Go for a bike ride!

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

Today was a stay at the condo day. It got into the 70's and we wanted to make sure we spent the warmest weather of the trip poolside. Max loved that idea. Many days he wakes up asking to go back to the hotel to go swimming. My little fish. I digress, we found a bike built for four that had a basket up front to belongings and Max and took it for a spin. It was something like 12 for a half an hour and we joked "what if we wanted to use it longer" they rental lady laughed and said we wouldn't want it longer. So we start out on our 30 minute adventure and we could tell why you only want it for 30 minutes or less. It was heavy and hard to steer. We kept it out for the full 30 minutes just to make a point but it was a workout.
Tuesday night we went to Fantasia golf so we could cross that off our list to-do.








That was fun to see Max try another new sport. It also has us confirming his talent for hockey, as evidenced by the grip on the golf club and his amazing aim! Well that, and is quartering vertical!

Magic Kingdom!

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

We started our day heading out to the Magic Kingdom to get as much of a full day there as we could. It was on the cool side again. To start we took the train from the front gate around back to Minnie and Mickey's house. we got in a fast line to get some pictures with the Moises then it was time for some rides!


I am pretty sure this is Max's first really roller coaster experience. He loved it and wanted to ride it again and again.


Finally when Robb had had enough we moved on....to the teacups!


We definitely make it spin. So well Max lost a slip on shoe! But we didn't realize that until we got in line for the race cars!





I got to run back and find the shoe, or hoped to find the shoe while the boys stood in line. Once the purple and black shoe was once again in my possession I got some secret shopping in and then returned the shoe to the rightful owner. Max really didn't care. He had cars on the brain.


Then we headed in to see a party parade and get some of our sweet moves out. I am pretty certain after that we headed to Space Mountain so Robb and dad could ride while Max got a snooze in, I waited with Max and Mom lugged all the way back to the car to get the sandwiches we packed. That was to walk to the front out to the monorail out to the trolley out to the car then back again. The guys went on Space Mountain twice in that time! Then we lunched. We partook in a few more rides and then made our way home.


It was another super long day. So glad Max got in a few naps here and there so I didn't have to feel like a bad mom. I think that the hopper pass is the way to go with small kids. I don't know how you could do it and get any of the experience you want out of it for the money!

Animal adventure

Monday, January 10th, 2011


Monday we decided to brave the weather predictions and head to Animal Kingdom. This pic is the Animal Kingdom tree. I love the decorations!


We started at the back with some of the "big" attractions and work our way out. The first thing we did was the safari. It was probably the best thing at Animal Kingdom, as well, at least from a pregnant persons perspective.


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I think Disney did a great job trying to give the animals space and a habitat close to what they came from and they tried to make it seem like there wasn't anything between us and the animals as to make it safari-like but you could see the fancy electric fence system they had in place.

Next we found the big Tree. The carvings they made in the trunk are pretty neat and the theater inside was fun, too. It showed a "bugs life" 3-d show.


Here is a snap of my bug eyed friends! Soon after this we found the Mt. Everest roller-coaster which only the adult males wanted to try so my mom, Max and I wondered around to find our next great adventure and ended up finding lunch. We thought we had told the guys to call us when they were through but we realized half way into the meal they both didn't have cell phones on them so I went looking for them. I found the "people-watching" and brought them back quickly so our food wouldn't t get too cool. It helped that we got caught in a downpour. That always makes you move faster! Once we had full belly's we thought we had had enough of the rain. So, I went to throw our trays away and my mom freaked out thinking she left her cell phone on the tray. I immediately went dumpster diving. My entire family was laughing at me, so glad no one took a picture! Promptly after that we headed to the exit of the restaurant and the park. I guess a full belly was just what Max needed as he fell asleep in his daddy's arms. So off "home" we went for a napper.


After nap time, it was still wet outside but we thought we would hit up Downtown Disney, yet again. We found some dinner, some of Robb's must-have mini collectables and a sweet shop where you can custom make a remote car. They had Lightening McQueens and Mater and all sorts of other cars. I think it was called Ridemakerz. We spent a fair amount of time in there. We did not buy anything though. It was hard to Max and Robb out of there though. Later, back at the ranch we watched 'Dinner with Schmucks' and got to bed a little early. Forecast for tomorrow is beautiful!

Sunday fun day

so back to Florida. Sunday, January 9th, 2011 we took a much need rest. We had a nice Sunday fun day! Robb woke early per usual to program and the rest of us slept in! Hooray! Now this is my kind of vacation! Since all of our races were over my mom and I thought a pedicure was in order. I love pedicures. They are so relaxing. ticklish but relaxing! Plus, I love having pretty toes. We got back to Max running around. He got in to racing everywhere. I guess it's in his blood now. The guys were catching up on the tv watching. The Sarah Palin's Alaska was a favorite. We took our toes to the pool, which Max approved. He has become our resident fish. Kind of following in his mothers footstep.





After getting our swimming in we took naps, then made dinner. After dinner, there was lots of Tv watching and a quick $100 trip to walgreens. We went to walgreens almost everyday for odds and ends but this was a total splurge. We bought food, Disney souvenirs, nail polish. You name it, we probably got it. Oh, and ice cream, licorice, m&m's. They had a red box, too, so we got the movie 'grown ups'. It was hilarious! I haven't laughed that hard for awhile. All in all a very nice Sunday fun day!

