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Great intros! I love reading PTR/TRs with little ones. Probably because that is where I am in my life right now. I love the Halloween costumes too. People kind of thought I was strange for dressing my little Mallory up last year as she was only 4 weeks old, but she was a darn cute Glow Worm and I love little babies all dolled up for Halloween. Look forward to reading more!
Great intros! I love reading PTR/TRs with little ones. Probably because that is where I am in my life right now. I love the Halloween costumes too. People kind of thought I was strange for dressing my little Mallory up last year as she was only 4 weeks old, but she was a darn cute Glow Worm and I love little babies all dolled up for Halloween. Look forward to reading more!
Thank you so much! I know I love all little kids in costumes. The smaller the better in my book
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Love the introductions!! Your little girl is Precious!!!
Thanks I'm kind of fond of her lol
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Your little girls is adorable! Love all the pics from birth to now.
Thanks! The pictures actually made me tear up. She is so different now from 2 years ago which is crazy.
Can she be any cuter?!?! My girls were little when we 1st went to WDW, and it was so magical to see Disney through their eyes! I hope we can meet up so I can meet your little princess (& you)!
Loving the PTR and intros so far! We joined DVC a few months after our first son was born and am so glad we did! Celebrating their 1st birthdays in our happy place was the best. So happy to hear of other families doing the same.
Can she be any cuter?!?! My girls were little when we 1st went to WDW, and it was so magical to see Disney through their eyes! I hope we can meet up so I can meet your little princess (& you)!
I think she is quite cute, but I am biased lol
I know most people say wait until they are older but being DVC members means that I don't have to wait. I can see their reactions every year and how much they change.
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Loving the PTR and intros so far! We joined DVC a few months after our first son was born and am so glad we did! Celebrating their 1st birthdays in our happy place was the best. So happy to hear of other families doing the same.
I think DVC is awesome and really does allow parents to see how the Disney reaction changes year to year! I hope to be in Disney for each of their actual birthdays at least once.
Now for the smallest addition to our family, the newest boy to capture my heart Nicolaus. He was born in August so he will be about 9 months when we go to Disney. He is our big surprise baby but certainly the sweetest surprise I have ever gotten.
I had told you guys before it was very difficult for us to get pregnant with Noelle. After I had her both my reproductive endocrinologist and my regular OB had said not to worry about birth control. Chances are I would need some help to get pregnant again since I had been on so much fertility medication to get pregnant the first time. I felt the same way, with my PCOS and all the problems I figured when me and DH decided we were ready again we would just travel back down to the fertility clinic. Oh but God does have a sense of humor!
A week before my daughter turned one on a hunch I used the last pregnancy test I had. (While trying with Noelle I used to buy dozens of them then hide them around the house because I wanted to be pregnant so bad ). Low and behold it came back positive……I was floored. This was not supposed to happen yet! We wanted more but certainly not this soon.
There was some question in the beginning about whether it was even a viable pregnancy. My PCOS makes my periods/ovulation all screwed up and I will not ovulate for several months. So when I got the positive test based on my last period I should have been further along but my numbers and inability to see anything on the ultrasound made my doctor suspect an ectopic.
Nervous about the whole thing I decided to wait to tell my DH until I knew something for sure. I just like to process things myself and while I tell my husband everything I am a big control freak and sometimes like to control when things are shared.
Finally right after Christmas it was confirmed it was in fact a viable pregnancy I was just not as far along as first thought. At this point I decided I wanted to do a fun reveal to my DH. I knew we were going to Disney at the end of January and I thought since we celebrated finding out we were finally pregnant with Noelle down there that revealing I was pregnant for a second time down there would only be right.
It was incredibly difficult keeping the secret but finally it was time to go into MK! I had decided it would be awesome to document his reaction so the photopass people were employed in my surprise as well. I told my DH I wanted some pictures of just him and my daughter in Disney since we didn’t have many of them. I then told the photopass person to get ready because I wanted his reaction captured. Then I held up the sign letting him know I was expecting. I will post the progression of his reaction. It was AWESOME!
So Nic has been to Disney only once during that visit and that was hitch hiking in me! That makes this trip his first official trip to Disney.
Much like my daughter he does not really have any favorites like movies or shows (being as currently he is only 2.5 months old), but I will share some ways he is already Disney influenced!
Current room theme: Monsters Inc!
Halloween Costume: Jaq from Cinderella
Favorite Sleeper: Sully from Monsters Inc
He also enjoys watching all the Disney Jr shows his sister watches. I am sure this is only the start and soon enough he will be joining in on the Disney fun!
Up next: Meme and Opa are being dragged along for the ride!!
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This was not supposed to happen yet! We wanted more but certainly not this soon. 
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