What do you mean we’re DRIVING from CA to WDW??? With 4 kids!!!!

[scdak]

Sounds like you are doing a great job with your pregnancy issues, keep up the good work, not much longer until the young lad is ready to join the "outside world" !

 

[kaoden39]

What a sweet way to let let your DH know about the name. That just warmed my heart.

 

[ladylyons]

That sounds like a wonderful Christmas. There is nothing better than the smiles/laughter of children on Christmas morning! It's fantastic and a memory that makes me smile.

I love the name you've chosen for your baby... I love the names of all of your children - each one is timeless and classic - the both of you have very good taste in names. It's a bummer that you aren't much into the name that's been chosen, but so very good of you to give that gift to your DH - I am sure it means the world to him.

I am so happy that the both of you continue to be healthy! You are getting so close!!! I am very excited for you!!!

D~

The joy in their voices made getting up even easier. Normally I wake up to "MOMMY!!! So and So hit me!!!!" Makes you not want to get out of bed.

Thank you!! All the kids follow family one way or another. Jeremy has my DH's and his grandpa's initial's (JAL), Sarah has mine, my mom's and my great grandma's middle name (Ellen, she also ended up with my initials) and James is named after both of our grandpa's (James after DH's grandpa and Warren after my grandpa.) The name's growing on me but I think I'm having more fun coming up with a nick name now. He couldn't have been happier but we are waiting to tell anyone in the family our name choice for now.

I couldn't be happier that things are moving so well. I know it's easier when they are still inside growing but I so can not wait for him to join our family. I'd love for it to happen before the kids go back to school but I don't think that's going to happen. He'll come when he's good and ready.

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Sounds like you are doing a great job with your pregnancy issues, keep up the good work, not much longer until the young lad is ready to join the "outside world" !

Thank you!! I just take it a day and a meal at a time right now. Which is all I can do. I so can't wait for him to join our family!! I know it's easier while they are still "baking" as my DH puts it but I can do with out all the aches I've been getting the last few days.

What a sweet way to let let your DH know about the name. That just warmed my heart.

Thanks!! I was trying to think of a way to do it without just saying it and I figured the bear was the best way to do it. I now need to get a picture of all 4 of the bear's together because it's kind of funny that they fit our kids personalities so far.

 

[blessedmom4]

I LOVE the name tradition!! I always said I didn't want a junior after seeing my brother with my Dad's name, but I know it will work out much better for your family! And it is a BEAUTIFUL name!!! Another way for a third boy to feel special too! I love how all of the names are "family special".

So thankful you are doing well, this baby will be here before you know it. Savor the moments, I KNOW you are!!


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[ladylyons]

I LOVE the name tradition!! I always said I didn't want a junior after seeing my brother with my Dad's name, but I know it will work out much better for your family! And it is a BEAUTIFUL name!!! Another way for a third boy to feel special too! I love how all of the names are "family special".

So thankful you are doing well, this baby will be here before you know it. Savor the moments, I KNOW you are!!


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Thank you Judy! I've also never been a fan of a junior but for other reasons (I worked for a mortgage broker at one time and I saw so many problems some people had getting loans when they were a junior/senior.) I'm sure it'll work out for us too. I'm excited for him to join our family! Still hoping he'd make an appearance a few weeks early (like tonight, ). DH wanted that tax deduction!! I'm enjoying every day especially now that I've gotten everything under control.

Happy New Year my friend!!! Get some rest!! Can't believe your trip is almost here!!

 

[ladylyons]

I hope everyone has had a very Happy and Safe New Year's!!! We stayed home and just enjoyed our time together and the kids were in bed by 9 pm!! Would have loved a glass or two of champagne tonight to celebrate the night but having a healthy baby is more important to me than that!!

 

[ladylyons]

So I feel bad I haven't been here to do any sort of update but things have just been crazy busy. First up baby news........ NO BABY YET!!! I'm ready for him to join the family but first I need to finish getting everything ready for him. We have baby items out of the attic, baby clothes cleaned and put away, bags are packed for all of us in the event the kids have to stay at a friends house overnight while I go in to have the baby and baby blankets were just pulled out of the attic because I didn't think of those until today when I was packing our suitcases and went uhhhh where's the mickey blankets?

2nd the kids are back in school!!!! Now that's both a good and bad thing. No more sleeping in until 8:30 am for me. But it does give me the time to get things done while they are gone and James is more than happy watching the Disney Channel while I do what needs to get done.

Just as soon as I get an opportunity I'll post the places I've made ADR's for but right now the trip planning has taken a backseat to getting ready for baby. My next appointment is on Friday so hopefully I have a better idea on when this little one is going to arrive.

Hope everyone is staying safe and warm where the weather has taken a drastic turn. I won't complain too much about the cold (40's during drop off, hey it's cold to us) we've been getting because I know it could be a whole lot worse!!

 

[DMGeurts]

ACK!!!! I thought, for sure, you'd be telling us you had your precious boy... OK, ok, back to waiting...

Glad the kids are back in school - cannot wait to hear about your ADRs.

D~

 

[ladylyons]

ACK!!!! I thought, for sure, you'd be telling us you had your precious boy... OK, ok, back to waiting...

Glad the kids are back in school - cannot wait to hear about your ADRs.

D~

Wish that was the news I was sharing. Friday I have another Dr.'s appointment so I'll share then what they tell me.



