I'm Going Over The Hill and I'm Taking Everyone With Me!--HUGE 3 post update 7/9

[EnchantedPrincess]

Can't wait to read more...love those pictures of Luke and Tessa!

 

[t-beri]

WOO HOO!!! I so cannot wait for more You know I've been wondering WHY the coolest girls I know can't all live a little closer and I've decided that the Universe had to spread the coolness out, it might implode if there were THAT many cool chicks in ONE place

 

[Cory's Gal]

I love reading Disboutiquers Trip Reports! I love seeing all the pictures with the adorable clothes that I wish I knew how to sew for my daughter!! Can't wait to read more about your adventures and also good to know about being able to buy a charger at the Virgin Megastore, that sort of thing is always something DH and I forget to pack for some reason!! Your children are adorable!!!

 

[CampbellScot]

it's SO great that you and MissHeatherSue will be related one day!!!

cuz I'm telling you now...Tessa and Luke...soul mates!!! The picture of Luke hugging Tessa so close...that was a real hug...it wasn't a friendly hug...it was a full on embrace of LOVE!!! What a special little boy! Y'all have gone and raised confident kids who can be expressive...that's great!!!

All your kiddos are exceptionally beautiful. Your big girl is more lovely every time I see her. She sure is growing up!

fun start!!!

 

[karebear1]

WOO HOO!!! I so cannot wait for more You know I've been wondering WHY the coolest girls I know can't all live a little closer and I've decided that the Universe had to spread the coolness out, it might implode if there were THAT many cool chicks in ONE place

Oh so true!!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

WOO HOO!!! I so cannot wait for more You know I've been wondering WHY the coolest girls I know can't all live a little closer and I've decided that the Universe had to spread the coolness out, it might implode if there were THAT many cool chicks in ONE place

Hey everyone...don't forget that Dallas tried to throw his hat in the ring too!!! (Luke won out but it was funny for a few minutes!)

 

[MouseTriper]

Great start!
How cute are Tessa and Luke?!?!? So when is the wedding and are the Disboutiquers invited? I am assuming it is at WDW

That's gonna be one LOOOOONNNGG invitation list!!!! hahaha

 

[Stephres]

Sooooo cute! Love the Luke and Tessa pics!

 

[HeatherSue]

LOL!! I love that Mike had his own passport that the kids couldn't touch!

You should post a picture of you and your good buddy Jimmy Fallon! Pictures do not do you justice, Jeanne. I always thought you were pretty in pictures, but you're just beautiful in person!

I LOVE that picture of Jayden!!!! She looks beautiful (as she is).

Seth was a great kid! I really liked him!

Oh, Tessa's sweet little Lukey. She told me to type "I love you and all the mountain rides, too. I like the Haunted Mansion, too."

I just realized that Luke and Henry have very similar eye colors!

I LOVE that picture of Lily!

I love that you're my security savant sista!

I like that included a map for those of us that have never been to that particular resort. Thank you!

You probably didn't include a picture of us at the table because we were so wedged in, we couldn't move our arms enough to get out the camera! At least the close quarters let us get to know each other very quickly!

My daughter is such a stinker- I don't remember her sticking her tongue out like that!

Thanks for leaving out the part where Sawyer puked!

I'm stealing all sorts of pictures!

Aww... you said I was gorgeous and funny in person. You're nuts! Did you especially like my pink jacket and red shirt?

I'm sure I would have loved your mom, too.

Tessa would be so lucky to have you as a mother-in-law someday!

I am loving your trip report! It certainly has nothing to do with the fact that it is featuring my family so far!

Jhammers- I'm so happy you posted the link to your TR! What an event.... T-H-E Meeting!! Those pics are so cute! And how cute is that pic of grandma, tessa and Luke walking hand in hand? You've got me hooked! I can hardly wait for the rest of the report.

HAPPY BELATED B-DAY by the way!

Sooooo cute! Love the Luke and Tessa pics!

WOO HOO!!! I so cannot wait for more You know I've been wondering WHY the coolest girls I know can't all live a little closer and I've decided that the Universe had to spread the coolness out, it might implode if there were THAT many cool chicks in ONE place

it's SO great that you and MissHeatherSue will be related one day!!!

cuz I'm telling you now...Tessa and Luke...soul mates!!! The picture of Luke hugging Tessa so close...that was a real hug...it wasn't a friendly hug...it was a full on embrace of LOVE!!! What a special little boy! Y'all have gone and raised confident kids who can be expressive...that's great!!!

All your kiddos are exceptionally beautiful. Your big girl is more lovely every time I see her. She sure is growing up!

fun start!!!

