Disney Day 2-Animal Kingdom

Chelsea on the bridge-excited to see Mickey and Pluto fishing!

I think her favorite is Goofy--every time she saw him, she would just yell "Goopy!! Goopy!!"

All the kiddos-Ally, Morgan, Chelsea, and Ethan, before the 3-D Bug's Life Show

My boy with Pocahontas!

Daddy and Chelsea on Safari



Later that night we ate dinner at the beautiful Grand Floridian with Cinderella, Prince Charming, Step Mother, Step sisters, and all. Chelsea just needed a power nap before the party started!

She finally woke up and joined the party-She was telling Cinderella she was a "Pin-cess"

She managed not to sleep through a bowl of ice cream as big as her head!!
That's my princess!!

Drizella tried...but she can't have him!

Disney-Day One

We went to Hollywood studios the first day. The kids had a blast before we even got to the park when they saw they were going to be riding on buses....they would just jump and shout "school bus, school bus".Ethan actually conquered the Tower of Terror...TWICE! Didn't really like it too much the second time around--they change the rise/fall sequence and it threw him off!(Tower of Terror)

Chelsea loved the Toy Story ride the second time around....slept through waiting in line and the entire ride the first time. That's such a cool ride. (green army dude outside Toy Story ride--I love how he even has the plastic thingies on his feet)

I love 3-D. Ethan was hilarious watching the Muppet 3-D show. He was jumping around, grabbing at things, cackling! Chelsea hated the "interactive" part--anything that blows air or sprays water and she's out.

She loved the Playhouse Disney Live show. She just stood there frozen in disbelief....Ethan tried to charge the stage (but to his defense, he had daddy telling him to move up, and the couple in front of us telling him to "go up"). It was funny hearing the collective *gasp* of us, as well as a few other parents sitting around-but the bouncer caught him and he politely went back to his place and continued dancing.

We got Windows.

Again...at least it's progress...Sorry the pics are dark, it was getting late.

Some more framing

OK, I'm a little obsessed...but it's just exciting to see daily progress...i know that won't last long once the "outside" is done.

Framing!

After seeing a "fine slab" sitting there for 2 1/2 weeks, it was a nice surprise to drive past one day and see something going vertical! This was after a few days of work.

Chelsea's First Haircut

My baby girl had been bald for so long...but she finally has enough hair that the time has come to at least get it trimmed and shaped up so it can start growing "right". She wasn't gonna have anything to do with sitting in that big, fun car chair, so mama had to hold her....and she had to be bribed iwth a sucker. Other than that it was a piece of cake.

My pretty little blonde angel!
(nope, not even one red-headed baby)

Paradise Lost :(

Growing up in Southeast Texas, you get used to a few things. You know which routes to take to places with the least amount of "stank" in the air from all the refineries (or at least where to hold your breath), Friday night football rules over education, you will more than likely be wearing shorts on Christmas (and probably need mosquito spray). You know that there's a Tex-Mex eatery just around the corner (every corner), and that you more than likely have been to each one of them "onced" or "twiced". And you by golly always hit Crystal Beach on Spring Break or for easy family vacations.

It's sad that a part of our history is more than likely gone forever. Hurricane Ike has literally changed our coast line. Geologically, the beaches are in different places, and little islands in the Gulf are gone completely.
The First picture is a general aerial pic of the Bolivar coastline taken after Ike. The second one, unfortunately, is where the Pink Paradise once stood. The while neighborhood is just completely washed away. Guess we gotta find a new family vacation spot!!