PTR May 2009 for our 3rd Anniversary. We're home and want to go back! :(

Don't you hate it when the little ones don't sleep as long as you need to!! :headache: My DD got off her schedule over Thanksgiving and I had a few sleepless nights earlier this week, but all is good now!
 
Congrats! on finishing the paper and the last day of the semester!!!! :woohoo: Now you can have a great holiday minus the school work. :dance3:

Thanks!! I'm almost positive I made an A in the school improvement class and a B in instructional design. I don't do well in online courses. I need someone to lecture and discuss the material for me to truly soak it in. I'm a visual/auditory/linguistic learner. I do best when I hear the teacher explain it, see visuals like a power point and take notes. LOL I'm so excited to be done with my first semester in graduate school. Only five more semesters to go!! :rotfl2:

Don't you hate it when the little ones don't sleep as long as you need to!! :headache: My DD got off her schedule over Thanksgiving and I had a few sleepless nights earlier this week, but all is good now!

Yes! It drives me nuts when he doesn't fall asleep until 11 or 12 and then wakes up at 6 or 7 am. I'm wondering why he just won't sleep like he use to. I am proud of him though. He's been sleeping in his crib for 2 weeks now and he even took naps in it this week and slept for at least an hour or more each time. I'm a very happy person to have my bed back and free time while he naps instead of holding him for two hours. Can you tell I give in to what he wants? Not anymore I'm going to keep on chugging along and doing what is best for him instead of what he cries for. I did like having him sleep with us but he's too big now and it just scares me that something will happen during the night like him suffocating. So I rest so much better now knowing he's completely safe.
 
Hi, I had class until 7:45 tonight. I had a horrible migraine when Tyson woke me up this morning at 7:30. I called mom and she came down to watch him while I went back to bed. Oh BTW we live with my parents while I'm getting my masters. They have a full apartment in the basement. So I get home tonight and as i'm sitting my burberry purse down the handle snaps!! I'm so sad and mad! I don't know if I'll ever buy another bag from them. The bag lasted 5 months. I talked to the manager and I'm taking back the bag tomorrow. Hopefully they'll send it off to fix the handles. We'll see. I'm posting more pics when Tyson goes to sleep.

First of all, congrats on finishing your paper!!! :woohoo: Secondly, so sorry it was a stinky day. :sad2: I hope you get a refund on your purst, Tyson sleeps really late, your headache completely goes away, and you have a wonderful, relaxing weekend!! :)
 

Hi,the :surfweb: has crashed and i cant type certain letters. That's why I havent been online. I used spell check to write this. I will buy a new one this weekend. I hope to be back on by the first of the week. :headache: :mad: :sad1:
 
That's awful about the purse. I guess $$$ doesn't buy quality after all. :sad:

Children do get used to getting thier way, but I applaude you for trying something different. It's so hard to not spoil them!!! ;) I'm still working on it. My "prince" as I refer to him is 14 and he knows how to charm me, I've created a monster...:rotfl2:

Too bad about your computer, but you get a new one!!! :yay: It's probably a great time to buy one with all the sales. Good luck. :hug:
 
Hi! I'm back! I got a HP Pavilion dv5-1125nr notebook computer. I love it. It's so much faster and lighter than my other computer. I got it at Best Buy for 799 but once you add the 2 year accidental and maintenance plan and taxes it ended up being 1,135. I know it's really expensive but all the HP computers I wanted were in the 675 to 800 range. So there was no way to keep it under 1000. I got the coverage plan because Tyson is clumsy and also cranky. He'll get mad and throw his sippy cup or something. If he cracks the screen or spills a drink on it, it's covered and they'll fix it. I think it's worth it since he's so young and he always has access to the computer. I'm trying to get him out of throwing things. He randomly throws trucks and stuff in the air. I'm so scared he'll crack his head open, bust the tv or my computer. I used my stafford loan money to by it. I'll worry about saving up money to pay OOP for my last semester later. I'll try to start saving it up so it doesn't creep up on us. I'm going to look and see where I left off on my TR and post more pics.
 
When I left off, we were leaving Animal Kingdom with plans to come back for EMH. Unfortunately we were all so tired that we slept later that evening than we planned and didn't return to the park.

