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PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
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Thanks for the update! Hope is just so adorable! I'm crossing my fingers for a granddaughter in February! Gee, I think I may have mentioned that in a reply before! Can you tell I'm excited!
Melissa~~~ another great update & pictures!!! I can't wait to walk through an empty WS! How !! Oh, BTW....I pretty much haven't tried anything you girls did today ()...what else is new, huh? What a fun morning...and cake for lunch? Sounds like a great tradition!!
As usual I love all your pictures! I agree your mom could be the next Vannah White....or hey maybe even a Price is Right girl. We tried school bread in Norway & loved it. Chocolate cake is now on my future to do list. Little ones will cry sometimes....now I know it always embarrasses us but it's just part of life….no worries! I thought Sept would be cooler too. I am willing to put up with it for Disney though! Can't wait to read more.
I love this photo - oh those chunky legs. How I miss that on my little guy.
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Towards the end of the ride Hope started getting antsy for some reason, and started to have a major meltdown on the boat. We were in the last row, so that was a plus, but no matter how hard I tried she just wouldn’t stop crying, and this lasted a good 5 minutes. People kept turning around looking at me, and I kept apologizing, but there was absolutely nothing I could do. Eventually she calmed down, but by then we only had a few more minutes of ride, so I felt totally embarrassed and I’m sure those people were hoping they would never see us on a ride with them again.
Hey it happens - sorry you felt embarrassed. Every parent has been there and the people on the boat I'm sure all realized it wasn't your falut.
Going on vacation and then back to work really messed with my PP time!
What great updates! OnDylans first trip ( he was 1) he acted the same as hope. On the next trip at 20 months he was ok if you were holding him and then on his last trip at just over 2 he LOVED the charCters - ran right up to them.
And if you get club level at akl you'll never turn back!
I'm putting velcro frogs on our list of things to do, thanks for that. And people actually turned around and looked at you on LWTL?? Seriously, did they think you wanted her to cry. It's okay...we've all been there...well a Lot of us anyway
I agree with Holly...I LOVE Hope's chunky legs in the sleeping picture. And chocolate mousse cake for lunch is sheer brilliance!!
Just got caught up with your last few updates. I can relate to your experience with Hope crying whenever the characters came around her at the breakfast. We took my older daughter to her first character breakfast at Chef Mickeys when she was three not realizing how afraid she was of characters. Whenever one of them would come around to our table she would scream and cry and then climb under the table to get away from them. It was disappointing for my DH and I because we really wanted to see her interact with the characters but I also understood how large those characters must have seemed to her! I'm sure Hope will enjoy them more on your next trip since she will be older and more used to the experience. We were at WDW the last week of September too and the lovebugs were horrible along with the humidity!!!
Okay...just getting caught up again. Love your pictures. I can't wait to walk through the WS when it is that empty......maybe we can get some good pictures this time. Can't wait to hear more.
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Gee, I think I may have mentioned that in a reply before! 
Can you tell I'm excited! 
Deb
!! Oh, BTW....I pretty much haven't tried anything you girls did today (
)...what else is new, huh? What a fun morning...and cake for lunch? Sounds like a great tradition!! 
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Little ones will cry sometimes....now I know it always embarrasses us but it's just part of life….no worries! I thought Sept would be cooler too. I am willing to put up with it for Disney though! 
We were in the last row, so that was a plus, but no matter how hard I tried she just wouldn’t stop crying, and this lasted a good 5 minutes. People kept turning around looking at me, 
and I kept apologizing, but there was absolutely nothing I could do. Eventually she calmed down, but by then we only had a few more minutes of ride, so I felt totally embarrassed 
Holly: 
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