Play date with the Sheeter family

Nya and Sofia

Iyla showing off her swimming skills

TOTAL JOY!

Not the most flattering pic but whatever...

Noodle water train

Iyla, some neighborhood kid & Halle

Leila was chillin' in the hammock

So cute

My little poser girl.

We had an impromptu play date with the Sheeter girls. We always have an awesome time at their house. They live in such a great neighborhood where the kids can just ride bikes around the block, go to the park, jump in the pool, etc...We love it there. The kids never want to leave...and actually neither do I.

Weekend with Carters

Iyla was so excited

Jackson was feeling out the situation

"Here you go donkey."

The donkey was definitely the most willing to eat.

Jax and his fake laugh, so funny!

Landon was euphoric

The bunnies

I LOVE this picture!!!

We had a great weekend with the Carter family. Nya stayed back at home with my mom for some "one on one" time. The other kids played so well together. Stacy and I always have a great time when we are together. Her house is so fun and beautiful that it is almost impossible to not have a blast. We took the kids up to the boys preschool to feed the animals. Yup, their preschool has a full blown petting farm and garden. The kids really loved it...

Leila's 2nd Birthday party

Olivia pushing Leila

Lilly getting ready for a ride

OMG Jackson...Those EYES!

Nya and her BFF

Broden and Will-real men drive pink

This picture CRACKS ME UP!

LOL

SO fun!

We had a small little birthday party for Leila the other day. We are so lucky to have such great friends and family. Thank you to everyone who came...especially those who made the long drive (Stacy, Janet, Alex and Erika).

Epcot

We went to Epcot the other day...so fun

Dear Leila Sky...

OH LEILA SKY...YOU ARE TWO YEARS OLD! I am so happy that you are doing so well these days. I pretty much think you are the cutest, funniest, tiniest, sweetest little person on the entire planet. I love every thing about you (even your ridiculous temper tantrums). I see you so much differently than I did your sisters because I know you will be my very last little baby. I want you to stay small and sweet forever. I have no desire to take your paci away, potty train you, send you to school...etc. I want you to stay my tiny little girl forever. I love you so much and I hope you continue to do this well as you grow up. I never knew what our family was missing...but now I know it was always you!

Below is your 2 year tribute video. All my favorite pictures from this past year of your little life.

Leila tribute

Oh Iyla

This kid...on one hand she drives me insane and I want to ship her off to a third world country never to be seen again and then on the other hand she makes me laugh and says the cutest things. I am going to give an example. These 2 statements both came out of her mouth about 3 minutes apart from each other!

"Mommy, if you do not give me ice cream right now than I will spit in your bed and call the monsters to take you away from this house forever!!!"
This was said in a screaming rage tone following a 15-20 minute melt down about not getting an ice cream cone because she had already had gum.

Then, she got distracted by a show (thank you nick jr.) and looked at me super sweetly and said, "Mommy, do you want to have a warm cozy snugtown (our word for cuddle) in your bed?"

WTF?

Disney DREAM cruise

Iyla's 1st swim in the mickey pool

Loving it!

Nya and Olivia in the "Aquaduck" slide. They went 6x!!!

Iyla in the slide

Liv and Nya

PEACE

"Andy's room"

Slinky dog tunnel

Giant clipboard for coloring

Bunk bed

Good morning

Our veranda

Iyla enjoying the sunrise

Getting ready to meet the princesses

Waiting for the princesses

Snow White

Belle

Aurora

Tiana - Look at Iyla's face!

Nya and Leila were not into the princess thing

Iyla's bestie - Princess Tiana. She told her,  "I have this same dress as you Tiana. I was even like you on Halloween because I really love you the best of all." AWE!!!!

Ariel

Jimny Cricket

Again

LEILA

SO funny

Face PAINTING!!!

Stingray slide

I love you Nemo

Waterfall dancing

YAY!

Dance party on the deck

Oh yeah!!

Look how excited Nya was!

JUMP!

Pirate night with Captain Jack Sparrow

Best freinds

One of the fantastic shows

Cuties

Mickey bar

YUM

Sunrise donut

Good morning Iyla

Castaway Key slide

The water was so pretty

That is Iyla in the yellow. She swam all the way out to the slide and then she swam all the way back after she went down. That kid is fearless.

Nya coming off the slide

Just playing princess in the sand

Love her

Loves these toys

Best friends

So cute

Top of the ship

Leila and Ruby goofing around

Ariel again

Our last night at dinner

Our favorite server, Simon

Such a great time!

We had the TIME OF OUR LIFE! Disney really makes the experience completely perfect. The ship was gorgeous, the rooms were spacious and clean, the entertainment was amazing, the kids club was unreal, the food was out of this world, the service was UNBELIEVABLE, the private island was pure paradise and the staff was awesome!!! I cannot imagine ever taking another type of vacation again. My kids were so good and so easy going. They were up until 11pm every night and up at 6am every morning. They sat through all the shows in total silence. They could not get enough of the kids club. They loved all the different restaurants. We had an amazing server, Simon, that followed us to every restaurant (so much more personal that way). They loved the pools, the slides, the water features, the games, the music...

Disney makes everything so, so easy. The boarding, the check in, the dining, the activities, the shows, the disembarking...everything was totally seamless. It is the most stress free environment that you can ever be in with children. My kids loved the beach. There was a huge water slide in the ocean that they had to swim out to. There was also a play ground structure in the middle of the ocean that they could play on and fall into the water. There were characters everywhere for them to meet. It was really the best vacation we have ever had. I will find a way to go on another cruise before the end of 2012...guaranteed. We loved it and we made so many memories! Disney is the BEST of the BEST!