One last MEGA WDW trip before we adopt 3 under the age of 3!!! Sept '11 *new 9/30*

[PixieMama]

Getting a puppy just before you go on vacation... sounds like something I would do!

He's a cutie! Love the story behind his name.

 

[ladytink75]

The puppy looks SO CUTE.. Congrats

 

[ScotsMinnie]

That pup is sooooo cute!!!!!

 

[LAH LAH]

Finally Meeting Mary Poppins! 2008

She is my favorite character! Our first trip in 2007 I searched high and low for her and even waited, with no success, at a few places a cast member told me she might show up at. I was super bummed 10 months later I finally got to meet her! Bert was a bit of a goober and I didn't want him in the picture, but I didn't want him to feel bad.

 

[LAH LAH]

Congrats on new puppy. I'm pretty sure Charlie would give you and your kids lots of fun moments and love.

We got our puppy when I was senior in high school. Well, he stipp lives with us. After 20 years, he's old and grey but still a bundle of love. And I'm glad that DS shared the same memory with me.

That is awesome to be able to share him with your son!

Oh my goodness, Charlie is the sweetest little puppy I have EVER seen.

I can't get over how little your kiddos look in the picture from 2007! Wow!!

They seemed so grown up to me at the time. Such little guys!

Adorable dog!

We love him!

Getting a puppy just before you go on vacation... sounds like something I would do!

I love it!

The puppy looks SO CUTE.. Congrats

Thank you!

That pup is sooooo cute!!!!!

Thank you!

 

[MEK]

That has to be the most adorable puppy I have ever seen!!!!!! SOOOOOOOOOO Cute! I wish I could reach right through my computer screen and hold him!

 

[Curiouser&curiouser!]

What a cute new puppy! Your family just keeps growing and growning!

 

[LAH LAH]

OH.MY.WORD​

I haven't forgotten this pre-trippy, seriously...I haven't. I have been super busy, but I haven't forgotten! Where do I start? Bats. I'll start with bats.

3 weeks ago Michael woke up to a bat in his room. In an I-just-woke-up-state he thought it was a bug and swatted at it. After realizing what it was he hid under the covers for a while and then wrapped himself up in a blanket and worked to get it to go outside. He succeeded and we left it at that. Fast forward a week and I woke up to a bat flying laps in my room. Did I mention the baby has his crib in my room? I hunkered down under the covers till he found somewhere to hang (ugh) and then shouted downstairs for Elsa to run up the stairs, no questions asked. And she did. This was 1:30am. I handed her the baby and told her to run downstairs. And she did. I tried for 30 minutes to get that bat out the window and it wouldn't go. Elsa joined me for another 30 minutes and were unsuccessful. We had no choice but to snuff out it's poor life. We put it in a baggie and decided to put it behind us.

After talking to a friend who is a doctor, she told me not to take this so lightly. She recommended for me to call the Heath Department ASAP and take their lead. I did. I quickly found out that when you wake up with a bat in your room and you don't catch it or kill it to be tested for rabies you are required to get the rabies shot. So, the Health Department came and picked up our dead bat to be tested for rabies, and then scheduled Michael for a series of rabies shots to be done that day, then at 3 days out, 7 days out, and 14 days. Poor Michael. This is what started our crazy, crazy week!

Oh...and those shots are administered at a hospital 45 minutes away.

Sunday we went for his second shot and then Monday we had a physical therapy appointment for the baby at 10 am at the same hospital. Sometimes it sucks to live way out in the boonies. Then that same day we had a neurology appointment for the baby at 2:00pm. This was 2 hours in the opposite direction...so we passed our house on the way to the second appointment. I hate when we have to do that.

Tuesday was Little E's 3rd birthday!!!! And we celebrated with gusto!

Oh, that's right. I forgot. I spent 6 hours on Sunday making Mr. Potato Head cake pops for his birthday. But they were worth every second of time spent!

I wish I could show you how very happy he was this day, but that will have to wait until after the adoption.

