Not a good idea....

Taking two 2 year olds to Disney with no husbands may not have been a good idea! We are having a great time but my back along with Delaine's is killing us! I will try to post more but I will leave you with a sneak pick of the Christmas party for tonight because I am too beat to post much! This is a little taste of why you shouldn't take two 2 year olds to Disney alone!

Disney day one!

Yesterday we left bright and early for the airport! We had one melt down when the TSA took Jaden's puppy to be x-rayed but it was all ok once we got him back!
The plane ride went good until I got a full sprite dumped in my lap!!! Luckily the man sitting next to us had 10 grandchildren and pitched in to keep JJ busy! Lucky for me she fell asleep 10 minutes before the plane landed!

Then it was off to the bus to hitch a ride to the Animal Kingdom Lodge!

Delaine and the girls were outside to greet us! And all the girls were so excited to see each other again!

After a quick lunch we headed to our room where we were greeted with an awesome view!



Then we dressed the girls in matching outfits that Rusty's mom made! We were headed out for a night on the town at Downtown Disney! It was a very chilly night out because FL is in the midst of a cold wave!The girls had a cold blast on the carousel! We shopped till we dropped!



Then it was back to the hotel where we all passed out!!

We all slept in and then it was up for more fun!!!

Tonight we are off to the Holiday party at Disney! More to come later!

It's that time of year again! And never say never!

Well it is that time of year again. you know the time where you force your child to sit in a strangers lap so that you can get that coveted Christmas picture! If you recall Jaden was forced into 4 different laps last year. It started off good but by the 3rd and 4th jolly old man she was done. I had hoped that the same would happen this year. We would get two good pictures and two not so good ones. Well I was wrong! Earlier this week I took her to the mall where we met up with one of her favorite little friends Mattie. My hopes for a good picture were dashed when Jaden freaked out when I tried to put her down. Luckily we were able to sit on a reindeer and get o picture of the two girls together!

Today was the annual COFCC Christmas party and we had to go to see if we could get a better picture. Yhea right! So I dressed our little Diva in her Holiday best and let her know she would get candy if she sat with Santa(a little bribery never hurts!) First her little buddy Leah went up and Jaden waited at the stairs.

Then Jaden decided it was time to get a little closer but not to close!



So I am thinking sure she will love sitting in his lap today! Fraid not!

There are still 20 days left so there is still hope for that happy picture with Santa Right?

At least I got some other cute pictures without the jolly red man!





I learned a valuable lesson this week to never say never. When I see people who have leashes on their children I have always said I would never do that to my child. But Monday Jaden and I are leaving for a fun filled trip to see some of our favorite friends the Spruills! We will be in Disneyworld with Just the girls! So the other night after a busy day of chasing my little angel I couldn't sleep. I kept thinking about the fact that I would not have Rusty there to help me wrangle Jaden when we were at Disney. I had awful thoughts of her walking off or someone taking(yes they would return her after a while) So I decided it was time to get a leash for my kid! So yes I will now be one of THOSE people who has my child on a leash! But I wont be alone because I bought two of those wonderful Elmo leashes and miss Julianna will be wearing one too! They will be the two cutest kids on leashes you will ever see! Wish us luck!!!

2 Year checkup and more Thanksgiving pics!

So today was Jaden's two year checkup. She got 3 shots today which is the limit I allow, usually we just do two but I wanted her to have the flu shot. She was not a fan of the shots at all and I am already dreading when I have to take her again in two months. I realized today that she is no longer a baby because they put her on the big scale instead of the little one. Kinda sad! Jaden is up to 26 pounds(I thought she was 27 1/2 but I guess our scale is off, this is good news for mom!)
She is now 36 1/4 inches tall!!! That means she grew 4 inches in the past five months! She is now back in the 95%! The doctor said not only is she tall by Asian standards but also by American standards! I guess she will be taller than Rusty and before long. I never thought I would have a tall Chinese daughter! The Dr. said she is doing great and whatever I am doing I need to keep doing it!

Now onto our Thanksgiving holiday. We all had a great time in Mississippi! It was 80 degrees the whole time we were there until the day before we had to leave. For the first time we all made it home without being sick. I guess that it helped that we were sick when we got there.

While we were there Jaden had another birthday party. Someday she will have to realize that most people only have one birthday party! She loved her party and is really getting the hang of opening her own gifts!



Jaden also had fun playing with her cousins Cheyenne and Kayla! She even decided that she liked to pose for pictures and would just sit down and say cheese!




Jaden also got to play in her first big pile of leaves. She does not like to be dirty but she ended up enjoying the leaves!





We had a great Thanksgiving day with family!



Jaden also got to spend sometime with her cousin Jodus which always makes her day!




We also celebrated Christmas early since we will be at home this year. Jaden got her first American girl doll and she seemed pretty stoked!



Before we knew it we had to back our bags and hit the road. Jaden had to say goodbye to her Nana and Papaw. Thank goodness that Jaden was in a good mood and only cried 5 minutes during our 13 hour ride.



And now we are packing our bags again so Jaden and I can fly back down south next week! We are meeting up with the Spruill family at Disneyworld for a girls week of fun! I cant wait!!!