Umm..yah know...I have a trip report, too.

 

[jham]

I promise I haven't abandoned this TR already! I just have strep throat so I'm sure I'll be back among the living in a day or two.

 

[jessica52877]

Get well soon!

 

[karebear1]

Feel better Jham!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

What was floating around in the cold air at Disney???? Don't like all my new friends getting sick. Feel better

 

[MouseTriper]

I hope you are feeling better too!!!

 

[maroo]

I have strep, too!! Small world!

I have been spending all of my sick time on the DIS, though!

I am subbing in for this...

Tessa and Luke... Love is in the air!

 

[jham]

Great start! (Am I the first to post?) I love the pics of Luke and Tessa. Love is in the air.

I'm anxiously waiting for the next update.

You're first! Thanks!

yea i am glad your plane ride was very uneventful.. LOVE LOVE the pictures of luke and Tessa 's meet up (YOU planning the wedding already?)
Can't wait for more

While we love that the kids love each other, we also love that they live VERY FAR away from each other. That should keep them out of trouble for the next 20 years.

Can't wait to read more!! And see more pics of those cute kiddos!

Thanks!

Yeah so glad you are doing a TR. Count me in. How exciting that Luke and Tessa finally met in person. They were so cute together. Looking forward to your next installment.

Thanks Beth!

Glad the plane ride was uneventful. Ah-they meet, soo cute. Happy belated 40th!!

Thanks, I just had to tell someone my age for the first time the other day (at the doctor's) and it was sad.

Aww, I feel some love in the air! Tessa and Luke are so cute together! What a great start to a wonderful trip!

Thanks Jessica!

I'm here! Can't wait to read more!

Hi Stacy! I'm loving your...uh...er...Kristine's TR!

HAPPY belated BIRTHDAY JHAM!!!!!!! What a great start, can't wait to read more! And how cute are Tessa and Luke!!!

Thanks! I hope everyone sticks around until the end, it was a long trip (in a good way).

Jhammers- I'm so happy you posted the link to your TR! What an event.... T-H-E Meeting!! Those pics are so cute! And how cute is that pic of grandma, tessa and Luke walking hand in hand? You've got me hooked! I can hardly wait for the rest of the report.

HAPPY BELATED B-DAY by the way!

Thanks Karen! And thanks for all you did arranging "the meet"

Great instalment!! They looked so cute! But where oh where was the pic of Lily's outfit?!

Meh, it was a recycle from our last trip--her Jack Skellington dress, just click on the link in my siggie to my Disneyland TR!

Sounds like a great start to your trip. Can't wait to hear more. That's a lot of flying with 4 kids...glad it all went well!

Thanks for joining in!

They finally met in person. You got some great photos of the two of them - definite blackmail material if something materializes between them when they are older.

You've got to plan ahead!

I love the pictures and your report is great. Keep up the good work on the report and keep us updated as how the rest of the trip goes.

Thanks April!

Great start!
How cute are Tessa and Luke?!?!? So when is the wedding and are the Disboutiquers invited? I am assuming it is at WDW

Of course!

Loved your last TR so glad you're doing another one
How darn cute are Luke and Tessa !?!
Can't wait to read about your Birthday happenings as I'm going for my 50th in a few years.
Lynn

Thanks, there's no better place to have a birthday! I felt no pain at all!

ohhh love the TR So far!!!!

Thanks for joining in Lori!

Great start! I agree, POR is rather large! We stayed there our first time, and I did get lost one night getting back to my room! We stayed in one of the mansions though.
We were close to a bus stop too, which made it bearable!

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one!

Can't wait to read more...love those pictures of Luke and Tessa!

Thanks!

WOO HOO!!! I so cannot wait for more You know I've been wondering WHY the coolest girls I know can't all live a little closer and I've decided that the Universe had to spread the coolness out, it might implode if there were THAT many cool chicks in ONE place

A very t-beri update coming soon!

I love reading Disboutiquers Trip Reports! I love seeing all the pictures with the adorable clothes that I wish I knew how to sew for my daughter!! Can't wait to read more about your adventures and also good to know about being able to buy a charger at the Virgin Megastore, that sort of thing is always something DH and I forget to pack for some reason!! Your children are adorable!!!

Thanks!

it's SO great that you and MissHeatherSue will be related one day!!!

cuz I'm telling you now...Tessa and Luke...soul mates!!! The picture of Luke hugging Tessa so close...that was a real hug...it wasn't a friendly hug...it was a full on embrace of LOVE!!! What a special little boy! Y'all have gone and raised confident kids who can be expressive...that's great!!!

