We Must Be CRAZY...

Not that our lives aren't busy enough but I just realized that from August to December of this year we will have taken 1 road trip a month. Hopefully work will slow down for me soon and Brad's classes won't be to difficult this semester...He is taking 4 online classes and will graduate in December...and he has to take the praxis (state boards) to get into the masters program he wants to do...it is a good thing that the girls are doing well and sleeping well. Sometimes I just don't know how we do it...why does life have to be so busy...the girls are both getting ready to have birthdays...number 4 and 1, where did the last year go. Ada is going to take a ballet class on Tue. nights this fall, we let her pick between ballet, a sport or violin and she picked ballet...it was no surprise...she is all girl. Tonight while I was fixing dinner she was coloring at her little table in the kitchen and was singing and humming the whole time...then her sister joined in but it wasn't as quiet as Ada's. So we have something on Tue. and Wed. nights this fall along with work, school and road trips...I am getting tired thinking about it. I am really learning how to not get stressed out these days...just taking a couple of deep breaths and pushing through. So if you were wondering what we have planned for the fall...here is a small glimpes of our trips...Aug. is already done, Disney...Sept. we are taking a short family trip to DC to go to the Zoo and be together for 2 days (we had 2 free nights at a Marriott that we had to use before Sept. 20 so that is why we are taking that trip...Brad just couldn't not use them)...Oct. we are going to PA to visit Brad's family and have a little 1st birthday party for Mary-Allyn...the girls and I havn't been there since last Christmas....Nov. we are going to NY to Brad's brothers for Thanksgiving and to see the Macy's parade...we found out after we booked the NYC hotel that my parents were spending a week in NYC and will be there while we are...they are going to the parade with us...that will be really fun for me and the girls, it is something I have always wanted to do and to have my parents there will be extra special. And in Dec. we are going back to PA after Christmas to celebrate with the Hardy's...and then we can rest and figure out what the new year will bring for Brad with school and a job. Life just amazes me sometimes, no all the time! I am now going to go to bed and try not to think about all this stuff...

Vacation

Wow, what a vacation. My father said we were brave taking 2 young kids to Disney World...I said we were insane. But the trip actully went very well. The kids were good for a 4 year old and 10 month old. We have had a great week and tonight we are packing to go home. I wish we could stay 3 more weeks, I am just not ready to get back to what awaits me at home and at work. We have been staying this week at the Marriott Grand-Vista, a resort in Orlando that my parents own a timeshare at. It is a beautiful place with 4 pools and 3 resturants. Thanks mom and dad for letting us use it this week!!!! We spent most of our time at Magic Kingdom. We were going to try to do most of the parks but realized that the kids needed to rest every other day in order to be bearable for a day at the park. We enjoyed Sea World the first day and then Ada's special day was Monday. She got the full treatment by her Fairy Godmother at the Bippidy Boppidy Boutique, inside Cinderella's Castle. Then we ran to Epcot, literally because we had a reservation to have dinner with the princesses and her pampering took longer than we thought. You can see from the pictures that she fell asleep when we got to Epcot and we tried to wake her up as the first princess came to our table...she was still partly asleep when Sleeping Beauty came by. We thought that was quite appropriate. In the end it was worth it and she thought it was great. We are already planning our next trip for the 2010...before we have to pay for Mary-Allyn's ticket...we still have 5 days of a 7 day hopper to use (we got the non expiration ones). We enjoyed the pool a couple of days and today we had hoped to go to the pool but the weather was not cooperating so Brad and Ada took a swan out for a swim. Ada had been asking to do it all week and that is what she called it...taking the swan out for a swim. The lake was right out our window...and she loved it. The only bad part of the week is that it was hot...we just took lots of showers...we didn't have to pay for the water. And that we didnt' get to see our friends that we came with very much ....our schedule was just different with the baby. No back to reality!!!!! So long Mickey and friends...

4 Days And Counting

We are so ready for vacation. Only 4 more days until we leave and I have done no packing at all...well actually I have thrown some of the girls cloths what I want to pack in a laundry basket. And I have made a list...I wish there were some little packing elves that would come in the middle of the night and do it for me. We are flying so atleast we won't have to take a crib and highchair with us...the place we are staying has all that for us. Flying on the plane with 2 kids should be interesting...we decided to take the cheaper flights and instead of booking a nonstop flight we change planes in Atlanta...I am now wishing we spent the extra money to just get there. Ladybug hates to be held at this point and just wants to be down and moving...pray for us!!!! I just have a little more stuff to get done at work to make sure things go well when I am gone and Brad just needs to get this last week of classes done. He gets his finals the Thur. we are gone and they are due by the following Monday. He will have his butt planted in front of the computer the minute we get home. I better go start packing...

On The Go

I can't believe how fast ladybug has grown...we have been so busy these past 9 and a half months that time has just flown by. In a previous post I said how she was commando crawling...well that didn't last long, in less than 2 weeks she was up on her knees and then up on her feet walking on everything. I don't doubt that she will be running around by her first birthday...I would be surprised if she wasn't. I am a little worried that she is going to be our dare devil. Her sister is so cautious but ladybug doesn't seem to be like that. She is already standing up in her crib, next is the climbing over...ugh!!! She is such a cutie pie and quite the ham...the minute I pull out the camera and call her name she turns and puts on the face...this must be because since she was a wee baby we had our friends taking her picture. She is very determined and really gets frustrated when she can't do something. Today she used the little baby walker and walked herself across the living room. Now that she is mobile her sister thinks she can pick her up and at times drop her...so far that hasn't bothered her...we will see how long that lasts. Oh, and we are now eating more table food as you can see in the first picture...that is her eating her favorite...biter biscuits, they make such a mess...a bath usually follows.