Disney

The week before Thanksgiving we took a little trip to Orlando to use up some Disney tickets we had from the beginning of the year. We all had a great time. The crowds were small and we just took it easy and let the kids pick which parks to go to. Sam chose Hollywood Studios and Maddie chose Animal Kingdom.

The Lego store is a must for any 6 year old boy. This Hulk was huge and built entirely of Legos.

 Megan loves Minnie Mouse and had warmed up to the idea of huge live characters trying to touch you by the time we saw her. After this picture we were leaving and she ran back to give her one more hug. 

 The kids had a little souvenir money and Maddie chose to have her face painted like a kitty princess.

 Sam chose a pirate sword...arg!

 Megan just took everything in....

I was glad to get to go somewhere before #4 arrives and so were the kids. It's funny that when you take kids to a place like Disney all they want to do is swim in the heated pools and crash in the hotel room with the Disney channel. Since the parks closed early we were able to do this and just enjoy being together :-) 

Holly Fair

Maddie had her first piano performance this past Saturday at our local "Holly Fair".

 Before the performance she was pretty nervous. 

 She played "Go Tell it on the Mountain". She did very well and even smiled a little bit during the song.

 At the end they have to curtsy or bow. I think this may have been her favorite part.

Sam and Megan were troupers during all of the performances, but after 1 1/2 hours Sam admitted that he was "tired of being patient." We looked around some at the craft fair which Troy called "every man's nightmare" and then we left. Daddy treated us all to an Olive Garden lunch and we were glad to be able to spend a Saturday together.

Fall Festival

The last weekend in October our church hosted a fall festival. The kids look forward to it each year and it is always lots of fun. I was pretty excited about the prospect of having some yummy cotton candy! 

This year we took a Beautiful Snow White,

 A Handsome Florida Gator Baseball player,

 And a little tiny Florida Gator Cheerleader who was in love with her pom-poms!

 I was pretty excited about the prospect of not taking a stroller this year. We set out without one but about half way through I was carrying 3 bags of candy, 3 jackets and various other prizes so Troy went back and got it to tote all of our stuff around! After 7 years of using a stroller I do think I may be stroller dependent!

We enjoyed seeing lots of friends, playing lots of games and some beautiful weather.

Good News!

We are very excited that we got good news from the Internal Fetal Medicine Dr this week! On Wednesday we had a level II Ultrasound and saw the specialist and he told us that our baby girl looks "perfect"! We are on no restrictions and they don't feel like we will need a c-section or that the baby will be taken early. We are praising the Lord for this great change of events and are still a little bit in shock :-) Troy's company was also sold this month (so he is no longer facing a lay off) and we found out that as long as we have the baby after the sale (Dec. 1st) we will receive 2 weeks paid paternity leave after we deliver. They also told him that they are extending his current insurance to cover the delivery and we will enroll in the new insurance at the beginning of 2013. Thank you all for all your prayers about his job situation and for our precious baby girl! (I wish they had given us a picture of Marla to post, but we didn't get any. Troy saw the Ultrasound and thought she looked a lot like Maddie's profile....time will tell!)