Family Vacation 2012

Chad and I wanted to do our first family vacation, however with three little kids, one being an infant we decided to go on a small scale.  We drove 25 minutes down the rode and stayed at a hotel in Disneyland.  It was AWESOME!!!!!  Everyone had a great time, and we didn't have to get on a plane or drive a zillion miles.  We had so much fun just spending time together.

We stayed at the Paradise Pier hotel, and had a spectacular view of California Adventure, and got to watch world of color from our hotel room.  We also ordered room service, which the girls got a huge kick out of.  The pool at the hotel was super fun, and had a water slide!  We took them to two Character Breakfasts, where they got to meet the princesses and then Mickey and his gang.  We rode some rides, and even got to see the new Cars Land.  The girls both got their faces painted.  Sofia's came off after her second trip down splash mountain, we were all laughing so hard our sides hurt!  We also all slept in the same room, which we were a little worried about at first, but the first night we were all laughing (mostly Chad and I), those girls are soooooo silly:)  The second night we all passed out!

Over all we all had a WONDERFUL time.  Both girls cried when we left, they wanted to stay "at the castle."  We will definitely be doing this again!!!!

Here are some pictures, picture heavy and this wasn't half of them:)  We truly had a great time!:

Goofy was there to greet us

Going swimming first thing when we got there

Room service and a special Princess show in the hotel room

View from our room, it was spectacular!

Breakfast with the Princesses.  This was a surprise, they both loved it!

This is Sullivan at the Princesses Breakfast, he also loved it, can't you tell;)

Sleeping Beauty, a favorite by all.

Sullivan was captivated by his Mickey booties.

All of us at the Mickey Breakfast (this is pre-coffee for Chad and I:)

Both girls loved Stitch at the breakfast, I think he is by far the weirdest Disney character!

Emily was adamant about Mickey Mouse meeting "little bear,"  She is so funny with this little blanket.  Mickey was super impressed with Little Bear:)

The girls dancing and getting surfing lessons with Mickey and Stitch

Sullivan may not have been impressed with the Princesses, but he did like Mickey.

 Cars Land opened the day before we got there, it was super cool to see!!!!

The girls both got their faces painted, I was surprised that Emily chose a dragon, but she loved it.  Sofia kept acting like a cat all day:)

Sofia and I rode splash mountain, not once but twice!!!!  It was a blast!

And this is what her face painting looked like afterwards!  Chad and I kept laughing and saying "why so serious!!!!!"

Little Man got a new hat so that he wouldn't get sunburnt, he ended up just looking really cute!!!!

Albuquerque Part 2

Our Albuquerque trip has come to a close.  We have had a great time!!!!!  Some of the highlights of our trip were shopping with my mom, going to the aquarium with my sister, seeing friends, and celebrating the little man.
Here are some pictures:

You can't see it, but Sullivan and Mimi are dressed alike.  They both had on cute blue pants:)

Me and My girls all dressed in blue to celebrate Sullivan at the Tea that my mom did.

Sullivan and all of his gifts!

My mom, me and Noelle all dressed in blue for the tea

My mom and dad taking the girls to church, Sullivan and I slept:)

We went to the zoo with my friend Whitney and her girls.  Everyone wore stripes but me!

Sofia and her beloved Elle ( Noelle's dog)

My handsome boy

It is no secret I always wanted girls.  I love pink, and frill, and doing hair and nails.  I LOVE my girls.  But now that I have a little man in my life there is just something so incredibly special that I feel for him. I never thought I would be a "boy," mom.  But I am so in love with this little boy!  I could just smother him with kisses and love everyday of my life.  I can already tell that I am going to be that mom at prom totally embarrassing him by telling him how handsome he is and kissing his cheek.  I can already hear it, "mom....please."  I don't care who knows I LOVE this little Sulliman!!!!!  (and no I didn't misspell his name that is what we have all started calling him:)

Albuquerque

We made it safely to Albuquerque.  My first trip with all three kids.  All I have to say is thank heavens I have such AMAZING and WONDERFUL children.  The flight was easy and we are enjoying time with family.  Christopher my brother-in-law got his MBA!!!!!!  We are so proud of him!  Sullivan has gotten to meet more of his family, and of course my girls are loving being with my mom and dad.  We have also gotten to see some friends and do some fun things, we are here for another week, so there is more fun to be had, but here are some pictures of our trip so far.

Noelle, Christopher, and the girls after his graduation

My Aunt Mary Kay and Uncle Frank meeting Sullivan

Uncle Tim meeting Sullivan

Abby and Sofia..BFFs 

My little cuties

Mimi giving Sullivan a bath...by the way he adores her, can you tell.

My three beautiful babies going to bed

Matching Fancy Sisters, Emily is upset because she saw a bee.

The Help

We have had a ton of help! My mom was here for a long time (thank heavens!), my dad came too, then my sister, and then my mother-in-law and my father-in-law. It was so nice to have the help in those early weeks especially because we were all so sick. I don't have really any pictures from that time, mostly because it is a blur.  But here are some from those days, of all the new grandparents, and a video of my mom and I attempting to give Sullivan a bath.

Chad took his paternity leave this week and we had some serious fun! I think we actually had so much fun, that all of us are a little under the weather today:( But no loss, it was so nice to just spend the time as a family. We took Sullivan to Disney for the first time! We actually took the kids twice in one week (we will not do that again anytime soon!) I am well on my way to loosing that baby weight now:) We also took Chad to Emily's preschool, and he got to drop Sofia off at hers. We ate out, and basically just enjoyed each other as a family of five. Here are some pics: