Happy Halloween

I LOOOOVVVEEEEE Halloween!  I think it is so much fun to dress up and enjoy the night.  Although I don't dress up (because I never know what to be...) I am having so much fun with Lexi.  Last year she was only 7 months old and really didn't know what was going on.  But this year she got the hang of it towards the end.  I decided this year that I wanted to make her costume, and I found a DIY pattern for a cute tinkerbell costume.  I altered it a little bit, and I think it turned out pretty cute!

The temperature cooled down a bit, so I thought that it was going to be colder outside than what it was.  I put a shirt under her costume for that reason, which made it not-as-cute, but that's ok.  I made her a tinkerbell trick or treat bag too.  I wonder what she will be next year.....

The Happiest Place on Earth

Wow, time flies when you are having fun!  I can't believe how much time has passed since my last post.  I need to get better at this.....so much to tell about!

So for the small things to start with, my LITTLE "online business" changed it's name.  It started out as Baby Lovebug, making baby items, like carseat covers and bows, but I have expanded into more items, like wreaths and knit hats....so the name didn't quite fit anymore.  I revamped and now have my Business Facebook page as "Simply Shelly's Boutique"  (Shoutout to my sister Linsey who came up with the name, Thanks Lins!!)  Hopefully someday things will take off and I will be a bit busier with those projects. Until then, it's gifts and fun stuff for Lexi :)

So our most recent adventure was our family trip to Florida!  We had such a great time.  We decided to drive so that we could save on airfare and have a car to do what we wanted to do while on our trip.  So we drove 12 hours to McDavid, FL to start our trip at Nathan's grandparents house, Grandpa & Grandma Campbell.  We left at around 10:30pm hoping that Lexi would sleep most of the way.....that didn't really happen.  She would fall asleep, but then wake up at all the noises the car makes on the road.  Lexi is one that likes to sleep ONLY in her crib and nowhere else, so sleeping in the car was difficult.   As we got closer to grandpa & grandma's house we decided to stop for breakfast.  We went to chick-fil-a because we saw they had a playgroud where Lexi could get some of her energy out.  So we ordered & she played her little heart out.  I thought it was kind of odd that she didn't want to eat breakfast. We got her oatmeal, which she usually loves! I figured she was just too busy playing, so I brought it in the car to feed her later.  She fell to sleep pretty quickly and I was so glad she was finally resting.  Maybe an hour or so later she woke up crying.  Anyone who knows Lexi, knows that she doesn't wake up crying.  So I tried to feed her some oatmeal, and that's when it hit me.   She was sick......she started gagging and then it came......her first time being sick and throwing up. I mean real vomit.  Here I am freaking out, I don't know what to do, she is tied into her carseat, I have nothing for her to be sick in, so I put my hand under her mouth, and she fills it up fast, and it keeps coming.  Poor baby didn't know what was happening and she started freaking out!  Long story short we pulled over to a gas station, cleaned her up, put her in the other carseat, (yes we brought two of them!) and put all the yucky stuff in the trunk.  Now she was happy as could be and we made it the rest of the trip with no more episodes.

So I know that was probably WAY more info than what anyone wanted, but boy was that an experience!  The rest of the trip went on without a hit :)  We spent a couple days at Nathan's grandparents house.  Nathan mowed the lawn (10 acres is a BIIGGG job!) and Lexi chased the ducks around the pond.  It is so beautiful there, I love visiting!

After a couple days we drove from McDavid, FL to Orlando to go to Disneyworld!  It was about an 8 hour drive and we were picking up Nathan's parents and brother Eli at the Orlando  Airport when we got there.  It was perfect timing because we pulled into the airport just as they were getting off the plane!

We had a great time, we got a four day pass to the Disney Parks, and had a choice of the Magic Kingdom (which was basically the same as Disneyland in CA), Epcot, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, and some ESPN park.  We decided that the first day we would go to the Magic Kingdom, spend the second day at Epcot, third day back at Magic Kingdom, and the last day at the Animal Kingdom. 

The first day Lexi was so excited and there was so much to do and see that she never took a nap that day.  I don't think she even closed her eyes to blink!  We started out at It's A Small World, and her eyes were darting everywhere! She really enjoyed it!

Of couse she was wearing her Minnie Mouse dress that I made before the trip!  She was so stinkin cute :).  We spent the whole day in the park, from 9am until midnight, and we had so much fun.  Dumbo was another favorite by Lexi, everytime we walked by the ride she would point at it and say Dumbo....ok so it sounded more like Bumbo, but that's why it was so cute!

The second day we went to Epcot.  It was pretty cool, the back of the park was set up for each counrty to have a section.  Not so much a kid friendly park, there wasn't much for the kids to do there, but Nathan and I really enjoyed walking around the area of the different countries.  It was pretty cool too because they were having a "food and wine festival" so each country had a stand where you could sample food from the country (for a cost of course!). Nathan and I decided to try one item from every country.....some were really good, and others I could have easily done without!  We ate so much that day, constant eating pretty much from 2pm until 8pm. It was fun though.

There was a fun ride for the kids there, it was a Finding Nemo theme, and then a talk with Crush the Turtle.  It was really cute, and Lexi seemed to like it a lot.

She didn't meet Mickey and Minnie until the last day in the Animal Kingdom.  We talked a lot about them and showed her pictures of them so she would know who they were.  On the first night she Loved the Electrical Parade and knew who Mickey was there.  She was so cute when she saw them.  She walked right up to Minnie Mouse and gave her a hug.  She couldn't stop looking at them.  Then as we were leaving she gave both Minnie and Mickey a kiss on the nose, PRECIOUS!



She met Donald and Goofy too.  She wasn't quite as sure about them as she was Mickey, but she didn't cry and seemed to warm up to them after a min or so.

The parks were busy enough that we didn't stand in line for her to meet everyone.  She doesn't know any of the princesses, or other characters yet, so we didn't think it was a big deal.  However she was going to be Tinkerbell for halloween (I will make another post for that!) so I thought she should meet Tink.  She was shy, but did a great job!

After Disneyworld, Nathan's dad and brother flew back to San Diego, and his mom drove back to McDavid with us.  We got to spend a couple more days of relaxing after our busy Disneyworld trip.

Then we made the long trek back home!  It was a great trip, and I can't wait to do it again!!!