The Longest (Working!) Vacation Ever

Three nights of driving through five states,

Three fabulous nights on board Disney Dream cruise ship,

with many of our wonderful agents for our annual meeting and playtime
 including an awesome day at Disney's Castaway Cay,

One relaxing night at Disney's Vero Beach Resort,

Five nights at the Gaylord Palms in Orlando for the

CareNet Pregnancy Conference (with some down time spent at WDW!),

Six nights at Disney's Contemporary Resort spending time at our favorite place with some of our favorite people (Chet's sister and her family were able to join us!),

One night on the road to Montgomery, Alabama,

One fun night spending time with Chet's cousins and preaching at their church the next morning,

Two more nights driving home to Texas =

Three weeks on the road making one incredible vacation, two tired parents, and one happy three year old who can't wait to go back, four large loads of laundry (after two mid-trip) and a ton of pictures ready to upload to my computer and relive the memories.

Until I can get pictures posted, here is one of our big, three year old on her first day of school that I forgot to share. (She went one day before we left and was so excited to get to go back yesterday!)

InstaFriday - Special Edition

What a crazy amazing week it has been!  The camera crew here this week to shoot the documentary was not the biggest highlight of the week (though it was an awesome experience!).  Here is what we have been thinking about this week (and the last twelve weeks!):

Tiny diapers...

Tiny clothes...

Tiny shoes...

Tiny Mickey ears...

Tiny arms and legs on our 12 week sonogram...

Because this sweet girl is finally going to be a big sister!

And she is even more excited because our sonogram

tech is 85% sure that it is going to be another girl!

(Which has been her request all along!)

We'll know for sure at our 20 week sonogram in November.

We cut one picture off of our strip of sonogram images for Hannah to keep with her.  She loves to show it off and told her baby dolls one day, "This is a picture of the best baby!"  She is always asking, "What week is it?" (Week 12) and, "What is the baby doing right now?"  Melts my heart!

We are all very excited!  We have been praying about adding to our little family for two years.  The doctor told us everything looks great!  We got to see the little one kicking and waving at us during the sonogram and heard the heartbeat.  Such an amazing experience!

This little one is due to make her debut on March 22.  Hannah's due date was March 17 and was born on March 6.  We love March babies!

We have a name picked out but we aren't going to announce it until we know for sure it is a girl!

Wild Animals and Documentaries

We've been enjoying the cooler weather after being stuck inside after this HOT summer!  Last week, we headed to the zoo and, today, we headed to the park.  Hannah has changed so much, even just in these last few months.  I love having conversations with her and hearing some of the things that come out of her mouth.  It is so much fun to see the world through her perspective!

Hannah has Meet the Teacher tomorrow and then starts preschool next week, just in time for us to head out of town again!

Fun at the zoo...

They have an old Wells Fargo stage coach that kids can climb on.  Hannah jumped on and started singing, "Oh, the Wells Fargo wagon is a coming down the street..."

Fun at the park...

Today, our living room was taken over by a documentary team that came to interview Chet about his story.  (It is very nerve-wracking to know that your home is going to be the set for a major documentary!  Thanks, Mom, for helping me get it ready!)  The documentary will focus more on the positives of the Pro-Life movements rather than the negative like the picketing and killings.  It will tell the stories of pro-life survivors.  The documentary is being produced by Mike Huckabee.  All we know right now slated for release sometime in November.  We'll let you know when we know more details.

After the interview, they wanted some background footage of Chet with his family.  Hannah was a little camera shy at first, but then become our little ham.  After a few shots around the house, they wanted to head outside to the park.  Hannah had no arguments with that!  We stuck around after they were finished and played for a little while.

Love these two!

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We've had such a fun week!

One of our supplier thought it would be a good
idea to package their brochures with this turquoise paper
 that had been shredded and crinkled.

Hannah was acting very bored that day
so I showed her how she could make a person with crazy hair.

Sixteen people and two hours later, the boredom whining had disappeared!

It is just about time to start our countdown
 to our next Disney adventure!

We headed to the zoo on Wednesday.
We were all starting to get a little stir crazy.

We went first thing in the morning before it got too hot.
Schools had just started this week so nobody was there.
It was great!

Hanging out in the Wells Fargo stagecoach.

 
Watching the sharks with Daddy.

Hannah loves to take pictures with her iTouch.
When we head to to zoo, she takes a photo of
every single animal we see.

There is a little toddler/ preschool area (in air conditioning) that we
have never been in because it is usually too crowded.

Hannah had a blast climbing up in the silo and playing the games.

Have a great week!

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We've had a lazy week since getting home from Kansas.
It is too hot to get out and do much of anything right now.

I couldn't resist this picture leaving our hotel on Sunday.
Princess suitcase, Ariel backpack, baby Ariel in her arms...
she is all set.

(Can I tell you how much I love that she is
able to carry her own gear now?!)

We stopped at Cracker Barrel for dinner on the way home.
Hannah decided she needed to test one
of the many rocking chairs on the porch.

Movie night...
Princess spaghetti for dinner,

then watched Cinderella with her own Prince Charming

So sweet!

Have a great weekend!

Under the Sea

Last Friday, we headed up to Wichita, Kansas.  Disney recently closed its run of Disney's The Little Mermaid on Broadway.  We were so disappointed to hear that since we saw the show in Denver about four years ago when it was being previewed prior to opening in New York.  We loved it then and couldn't wait to see it again!

We found out that Disney was doing a couple of regional tests of the show to see if it would fare well as a National Tour and one was being done in Wichita.  Not only was it just five hours away, but this particular theater was putting on one performance where three and four year olds could attend.  And the theater is attached to a Grand Hyatt that gives us super rates as travel agents.  How could we not go?

We had a great weekend!  Hannah loved the show.  We knew she would.  Not only does she love Ariel, but she is already a huge musical theater fan.  She was so blown away that a little kid played the part of Flounder and went around singing, "She's in love" (song written for the musical) for the rest of the afternoon.

We made it an all-Ariel weekend... Ariel pajamas, Ariel doll, Ariel backpack, etc.

These pics are from the theater's page...
Hannah thought it was so funny that the jellyfish looked liked umbrellas.

"Kiss the Girl"

Ariel and Scuttle

Hannah decided that we needed to order ice cream from room service.
(I think she may have had some help from Daddy!)

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Just a couple of pictures this week.  Disney released a huge special that has kept us busy most of the week.  We did send Daddy away one evening to work so Hannah and I did get to sneak in a little bit of fun, girl time.

Hannah picked mac 'n' cheese for dinner and we watched the Princess and the Frog.

We sewed.

And we painted toe nails.

Have you tried these yet?  Sally Salon Effects.  They are basically stickers that work like nail polish.  They come in a ton of fun colors and designs.  Hannah loves to have her toes painted so I thought she would love these.  I picked out the hippie flower design for her to try and she hasn't stopped talking about them.  Not exactly made for tiny toenails but we got them to work.  They are super cute!

 Have a great week!