So where were we? Ok. That brings us to Wednesday. Wednesday was a light day for us. We got to stay home! Of course we were staying home because little E had speech therapy and then an hour of early intervention. We never seem to have free days here, but I will take the slower ones and run with them!

Thursday meets us with another long drive out for a rabies shot. This is right after we are informed that the bat we killed was negative for rabies and it's a 99.999999% that the other one was too. You know, the one he never touched. Gotta love a NY state law. We came home and it was time to start on Elsa's birthday cupcakes as her party was the next day. I had to tackle them on Thursday because Friday morning baby N had a 9:45 am eye/brain specialist appointment. But don't worry about me. This one was only an hour and a half away from us Oh, and our baby sitter fell ill so I had to take all 5 kids with me. Joy of all joys.

We made it through with great news from the specialist and rushed home to prepare for the 5pm party. Elsa's black and white 12th birthday party. She had a WONDERFUL time!

We dined on turkey sandwiches on white bread with white cheese, cauliflower and mushrooms, deviled eggs with black filling, blackberries, white cheddar cheese, oreos, white popcorn, black licorice and mints! After dinner, cupcakes, and gifts the older kids went on a nature scavenger hunt. Some of their "finds" were rather creative

Everyone dressed in black and white and even wrapped in it too!

It was loads of fun and it officially wraps up the busiest week of my life. I am not joking. I don't think we have ever had this much going on in such a short time before. We logged 635 medical miles in the past 5 days, but we have lots of positives too!!! We had the pleasure of celebrating the lives of 2 of our family members, and we only had good, good news from the specialists regarding baby N! We have one more MRI scheduled for him to rule out anything else, but I think he is going to be just fine...and for this I am thankful!

We only have 16 more days till we start our vacation and even though we haven't secured reservations for Cinderella's Royal Table, I am really looking forward to a break from all the responsibilities!!!

Come one vacation, hurry, hurry up!

 

[BerrysGirl]

I LOVE Elsa's black & white birthday so cute!

And those cake pops? Seriously, can you be my mom?

Your trip is so close! Don't give up on those ADRs... who knows, maybe you'll get a little pixie dust at the last minute!!!

 

[MEK]

Wow - A Black and White Birthday Party. That is way cool - especially those cupcakes. Amazing.

Glad everything turned out OK with the bats! But what an inconvenience!

 

[LAH LAH]

That has to be the most adorable puppy I have ever seen!!!!!! SOOOOOOOOOO Cute! I wish I could reach right through my computer screen and hold him!

He is still super cute...even though he is not conquering the whole going outside thing. Hahahaha

What a cute new puppy! Your family just keeps growing and growing!

I think this has to be it. Our house can't possibly fit anyone else in it!

I LOVE Elsa's black & white birthday so cute!

And those cake pops? Seriously, can you be my mom?

Your trip is so close! Don't give up on those ADRs... who knows, maybe you'll get a little pixie dust at the last minute!!!

I can't be mom to anyone else. Seriously.

Wow - A Black and White Birthday Party. That is way cool - especially those cupcakes. Amazing.

Glad everything turned out OK with the bats! But what an inconvenience!

Only one more rabies shot and then we can put this whole silly thing behind us!

 

[mousegear]

Your parties and cupcakes are so cool! I wish I could make those but it will be very challenging for me.
16 days... just little more than 2 weeks and you will be at the happiest place!

 

[Curiouser&curiouser!]

I love the idea of a Black and White Birthday party!

What a busy busy week! I hope things settle down for you . . . though I don't really expect it to happen with 3 under 3!

 

[brookelizabeth]

There is a hiccup on Baby N being fully freed for adoption. It is nothing alarming, just time consuming...so it looks like we will have 2 separate adoptions. Just more to celebrate in the future!

I hope it goes smoothly!!!

The year is 2007. I am newly divorced (after a two year legal battle when my husband decided after 10 year of marriage and two kids that this just wasn't for him ) My dad gifted all of the people in this photo (my family, my sister and my brother) with a 5 day trip to Disney!

