More Fun Days

We've had a fun couple of days here! I've seen a LOT of this lately:

Whitney has been right on my heels, "Up! Up! Up!" I cant see anymore teeth coming in, but she has been clingy and doing a lot of this:

Whitney was excited to hear that we were planning to do Nemo at Animal Kingdom and then dinner at Epcot with Mac and Gramps. She started practicing giving kisses to her favorite characters on her snowglobe :)

and lots of hugs for Mickey ("Mick!") and his friends!

We headed to AK to see the Nemo Musical on Tuesday afternoon. Mac and Gramps have never seen it, and its one of our favorite shows at Disney. Whitney LOOOOVES Nemo ("Meemow!") and was happy to be with Mac and Gramps as they enjoyed it for the first time :)

Then we headed to China for a yummy dinner at Nine Dragons. It wasnt very crowded and the food was delish!

As we walked "around the world", one of my besties, Juliet, walked up to say hi! Juliet works in event planning for Disney, and she is one of my favorite people in the world :) Once again, we failed to get a pic together, but she was nice enough to snap this one of all of us.

Juliet surprised us with a pass for the VIP viewing area for the Epcot fireworks! That is my FAVORITE firework show on the planet, so it was super cool to see them up close! The ground was shaking beneath us!

THANKS, Aunt Jet!

And today, Whitney woke up to a brand new table and chairs set that is just her size! She LOOOVES it! Mac and Gramps delivered it while Whitney napped, and the princess could not have been happier as she RAN to the pink chair and climbed up! SOOO fun!

I was on the phone with my Mom and I said "Say 'hi' to Mac!" and Whitney hopped off her chair and started waving to the phone :)

She seriously didnt stop smiling all afternoon and evening :)

We are in the thick of a defiance stage right now. I think its part teething and part separation anxiety settling in, right on time. But Whitney is PURE Stinkerbelle lately. She stares at me, smiling from ear to ear, and continues her naughty behavior as I say "Mommy said 'no', Whitney. You'll get hurt/break it/hurt Bailey/etc." She is smart enough to understand what "no" means, so she is just testing her boundries....and my patience. Little does she know, God gave me the ultimate test in patience.......this toddler is no match for my patience :) I. Will. Win.

And while she can be pretty stinkin' cute as she laughs in my face tests her limits, I am "thiiiiiis close" to whipping out a "Time Out Chair" from the two leftover chairs from her new table......

Tonight, Eric and I got a few good laughs when Whitney decided to be a true Princess :) She had the blankie to lay on her babies as they go "nigh nigh". But I wrapped it around her like a cape, and she would NOT let me take it off. So we ran with it. I got the tiara clippie and she, naturally, grabbed her purse...because what is a princess without a purse!?

And this is what I snapped as she tackled me when Daddy told her "Go get Mommy! Tickle her! Get Mommy!!"

And after a quick ticklefest, we read some of our favorite books before prayers and bedtime :)

The playroom with the new table and chairs.

And the newly tinted, newly painted family room wall :)