourselves!!! 10/1 for three nights staying at BCV!!! I am beyond excited!

 

[DisneyTiger]

So here are our upcoming Disney plans...

May - Mother / Daughter Trip
Oct - Mommy / Daddy Trip
March - Brendan's 3rd birthday trip (just like we did for Aubrey)

I should also note that we have not completely ruled out a trip in December. We haven't been at Christmas time in a long time and I'm having withdrawls. So, I sat down and figured out how much it was going to cost for tickets for all of these trips. Turns out that it would be about $600 less if we purchased annual passes at the DVC discounted rate than if we were to purchase the tickets seperately for each trip. That was a no brainer. So now we have unlimited tickets to use from May 09 to May 10. Also, the room that I have for our Mother / Daughter trip sleeps 4. Do you see where I'm going with this??? Yes, Jason and Brendan are crashing our Mother / Daughter trip! I was torn about this. While I really wanted to conquer the world by myself with Aubrey, I just kept picturing leaving Jason and Brendan behind at the airport. It actually brought me to tears every time I thought about it. Then I would close my eyes and picture myself on Main Street. Each timeI did this, Jason was by my side. I just can't leave them behind. Who was I kidding!!! WDW is such a special place for us. It just wouldn't be the same without one of us. Maybe one day in the future when Aubrey is older I'll take her on a girls trip. But for now, it's all or non

So that's what's been going on around here. I have made some dining plans that I will share with you asap. I need to find where I wrote them all down. My trips are kind of blending together in my head! More later

 

[my2disneyboys]

WOW! First- I am so sorry to hear about all the health issues. I am glad you are feeling better. For the kids- Do they have tubes? My boys are the KINGS of ear infections. We go to Massachusetts Eye and Ear- which is a great hospital- specializing in ears! - I know more about ear infections than I want to!! Myles started having them when he was 2 months old. At 9 months he got tubes put in. (We went to Disney 2 weeks after his surgery- I was so nervous about the plane- but they said it would actually make it better for him) and even with the tubes he got ear infections that just wouldnt go away! He had a second set put in and around 4 years old they stopped! Now he needs to go in again and see if the tubes need to be removed with surgery or if they came out on their own. Owen had multiple ear infections and had a set of tubes in when he was 9 months too. But his ear infections have stopped!! The tubes have done wonders with him. He did have a ruptured ear and his hearing is slightly off- i think that is why he isnt talking very much!!! my poor baby. But I just wanted to empathize with you- I know how it is when your kids have ear infections - it is awful and expensive and nobody sleeps.... the list goes on. I hope everyone gets better soon for you.

I cant wait to hear more about your trips- I cant believe how many you have planned. I am so jealous. I am already thinking of our next trip and we havent even gone on this one yet!

 

[DisneyTiger]

WOW! First- I am so sorry to hear about all the health issues. I am glad you are feeling better. For the kids- Do they have tubes? My boys are the KINGS of ear infections. We go to Massachusetts Eye and Ear- which is a great hospital- specializing in ears! - I know more about ear infections than I want to!! Myles started having them when he was 2 months old. At 9 months he got tubes put in. (We went to Disney 2 weeks after his surgery- I was so nervous about the plane- but they said it would actually make it better for him) and even with the tubes he got ear infections that just wouldnt go away! He had a second set put in and around 4 years old they stopped! Now he needs to go in again and see if the tubes need to be removed with surgery or if they came out on their own. Owen had multiple ear infections and had a set of tubes in when he was 9 months too. But his ear infections have stopped!! The tubes have done wonders with him. He did have a ruptured ear and his hearing is slightly off- i think that is why he isnt talking very much!!! my poor baby. But I just wanted to empathize with you- I know how it is when your kids have ear infections - it is awful and expensive and nobody sleeps.... the list goes on. I hope everyone gets better soon for you.

