Walt Disney World Vacation

I can't believe how long it's taken me to post these pictures. :-S We spent the first week of November in Walt Disney World! This was my 8th or 9th trip to Disney World (although it's been years), but it was Jeremy's 1st. It was so fun to take him and the boys to Disney World for their first time! Disney World truly is the happiest place on Earth - it was the most fun I've ever had!

Before I go on, I must say that the next 4 pictures kill me! Aren't they just oozing with cuteness?! I have pictures of my sister and I at about the same age standing on this same boat...


'Sup. ...I'm not really sure where he picked up the homeboy act....It's pretty darn cute, though. :-)


Of course I have a bazillion shots of the boys hugging characters, but their favorites were Buzz and Woody:


We stayed at the Disney Coronado Springs Resort. Some fun times at the resort...


The boys caught this lizard out on the grounds of our hotel. Jordan named him "Zachary" (I have no idea where he got that name. We don't know any Zacharys...).






While there we visited all of the parks, and we even got to go to a hoedown with Mickey. :-)

Magic Kingdom









Epcot




Hollywood Studios




Animal Kingdom









Mickey's Backyard BBQ Hoedown
You can't tell it from the above picture, but Matthew is a maniac on the dance floor!




And now leaving the Magical Land of Exhaustion...

Halloween 2010

First of all, apologies for my previous outburst. It was quite a frustrating time for me. All is well now - popcorn-free and uvula still in tact.

Wow, just 7 days until Christmas and I'm only now posting Halloween pictures. I just love that I'm always so on top of things...Well, without further adieu, I present to you Dorothy and her entourage...



By the way, little Dorothy is Matt-matt's little girlfriend. They are so funny. (sigh) Young love.

This year we happened to be in Disney World on Halloween! The pictures above are from our church trunk-or-treat, but on the 31st, I was Dorothy. It was so fun being dressed up with the boys while in the airport and at Disney World. We went trick-or-treating in Downtown Disney.


My dad asked Matthew (who was dressed up as the scarecrow) what he was for Halloween. He told him, "I'm a scary man!" Ha!

And here's the whole clan. I had really good intentions of making Jeremy some sort of lion costume, but it didn't happen. Oh well! We're still totally cute. :-)

More pictures from our Disney World vacation coming up!! :-D

Rebels Without a Cause

Two adorably innocent little boys, just 3 days shy of 3 years old, sit at their picnic table to enjoy a breakfast of strawberry Poptarts and chocolate milk. I'm in the kitchen tirelessly typing away at the computer (really until my fingers fall off) so I can get as many emails out the door as possible before the morning really starts to get busy. I'm also carefully listening to the boys' conversation because I love to hear the weird things they talk about (oh, to be inside the mind of a 3 year-old). At one point I hear Jordan say:

"Mommy?..."

(no response from me)

"Moooommmy?..."

(again, no response from me)

"Hey Matt-matt...Mommy's not here...Let's do something..."


What?! 3 years old! 3 years old and they're already plotting against me! Boy, I'm in trouble...

Green Mommy

This is a post about Matthew. Matt-matt just has the funniest way of expressing his thoughts. I just want to share a few of my favorite Matthew-isms...

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One Sunday I wore this new outfit to church:

Jeremy and I were in Sunday School and the boys were in Nursery. Matthew had a poopy diaper, so the nursery leader brought Matt over to Jeremy for a change. Jeremy was carrying Matt over to the restroom and Matt-matt says, "I want my green mommy." Ha, so cute...For a few weeks after that, Matthew called me whatever color I was wearing - blue mommy, pink mommy, red mommy...

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I had Matthew lying on the changing table. He started coughing and sputtering like crazy. I asked him what was wrong and he said, "I need to...I need to bless you." He had a sneeze stuck in his nose. :-)

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Matt-matt woke up one morning with a headache and told us, "My head too tight...head too tight."
A few days later, he was itching his eyes and he told as, "Ah, there's bees in my eyes."

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For Halloween the boys dressed up as the Scarecrow and the Tin Man (their little friends were the Lion and Dorothy). When my dad asked Matthew what he was dressed up as, he said, "I'm a scary man, Crapa." lol, too cute. (btw, it's not a typo - my boys call my dad "Crapa".

Transformations

We can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. Jeremy has about 7 months left of residency! There aren't words to express how excited I am to have this phase of our life over with. Anyway, since Jeremy's almost done, that means we've also been doing some job hunting. A few weeks ago, we made the decision that Jeremy would join a practice here in Dayton. He'll continue working at Miami Valley Hospital and we'll stay here in our little house on Rose Bower Ave. We both feel so good about staying. This opportunity is Jeremy's dream job and we've both grown to love the area. Jeremy says that the only fear he has now is that he won't ever want to leave! Ha! Neither of us ever thought we'd end up settling here in Dayton for a time, but we're excited to see what the Lord has in store for us.

Since the decision to stay was made, we've been doing lots of work around our home. Here is a sneak peak of the transformations we've made so far:

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