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sorry girlie I totally forgot about the one ADR Well I guess you are totally all set then
I soooo wish there was a disney store here but alas...only a disney outlet store which is cool but not as cool as the real deal. I the shirts....i think its too cute although my mom would have to pay me or buy me off in some way to do this but I would totally do it because its disney
Hey dont worry my friends get sick of hearing about disney and the great things they have to offer LOL
Good luck on the mom's panel
Too cute on the matching shirts, we've done this on a couple of trips DH even wore a pink panther shirt! This year we are doing a few similar themes. . .Super Heroes, for DH's pick. Lily and I haven't chosen our themes yet. You are going to have a wonderful trip.
Congrats on the shirts...All of you will look so cute!
on the Mom's Panel...I just applied too for the third time!
You're a trooper!!! Good luck on your application!
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Oh, I the pink shirts!!! You girls are gonna be soooooo cute!!! And Yes....we do want pictures!!!
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Great shirts and congrats on the found Disney money! Good luck with the Mom's panel!
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I LOVE the shirts! You will all look really cute all matchy matchy!
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Congrats on check-in!! I your shirts!!! on the mom panel!
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Congrats on on-line check in! The shirts are so cute! Finding Disney dollars is always good, too!
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I love found money! The shirts are so cute, love the pink. You all will look awesome.
Congrats on checking in on-line. You are so close now.
Thanks Guys!!!
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Love the t-shirts! I am not one to be matchy-matchy either, but I think it's cute when I see other families that match. I think those shirts are perfect for your trip!
Good Luck on the Mom's Panel!
We'll see how this first matchy outfit thing goes...it may be the last.
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All cought up again Melissa. I was off enjoying the beach for a week and you sure do miss a lot around here. Congrats on the calendar - very cute. Love all the photos thanks for sharing. You have the "Mom" pose. Child on hip and hip out to the side.
Good Luck with the Mom's Panel.
Beach time is always more important. And yes, I am big on the "mom" pose. Aren't our hips meant for that anyway?!?
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Congrats on getting checked in at bCV, Congrats on the shirts(I love them), & congrats on finding th $15 Disney Dollars. Melissa, don't worry about the matching shirts. If it makes you feel any better, my mom used to dress my sister & I up, and even she would find matching outfits with us too, but this was for a whole 7 years worth of matching, not just one shirt, one trip, every day matching. One day of it not bad at all. So sorry to hear about Hope's first public meltdown. Aren't those the worst? I so understand the whole "Please don't do this on the plane" feel. Oh btw since she's over a year old now, did you know you can use Earplanes on her now for ear pressure? May help prevent a meltdown on the plane an not give her severe ear pressure that will make her miserable. The child size is for 1+. Just an idea. Gettin closer by the day Melissa.
I'm definitely going to check out those Earplanes! Can you find them in the drugstore? And thank goodness I didn't have to worry about getting dressed up like my brother...that would have just been weird!
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Congrats on getting checked in and love the t-shirts! Very cute! We have done the matching thing before & I enjoy it. Some people might think it looks silly but I don't care what they think - it's my vacation, not theirs I think you guys will look adorable and we definitely want to see pics!!
I'll bet we fit in just fine there with all the other matching families.
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Beautiful shirt! I'm going to try and head to the Disney store some time this week. I really love that shirt you got though, great choice!
They had some really great deals so I hope you find something!
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Good luck with your application for the Mom's Pannel. I hope they accept you on it.
Thanks I hope they do too!
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sorry girlie I totally forgot about the one ADR Well I guess you are totally all set then
I soooo wish there was a disney store here but alas...only a disney outlet store which is cool but not as cool as the real deal. I the shirts....i think its too cute although my mom would have to pay me or buy me off in some way to do this but I would totally do it because its disney
Hey dont worry my friends get sick of hearing about disney and the great things they have to offer LOL
Good luck on the mom's panel
The Disney Outlet store isn't bad at all! We went into one the other day and I was amazed at the prices. Yeah, the quality might not be the best, but hey, it's still Disney right? And, just to let you know, my mom did pay for the shirts! That was the only way it was going to happen.
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Too cute on the matching shirts, we've done this on a couple of trips DH even wore a pink panther shirt! This year we are doing a few similar themes. . .Super Heroes, for DH's pick. Lily and I haven't chosen our themes yet. You are going to have a wonderful trip.
You have a great husband!!! He definitely gets an award so I think it's great that you are paying him back with the super hero shirts!
That is funny about the disney dollars becuase I came across some the other day too, but I had purposely kept them, some have the 100 years logo on them and then I think some anniversary so I kept some in each amount. Its like, hello that is money that you can spend, but then its also disney souvenier! I am thinking of getting some disney money for Sam before our next trip and when he picks out something to buy, we will let him pay with his disney money! He loves handing over our credit cards and even knows how to swipe them, so I figured that may be fun.
