Florida Vaca...Day 4

Tuesday, Sept 2nd. Animal Kingdom and some Epcot. We really enjoyed both places, but because the lines were so short, we got through all of Animal Kingdom in the first day. Sophie was sooooo scared in Dinosaur, her little heart was racing when we finished and there were tears in her eyes. I spent the entire ride covering her eyes, hugging her tight and telling her it was just for fun, and that nothing was going to happen to her.

I love this picture of Matt and Sophie with their mouse ears, and the one of all three of them in front of Paris is just so much fun.


I had to include at least one sourpuss face from Sophie, because this was her only sad face!

Florida Vaca....Day 3

Monday, Sept 1st. We have finally arrived at the Magic Kingdom. I'll admit that I am a big kid when it comes to all things Disney. When Matt and I lived in So Cal, we'd go to Disneyland most weekends & evenings. We'd go to eat some dinner, ride a few rides and catch some fireworks. Ahhh, the days when we didn't have to lug a stroller, and huge volumes of diapers, snacks and toys. Sorry back to reality. Here is Sophie driving the boat on our Jungle Cruise. And here is Sophie making a fun face on the tea cups. We had a great first day. Olivia really enjoyed the rides she could go on, and would point her little finger at stuff, then ooh and ahh. Sophie and I rode Space Mountain right away, and it scared her, but then she hopped right onto Big Thunder Mountain and we ended up riding it five times during the trip.

Florida Vaca...Day 2

Sunday, Aug 30th: Day 2 started about the same as day one. We had made arrangements with Grandpa Stan to spend the day with him. He and Sis live in Ocala, about an hour and a half north of Orlando. However, on Saturday, we couldn't get in touch with him. Nan called Matt and she said she'd try to get in touch with Grandpa Stan. But to no avail. Turns out his phone was out of service. So...we couldn't call him. We got on the road about 10am, and Matt found a shortcut on the map. Only problem was, it wasn't a shortcut because the road had multiple detours and we didn't have a compass in the rental car. We couldn't call Grandpa Stan for directions, we couldn't get a hold of Nan for directions, and finally (imagine a trumpet...do doo doo doooo!) Terri, the ever ready map quest/Internet lady saved us. Our trip took almost four hours. Both Olivia and Sophie were super good, and when we finally got to Ocala, we were greeted with smiles and hugs. Both girls danced some polka, and Olivia even found a new use for a bucket (nice hat!) We didn't get to spend as much time as we'd have liked, with the Ziembas, but the time we did have was really nice. When we finally got back to the hotel room, we were beat, but Olivia enjoyed a nice apple.

Florida Vaca...Day 1

Day one. We had a late flight, so we had time to get a good breakfast at home. I even had time to go for a run. That is where the fun started. During my normal AM run, I tripped, and fell! Now, Matt has run many marathons in his life and has logged many more miles on the pavement then me, but he has NEVER fallen and injured himself. I've done it twice this summer. I guess I'm just uncoordinated. Anyway, I fell hard and ended up somersaulting and landing hard on my left shoulder. It hurt quite a bit, and I thought, okay I can either lay here and cry about it, or get myself up and run home (I was about 2mi from home.) So I got up, found my hat, and took off for home. My shoulder was really hurting, but I didn't worry too much I mean what could be wrong? When I got home, I couldn't lift my arm, I couldn't get my shirt off to shower, I couldn't even wash my hair. Yikes what a way to start a vacation. I had some major road rash, and a pretty good bruise, but fortunately today ( a week later) I am hardly soar at all. Matt really was super helpful and held Olivia, carried the bags, and helped me out. Phew. Well....here are some pictures of us on the plane ride to Orlando.

We are home!

We made it home. As Sophie said today, "Momma, I like being on vacation, but I can't wait to get home and sleep in my snuggly bed." We all had a great trip, and I'll start blogging about it as soon as I get everything unpacked, and everyone in their snuggly beds.

Away...

We are all packed up and ready to go! It is AMAZING how much junk a baby requires. We finally have Sophie in a position that she can carry her own stuff, and doesn't require a lot of loot when we travel, and then we go and have Olivia. Her diapers take up half of my suitcase alone! I decided to buy them here and pack them so that we'd have extra space for souvenirs on the way home. But we are ready to go...this is a big trip for us and we hope to have loads of fun despite the two incoming hurricanes. I'm not planning on posting while we are gone, so see you on the flip side.

11 Months Old...

Wow, Olivia is a mover and a shaker. She goes, goes, goes. She only stops when she is sleeping. Otherwise, everything she does it is with full force. She is either crawling, eating, or tearing things apart. Yesterday, I was taking her 11month Pooh photo, and it took FOREVER for her to be still enough to even snap a few shots, because she'd either throw Pooh Bear across the room, or tackle him, or crawl away. Oh well, I figure that this just shows what a busy girl she is. And yes, she is standing on her own for a few seconds at a time. Then she throws her arms up in the air (I guess nobody has explained the principle of a low center of gravity), and takes a few big steps. Sadly she either falls on her knees, or flat on her face. (We've already had a bloody lip.)