All your kiddos are exceptionally beautiful. Your big girl is more lovely every time I see her. She sure is growing up!

fun start!!!

Aw Miss Cammie! You always make me tear up. A parenting compliment from you means a lot! I wish you could've been there!

Hey everyone...don't forget that Dallas tried to throw his hat in the ring too!!! (Luke won out but it was funny for a few minutes!)

You know Heather, you are right, they do look alike, especially in that picture where their hair looks exactly the same!

That's gonna be one LOOOOONNNGG invitation list!!!! hahaha

but the bride's family pays for the wedding, right? YOU'RE ALL INVITED!

Sooooo cute! Love the Luke and Tessa pics!

Thanks Steph!

LOL!! I love that Mike had his own passport that the kids couldn't touch!

You should post a picture of you and your good buddy Jimmy Fallon! Pictures do not do you justice, Jeanne. I always thought you were pretty in pictures, but you're just beautiful in person!

I LOVE that picture of Jayden!!!! She looks beautiful (as she is).

Seth was a great kid! I really liked him!

Oh, Tessa's sweet little Lukey. She told me to type "I love you and all the mountain rides, too. I like the Haunted Mansion, too."

I just realized that Luke and Henry have very similar eye colors!

I LOVE that picture of Lily!

I love that you're my security savant sista!

I like that included a map for those of us that have never been to that particular resort. Thank you!

You probably didn't include a picture of us at the table because we were so wedged in, we couldn't move our arms enough to get out the camera! At least the close quarters let us get to know each other very quickly!

My daughter is such a stinker- I don't remember her sticking her tongue out like that!

Thanks for leaving out the part where Sawyer puked!

I'm stealing all sorts of pictures!

Aww... you said I was gorgeous and funny in person. You're nuts! Did you especially like my pink jacket and red shirt?

I'm sure I would have loved your mom, too.

Tessa would be so lucky to have you as a mother-in-law someday!

I am loving your trip report! It certainly has nothing to do with the fact that it is featuring my family so far!

Umm..yah know...I have a trip report, too.

You are so sweet Heather!
Sawyer puked?
I got the resort map idea from this really great TR I'm reading: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2096482

Get well soon!

Feel better Jham!

What was floating around in the cold air at Disney???? Don't like all my new friends getting sick. Feel better

I hope you are feeling better too!!!

I have strep, too!! Small world!

I have been spending all of my sick time on the DIS, though!

I am subbing in for this...

Tessa and Luke... Love is in the air!

Thanks for all your well-wishes! I'm starting to feel a bit better today. Sorry you are sick too Mary! I'm finally working on an update which I hope to have up today.

 

[momto2nenas]

Joining in...

 

[jessica52877]

I came to see if you posted the update yet! I'll be waiting!

 

[jham]

ETA: Florida weather today: Temperature high 72 degrees, precipitation 0

We (okay I) had the best intentions of getting to MK by rope drop. Unfortunately this is difficult to do when 5 other people want to sleep in. I did manage to get us there not too long after rope drop.

And before I forget, the weather was GORGEOUS! I had planned to meet fellow disboutiquer t-beri at the Barber Shop. Her little Lily is the same age as my little Lily and both girls had made it to the ripe old age of 3 without EVER having a haircut. I really meant to get Lily’s First Haircut on our trip last year, but I didn’t manage to do it, so when we planned this trip, one of the first things I thought of was “Lily can still get her first haircut at Disneyworld!” I think T has a very similar story about her Lily’s First Haricut adventures. I was feeling bad that we were running a little slowly at this point. We got into MK and DH went to Town Hall to get his Disney Visa Rewards card while I went off in search of the Barber Shop. I got about 2/3 of the way up Main Street before asking directions, then I turned around and headed back towards the Barber Shop. I walked up and the cutest kid walks out and says “there you are!” It was Tifani’s Gavin (a.k.a. Mac). He was so cute, I just had to hug him. Gavin is 10 and I have to say, he is a really great kid! He was very friendly and talkative…just like his mom! Tifani was holding her Lily (a.k.a. Little) who wasn’t feeling so great. We got in line for haircuts and with rare perfect timing, DH and the big kids walked over from the Town Hall. They decided they would prefer to spend their first hours at Disneyworld going on some rides instead of waiting in line for their baby sis to get her first haircut. Gavin joined in with the big kids and I’m happy to say he and Seth hit it off very well. Seth was immediately impressed with Gavin’s “make your own Mickey ears” and pin-trading lanyard. Tifani and I had fun chatting while waiting for the girls’ turn.