I cant wait to hear more about your trips- I cant believe how many you have planned. I am so jealous. I am already thinking of our next trip and we havent even gone on this one yet!

Well, thankfully Aubrey's ears were clear today!!!So no tubes yet. No, my poor baby boy has a raw bottom because of the antibiotic he's on for his earsIt's just never ending!!!!! Sounds like you have had lots of experience in that area!

Oh, I'm always planning at least one trip ahead. Jason and I have already picked where we're eating on our grown up trip - Jiko and LeCellier! Two places that we would likely not go with kids!

Hopping over to your pretrippie to catch up!

 

[DisneyTiger]

Hi everyone! Just a quick post to say that I got our ME voucher today I didtn't get too excited though because they're the old ones. I have since added Jason and Brendan to the reservation and bumped up our flight time. Oh well, the correct ones should be here soon! It doesn't even seem real that we're going! I need to get on the ball and start collecting stuff for the plane! I'm soooooo behind!!!!! I shoud be ashamed

 

[coteau_chick]

Hi everyone! Just a quick post to say that I got our ME voucher today I didtn't get too excited though because they're the old ones. I have since added Jason and Brendan to the reservation and bumped up our flight time. Oh well, the correct ones should be here soon! It doesn't even seem real that we're going! I need to get on the ball and start collecting stuff for the plane! I'm soooooo behind!!!!! I shoud be ashamed

I sent you a pm with my phone number. Call me. It sounds like you are having my luck lately. My sewing machine broke and I borrowed my MIL's hers broke on me too. I have my mom's now. I still want to try to get you the dresses. Call me.
Laura

 

[kathleen27]

I'm sorry you guys are still feeling sick. I hope the kids ears get better soon.

Being sick on Easter sounds terrible. I hope you are feeling better now.

That is great that you have several trips in the works!!!

 

[my2disneyboys]

Hey Talissa!
I saw that you posted on my trip report- I can't wait to see what you come up with for your airport bags!! I am glad that I inspired you- although your trip report for your last trip is the reason why I even wrote a Pre Trip Report!!

I agree that even though a Mommy and Daughter trip would be very special- how could you not feel bad for not having your son there to experience it all too- nevermind your hubby (who loves Disney like you do!) You guys will have another great trip and I can't wait to hear all about your plans. What are your plans!? Where are you eating??

 

[DisneyTiger]

I sent you a pm with my phone number. Call me. It sounds like you are having my luck lately. My sewing machine broke and I borrowed my MIL's hers broke on me too. I have my mom's now. I still want to try to get you the dresses. Call me.
Laura

Hey Laura, I did get your message. Sorry I haven't called you yet. Maybe I can try today during nap. There just never seems to be a good time to get on the phone. I want to talk to you though! I hope everyone is feeling better. We're almost back to normal over here

I'm sorry you guys are still feeling sick. I hope the kids ears get better soon.

Being sick on Easter sounds terrible. I hope you are feeling better now.

That is great that you have several trips in the works!!!

We are feeling a lot better. Easter was a bummer. I missed out on somegreat food

We are so excited about our upcoming trips! I wish is was May already!!!

Hey Talissa!
I saw that you posted on my trip report- I can't wait to see what you come up with for your airport bags!! I am glad that I inspired you- although your trip report for your last trip is the reason why I even wrote a Pre Trip Report!!

I agree that even though a Mommy and Daughter trip would be very special- how could you not feel bad for not having your son there to experience it all too- nevermind your hubby (who loves Disney like you do!) You guys will have another great trip and I can't wait to hear all about your plans. What are your plans!? Where are you eating??

You're so sweet. Yes, I feel the same way. I just really can't picture me in the World without Jason and Brendan. Maybe Aubrey and I can do a girls trip when she's older.

I know! I haven't shared my plans yet have I?? Man, I'm a bad reporter this time around!

