HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

Happy Birthday to me! I'm a whole 1 year old! WOW! I didn't think that this was such a big deal, but apparantly the grownups think that it's a big deal, so we're having a party for me. I like parties....lots of presents and people to worship the Princess Elizabeth!

I ate my chocolate birthday cake...it was yummy and I was way hyper until after 10 pm...poor Mommy was very tired--I wasn't--I was ready to play...see here how I got cake all over my face (and you can't see but all over my pretty white dress too)

Mommy offered me a shotglass (ok it was a medicine cup in honor of me being sick), a silver dollar, and a rosary. I guess that this is some sort of family tradition...I picked the shotglass for a partying life! PARTY ON SNUGGLE BABIES!

Our Family Vacation

We spent months planning for a family vacation to Florida with FIL and SIL. We were going to go to WDW and the other Disney theme parks. After much planning, we finally had the big trip. We left on a Monday and got settled into our time-share that we swapped from SIL's friend. Tuesday we hit Animal Kingdom...that place is WAY COOL! We got to see lots of animals and rode on a safari. Wednesday we went to Kennedy Space Center to see the shuttle sitting ready for the 12-7 night launch (which was scrubbed due to weather and rescheduled for Sat night). The tour is really cool and we got to see the shuttle sitting ready and all the work that they had to do to get things ready for launch. Thursday was our WDW day and we had reservations for the Princess character lunch (Cinderella's Royal Table--HIGLY RECOMMENDED it's cool--make reservations 6mo in advance as it's quite popular) where HRH got to meet all the princesses and get their autographs and Elizabeth screamed at the Fairy Godmother.

We stopped to see a show and then ride Space Mountain (which HRH braved) where our vacation came to a screeching halt as FIL was passed out after the ride. He spent the next few days in the hospital and I tried to keep the vacation as normal as possible as DH and SIL tried to figure out what was going on with FIL (he had a heart attack). We went to EPCOT Saturday and had some fun and Sunday was the hardest day of all as FIL passed away. We did manage to go home Monday and are still trying to cope with this loss.