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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

We have had such an EXCITING month!! The highlight of our month was our first big family vacation with precious Abree! We spent five days at Disney World and two days at Daytona Beach and we had a magnificent time!!! We were so excited to have Aunt Jen and Uncle Josh with us too—it was their first trip to Disney World. We left for Florida on November 8th and the fun began! The kids were so excited about everything…even flying in an airplane again! We arrived early enough on the 8th to go to Magic Kingdom and watch the nighttime parade and fireworks show. It was amazing watching Abree’s big brown eyes take it ALL in! She was so excited!!!!! She waved at the characters in the parade and just watched it all in wonder!

For our first full day at Disney, we went back to Magic Kingdom and were able to meet Cinderella, Belle, Sleeping Beauty, Tinkerbell, and the new Princess Tiana. We watched a daytime parade, a 4-D Mickey show and rode the Dumbo ride, Peter Pan ride, It’s a Small World, Cinderella’s carousel and we toured Mickey and Minnie’s houses. That evening we went to Epcot to watch another beautiful fireworks show. Abree loved EVERY minute of the day!!

The next morning, we went back to Epcot and we met, Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Donald, and Goofy. Abree was a little scared of the characters in full costume, but she would at least give them all a high five. She loved the princesses and fairies…she liked to see their actual faces. We went to the Finding Nemo Crush Show and rode the Finding Nemo ride. That afternoon and evening, we went to Hollywood Studios where we met Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Handy Manny, JoJo & Goliath, and the Little Einstiens. We watched a fun Playhouse Disney show and then went over to the Streets of America that were covered in millions of dancing Christmas lights. The lights danced to beautiful Christmas music, and they even had “snow” falling in the streets. The kids had so much fun dancing around and playing in the snow!!!!

The next day, we were off to Animal Kingdom where we met Baloo and King Louie from the Jungle Book. We went to an awesome Finding Nemo musical, watched a parade, went on an African Safari where we were able to see lots of jungle animals, and watched A Bugs Life 4-D show. Later that day, we went back to Magic Kingdom to ride the Buzz Lightyear ride, the Teacups and Cinderella’s carousel again. We watched another amazing fireworks show and called it a day! A WONDERFUL DAY!!

Our final day at Disney was spent at Hollywood Studios where we were able to meet the Power Rangers! (Kaden was in Heaven :)) Abree has also grown to love the Power Rangers, so she enjoyed meeting them and showing them some of HER moves! She would say, “Power Rangers Roar!” and strike a little pose…it was so cute! We also met Mr. Incredible, Frozone, and a Green Soldier from Toy Story. We went to two stunt shows and then to the Block Party Parade where we danced and had a great time with all the Toy Story characters—so fun!! That night we went to Fantasmic—an amazing fireworks and water light show. A perfect ending to our magical stay at Disney!!

After all the Disney excitement, we headed out for a few days of relaxation at Daytona Beach. The weather was so beautiful and perfect…mid 70’s. The kids fell in love with the beach and the beautiful ocean! We truly spent two days on the beach, playing, swimming, and RELAXING!! Abree helped Bria, Kaden, Daddy and Uncle Josh build a sand castle and we buried each of the kids in the sand…so much fun! I thought Abree would be scared, but she was ready to be buried after watching Big Brother and Sister go first. She loved to stand in the shallow water and let the waves hit her tiny little legs. She was intrigued with the ocean!!! What a perfect ending to our wonderful family vacation!!!

We are so excited about Thanksgiving!! We leave Thursday morning for Gaga and Papa’s house. Abree will have so much fun feeding the chickens, turkeys, goats, and dogs. Not to mention, she LOVES to eat, so she should really enjoy her first Thanksgiving!

We are at DISNEY WORLD!!!!!


So much fun riding rides at Magic Kingdom!


Meeting the Newest Beautiful Princess Tiana--
So Exciting!


Fun in the Finding Nemo Building at Epcot



Watching the dancing Christmas lights and playing in the "snow" at
Hollywood Studios--So much fun!!!


Watching A Bug's Life in 4-D at Animal Kingdom
...We LOVE the shows!


Our last night at Disney--watching a fireworks show!
Beautiful!!


Daytona Beach!!!!


I LOVE playing in the beautiful ocean!!


Building her 1st sand castle--she loved it!


She thought this was SO cool!
She watched brother and sister go first....


Our Precious Angel!!!!!

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