 

[DisneyTiger]

Hi everyone. I am trying my hardest to get things back to normal around my house. I am finally starting to feel better after my surgery last week. What a miserable experience that was. The only upside is is that I've lost nearly 10lbs since last Monday

I have also realized that I have pretty much not shared anything with y'all about our trip and that's pretty much the whole point of writing a PTR right??? I do apologize. So here are the plans...

Wednesday, May 27th... fly out of New Orleans on Southwest at 3:25pm
Arrive 6:10. Our flight is later in the day because Jason has to work in the morning. No biggie. We'll just hang out at the hotel and swim the night we get there. I LOVE AKLIt's the whole reason we bought into DVC. We looked into DVC back when the home resort was SSR but decided not to do it. But when we heard the home resort was AKL, we were sold!!!!!

Alrighty, so we get there late Wednesday, eat dinner and hang out at the pool. We'll try to get some good rest that night because the next day we'll be heading out early to Epcot to meet up with my two sisters, their husbands, and my 4 nieces and 1 nephew! We are so excited to be sharing a trip with family. We have NEVER been with anyone but ourselves. Aubrey is going to have so much fun playing with her cousins!!! We are officially a grand gathering

Thursday, May 28th... the plan is to meet up with everyone at Epcot and then the girls will head over to The Garden View Tea Room at GF for afternoon tea at 2:00. I think that this will be a fun girlie thing to do. It's still kind of up in the air if we'll go or not. Guess we'll just have to see if we're up for it or if we want to stay in the park!

Later that evening, we'll walk from Epcot over to the BC for Cape May Cafe. We stayed at BCV last year and absolutely fell in love with the place. The plan is to eat dinner at 6:00 and then head out to the beach for the campfire singalong. We'll also be able to see Illuminations from the beach. Can't wait to have a Mojito from Hurricane Hannah's. Yum, they're good!!! Then it will be off to bed to get ready for the next day.

Friday, May 29th... we will meet up with one of my sisters, her husband and their two girl's for breakfast at Crystal Palace. As many times as I've been to WDW, I've NEVER done CP and I am so excited!!! Our reservation is for 8:50 so I'm hoping we can get into the park a bit early and take some good pictures on an empty main street. I REALLY want a shot of my kids walking up the ramp infront of the castle holding hands! We'll probably stay at MK for most of the day but we'll see. This trip is going to be extremely flexible. We'll just go where the wind takes us

Saturday, May 30th... Jason and I and the kids will be eating breakfast today at Boma. It will be so cool to wake up and head downstairs for our meal! We've never had this breakfast before but I've heard it's wonderful! Boma is our fav place for dinner so I'm sure it won't let us down. The plan for this day is not set in stone yet. We'll probably hit AK and DHS!

That night, everyone (all 13 of us) will be eating at BOMA! I can't wait to show off our "home" to everyone! After dinner, we'll hang out at the hotel and check out the animals. Hopefully they'll have the night vision goggles out. It's really cool to look at the animals with them!

Sunday, May 31... We'll wake up and eat a QS breakfast at the resort then ME will whisk us off to MCO for our flight!

It is going to be a quick trip but I think it will be lots of fun since we'll be sharing it with family. This is SO unlike any other trip I've ever planned. Normally, I would have had our itinerary planned down to the minute with every single step accounted for. Not this time. I really can't do that since we'll be with such a large group. I'm excited to see how it all plays out.

Alrighty, I'm off to put Brendan down for a nap. I'll be back with more soon!

 

[coteau_chick]

You have had such a rough time lately. I hope it gets better over there. I know how it feels. We went from medical issues here to things breaking. I am using my nephew's computer because our laptop broke. It is with Geek Squad right now. My sewing machine broke, my camcorder broke. My dishwasher broke. I think we have Gremlins. I do have my nanny's sewing machine now so if you want those dresses call me. I am babysitting my little Great Niece now. She is the same age as Grace. It is like having twins. They get into some stuff. I am on the computer only because they are napping. I know how you feel with Brendan. I love nap time.