Disney World

In September we took a vacation to Florida! We drove there and split the drive in half with a stop in Pensacola. We had a day at the beach there and the next day drove the rest of the way to Orlando. 

Once at Disney, we tried to fit in as many character meals in as we could. Basically, the characters would roam the restaurant and take pictures and sign books with everyone. First up was the dinner with Mickey Mouse & friends.

The next day we had breakfast at 1900 Park Fare, which had Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Alice in Wonderland, the Mad Hatter, Mary Poppins.

Also on the agenda was anything to do with Ariel, her obsession at that time. So we met Ariel and went on the Little Mermaid ride.

Next was the Belle experience. Here's Finn passing the time waiting in line by chewing on his finger (his favorite past time).

At this one, kids got to help act out the story. Lilly was Mrs. Potts.

In front of Cinderella's castle.

We also met Tinkerbelle and Rosetta.

We had lunch at the Crystal Palace which has Winnie the Pooh & all his friends.

We also met a lot of the princesses.

 Finn preparing to meet Mickey Mouse.

 This was the stroller we rented while there. It was awesome and Finn slept in it like a dream.

Lilly was also lucky enough to go to the Bippity Boppity Boutique. You basically get a princess makeover. Lilly picked out an Ariel dress (of course) and shoes. Here's the before picture.

 She got her hair, nails, and makeup done.

 And AFTER!

She loved this! She even wore this dress for Halloween.

We also rode quite a few rides. Lilly loved most of them. Except the kiddie rollercoaster. That was a little TOO much rollercoaster for her. Hopefully it didn't scar her for life. :)

Phineas & Ferb were also on the list of characters Lilly wanted to meet. (Christian's list too!)

 I thought it was hilarious she hugged Phineas but would only shake Ferb's hand. Eventually though she did end up giving Ferb a hug.

Another fun dinner was at Epcot's Akershus Hall  in the Norway section. They had a ton of princesses at this dinner and Norwegian food.

 Of course the favorite was Ariel. They even did a little princess parade around and Ariel came and picked Lilly to hold her hand and walk around with her. Lilly loved it.

We had tons of fun and the kids both did surprisingly well with no scheduled naps and with the horrible heat and humidity. Luckily it was not crowded at all (September is a wonderful time of the year to go) and we got lots of things done. Lilly keeps talking about going back and that she wants Daddy to get a job so we can go back to Florida. Hopefully some day :)

2013 Recap

Wow. I have really slacked on the blogging ever since we moved from Lubbock. I'll do a quick recap what has happened since then.

So to start, Christian graduated from law school in May and we stayed in Lubbock while he spent the summer studying for the bar exam. He took the test at the end of July and we then started packing in anticipation of moving. At the beginning of August we got the shock of a lifetime, finding out that I was pregnant again while Finn was only 5 months old. Mid-August we moved to Spring TX to stay with Christian's parents until he found a job.

In September, we went on vacation with Christian's parents to the beach in Florida and to Disneyworld.

In October, we found out the Christian's grandfather had passed away and we traveled to Norway for his funeral. While in Norway, Christian found out he had passed the TX Bar Exam and was officially a lawyer!

In November we celebrated Lilly's fourth birthday.

In December we celebrated Christmas here in Spring.

And that pretty much brings us to today. I'll post some more about a lot of these events individually but that is the quick recap. Now we are looking forward to celebrating Finn's 1st birthday in a couple weeks and then only a few more weeks until baby #3 arrives!

Santa 2013

Finn & the Cob

Finn is quite the eater. He is always staring us down when we are eating and wanting to eat what we are eating. He even throws fits when we don't give him anything while we are eating. Problem is he doesn't really know how to chew yet. He gets lots of little pieces of our food though so he is working on it. 

Yesterday he got the remains of some corn on the cob and loved sucking it to death. Check it out.

Five Month Finn

Finn is 5 months old! Hooray!

Some facts about Finn:

-He is a tall boy! At his 4 month checkup he was 26.5 inches tall, 87%.

-He's getting chunkier! At 4 months he was 15 lbs 2.5 oz, 43%, compared to the 12% he was at his 2 month checkup.

-He is starting to wear his 6-9 month size clothes. So proud :)

-Around 3.5 months old, we decided to wean Finn and switch him to formula. It was a hard decision and I felt a little guilty but now I know it was the best decision for him and for me. That first week of weaning was torture but we survived and now everyone is happy!

-We started him on solids shortly after he hit 4 months. He ate his first serving of rice cereal as if we had been starving him his whole life! Now he is up to 2 meals a day of rice cereal or baby food and will probably move on to 3 meals a day pretty quickly. So far he has had rice cereal, banana, pears, apples, sweet potatoes, carrots, and squash. He loved everything but was a little more hesitant with the pears, I think they were just a little tart for him.

-He still loves to chew, suck, and slobber all over his hands and fingers. This doesn't help with the drool. He is always soaking wet down the front of his clothes from trying to chew on stuff.

-His very, VERY favorite thing to suck on is his little lovey blanket (which has developed the lovely nickname of  Finn's "face blanket"). It is always soaking wet! If he sees it close by he will lunge for it and spit out his binky so he can suck on his lovey.

-He still is constantly rolling from his back to his stomach. Though he is slowly getting better at rolling back over.

-He is getting closer to being able to sit by himself. He does really well in the corner of the couch and with the boppy pillow.

-I pulled out the jumper this month for Finn and he loves it! He has gotten really good at turning around and jumping all over the place.

-Finn has also started to really use his voice this month. Before he only really made a "goo" sound but now he loves to shriek/scream/squeal. I think it is just the cutest sound. And if you copy the sounds he makes, he will respond to you and just keep going.

And finally some more pictures!