Ok I guess I've made you guys wait long enough about the ADR's. So I keep changing the day and time but for the most part here is where we are eating:

Biergarten - Lunch
Crystal Palace - Breakfast
Cinderella's Royal Table - Dinner
Be Our Guest - Dinner (unless I can do a FP+ for lunch then we'll do that instead)
Hollywood and Vine - Breakfast
Mama Melrose - Dinner - Fantasmic
Hoop De Do Revue


So there you have it. I'm sure as we keep planning we'll probably add a few more. But for now this is where we'll be eating. Getting more excited as the days go by.

 

[MAGICFOR2]

Hi Sandy! I just realized that I haven't been seeing your updates - I think my subscribe must not have held, and then I forgot to check in! I'll be back to catch up

 

[ladylyons]

Hi Sandy! I just realized that I haven't been seeing your updates - I think my subscribe must not have held, and then I forgot to check in! I'll be back to catch up

No worries. I've kind of stalled for a little bit while I'm waiting for the little one to arrive. I've also had that happen where I thought I subscribed but it didn't take for some reason.

 

[MAGICFOR2]

Okay, I'm caught up! Your plans look great! I'm thinking that with hotels and extra meals, it would only be about $300 cheaper to drive than fly, unless you would extend your vacation by that many days at the resort, anyway.

Fun ADR choices! It will be so fun to see Sarah's reaction to CRT!

I'm glad you have done so well taking care of yourself and your baby. Well done! I love how you broke the name decision to Jeff! Very sweet!

I'm praying for a safe and stress free delivery for you.

 

[ladylyons]

Okay, I'm caught up! Your plans look great! I'm thinking that with hotels and extra meals, it would only be about $300 cheaper to drive than fly, unless you would extend your vacation by that many days at the resort, anyway.

Fun ADR choices! It will be so fun to see Sarah's reaction to CRT!

I'm glad you have done so well taking care of yourself and your baby. Well done! I love how you broke the name decision to Jeff! Very sweet!

I'm praying for a safe and stress free delivery for you.

Thank you!! We've decided not to do BBB or Pirates League this trip (had to cut a couple things). I figure BBB is something we can always do the next time we go to DL. Jeff figured it's going to cost us just over $1,000 to drive and our goal is to drive straight threw with little stops (basically food and potty breaks). Especially since there is the 2 of us that can do the driving. I priced out airfare again yesterday (and this is with us changing dates by a day or two) and we're looking at approx. $2500 to fly. Now I'd love to fly but that just seems crazy to me. I'd rather drive.

I'm excited about our ADR choices. I didn't want to over do it or else I'm sure there would have been more. I've already told her about CRT and she's beyond excited to get to see the Princesses!! She also really can't wait to see BOG but could care less to meet the Beast so I'm hoping we can do a FP+ for lunch instead of dinner.

Jeff was so surprised and I still think he is in shock. I'm just glad I was able to surprise him with it and didn't tell him sooner. I still haven't broke the name to our families because I just don't want to hear it from them. I've been so against a Junior that I know people are going to give me a hard time about it and I just don't want to deal with it. That's why you haven't seen me say it on FB, yet.

Thank you!! I couldn't be happier that I've been able to stay on track and off medication!! Only a few more weeks (sooner I hope!!!)

 

[ladylyons]

SHHH don't tell (especially on FB because I haven't posted anything there) but I have a feeling that baby #4 may be making an appearance within the next 24 - 48 hours!! Last night I had contractions for about 3 hours coming every 5 mins. They weren't coming hard enough to make me want to go in to the hospital. Then this morning I got up around 5:45 am with Jeff and started having contractions again!! (Plus found something else had happened that I won't go into detail here, if you're a parent you can probably figure out what I'm talking about and no it wasn't my water breaking.)

 

[lovethattink]

Woohoo! Please keep us updated.

 

[ladylyons]

Woohoo! Please keep us updated.

I'll try to. I'll at least update on FB if I go in and it's a for sure thing. I hate false alarms so I don't normally share all those. lol

 

[LB1122]

What a fun tradition to have a bear with the new baby name...and what a wonderful surprise for the holidays.

Hope you are feeling awesome as you get closer and closer.

 

[DMGeurts]

I've been thinking of you... Praying that everything is OK and you have a beautiful baby in your arms soon. (((hugs)))

D~

 

[ladylyons]

What a fun tradition to have a bear with the new baby name...and what a wonderful surprise for the holidays.

Hope you are feeling awesome as you get closer and closer.

Thank you! My DH actually came up with the bear idea so we just went with it. He was very surprised and couldn't be happier about it.

I'm feeling pretty good. Better today than yesterday.

I've been thinking of you... Praying that everything is OK and you have a beautiful baby in your arms soon. (((hugs)))

D~

Thanks D!! I hope so too!! Even went to a local pizza place tonight that has the prego pizza and yeah so far that hasn't even helped!!! We met up with some friends and I was having contractions all through dinner so I thought ok it's working. But then we left and yeah they kind of died after we got home.

 

[kaoden39]

Thank you! My DH actually came up with the bear idea so we just went with it. He was very surprised and couldn't be happier about it.

I'm feeling pretty good. Better today than yesterday.

Thanks D!! I hope so too!! Even went to a local pizza place tonight that has the prego pizza and yeah so far that hasn't even helped!!! We met up with some friends and I was having contractions all through dinner so I thought ok it's working. But then we left and yeah they kind of died after we got home.

Mt Mike's pizza by chance? We tried that with Kacy. Didn't work.