Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Christmas Afternoon

We drove to my parents on Christmas afternoon, thankfully the ice wasn't bad and my brother and sister-in-law and uncle were able to come. Pumpkin is showing off her incredible ability to open presents. She catches on quick.
Cousin G, M, L and Pumpkin.
Cousin G with his fashionable new hat. Leave it to Uncle A and Aunt J to get him something completely crazy!
"Hmmm, I wonder what is in this box. If I sit on it, I might be able to tell."
"Ohh, it's a lion, I love lions."

Christmas Eve and Christmas morning

We always spend Christmas Eve with A's family. They have clam chowder and cheese bread (yum yum) and sing Christmas carols and then open presents. We were so excited for Pumpkin's first Christmas Eve. Here she is with Dada in front of the tree. Love that hat, thanks Aunt S for the cute hat!
Pumpkin and Momma
I love this little face of hers.
Grandpa G feeding her peaches (her first fruit, yeahhhh!)
We had a visit from a special someone, can you guess who? It's too bad he had to leave early to get the presents delivered (and to also make it home before the ice hit).
Singing Christmas carols

Christmas morning. She is getting ready to open her stocking brought by Santa (and Aunt K)
"Look how much fun I'm having!"
"I love my new hair bow."

H and C's wedding reception

A's dad, H, got married on December 17th and we hosted a wedding reception for he and C. We got to meet all of her kids and a lot of her grandkids and other family and friends. We had a great time and it was so nice to meet C's family. Here are some pictures from the day.

H and C and all their kids


Christmas at our house

We do a Thanksgiving/Christmas weekend every year with A's dad and sister. This year it was at our house the weekend before Christmas. Last year we were at T's house and got iced in. H and C tried to get home and got stuck on the highway behind a huge pile-up for most of a day, they ended up coming back and staying another night. Thank goodness the weather was good this year.
A picture of our Christmas tree, which is still up! We may still have the tree up at Valentine's Day (I hope not).
Uncle N, Auntie T and the kids with Pumpkin. The kids stayed afterwards and we took them with us to Christmas down south. Pumpkin loves them so much and they are so good to play with her and keep her entertained (which is a full time job!). Poor D, on our trip down, Pumpkin started screaming so we made him sing Christmas carols to keep her happy.
H and C and A
Auntie T helping Pumpkin open a present. It was a Raffi CD, which she already loves. I have one of his songs stuck in my head, I have a feeling we'll be singing Raffi songs for the next couple of years!

Funny picture of Pumpkin

This picture cracks me up, I don't know why. It could be that her shirt is way too small, she looks like she is going to start popping buttons. I hated to see her grow out of that one because it said " I love Mommy". Ok, I know she loves her Mommy, but it just made me smile to see her wear it. See that blanket she is laying on? I don't even bother to put one down anymore because she is all over the place. Forget her just laying on a blanket in the middle of the room, I can't let her out of my sight or she is halfway across the house trying to "pet" the kitty or pull the dog's tail.

Thanksgiving

Ok, so I only have this picture from Thanksgiving. But, it is awfully cute. Dada and Pumpkin and cousin L.

WDW Animal Kingdom

Here we are at Animal Kingdom, looking very animal-y. Pumpkin has no idea what we are doing and is frankly embarrassed to be seen with us.
We found the Pooh, Tigger and Eeyore character spot right when we got there. No line, which was great because you had to walk and walk to get to them. Again, I would hate to be there in the summer, who knows how long you would have to wait. This is one of my favorite pictures of Pumpkin.
A lot of the characters would play peekaboo with her, which she loved.
Pumpkin always wanted to touch them.
This is another of my favorite pictures.
We didn't do too many roller coasters although we did the rides that we could take Pumpkin on. A rode this one (Expedition Everest) by himself and said it was a lot of fun. There was no way I was going to ride it. When we went to Disney World the first time (over 7 years ago), the first day we rode the Hotel of Terror at Hollywood Studios and it made me sick the rest of the day. I'm pretty leery of roller coasters/rides since then.
Dada and his girl.
I told you that Pumpkin liked to touch (and grab) the characters.
Where's dada?

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Hollywood Studios

It is taking me quite a while to get these posted. Little miss has been having some issues with naps, or lack thereof. She has been thinking that 30 - 50 minute naps are acceptable. Ha ha, she is soooo wrong. She took a 1 1/2 hour nap this morning and I was so productive it was amazing. You just can't even get a shower and get ready in 30 minutes, let alone get the house cleaned or blog, at least I can't. Anyway, we are in the throes of separation anxiety, I can't even leave the room without her throwing a fit. I probably chalk some of that up to being perpetually overtired.

Pumpkin is not quite sure what Daddy and Mommy are up to.
A with a big little green army man
A was so excited to see Sully. We saw Mike first and then we had to come back because Sully wasn't there and he wanted his picture taken with him.
"I'm getting very tired of sitting in this stroller!"
Waiting in line to see Woody and Buz Lightyear.
Woody is holding Pumpkin. She was ok at first and then the fit started. I thought it was really sweet that he held her though.
Daddy and his girl with a barrel of monkeys.
Woody and Pumpkin, pre-fit.
She was ok after Daddy rescued her.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Epcot

Here are some pics from Epcot. The first day we went was freezing, I think it got down into the high 50's, low 60's. The second day was much warmer, thank goodness.

We went into this building and waited 30 minutes to see Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Donald and Goofy. That wasn't too long to wait considering we found out that the wait times to see Tinker Bell (at Magic Kingdom) was over an hour. I can't imagine what the lines would be like in the summer. Pumpkin never really was scared of any of the characters, she just started getting really shy by the end.




We walked into the English section at Epcot and went into this store and there were Tigger and Pooh, just hanging out. We didn't have to wait at all, which was very cool.
Sleeping Beauty was very nice. Pumpkin is even dressed a little like her (well, same colors, at least).
(2nd day, much warmer) Pumpkin with Belle.
Aladdin and Jasmine.
Daddy, Pumpkin and Donald Duck. Pumpkin tried to take off his gloves.
On our way out, we're very tired. Can't you tell? I love the way Pumpkin is kicked back in her stroller.
"No more pictures, please. Tell the paparazzi to go away"