In other equally important Big News!

The day we had the ultrasound, we came home and realized that the room we were going to move Max to was painted purple with pink carpeting, not to mention it has Max's special ceiling fan. It is a little bigger and should probably be updated anyway but I think we will make it the nursery. So, Monday night we patrionized the local Target and picked up a toddler bed for the big boy! He did a great job sleeping in there the first night, actually all 3 nights so far! I think he really likes it. Tuesday we made sure to head back to Home Depot to pick up the exact same fan to install in Max's "big boy room". Gotta keep it even. Robb did change the remote control over to Max's room since the baby won't need it for a while! :)

Max has also gone on the potty lately! Not consistantly but at least he is trying it again. He had a nice 6 month hiatus where he didn't even want to sit on it! I by no means think we will get him potty trained before the babe arrives, but I am still excited with his progress! Two steps ahead, one back right! In the words of my friend Dory "just keep swimming".

Big News!

I obviously have been slacking on my Disney updates, but I wanted to make a special post right in the middle for the BIg News update. Monday, January 17th, 2010 we had our 20 week appt and we found out these things:

1. I have an anterior placenta, which is not a bad thing, it just made the ultrasound a little more tricky.
2. That that the little peanut was sitting breech at that particular moment, which made the ultrasound a little bit more tricky.
3. The little sweet potatoe growing in there look healthy so far!!!
4. That the ultrasound tech said " it is safe to buy pink, just keep your receipts." So we might have a little girly on our hands.

My Ob clinic does 4-d ultrasounds in clinic now that you have to pay for but you can have done right where I go for appts. I couldn't come up with many items I had to have for Christmas, however I had told my mom about the 4d us so Robb and I got money to put towards having that done. It can be done 26-32 weeks, so hoepfully we can double check the girls bits and make sure. Which is a good thing because this whole having a girl thing has me shopping already! Girl clothes are just too cute!

Some other things that I have neglected to update are that I started feeling small movements about 16-17 weeks. The morning sickeness which in my case has been evening sickness, hasn't totally subsided but I am close.
I really started to "pop" about 19 weeks. I wish I had record more of this stuff with Max, just to remember it.

It is seeming real now with the protruding belly and seeing the sweet potatoe on ultrasound. Now I need to get crackin' on the dreaded to-do list.

thanks for checkin in!

Robb's big race!

Saturday, January 7th, 2011 was Robb's big 13.1 mile race day! In order to have race done by park opening, I dropped him off at 4am! Robb was all hopped up and I left in my Pj's missing my bed, but knew I would be back in it soon. Or thought so. In my early morning, groggy haste I forgot my room card and my cell phone. I got Robb dropped off no problem. I didn't even get lost on my way back. But the darn security guard drilled me what room number, the name it was booked under why I was out at 4. Finally he let me in and I went to the room to try to knock and wake up one of my sleeping parents but not Max or the neighbors. I guess I was too quiet but another security guard must have seen me trying to knock on my parents window and came to tell me to go back to the front gate to have them call the room. When I got there the guard said why didn't he just open the room for you? And proceeded to call the other guard. Seriously. By the time I got back to the room for the guard to let me in my mom was awake (sorry mom) and let me in. Yay back to sleep for me!
Robb signed up for me and my mom to get text messages when he hit milestones which helped us know when to get to the race and know how he was doing. At 8am we woke everyone up, again, to go cheer Robb on at the finish line. His race started at Epcot, ran to and through the Magic Kingdom and back to Epcot. We got there with maybe 20-25 minutes before he ran past. This is my only picture.





He said his race was about 28,000 people. He did pretty well for not training and felt good which is the most important. Max and I wore our medals so we could get a picture of all of us with our medals! I am sporting the cheesy grin to encourage Max to smile, that is how we are doing it these days.



After our photo opportunities we got in the car to head out and let Robb shower up yet we just sat there literally in the same spot for 25 minutes then decided to stay at Epcot and start our day there. Robb was a great sport about walking more without a break. One of the cool things about being at Disney at this time is that it is still decorated for Christmas. It might be even more magical if that is possible. Here is the tree at Epcot!



It's funny I always despised Epcot when I was growing up. I felt so bored there. It has become one I like more each time I go there. I hope to go there during sept/oct when they have the wine and dine event. Hopefully I am not pregnant then, too!





When Robb and I where here 4 years ago to run the half marathon together we went through the Norway ride but didn't stay for the 5 minute video at the end and Robb and felt guilty since so we went on the ride again and this time stayed for the video. The video freaked Max out. It was a scary movie talking about Norwegian history, back in the Viking days and such.


We ate a fabulous lunch at Italy. We had pizza cooked in a wood burning oven. It was yummy! We checked out Mexico and the Finding Nemo ride then headed back so Robb could clean up and Max could nap. I tried to be diligent getting Max and myself naps. Robb got to work on his game and my mom uploaded the days photos and googled while we slept. Since we had a hopper pass we decided to head to the Magic Kingdom to take in the parade. We tried to make the most of each day. Friday my moms pedometer said we put on 9 miles and Saturday 11 miles.





We watched the lit up electrical parade which kinda puts our holidazzle to shame went on It's a small world ride, caught the fireworks while on the dumbo ride, rode the carousel and headed out!


Bad picture but you can tell Max was loving it.


This is the tree at Magic Kingdom!





Cinderella's castle! So magical!