Today Max turns 20 months old. It's unbelievable to me that he turned from skinny newborn to chunky monkey baby to the tall toddler he is today. He is an opinionated but good natured little one and loves to make us laugh and loves to sing and dance. His favorite things right now are to boogey down, eat cheese, and talk about our trip to Disney by repeating "Buzz, Buzz, Nemo, Nemo, Buzz, Buzz" all day long. He's a climber and recently a hugger, he loves to run up and give bear hugs while you aren't looking as a surprise. And what a wonderful surprise it always is.

17 weeks (post three and final one for the day)

I am a little over 17 weeks in this pregnancy. It's really funny that I'm almost half way finished because I feel that it really has flown on by. I know it's mostly because I have this other little one to keep me busy. But I kinda feel guilty that I don't get enough time to drink enough water, eat the best foods, rest, walk, etc. with this one like I tried to with Max. Even the other things like feeling the baby move haven't gotten the attention I feel like it should deserve. But then I remind myself that I already love this baby and at least have an idea of how much more that love grows that I've become so attached already.

Over vacation my niece Ella gave the baby it's nickname, we've been calling it the baby until now with a little joking calling it Chewbakqueena (if you watch 30 Rock you'll get that). But she's named it Peebo, and I think it's an appropriate name. To me it's sounds like a little people, so Peebo it is. :)

17 weeks taken in my cloudy old mirror.

And just for some good ol' entertainment and because I'm still in love with my new camera lens...

This is what Max has started to do when I tell him to smile for the camera sometimes, he thinks its so funny. I LOVE this picture and it may get blown up as an 8x10 to go in our house.

The rest of the vacation (post two for the day)

On day four of Disney we spent the morning packing up and had lunch at Sanaa, the Indian-African restaurant at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. They were very accommodating to our party's different food aversions and allergies and I think everyone enjoyed it even though it was different and the wild card for dining this time around. But I also think we were all ready to just leave too.

Adam, Max, and I spent the next three days in St Pete Beach at the Sirata hotel. We were disappointed in the weather and lack of beach time because of it. We were unprepared to entertain Max for long periods of time in our room and so the rest of our vacation was a wash according to us. Not as relaxing as we would have hoped. We learned a lot during this trip about traveling with a toddler. For instance, 3-4 days is a long enough vacation for all of us, a week is just too long.

Disney Day Three

Day three of Disney was jam packed with fun. We took family pictures in the morning all wearing our Breast Cancer Awareness shirts Grammy had made for us. Then it was off to Hollywood Studios where we met Buzz and Woody, twice because Max loved them so much and cried when we walked away again.


We also saw Mickey again at the park and both kids decided they loved him this time around (it was always a toss up as to whether they wanted to see the characters or not).

Max loved the Playhouse Disney show and was so entranced he was literally drooling.

We had dinner at The Garden Grill in Epcot and all really enjoyed it. The food was delicious and some was even grown right below the restaurant in house. The kids loved the characters (Mickey again!) and Max LOVED the food. I don't think I've ever seen him eat that much.

Disney Day Two : Minnie, Buzz, Minnie, Tigger, Minnie, Minnie - Repeat

Play by play of a boy and his mouse....

Needless to say, Max enjoyed meeting his favorite mice. However at first would only give Minnie hugs and refused Mickey. But as we were leaving threw himself to the ground not wanting to leave crying, "Buddies, buddies!" Don't worry we wouldn't neglect him, tomorrow we are dining with Mickey so the buddies will get a chance to be together once again.

Today we dined at 1900 Park Fare at the Grand Floridian. Adam and I have had dinner there with Cinderella on a trip the two of us took back in 2005. This morning we had brunch there with Mary Poppins, Belle, Alice in Wonderland, Pooh, and Tigger. Pooh and Tigger were a hit with Max, uh and the others, well he would rather enjoy the food.

We started the day early this morning and spent it at Magic Kingdom with some great breaks for food and a failed naptime in the middle. Max is preferring to fall asleep on buses and safaris instead of in the portacrib. Much more exciting that way.

Disney Day One

We spent some time in Animal Kingdom and Epcot today. Here are a couple pictures from the day.

I'm Packed and Ready to Go Mom!

Max is packed and ready to go on his Disney Adventure. Now if I could finish getting the rest of us ready.

Some other camera fun...

I'm loving this new lens. Not sure we'll use it much at Disney. But it takes exactly the pictures I want at home. We have poor lighting in most of our main rooms and it's great for that.