The next day we went to Epcot!! This is DH's and my favorite park. I really love it. We made it to the park around 10:00 am and went straight to Soarin. Tyson fell asleep in the stroller by the time we got to Living with the Land so Brad stayed upstairs. A nice CM let him bring the stroller inside and he sat on those benches located right inside the door. I ran downstairs and tried to get a baby swap ticket for DH to use after I was done. The CM gave it to me but let me know that next time he needs to actually see the baby. LOL I didnt think about that. But Tyson was asleep and there was no way I was going to wake him up. I'll remember that next time though. I stood in line for about 30 minutes and then got on the ride. It was so much fun. This was my first time but I love it so much! It's my new favorite ride. By the time I got back to Brad, Tyson was wide awake and angry. I gave Brad the baby swap pass and I went to walk Tyson. We strolled outside and looked at birds. Then he had a bad diaper and conveniently there was a family bathroom right by the sign that says all the wait times near living with the land. Here's a tip from me to you..if you have a child in diapers, it is easier to take them in the family bathroom because DH or who ever is with room can come in to help. Then you can put baby back in the stroller and go to the bathroom yourself. I preferred these bathrooms over taking him to the baby care center (which was also a great place to change him)

Brad found me and we headed over to the Nemo ride. This was the first time on this ride for all of us too. It was wonderful! I think during the whole week we rode this ride 3 times. When this family in front of us was getting on the ride, the grandma almost fell on that moving belt. She didn't realize it was moving when she stepped on and she kept trying to grabbed the wall and get back to the solid floor. It was horrible and funny at the same time. I felt bad for her but I felt like yelling, "just stand up. you'll be ok!" LOL

After that it was time for our ADR at Garden Grill. We were seated after waiting about 15 minutes. The room was not rotating when we were there. I guess they were having problems. The characters there were Mickey, Pluto, Chip and Dale. Tyson was in a foul mood. I have video of him crying at Pluto and throwing food on the floor. My plan next trip is to have sit down meals around 7 pm instead of lunch. We'll eat at CS for lunch when he's usually cranky. The food was good but nothing special. The CM asked if I wanted nuggets for him. I told her no he could eat from my plate plus I brought jars of gerber foods. She brought it anyway. I accepted thinking she just brought it to be nice. Tyson didn't touch it and Brad ate most of it. We got our bill and guess what? You guessed it.. a child's meal was charged on our bill even though I didn't ask for it. :scared1: :headache: We were paying OOP and I was so angry. But I felt like I couldn't say anything since DH ate it. I probably shouldn't have thought it was just part of our meals but I really did. Other restaurants have done that at Disney. What makes me angry is that I said no and she did it anyway and charged us. I won't be going back there. I have a few pictures of Tyson coloring at Garden Grill but no characters because we just videoed instead.

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After we left GG, we went over to figment. I love this ride and I miss being able to take a pic with figment. I think Tyson liked it too. After that we toured the countries. First we went to Canada. Brad took a random pic of me and Tyson by the waterfall.

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Looking at this pic reminds me that we stopped at shop and bought Tyson that little phone. He loves it. It turns out they sell it at Walmart so I bought another one and then I found one as a stocking stuffer for christmas from Target. He breaks them so it's good to have back up.

Then we met Mary Poppins and Alice. I love them! We decided to go in the shops and guess who we found...Pooh, Tigger, and Eeyore. I gave Tyson a bottle while sitting in that little sitting room by the room to meet Pooh and friends. If you've been in there you know what I'm talking about. It's like up three little stairs and looks like a little book room. He fell asleep. I still wanted our pic with Pooh. I told Tigger that he's Tyson's favorite but that Ty was sleepy and couldn't wait. Tigger got Pooh to crouch near the stroller. It's one of my favorite pictures.

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Alice was great. She was running through the garden and calling for the white rabbit. I think she was also being evaluated by a Disney manager or something. The older CM was standing there with a clipboard and writing things.
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A very bad storm started coming up and we knew it may be time to go back to the room for a while. I have a pic of the storm behind the big fountain.

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I snapped this pic on the way out. It's my #1 fave of the trip. My man and my little man in the our favorite place in the world.
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By the time we got to the parking lot (we drove that day) it was pouring. Brad was holding Tyson and I was pushing the stroller. I put my poncho on the stroller to keep our stuff dry. It was so scary. Lightning was striking all over the place. When we got back to ASsp we had to sit in the car for 20 min and finally just ran to the room. We waited and waited for the storm to pass but it didn't severe storms were right over Disney and the orlando news said that it's uncommon for it to hover over Disney like that. We even had tornado watches. We ordered a pizza that night from the ASsp CS restaurant. It was very expensive for one pizza. To our disappointment, it tasted like a DiGiorno (sp?) frozen pizza. The crust was great though so I think they make the dough and then use frozen precut veggies. I won't get it again.

Up next, breakfast at Ohana, rope drop at MK, and a great day at MK.
 
