Disney World Day 4

On Day 4 we headed to Hollywood Studios in the am.

Autographing her own book!

I believe she was excited to see Donald and Daisy!

It was so much fun to take her at this age. She

walked right up to them like they were her pals.

Ella and Eeyore

The Disney Clubhouse show. I thought she'd think

she'd died and gone to heaven...but she just watched

quietly. She was tired by day 4! It was a cute show.

I sat on the floor trying to nurse Eliza

(I was fully covered).

I don't want to ever go back to Disney

while nursing a baby!

It was a lot of work trying to keep her cool,

hydrated, and

mommy covered. I am a very modest person

and do not like to nurse in public places but,

you do what you have to do. I did use

the baby care spot on Day 4 and I should

have used them more

often. They were awesome.


On the bus back to the resort. Both girls

were melting by this point on day 4.

Too bad there isn't a video of us

exiting the park. Ella was screaming...tired,

hot, and wanting to walk by herself.

Kev was carrying her while

sweating like crazy!Eliza was in my sister's

Ergo carrier and was bucking to get out and

screaming...and we were walking as fast

as we could to catch the bus back to

our resort so we didn't have to

wait an hour for the next one. As you can

see we made it all the kiddo's

crashed moments later and the parents

had time to cool down. Have you

noticed that when your kids are crying and

misbehaving, the stress level

rises like crazy? Whew...needless to say we

all took long naps that afternoon!

Monorail to Epcot on Day 4 Pm

Me and my lil sis!

Epcot...Mickey's big ball as ella called it!

We ate Dinner in "Germany!" That is

Kev and ella dancing

to a German Polka. It was a cool dinner.

You felt like you were

really in Germany! The guys enjoyed

the Brats and sauerkraut!

I guess by this point I was tired

of taking pics. We watched the Epcot

light and fireworks show. It was by far the

best one I'd ever seen!

Ella decided she liked the fireworks

by this point of the week! Epcot

had extra hours for resort people that

night until midnight. We stayed until

about 10pm and I just felt too weird

pushing my girls around in a stroller at

an amusement park at 10 o'clock at night!

We rode a few more rides and headed

back. The kids all crashed on the monorail.

Our Disney vacation was complete!

It was an awesome trip and a vacation

I will never forget. Thanks Jess and

Ryan for sharing the week with us.

Thanks also for your help with the girls.

We hope to do it again one day!

Disney days 2 & 3

I have been much slower at finishing my vacation posts than I wanted to be. All of our Disney days are starting to mush together! I figured it was time to finish this before it is a fuzzy memory!!!

On the morning of day 2 we headed to the Animal Kingdom!
I was excited about ella seeing lots of different animals, since she has never been to a zoo!

Eliza sportin her cheetah pants!!

Meeting Goofy! We love Goofy!

Safari Minne!

The African Safari ride. It was neat. I don't think ella could see some of the animals too well but she still enjoyed it! Our stroller got a flat so we headed back to the hotel mid morning and then out in search of the right size tire tubing. Thankfully, we found a Super Target and amazingly they had just what we needed! I also enjoyed a little shopping while we were there!

Day 2 pm...back at animal kingdom. That is the Everest ride in the background! It was probably my favorite roller coaster of the trip!

Goofy and Pluto! This was actually Titus' turn to see them but as you can see ella had a hard time leaving. Thankfully, Titus didn't seem to mind!

Waiting for the bus to go back to the magic kingdom for the fireworks!!!

I love the Magic Kingdom at night! It is magical!

Day 3 am We took advantage of the extra hours for the resorts and headed to the Magic Kingdom for the early extra hour. I am proud of us for getting up and out so early!

Ella met Daisy upon entering the park!

She was so cute!

Heading to the Tea Cups for an early morning spin!

We had tons of fun riding this as a family! (We are headed to Blizzard Beach

which is why we are wearing swimwear!)

Blizzard Beach- Ella had fun on the kiddie slides! I spent most of my time trying to keep eliza in the shade and hydrated! Fun times!!! I would love to go back when my girls are older...it looked like so much fun!

Day 3 Pm Magic Kingdom Light Parade

My girls!! We had just finished our giant "Plaza" Sundae! It was

huge and oh so delish!

My favorite picture of Eliza from the week!

I love that girl!

Waiting for the parade!!

Cinderella and Prince Charming!!

It received the two handed wave from ella!

Disney Day 1

On our first day at Disney we headed to the Magic Kingdom. I have been to Disney a few times in my life and this by far was my favorite trip! I have never been big into the whole Disney gear and pin trading....don't quite understand that...but I would have to say that I am now a huge fan. We are back on a big time budget but Kev said that whatever is left in my envelopes at the end of each month can go into our vacation fund. That is good motivation for me right now!!

Day 1 in front of the castle

The Epps on Ryan's favorite ride..."It's a Small World!"

Eliza thought it was pretty cool!


Life's good when you get carted and carried around the park!

This picture made my whole trip worthwhile...this is when ella first saw the real

Mickey and Minnie. I think she thought the statue in the lobby of our hotel was who we'd came to see...until this moment!

Of course she wasn't a bit shy....why in the world would I have even thought she might be....She grabbed Minnie's hands and began to dance a jig.! Perhaps she was doing the hotdog dance!!

Ella and Mickey!

Say Cheese!

We arrived at the front of the castle a little late for the show. We caught the end of it. A lady ran over my foot with a wheelchair...that had a person riding in it! Ouch!!!

We had 3 nappers who missed the show!

Mommy and ella waiting for the 3:00 Parade! It was hot!! We left after the parade and headed back to the room for a bit!

There is a story behind this one...eliza threw up at dinner. I think she got choked on her baby food! It was a mess....a huge mess. Kev being the super dad that he is agreed to walk back to the room and clean her, her car seat, and meet us back at the restaurant. When he got back I began to laugh so hard...he dressed our little bitty eliza in ella's 3T outfit. It was fine.....it worked...he tried! It was so funny!

Ella was a little more shy with the princesses! I think she was star struck!

I never knew Sleeping Beauty was named Aurora! Did you??

Princess Belle!

We ended the night by watching the fireworks. We were at the back of the park and it was loud and not the best viewing position. It also was super crowded trying to get out of the park and on the monorail. We learned our lesson for the rest of the week. Ella liked the fireworks but was also scared. She kept getting confused on what they were called and kept calling them...firemen and fireplace. It was so funny!

Tune in tom..Day 2 Animal Kingdom and Magic Kingdom!!

eliza's baby dedication

One of the blessings of having my dad as a pastor has been that he has been the one to dedicate each of our children to the Lord. We dedicated little eliza to the Lord from the first day we saw those two faint pink lines glaring back at us. We knew that it is the Lord who is the giver of life and we trusted Him with her little life. We dedicated her publicly in church on Sunday as a public commitment to teach and train her to know and learn about Jesus. We definitely need the Lord's help to be the kind of parents she needs and to help us as we seek to raise her for Jesus. We pray that she will come to know Christ on her own in a real and personal way and that she will grow to be a strong and pure Godly woman. Oh how I love her!