I don't know many mommy's that don't stress out about all of the what if's and possible melt downs. Its like if only we could just not worry about that stuff, go with the flow and relax, we would probably have an even better time. But hey, that is what mom's do, worry! Like I said before I was so stressed over our last two flights and even thought that Sam was moving around too much or talking too loud and then we were complimented on how well behaved he was! On his first trip at 8 months, he napped in his stroller, at 18 months he was just way too busy with everything going on but when we went back to the room for a bit in the afternoon to get freshed up before dinner, he would pass out in the bed. A couple of times we ended up skipping our dinner ressie, I know shame on us for cancelling at the last minute, but what do you do with an exhausted child who wants to sleep! Then we would head out after he woke and stay out later.
Love the shirts!!!
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[QUOTE=honeybee723;3427554]Love that southern speak coming out in your posts!!! Oh to be a soccer mom. I'm praying that Hope will chose a different activity, but if that's what she wants to do I'll sit on that field with pride!
Ol yeah!!! Just wait until one day hopefully we can meet, and you will be able to really get a dose of the southern!!! All my friends say they love to hear me talk!
I do sit and watch with pride! and have been known to yell (in a good way!) I love to watch him play, he is really awesome! Just wait until Hope gets into "something" you with be the proudest parent in the world just like we all are on here with our kids!
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I finished readying your PTR last night and then sent you off a PM regarding the Baltimore area. But I did want to say an official HI over here so I didn't get the lurker title. J/K!!
First of all I am glad you get to go again but sorry to hear that you had to write a complaint in the first place.
I would have picked the same parks as you. On our upcoming trip we are going to be in Epcot 4 out of the 6 days. Would have been more but we are doing MNSSHP on our arrival day so I plan for us to resort hop or DTD until we head in for MNSSHP. After seeing your milkshake picture though I am leaning towards a Beaches N Cream run.
We did the matching shirts one day on our last trip and I did purposely for picture ops. But I am not sure if I will make a habit of it. Although our pictures did turn out cute.
We took my oldest as a lap child when he was 16 months and I am trying to rack my brain what I did bring to entertain him. I know we did a book at one point because I have a picture of it and he fell asleep since we had gotten up so early that morning. Again I have a picture to jog my memory. On the way back I can't remember other than he was asleep when we landed and that we ended up sharing a seat with a dad who also had a lap child. I guess that is a no no but mom had a baby as a lap child too so they couldn't switch out and their seats were already separated by half a plane. Wish I could be more of a help but you have gotten lots of great suggestions so I think you are good without my two cents.
Love the family pictures. She looks right at home in her tutu.
Have a great Girls Trip on Disney!
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They caught us all smiling and looking at the camera!!!
I love your shirts. We have never done the matchy matchy thing, but we are thinking about buying matching shirts for the family and wearing them one day on our upcoming trip. My DH says he'll do it, but we'll have to wait and see. He just may back out at the last minute. He's really funny about the matchy matchy thing.
Cute shirts! And just think of Hope's shirt this way - it may be big, but she'll be able to wear it longer too!
Good Luck on the Mom's panel. I don't think I'm going to find time to enter this time. Oh well!
I saw you ask about ear planes - and you should be able to find them at a drugstore - I've found them at wal-mart before.
And Dawn - I LOVE Shutterfly. If you click on my name and then my website it takes you to my shutterfly share site and I have the books I've made on there (at the bottom I think).
I don't know many mommy's that don't stress out about all of the what if's and possible melt downs. Its like if only we could just not worry about that stuff, go with the flow and relax, we would probably have an even better time. But hey, that is what mom's do, worry! Like I said before I was so stressed over our last two flights and even thought that Sam was moving around too much or talking too loud and then we were complimented on how well behaved he was! On his first trip at 8 months, he napped in his stroller, at 18 months he was just way too busy with everything going on but when we went back to the room for a bit in the afternoon to get freshed up before dinner, he would pass out in the bed. A couple of times we ended up skipping our dinner ressie, I know shame on us for cancelling at the last minute, but what do you do with an exhausted child who wants to sleep! Then we would head out after he woke and stay out later.
Love the shirts!!!
You definitely have to learn to work around your child's schedule. Today I thin I found out why Hope's been acting up so much lately. Chad dropped her off at daycare this morning and started talking to one of her teacher's about it. Hope isn't aggressive with them or the other children, but a couple of the other children have been caught hitting her! I know this happens, but now it's starting to affect us at home, so I have to go talk to them about it tonight. Not sure what can be done, but I need to know how they discipline them when something like this happens. Talk about worrying...now I'm worried more than ever!
