Caroline's 1st Plane Ride!

In July we headed to Houston for a visit.  It was C's first time on a plane!  She was amazing.  I was a little worried taking a 2 month old on a plane, but I knew I could at least feed her if things went badly.  I fed her on take-off, and after that she slept for the entire 3 hour flight. 

Here are some pictures of my baby girl's first time in the air.

Yes, she spent most of the flight with her head in David's armpit! 

Here's our frequent flyer...

Lily is an old pro at flying now.  She loves going "dumbo high".  She is such a big girl, she entertained herself with colors, stickers, activity books, and watched part of Toy Story.

Baby Girl!!

I've saved the best post for the last of my updates...pictures of our new baby girl!!  We found out after Thanksgiving that we are having another girl!  We are so excited, and Lily is happy to be having a little sister.  On the 3rd we had another ultrasound where they do the fetal check to look at all her organs.  She is doing great!  All of her organs looked great, and she looked amazing!  I can't wait to meet her in May!

her legs are over her head...crazy kid

see her knees hitting her on the forehead

can't wait to see that cute little face!

BIG Girl Bed!!

Well my baby is almost grown up!  We officially changed her toddler bed to a full sized bed.  Lily was way to big for her toddler bed, and it made it hard for her to sleep through the night.  We decided to take Lily to the mattress store after we got back from Houston.  We had such a good time shopping for her bed. 

They were having a sale on their full sized beds, where there were 3 different types all for the same price.  We told Lily to try out the beds and let us know which one she wanted.  She was so funny, when we tried to see what they felt like, she would say, "hey, it's my bed!"  After she tried all the beds, we asked her which she liked best.  She thought for a minute, and said "I want that one!"  Of course our daughter picked out the pillow top mattress, that was originally the most expensive mattress.  I guess at least she knows a good deal :) 

David picked up the mattress on Wednesday, and we set it up as quick as we could.  Lily was very excited!!  She even got out her new tools to help us put the bed together.

Here are some pictures of our girl in her new bed!

she looks so big in this picture

She is so proud of her new bed, and that makes me so happy.  Now, next hurdle...potty training...

My little ballerina!

I have been wanting to enroll Lily in a ballet class for a while, but I never got around to it.  Today I decided to go ahead and register Lily and I for all our fall activities.  She will be going to a music class, and I will be a part of 2 MOPs groups.  (They only meet once a month with the second week being an outing, so this will give us something each week.)  I had decided to put her in one class - one that I wasn't completely happy with, but after their studio didn't answer I started looking online for another class.  Thankfully, I found a Mommy and Me class at a ballet studio.  I called and spoke with the owner, who was wonderful, and she told me the class was tonight.  We went and bought everything she needed: leotard, skirt, tights, shoes, and of course a dance bag, and we headed to our class.

She had a great time!  I think she will become more involved in the class the more we go, but she had a great start.  I'm so excited about this new adventure in her life.   Here is a picture of my little ballerina waiting for her class to start.

Tonight before she went to bed I asked her, "Did you have a fun day?"  Her response, "I love dance." 

Seriously, does it get better than that?  Love her!

Disneyland - Day 2

Here's Day 2 of Disneyland.

We started out the morning by going to breakfast with Mickey.  It was a bunch of fun.  Not only did Lily get to spend some more time with Mickey, but she also got to meet, Pluto, Daisy, Max, Stitch, and she got to see Minnie again.  She enjoyed seeing all of them, except for Stitch (you'll see proof below!).  She was so funny, while the characters where there with her she was super quiet and shocked they were there.  As soon as they walked off she would just start jabbering about the character she just saw.  It was hilarious!  At least I know she was enjoying them ;)

And now for the pictures...

David and Lily all snuggled up together.

they are so much alike, it's scary!

saying Good Morning to Mickey

Mickey signing her card....all the characters signed it for her!

Mickey was being silly, pulling the card away every time she tried to grab it

Pluto

Max - he's Goofy's son

this is her funny face...crazy girl

Daisy (Lily looks so old in this picture and I don't like it!)

Minnie

Stitch--she screamed "no" the whole time he was at our table!

Ashlee and Lily - Lily was very proud of all of her buttons

Lily and Grampy on the Nemo ride

Ash, Annie, and David

me and Dad...the Nemo ride was very disappointing...not what we thought it would be

the family in Autotopia

Lily at the wheel

Ashlee and Mom and Dad!

Lily LOVED Dumbo!!!  (If you can't tell)  She screamed "weeeee" the whole time.  Best. Moment. Ever!!

Gotta have Mickey Ice Cream

very messy!

Not enjoying the Jungle Cruise ride

Ashlee and Ann

Ashlee, Jon, and Ann before Toy Story Mania

one last cheese from Lily!

DISNEYLAND!!!!

First, let me apologize for so many pictures.  But it's Disneyland and there is so much to capture!

Ashlee and my dad flew in Saturday morning into LAX.  We decided it would be lots of fun for all of us to spend the weekend at Disneyland.  We all have been to both Disneyland and Disney World, but this was the first time for Lily.  She is pretty obsessed with Mickey, so it was fun to see her reaction to all the mickeys!

Lily did pretty well at the parks, but she was pretty scared on quite a few rides.  You forget how some of the rides are, and you don't think of how scary they will be for a 2 year old who doesn't fully understand what is going on.  So many rides are in the dark, and she wasn't too terribly fond of that.  Also, since she is so tall for her age, she was able to ride a few rides most other kids her age probably couldn't - like bumper cars.  We have one day left on our passes, so I think we will stick to outdoor rides when we go back :)

Now on to the pictures!  I am going to post each day individually so it's not so many pictures in one post.

her first look at the Disneyland sign. 

spotting Mickey on the ferris wheel

on the Ariel ride

getting ready to ride Toy Story Mania

silly nuggets

wearing Woody's hat

on the Under the Sea carousel

all the girls

staring at Buzz

family with Buzz

first sight of Mickey

hug!!

she was in awe

with Mater and Lightning

getting ready to ride the choo-choo

on the choo-choo with Grampy and Annie

driving the bumper cars

on the Monsters Inc. ride...not sure what to think

showing off her awesome button

meeting Minnie

showing Minnie her button...she was very proud of it

I love Minnie!!

Annie and Lily before the Buzz ride

shooting at the targets

she was so attached to her Grampy

on small world

watching the parade...it's Mickey

Ok. Quick story to go with the following Mickey pictures.  We were standing outside of one of the stores, when all of the sudden Mickey came up to us.  Lily was in her stroller with the shade pulled over her. Mickey motioned to the stroller to see if he could say hi to her.  We went over and got Lily out and then we got to spend some special time with Mickey.  It was so neat, and Lily really enjoyed it, and we got a wonderful family picture out of it too!

giving Mickey a kiss on the nose

family picture

finally took at nap while we ate dinner

getting ready for World of Color

the only part she actually watched...she was terrified of the rest