Magical Memories....

WOW! I have over 500 pictures from our Disney Vacation! Needless to say, I'm a bit overwhelmed with getting them all together for a slide show. For now, I'll post a few. We had the best time...I'm already wondering when we'll get to go back! Next time we'll go I'm sure Miss Brinlee will be all into the "princess" stuff, so fun! Brayton is exactly 44 inches tall, so he got to ride just about anything he wanted! And a brave soul he was...he got on the Tower of Terror, Splash Mountain, Thunder Mountain and Mt Everest! His favorite was Stitches Great Escape and Thunder Mountain. Brinlee was such a trooper and the best baby! We pulled a few 12 hour days, and she just went with it. I took the opportunity to nurse her while riding "Pirates of the Caribbean" (MY FAVORITE) and "The Haunted Mansion". She was happy, so that's all that mattered!

We also got the opportunity to visit Uncle Tony and Aunt Renee. We spent the first couple of days with them...and I can't believe I forgot my camera, so I didn't get the FIRST picture! We did enjoy visiting with them, though.

AND...we got to see our MONAHAN girls! It felt so good, so right! And I find myself missing them more and more each day. I can't wait for our next visit, we'll just spend the time at their house...chillin'! OK, I may feel spunky and post a slide show one day soon.... :-)

Brinlee taking a break!

After the Nemo ride...Brayton had to get his picture taken with all the under water creatures...and he was pretending to be under water!!!

Yep, another one...

And another, I literally took about 25 pictures like this!!!

Dinner at T Rex- it was AWESOME!

My Sweet Peas

Grandpa and his baby girl

It's BUZZ!!!

Mommy and Brinlee at Animal Kingdom

Brinlee chillin' out at Animal Kingdom

Brayton's FAVORITE part of vacation...becoming a "Jedi". He was chosen to come on stage for this!!!

PS- He got to fight Darth Vadar, too!

Daddy Frank is the BEST!!

Men with the babies...so sweet!

Keeping himself entertained in the car...

So sweet, they love each other so much!

YAY!!! We found our girls at the Animal Kingdom!!!

Meeting Mickey

My girl, Julie. I miss her so much!

On the Safari at Animal Kingdom

tubes

My baby girl got tubes in her ears this morning. She is FINALLY resting well and peacefully. We had to be in West Ashley at 6:30 this morning, and we didn't get much sleep lastnight, so....needless to say, it's been a LOOOOONG day. Let's hope this works and makes her feel better!

I promise to post disney vacation pictures soon, hopefully tomorrow!

And, one last thing......Happy Birthday to my sweet little princess, Ella!
Hope your day was great! We love you and miss you, sweet girl!!! xoxo

RANDOM!!!

I have been slack about posting, and there is TOO MUCH I want to say and put on here. I feel like I need to catch up, so…this is going to be really RANDOM! I am sure I'm leaving lots out, but here are some highlights...

First off…a few weeks ago we went and played in the SNOW! Faith Assembly had a “snow fest” and we took the kids out. Kylee and Chase met us out there, the kids had a BLAST! They went sledding and had snow ball fights!! It was nice playing in the snow in 55-60 degree weather!

Last Friday we went back out to Wannamaker for a picnic. Brayton decided he would be a clone trooper the whole time. It was pretty funny. By the end of the day, the playground turned into Star Wars. Apparently, they play Star Wars at school on the playground, too. Funny!

This past Tuesday night, Brayton wanted to take his girlfriend (Abby) to Moes. He REALLY wanted to take her to Wasabi, but we compromised with Moes! We met her family there and ate with them. The two of them were too cute...he even gave her his cookie! Sweet thing!

And you know he HAD to wear that deer shirt...ha!ha!

And Miss Brinlee loves to play in my "tupperware" cabinet....too bad there's more GLADware than tupperware, but oh well! She took everything out and entertained herself for a good while. She eventually made her way INTO the actual cabinet!!

Brinlee has had fun playing with her cousin, Haven. They stopped by a few times the last couple of weeks. I am so happy that all the cousins have each other to grow up with...what fun we have to look forward to! We're hoping Suzi will come over SOON to play...we miss her! I'm looking forward to days at the park and the beach!!!

And last but not least....
we're going to DISNEYWORLD!!!!
we're leaving tomorrow morning (technically TODAY) after Brayton's soccer game. I can't sleep my head is spinning...I'm so afraid we're going to forget something! I've never been away from home for 7 days!!! Can't wait to experience this with Brayton, I think he's the perfect age. He was 3 last time, and could care less about a lot of it...although he did love Buzz! Brinlee will have fun with all the sights and sounds, too! I got the OK from her Pediatrician and ENT. We'll have LOTS of pictures to share when we get back!
We'll get to visit some, too!! Uncle Tony, Aunt Renee and family...and the MONAHANS!!!!!! WOO HOO!!!

Florida here we come!!!

9 months

My baby girl is 9 months old already. Here is her 9 month picture. I’m a little late getting it on here. She’s been sick with the same ear infection for over a month! She’s been on amoxicillin, omnicef, zithromax AND has had those horrible rocephin shots! She’s only had one ear infection…but we just can’t get rid of it. We just found out that she’s going to need tubes. She’ll get them on Wed, March 18. Hopefully they’ll make her feel better and sleep better, bless her heart!

She had her 9 month check up this past Wednesday. She is 17lb and 4 oz (lost a little due to the ear infection) and is 27 inches long. She loves waving and saying "bye bye" and loves playing and laughing with her "bubba".

BEN 10

This is Ben 10

This is Brayton Cade (Ben 10 wanna be)

Yep, we made the shirt…with electrical tape! Ha! Ha! Makes him happy

He’s got it BAAAAD! Real Bad. So bad that he decided to write THIS on his homework….


I had to get him back to reality....poor fella.

He wants to stop calling us Mommy and Daddy and call us “mom” and “dad” now….that’s what Ben 10 does…that breaks my heart!

The Country

A few weeks ago we went to the “country” to visit my grandma. I love it at my grandma’s! I love just sitting and talking with her, I love her front porch…and I especially love the old barn in her yard! Brayton has ALWAYS loved it there. I swear we need some land, he is a country boy at heart! This time was extra special…he got to bring his 4 wheeler!!! And cousin Adam made his day…he hung out with the big boys…and was the leader of the pack!! YEE HAW!!!!