Cinderella's Castle!

While we were at Disney we had the privilege of visiting the inside of Cinderella's Castle! They have renovated the Castle since the last time I was there to include a dining area so you can eat with different characters and a suite for a lucky family to stay in! Here are some pictures we took with Cinderella, we were able to eat breakfast with Belle (Beauty & The Beast), Fairy God Mother and Princess Aurora (pictures coming soon)! The girls as you can imagine loved it and we had a great time eating yummy food! Each girl received a magic wand and a wishing star as well as the professional pictures! My brothers even went with, they had a good time too even though they won't admit it! Here's an addition to the original post. . .

Cinderella's Castle was incredible, every girls dream place to live! Here's the inside of the dining area. I didn't get pictures of the windows, but they were stained glass that were of course floor to ceiling, you might be able to see them in some of the pictures? You entered the castle (reservartions only) and received an invitation for your meal (breakfast in our case). We first met Cinderella and had our pictures made, then walked upstairs to the dining room. We sat down at one of the many tables where we were served an all you can eat breakfast (it was so yummy)! The characters came out a little while later after we had a chance to eat so they could sign autographs and take pictures! At the end they had a wishing star (sword in the boys case) ceremony where each girl received a wishing star and a wand. They had to make a wish and close their eyes and when they opened them there were flashing lights all around that reflected the light, it was pretty cool.

Home at last!

We literally just walked in the door about a half an hour ago! More pics coming soon. . .sorry we weren't able to update every day :-( We have so many pictures (hundreds) I didn't know where to start!

Friday & Saturday, on the way to Disney World!

Sorry I haven't updated the blog since we've been at Disney but boy have we been busy!!!

We left Friday afternoon after Jody got off work, drove halfway and stayed the night in Savannah, Georgia. We woke up early, made the other half of the trip and arrived at our Hotel, The Wilderness Lodge, Saturday afternoon. The trip here was good! Here are some of the pictures we took on the way down and as we entered Florida!!

The girls in their Disney World shirts! They were so excited to get there!

Lizzy went to the doctor Thursday for her 1 year check-up! She weighed 18lbs 15oz (10th %)! Her length was 28 in (25%) and her head circumference was 50%! She's stayed on the same growth curve and the doctors are happy! She's not walking yet but can say "Ma", "DaDa" and can wave bye-bye!

Lizzy Maye had a great 1st Birthday! She woke up early. . .she must not have realized she could sleep in?? Jody and I put her birthday hat on, fed her breakfast and spent just a few minutes with her before her sisters' woke up and Jody had to leave for church! She was all but thrilled to have the hat on! We went to church where Lizzy was labled as the "grumpy birthday girl", and let me tell you she was definately the grumpiest one year old we've had yet?? After church we spent the rest of the afternoon with grumpy Lizzy (who would not take a nap) decorating and cleaning the house for her party that evening! We ended up not having service at church so it worked out great! The girls and I decorated by putting up balloons and streamers on the mailbox, front porch and all over inside the house. We put up signs directing the party traffic where to go for the 1st Birthday Party! And to top it all off we put up our big 3ft blow-up Happy Birthday Lion! In my family Birthdays are a huge deal and being 1 is the biggest! Lizzy received so many presents she didn't know what to do??!! I made her birthday cake trying to fashion it after one I saw on TV, let's just say it probably wouldn't win an award for best in show. . .but the girls really enjoyed it!

We wish everyone was able to come and celebrate with us. . .enjoy the pictures!