Where Has The Time Gone?

 My sweet Em,

From the very first moment I held you I knew that you were going to change my life.

 You came into this world with your feisty personality already in place.  But equal to that fire, there is a spirit of calm about you.  You know how to soothe me and calm my soul.  You love with everything you have in you, and are a passionate little girl.

 

I love your sassiness and your spunk.  You push me to be a better mother and a better friend.  I love that you give away hugs and kisses so freely.  You are tender hearted, yet you can hold your own in a fight. :) You are beautiful and I can't wait to see the woman you will grow into.

 I Love You Pitter Patter.

Happy 4th Birthday!

DISNEY

Blogger is being lame and not cooperating with my need to organize these pics.  So in no particular order, here are a few of the billion pics I took on our trip!

We are so glad that Kyla and the kiddos were able to join us for the majority of our vacation!  The girls (Em especially) are smitten with The Boy! 

We decided before our trip that we weren't going to spend time waiting in the humongous lines to see any of the characters.. As luck would have it, it seemed like around every corner there was a character standing there.  With no line.  Sweetness! Ariel was the first Princess we came across, and seeing as how she is a fave at our house the girls were star struck.  It was adorable.

  Yes, the girls made Running Man go on the teacups.  Little Man and I enjoyed from the sidelines.

 

 This little boy was a trooper.  He didn't have any meltdowns and I loved getting the bonus snuggle time while he was wrapped up in Moby wrap.

 Our first "tour guide" on Jungle cruise was a little bit insane.  I think the looks on the kids' faces says it all.

It was an amazing trip and we feel so blessed that we were able to go!

P.S.  I hate Blogger.

Beachiness

We started  off our vacation by hitting the beach!  Running Man's sis lives in SoCal and was the perfect tour guide!  She took us to their favorite beach.  It was in Newport and was nice and secluded.  There were little tide pools full of tons of little ocean buddies, and the weather was perfect

 She looks slightly terrified here...But despite the cold water they loved splashing around.  Baby Lo-Lo on the other hand...not so much. 

 One of the absolute best parts of the trip was getting to spend most of the time with my SIL and her sweet kiddos.  The cousins were attached at the hip and quite a few tears were shed when we had to say good-bye. 

 Baby L LOVED his Aunt Kyla.  He has started with that whole separation anxiety business, but would practically jump out of our arms to get to her.  Sweetness.