Rain is falling all around... even at Disney!

This week I stole two of my sisters to help me pack. As most of you know we are buying a house and we were suppose to close on July 31st at 10:00... today. Well, we got a call yesterday at 6:00ish that said the closing was being postponed. Sad day! Needless to say we were very upset. So to take our minds off the bad news, we called Jared, Tim's brother. No, not just to chat. He works at Disney World and got us tickets! So instead of closing we all went to Disney!

Thanks Jared!!! We love you!!!


We went to Disney's Hollywood Studios first and rode Rockin' Roller Coaster and won cool Mickey Ears! Danielle, my 9 year old sister, rode it for the first time and loved, loved, loved it!!! Then Tim and I did the baby swap thing and he rode it, and of course Sarah and Danielle rode with him. We got Fast Passes for the new Toy Story Mania ride. So with those in hand we decided to quickly go to Disney's Animal Kingdom ride Everest and return.
Well, we had good intentions, but neglected to factor in the inevitable Florida afternoon downpour! While I was feeding Lacey, Tim and the girls rode Everest. Once the ride was over they met me at the "Baby Care Center", which, can I just say I didn't know about before, but am extremely thankful for now! It was nice to have a air conditioned place with separate rooms designed for nursing mothers. Sorry for going off on that, but really, I am so grateful!!! Anyway, after we met back up, we continued with our plans to return to Hollywood Studios. We didn't get very far before the rain got very, very hard. So, we thought we could wait it out in a cave. We waited for about 30 minutes with no sign of stopping. By this time we were starving and wet. So, our stomachs got the best of us and we darted through the typhoon to the tram to get to our car. We thought we were wet before, after the exit to the car, we would have been dryer if we'd have jumped in a pool! We decided to just go to McDonald's and go home.

At least we weren't thinking about the closing!

Future cutest baby contest winner? I think so!

This was Monday afternoon waiting for Daddy to come home...


Sunday before we left for church...

Swimming fun and more!

Well, last weekend we all went swimming at Gaylord Palms, a gorgeous hotel that my parents were staying at for a convention. We had a blast! It was like a water park inside a hotel! I've never seen anything like it!



There were also a lot of snails there... Thanks for being so patient Mom, this picture is for you!








Like I said in my last post, my little brother and sister stayed with us last week and helped me out a ton. Here are some pictures of them "babysitting" Lacey in their own special way...
Danielle fell asleep with her and...
Michael kept playin' his game!

I mean why stay awake or stop playing just because you've got a sleeping baby on you! After all, Lacey doesn't seem to mind!

Fun at the Zoo!

Well, this week has been rather eventful. My little brother and sister stayed with us. They helped me a lot with the cleaning and watching Lacey. As a reward I took them to the zoo! We had fun and I took some pictures...okay, I took a lot of pictures, but can you blame me. It was Lacey's first time to the zoo. I had to document every moment!
Disclaimer: In the pictures my face is red... it was the heat of the day, and we live in Florida... need I say more!

Yeah for cereal!

This weekend we went to see my family up in Jacksonville. It's always fun to see them and to watch them get so excited about Lacey. But her weekend was more eventful than just playing with family... Lacey ate cereal for the first time! Once she got used to the feel of the food and the spoon in her mouth, she went to town! Maybe it will help her sleep through the night... one can only hope!

Happy 4th!

As the 4th of July came I began to reflect on last 4th of July. For those of you that remember, Tim and I hosted a little family get together at our house and my family stayed to watch the fireworks that night. It was also when we found out that I was pregnant... morning sickness hit a couple days after that wonderful Independence Day! And look at where we are now! Crazy! So, this year we spent time with family in Orange City and at night Jared came with us to watch the fireworks downtown. It was fun! Here are some pictures of our holiday...

New skills!

Well, as of Sunday, Lacey is 4 months old. Wow!!! Time flies! She's learning and growing so much. She had been trying to roll over for about a week. On Sunday morning I put her on down on her back, walked away for a second, came back and she was on her tummy! Unbelievable! The first time she rolled over and I didn't even see her! So, my goal on Monday was to record her in action. The problem is that she's not much of a performer. She would roll over until I got out the camera. Finally, this morning I captured her new found skill...




She also went to the doctor today. Poor thing... 1, 2, 3, 4 shots! I felt so badly for her.

The shots knock her out though. She fell asleep on the way home and slept in her crib for about a hour after we got home. See her little band-aids.