Sadie gets a real tea set!

Shane and Debbie got Sadie a real tea set yesterday! Sadie thought she was pretty special because Nana actually let her put real water in it and she had a tea party with Debbie, Monkey, and Bear! She was so very careful since it was very breakable! Debbie said that next time she goes to her house they'll use real tropical tea! Sounds exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!

Christmas Morning!

Christmas morning began with my dad thanking the Lord for being born! We then proceeded to open gifts and then go to Grandma's for breakfast and more gifts! It was quick but a lot of fun. We then went to the Johnston's and spent some good quality time with JJ's family. Sadie loved spending time with Nana and Papa, and then Grandma and Grandaddy and Jacob!

Christmas with Johnston's!

Christmas Eve!

Christmas Eve was here before we knew it. Most of the day was spent preparing for dinner. JJ and Daddy did get to go see a movie and then they came home to toys that needed put together from Nannie! What would she do without JJ? Sadie got to open her first gift from us (our Christmas tradition is opening a new pair of pajamas on christmas eve), and she loved her Minnie Mouse pajama's. She wanted to wear them for dinner, but thank God Nana had her a cute new dress to wear and she liked that idea! Everyone from Granny's family came over to mom and dads and we had a blast. It was really cool seeing all the little ones play together. At the end of the night we of course then exchanged our gifts with Nannie!

Maybe a little creative!

Okay, so my dad is a HUGE NC State fan (even though they seem to struggle in many sports)! Anyway, I wanted to do I memoralble for one of his gifts this year. I decided that I was going to by a bubble gum machine and turn it into a NC State bubblegum machine. My first thought was by some State stickers and decorate it (how hard could that be). Well, after shopping at many, many, many stores, there were no stickers to be found. Before I knew it we were back from Disney and all I had was a red bubblegum machine (which would really have hot tamales in it because that it his favorite candy). So, I took a late trip to Michaels (along with everyone else in greenville) and purchased some supplies to do some decorating on this machine. So, here is what it turned out to look like. I was pretty satisfied and daddy loved it!

We made it back!

We made it back to NC on the 23rd and it was busy, busy, busy after that. I had to include this cute picture of Sadie on the airplane though! The portable dvd player saved us for sure!

Sea World

Sea World was a blast and we had a really good time! It was nice seeing all the animals of the sea. It was also really cool for Sadie because she didn't know very much about any of these animals. I would probably say that the dolphins were her favorite. She just couldn't get close enough to them, so of course papa bought her some fish so that she could feed them. It was truly an experience to remember for a lifetime! The Shamu show was also a lot of fun. JJ and Daddy also loved riding their new ride......THE MANTA!

Magic Kingdom

Well you hear all the stories about a dream coming true when you are is Disney World! It's was absolutely AWESOME seeing Sadie in this magical world. She loved meeting all the characters and riding all the rides. The highlight of the day was definitely meeting Minnie Mouse and Tinkerbell (who we didn't find until later that night). I am so thankful that she was able to experience this all!

We went back to the resort and took a 3 hour break and then we were back to Magic Kingdom for a Christmas Spectacular show! I would have to say that this was truly amazing and we all enjoyed it so very much!

Park #1----Animal Kingdom!!!!

We went to Animal Kingdom first and it was better than I thought. There were lot's of fun animals and Sadie did wonderful. She loved the Nemo Show and the Parade with all the Disney characters. She also learned a lot about different animals as she saw so many. We didn't get to go on the safari because the wait was just too long!

Florida Bound!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday morning we left for our Christmas trip to Orlando, FL. It was a very long day with a layover in Baltimore (who knows why you have to go north to go south). We finally got settled in around 5:00. So now I will be updating you as we visit these wonderful parks. We are looking forward to experiencing this trip with our family and especially seeing Sadie meet all her Disney friends!

Christmas

This is just a super cute picture of Sadie before we went to church last week. She is really excited about our trip to Disney and spending time with family during Christmas!