It wasn’t too long of a wait and Little finally started to feel a bit better and got out of her mommy’s arms to play with the other Lily a bit. It was nice to see Liliana without her face buried in her mom's shoulder. She is so pretty! T and I talked about how both of our Lilys are pretty average size, but people always tell her her Lily is so little. I think I decided in my own mind that it is because she has the prettiest, dainty little porcelain doll face! While waiting in line, T and I noticed…A CUSTOM! So we (T) had to comment on how cute it was! It turns out the family was on a last-minute trip and had borrowed some Disney clothing from some friends. We told her about the Disboutiquers and the mom asked if we wanted to take a picture. Uh, ya think? That’s what we DO. I'm disguising her face anyway.

Isn't T just the cutest pregnant girl?

The girls managed to get their First Haircuts ALMOST at the same time.

It was very cute and a great experience. The lady that cut my Lily’s hair was AMAZING! She talked to her about the cutest things (this is Cinderella’s favorite brush because it’s her favorite color!) I have the whole thing on video but it is 10 minutes long, so I’ll have to try and figure out how to put it on youtube or something. Lily was very quiet and serious but she loved it! She still talks about it. Totally worth the 3-year wait!

Before:

After:

Lilys

We reached DH and the kids on the phone and they were about to get on Big Thunder Mountain, so we walked over there to meet up with them.

By the time they got off, it was almost time for our lunch ADRs at Crystal Palace! We tried for a minute to figure out T’s new phone but were unsuccessful so we just planned to meet back up with them after lunch. Jayden (DD11) loves Pooh bear and especially Tigger, so we themed our outfits for today around this lunch. I have to say it was worth it when we walked in the door and ran straight into Tigger. He saw Jayden, pretended to faint, then ran up to her and swept her into a huge hug. I was totally unprepared and did not have any cameras out! It was so sweet. She has been through such a hard year and it just made my day to see her get some Tigger love. sigh. When Tigger signed her autograph book a little later he wrote a special note "to my Bestest Friend! Love and TTFN, Tigger"

We had a nice lunch. Thanks to a warning from Heather the night before, I asked for my meat to be “well done” so they tossed a slice onto a little grill over the fire and cooked it right! Our food was good. Everyone was happy. I tried the ratatouille, Seth had probably 4 slices of Boston Crème Pie. We had a great lunch although we hit the timing on the character’s kind of poorly and had to wait a bit after we were finished eating to see Piglet and I’m not sure if we ever did see Eeyore. We hurried out and met up with T and the kids.

 

[jham]

As we were leaving, Luke grabbed my arm and pointed out the floral characters in the garden. He wanted his picture taken with them.

Mike and the big kids had fast passes for Splash Mountain and they refused to leave the park for the day without going on Luke’s favorite ride. T and I decided to take a leisurely stroll down Main Street so we told Mike we’d meet them near Tony’s at the end of Main Street. Gavin decided to stay with us. We stopped and got a few photopass photos of the kids, watched the birds a bit, stopped at a cart to buy some new autograph books (my Lily had just filled hers up).

We were enjoying just hanging out. We were standing in front of Exposition Hall when a CM walked over and complimented the girls on their outfits. She started chatting with us and asked if we had time for a special surprise—well, YEAH! Now we were in a bit of a rush to try and get to Epcot for the big Disboutiquers pre-meet (2:00 IN CHINA PEOPLE!) but I had told them I wasn’t sure I’d be there on time and I’d call them when I got to Epcot and catch up with them wherever they were. And you always have to make time for a SPECIAL SURPRISE! She led us off down a hallway while I frantically dialed DH and told him to meet us at Exposition Hall, no time to explain, the girls were getting a special surprise. We got to a curtain and the CM pulled it across the entry and asked the little girls what did they think the magic words were (Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo of course! We have some well-trained Disney princesses with us!) so the girls called out Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo! And she dramatically threw back the curtain to reveal…CINDERELLA!!! It was so cute! Lella has been my Lily’s favorite princess as long as she could talk. It was so cute and fun. I think we had Lella a little confused as to how we all knew each other, living on opposite sides of the country and all but she was great. She even took the time to write Little’s name in the front of her brand new autograph book for her and she signed Gavin’s Mickey ears. I must say, as far as Cinderellas go, she was in great form today. One of the sweetest princesses I’ve met!

Poor DH and the rest of the kids were wandering around Exposition Hall a tad confused by this point. We came out, grabbed our strollers and raced off for the monorail to Epcot and the big Disboutiquers meet (and pre-meet!)

Up Next: Day 2 Part 2: The Disboutique Meet!