Welcome Sweet Baby Lilli

Here she is my new niece! She is so adorable and I can't wait to see her. Chase was very disappointed we couldn't go to the hospital. They are very anxious to meet their new cousin!

Fall Fun

We have had a busy fall. With Chase going to school three times a week our schedule fills up fast. Chase is loving school and we have enjoyed the pumpkin patch and the fall festival at his school. They especially liked the pony rides, of which they took two. I was surprised that they got on without being nervous, although Olivia did want Ryan to walk around with her.

Everyone around us has been sick and we have been trying so hard to keep it at bay. I am starting to feel that I may cause some sort of OCD if I don't chill out with washing their hands but I can't help feeling that germs are everywhere we go. We weren't successful at killing germs last week when we all got Rotavirus, which is a yucky stomach bug. So there has been an extraordinary amount of puke in our house lately. But everyone is better and we are off to a good start this week.

Olivia is getting so big. She is turning two in a month and is so excited about her birthday. Her vocabulary is amazing and talks as well as most 3 year olds I know. People are always surprised at how old she is because if the things she says. She got some laughs at Target for telling Chase to cooperate. She is super friendly and loves playing with other kids.

Chase is getting so smart. He is really understanding the world around him in new ways, which is fun to see. He has mastered driving his jeep, which as taken almost a year but he is steering it on his own! My parents have returned to NY for the birth of my brother's daughter so he is missing them terribly. Any time he feels sad he automatically says, "I miss Mimi".

And I have a new niece, Lillian Claire. She was almost 9 lbs. My brother and sister-in-law are doing great. She is adorable and looks a lot like my brother did when he was a baby. I am so excited for them and all of the adventures they have awaiting :)

Mickey's House

I am sure you have already gathered from the photos that we decided to take a family vacation to Disney this week. Ryan wanted to take some time off of work and after much debate and research we chose Disney as our destination. Believe it or not this is our first real vacation, we have taken trips together but just to visit family and a couple of over nights on the beach.

We stayed at the Wilderness Lodge which was very nice and had lots of good activities. And then we took the kids to Magic Kingdom on Tuesday. I must say Disney did not disappoint us, we had a great time. The kids loved it! And because this is a slow time of year we didn't have to wait to ride any of the rides, that really made it a pain free visit. We managed to ride everything, see most shows, and even the parade, and make it back for a 7:30 bedtime!!
We weren't sure how the kids would do with riding some of the rides but they really did well. I think they got the most scared my the 3D Mickey show because the lion jumps out at you. Chase even rode Splash Mountain twice (Olivia took a nap in the stroller so it worked out great to take him on a big boy ride). The highlight was Olivia meeting the Princesses. It was so cute, each princess sat and talked to her for about five minutes in their sweet princess voice, they really made it such a nice experience.