Great update !! We ate at GG last year and the family just doesn't care for family style meals , they like Buffets ot ala carte !!Have to say everything else at GG was awesome the service ,the characters etc !!Nobody but me liked the catfish, but everyone loved the potatoes .We also were Family of the Day so we may have gotten extra attention !! We did get a Free FP for the day which was neat ! We used it on TT!!
 
Great update !! We ate at GG last year and the family just doesn't care for family style meals , they like Buffets ot ala carte !!Have to say everything else at GG was awesome the service ,the characters etc !!Nobody but me liked the catfish, but everyone loved the potatoes .We also were Family of the Day so we may have gotten extra attention !! We did get a Free FP for the day which was neat ! We used it on TT!!

That sounds like fun. I want us to be a Family of the Day! Don't you have to be there at rope drop for that? I loved the catfish. I asked for seconds. Of course, I'm a country girl and that's something I eat at most restaurants around here.
 
BTW, guess what? We get to go to Disney on Ice next week!!! Yay! and even better its free!! My FIL is the lead anchorman for the local television station. They are the sponsors for Disney on Ice and get free tickets. So he's giving them to us. I asked if they wanted to take him (secretly hoping they didn't) and they said no we could go. Yay! I wanted to be nice and ask since they are giving us the tickets. I'm very excited.
 
That sounds like fun. I want us to be a Family of the Day! Don't you have to be there at rope drop for that? I loved the catfish. I asked for seconds. Of course, I'm a country girl and that's something I eat at most restaurants around here.

We were just Family of the Day at GG and it was a lunch ressie !! I love most fish and I'm not a country girl but I have eaten catfish befors and loved it so this was no different !! I didn't have to askfor seconds as there was plenty for me !!!:lmao:
 
I'm subscribing to this too - I think, I'm still trying to figure out how to do everything on here:confused3. We'll be in Disney right before you (May 3 - 9), with our 2 year old for his first trip to Disney. I can't wait to read more!!
 
Joining your PTR ! I'll be in the world 4/21 - 5/9 - so we'll just miss you. Enjoying your pics and planning!
 
I'm subscribing to this too - I think, I'm still trying to figure out how to do everything on here:confused3. We'll be in Disney right before you (May 3 - 9), with our 2 year old for his first trip to Disney. I can't wait to read more!!

Thanks! I'm glad you're reading my little PTR. I'm having tons of fun with it! I want to hear about your planning with your 2 year old. Do you have a PTR?

May DISers need to sign in here:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2005583

Great updates! Can't wait to see more....Only 5 more months, I just can't contain myself!

It really feels like time is going to fly by. I just keep finding more things I want to do while we are there. After I finish posting my pics from June, I'll list some things I'm thinking about.

Joining your PTR ! I'll be in the world 4/21 - 5/9 - so we'll just miss you. Enjoying your pics and planning!

Thanks!! Welcome! You'll be there the same week as Rachel77. I wish I could stay as long as you are. I'll probably be so tired after only one week!

Brandi!! whats up girl!!!!!!!!!

Hey! Well, I'm going through torture right now. I'm having a colonoscopy tomorrow morning so you can guess where I've been all evening:rotfl2: ..yeah I know TMI. I'm finally laying down resting now though. Hopefully I won't have any polyps. Dad had colon cancer at 34 so this is something I should have had a couple years ago. My brother who's 21 had a colonoscopy and he had a precancerous polyp that would have been cancer in 2 to 5 years. Scary stuff!
 
Hello everyone! All is well here in GA! LOL Sorry I've disappeared. I love Christmas but it wears me out. I'm more laid back and don't like having plans everyday and every weekend. The colonoscopy went well. I have diverticulosis, which is pockets in your colon from not eating much fiber. It's ok though. I'm going to do better.

So I'm thinking about doing Nutrisystem. What do ya'll think? I use to be 145 and gained a ton while pregnant. Tyson's 20 months old and I weigh 220. I want to be a cute size again. I have no self control on my own and will cheat easily. At least with nutrisystem I know we're spending a lot of money and cheating would just be wasting it. So I'd probably stick to the plan. What should I do? My goal is to lose 8 to 10 lbs a month. So in May I would be between 180 and 170. By August I would be my old self again.
 
Yeah! You're back!! Glad you are doing better! I hear ya on the weight gain. I gained too many extra pounds with DD! I don't know anything about Nutrisystem though...Sorry!

I was thinking about setting up a small photopass share for a few of us that are going to be in WDW that same week. Kara's interested in sharing too. It's a great way to get all of those great photopass pics at a fraction of the cost! Let me know!

Let's here some more pre-trippie stuff!! I might have to jump on the band wagon and start my own pre-trippie!
 












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