This was Michael and Elsa's first trip to Disney and it was magical

UP NEXT: SMARTEST THING TO DO 30 DAYS OUT

Love this pic! How very kind of your Dad!!!!

That is one CUTE dog! Sooooo cute! And how lucky for him to be in a house with so much love!

Elsa and I have the same shirt!

It was loads of fun and it officially wraps up the busiest week of my life. I am not joking. I don't think we have ever had this much going on in such a short time before. We logged 635 medical miles in the past 5 days, but we have lots of positives too!!! We had the pleasure of celebrating the lives of 2 of our family members, and we only had good, good news from the specialists regarding baby N! We have one more MRI scheduled for him to rule out anything else, but I think he is going to be just fine...and for this I am thankful!

We only have 16 more days till we start our vacation and even though we haven't secured reservations for Cinderella's Royal Table, I am really looking forward to a break from all the responsibilities!!!

Come one vacation, hurry, hurry up!

You.amaze.me. I have no NO NO idea how you do it all! Seriously! With all the driving and other stuff going on, plus FIVE children, I would have store-bought cakes and thrown together parties! I'm in serious awe. Beautiful job on both the ultra-cool Potato Heads (can't wait to see the 3 year old's happy face post-adoption!) and Elsa's black & white cupcakes!!

2 weeks! Have you been able to snag CRT? Sometimes quite a bit of stuff opens just days before....

 

[Jennifer48]

wow what a busy week! Vacation cannot come soon enough for you all!

So glad to hear that things are getting better with the baby!

What an amazing black & white party! I love all the decorating you do for these birthdays!

That puppy, adorable!!

 

[LAH LAH]

This was taken during out January 2009 trip. Meema's favorite character is Eeyore and we accidentally ran into the whole group. Seeing my moms excitement was a fun moment!

 

[LAH LAH]

Your parties and cupcakes are so cool! I wish I could make those but it will be very challenging for me.
16 days... just little more than 2 weeks and you will be at the happiest place!

Thank you! I am hoping to be well rested before we have to leave. Today is the first day I don't feel asleep on my feet...so that is good!

I love the idea of a Black and White Birthday party!

What a busy busy week! I hope things settle down for you . . . though I don't really expect it to happen with 3 under 3!

Our last couple of days have been a bit more low key, so that is good!

I hope it goes smoothly!!!



Love this pic! How very kind of your Dad!!!!



That is one CUTE dog! Sooooo cute! And how lucky for him to be in a house with so much love!

Elsa and I have the same shirt!



You.amaze.me. I have no NO NO idea how you do it all! Seriously! With all the driving and other stuff going on, plus FIVE children, I would have store-bought cakes and thrown together parties! I'm in serious awe. Beautiful job on both the ultra-cool Potato Heads (can't wait to see the 3 year old's happy face post-adoption!) and Elsa's black & white cupcakes!!

2 weeks! Have you been able to snag CRT? Sometimes quite a bit of stuff opens just days before....

You are so sweet. No, I haven't landed our CRT ressies yet.

wow what a busy week! Vacation cannot come soon enough for you all!

So glad to hear that things are getting better with the baby!

What an amazing black & white party! I love all the decorating you do for these birthdays!

That puppy, adorable!!

I am soooooo ready to rest at Disney. And by rest I mean seven, 10-12 hour days running from ride to ride

 

[Lady Lallie]

I could have sworn I responded to your parties post! I adore those black and white cupcakes, you are talented!!

That is such a cute picture with Eeyore!!

 

[LAH LAH]

My Elsa LOVES her a good turkey leg. Hahahaha. I love this evening picture of them. They have grown up so much...

 

[LAH LAH]

I could have sworn I responded to your parties post! I adore those black and white cupcakes, you are talented!!

That is such a cute picture with Eeyore!!

I just saw your sig...

Congratu-freakin-lations!


Soooooo excited for you!