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Ol yeah!!! Just wait until one day hopefully we can meet, and you will be able to really get a dose of the southern!!! All my friends say they love to hear me talk!
I do sit and watch with pride! and have been known to yell (in a good way!) I love to watch him play, he is really awesome! Just wait until Hope gets into "something" you with be the proudest parent in the world just like we all are on here with our kids!
Hopefully we will meet one day and then I can get the full affect!
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Melissa:
I finished readying your PTR last night and then sent you off a PM regarding the Baltimore area. But I did want to say an official HI over here so I didn't get the lurker title. J/K!!
First of all I am glad you get to go again but sorry to hear that you had to write a complaint in the first place.
I would have picked the same parks as you. On our upcoming trip we are going to be in Epcot 4 out of the 6 days. Would have been more but we are doing MNSSHP on our arrival day so I plan for us to resort hop or DTD until we head in for MNSSHP. After seeing your milkshake picture though I am leaning towards a Beaches N Cream run.
We did the matching shirts one day on our last trip and I did purposely for picture ops. But I am not sure if I will make a habit of it. Although our pictures did turn out cute.
We took my oldest as a lap child when he was 16 months and I am trying to rack my brain what I did bring to entertain him. I know we did a book at one point because I have a picture of it and he fell asleep since we had gotten up so early that morning. Again I have a picture to jog my memory. On the way back I can't remember other than he was asleep when we landed and that we ended up sharing a seat with a dad who also had a lap child. I guess that is a no no but mom had a baby as a lap child too so they couldn't switch out and their seats were already separated by half a plane. Wish I could be more of a help but you have gotten lots of great suggestions so I think you are good without my two cents.
Love the family pictures. She looks right at home in her tutu.
Have a great Girls Trip on Disney!
Here's my official hi! Even though we've sort of already met. Wow, 4 out of the 6 days at Epcot??? That's my kind of vacation! If you can I highly think you should get one of those milkshakes. How big was your son at 16 months? Were you comfortable with him being a lap child? We are definitely bringing the DVD player. After her meltdown this weekend I made up my mind on that immediately!
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I love your shirts. We have never done the matchy matchy thing, but we are thinking about buying matching shirts for the family and wearing them one day on our upcoming trip. My DH says he'll do it, but we'll have to wait and see. He just may back out at the last minute. He's really funny about the matchy matchy thing.
Thanks! Good luck with your DH. I don't think I could get mine to do it, so this may just be a one time deal.
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Single digits today!!!!!
Cute shirts! And just think of Hope's shirt this way - it may be big, but she'll be able to wear it longer too!
Good Luck on the Mom's panel. I don't think I'm going to find time to enter this time. Oh well!
I saw you ask about ear planes - and you should be able to find them at a drugstore - I've found them at wal-mart before.
And Dawn - I LOVE Shutterfly. If you click on my name and then my website it takes you to my shutterfly share site and I have the books I've made on there (at the bottom I think).
That's what I thought about the shirt too...she'll grow into it. She'll definitely be able to wear it next season so that's a definite plus! So the Earplanes really work? Or should I use Tylenol instead? Last time she drank her bottle on take off, so we never had a problem. I would agree that you wouldn't have time for the mom's panel...you have way more important things to deal with coming up.
Congrats on check in!! It's like you're already there!
I think the one place you can be all matchy-matchy and not look all dorky-dorky is definitely Disney!! And I LOVE the t-shirts. I would TOTALLY do it there if I could talk my DH into it. (Funny I can get him to dress like a giant Duck but can't get him to wear matching shirts )
Good luck on the Mom's Panel...I applied too! Maybe the third time is a charm.
Melissa, CVS has the Earplanes. They work wonders. I'vebeen using them ever since they came out. Believe me, asking the flight attendants for styrophome cups with steaming hot paper towls do the trick but you have to hold those up to your ears to let the steam loosen up the pressure in your ears(and you look absolutely ridiculous doing it too), but I won't fly without them or myself, and after Skyler having severe ear pressure our last couple flights when he was under a year old, I am so happy I can pop a pair in his ears this flight to help with that. I am not sure how much tylenol will worknfor ear pressure. If it makes the difference between those in ears, adult or child, I would hope for your case with Hope that it might save you from her being fussy and there not beig much else that can aleviate ear pressure, when those do make it feel very mild to non-existant. My momand I have both had our Equalibrium off for a few days due to severe ear pressure, and I can't imagine what that feels like for a baby who can't communicate it other than cry.
I'm so excited for you also being down to single digits.
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I know this happens, but now it's starting to affect us at home, so I have to go talk to them about it tonight. Not sure what can be done, but I need to know how they discipline them when something like this happens. Talk about worrying...now I'm worried more than ever! 
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