Just Stuff!

This is Mommy...I'm gonna tell you word for word how Riley Cate describes each of these pictures:

"Cakie take a shower with Mommy." This was in the hotel on the way home and her very first shower!

"Cakie and that Mia Bess."

"That's Cakie and Mia Bess seepin. Daddy in the fwing."

Thanks, Meme, for the precious dresses!

On the last night of our trip, we went to dinner at Chef Mickey's in the Contemporary Resort. We saw all of our friends again! Minnie spent the most time with us because she is soooo sweet!
Oh, how I love Donald Duck! He gives good hugs.

Mickey didn't hang around too long since he's such a popular fellow, but I made sure he saw how cool I look in my glasses and princess hat! I had to hurry!

Mickey spent a little time with Aunt Jennifer, too!

I generally love Goofy, but he came around right after I got my food.

And here's what Mia Beth did the WHOLE time!


While she was sleepin, I was DANCIN and eating Mickey Mouse Oreos!

Wednesday: Magic Kingdom Day

On Wednesday, we went to the Magic Kingdom! We've got other pictures from that day but they're from Daddy's camera, so you'll just have to look at these for now!

Me and Mia Beth decided to get all dressed up to meet our friends. Mia Beth has on a Minnie Mouse dress from Uncle Daniel and Aunt Lissa and I have on a Belle dress from Nana with a tiara that Mommy bought me at Epcot (although I think she wants to wear it around the house herself!)
This was my most favorite and best ride. I rode this carousel three times!

I just like the face that Mia Beth is making. No, those aren't teeth, that's a little bit of spit up! heehee! We were just about to ride Small World. Maybe the song was already making her feel sick?

Oh...here's me and Daddy on "Dumbo". The line was really long so Mom and Dad tried to convince me that this photo-op dummy elephant was the real ride. Whatever. I let em get away with it though.

After those rides, we did Mickey's Philharmagic...another 3D show. I kept my glasses on almost the whole time!!

That evening, we sat around waiting for a parade that never happened (we didn't check our schedules right!), but we had lots of fun just sitting! Look at Mia Beth all wrapped up like a papoose!

And here's the gang, with me eating a prize from the Main Street sweet shoppe. It's marshmellows on a mickey mouse straw, dipped in chocolate and covered in sprinkles! Mommy ended up eating a lot of it...just to keep me from eating too much sugar so close to bedtime!

Tuesday: Animal Kingdom and O'Hana for Dinner!

Here's a "raffe" that we saw on our safari! We also saw hippos, crocodiles and gorillas and lots lots more! Daddy was a little too sore for this bumpy ride, so he hung out with Mia Beth while me, Mommy and Aunt Jennifer went on our 'venture.

Look at who we met later! Eeyore! He LOVED Mia Beth!! And look! She loves him some too!

Our whole family met Winnie the Pooh!

...but he liked me the best!

While we were eating our BBQ for lunch, these crazy ducks kept wanting our food! They would even give you love pecks on the legs! Here is Aunt Jennifer putting this duck in time out and putting on her mean eyes!

Here's me and Daddy, just being cool! You can't tell, but my shirt says, "Zip-A-Dee-Doo, my Daddy ran 26.2!"

After nap time, we went to eat at O'Hana in the Polynesian resort. They bring you lots and lots of food! And there's a lady that teaches you how to do the hula! She called ALL the kids "cakies"...she says that means "kids" in Hawaiian! Who knew we were already bi-lingual? Look at Mia Beth just saying Hey!

And look at the ice cream they brought me with Mickey Mouse sprinkles! I ate it all because it's vacation! There's also a video of me and Aunt Jennifer dancing to Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride. Sorry it's kinda dark because of the polynesian ambiance. What? I know big words!

Monday...Bye Bye to Amy and Uncle David! Boo!

Well, on Monday, Amy Suzanne and Uncle David had to fly home for school and meetings. So, we all just took it easy that day until time for their flights. Here's me putting Daddy in his breakfast dish. Silly Daddy.

Here's me inside one of the big football marker thingies outside our hotel. Well, me and the monkey.

And here's Amy Suzanne, Uncle David, me and Aunt Jennifer. See how cool our little resort was? There was even a Razorback pennant right above our rooms! Go Hogs!

After Amy left, Uncle David took me, Mommy and Aunt Jennifer to a place called Sweet Tomatoes for lunch. I don't remember anything but the ice cream! It was so good I had to turn my bowl up and drink the stuff!

Oh! And even though it was chilly outside, the pool was nice and toasty! Daddy took me swimming while Mommy did laundry. Did you know people from Argentina don't know what fabric softeners are? That's what Mommy's new laundry friend said!

Oh...and here's a video of me and Mia Beth, doing a little dancin'.

The Rest of Marathon Day!

Well, here's one more picture of Mia Beth at the Playhouse Disney show. I think this three-month-old thoroughly enjoyed herself!

And here's me waiting to go into Muppet Vision 3-D! My very first 3-D show! I have to confess, I did NOT keep my glasses on the entire time!

After that show, Mommy left me and Mia with Uncle David, Aunt Jennifer and Amy Suzanne. She and Daddy had a date night! Daddy had to take some pain medicine for his sore marathoned muscles and then they went to Daddy's favorite restaurant: Boma at the Animal Kingdom Lodge!This is Daddy at Boma, getting his very favorite food...bobotie! It's fun to say! Say it! Bobotie!!
And this is Mommy with Plastic Cinderella in Downtown Disney :o)

Here are some things we did after Daddy's marathon. The six of us went over to Disney's Hollywood Studios and had lots of fun! We saw Playhouse Disney Live on Stage! This is a picture of us waiting for the show!~I saw all of my friends here: Mickey Mouse and his gang, all of Winnie the Pooh's buddies...even Handy Manny and his tools! This is me meeting "Ha-Manny". He's so big!

This is me with June and Quincy from the Little Einsteins. I like to call them the "pat pats" because that's how they make their rocket go.

This was my temporary, vacation boyfriend. I don't know his name. I just know he held my hand and it was love at first sight.

Oh...almost forgot! June gave me eskimo kisses...just like Daddy does!

Epcot!

These pictures aren't in order at all, but I'm still only 2, so what do you expect? This first picture was taken after my first ride, in Norway. Look at my giant bow and my dress that Mommy made! Me and Mia Beth matched this day. Here's Mommy and Amy Suzanne in Canada. I was with Aunt Jennifer and Mia Beth in the hotel room, trying not to take a nap. Anyway, look at how much they look like relatives! Funny thing about cousins, huh?

Before I was sent away, we went to Marrakesh in Morrocco. My food wasn't out yet, so I just filled my plate with goldfish crackers and that was just fine.

Before we got to the table, I had to lay down with this monkey and color.

Oh! Mommy says that this will be her and Daddy someday. These are just some random strangers who were very very excited about their day.

Below is a video of me dancing with the belly dancer at Marrakesh! Everyone watched me and clapped and clapped! I'm on my way to WDW Casting!

Walt Disney World, Here We Come!

I guess you know we went to see Mickey Mouse. Well, now I've got the pictures to prove it!

Below: Me and Bella Dancerella cheered our way down I-10 for a loooong time.

We finally ended up in Pensacola, where we stayed with our friends the Stubblefield's. You might remember that Beth Stubblefield Davis is where Mia Beth got her name. Well, Aunt Beth is still in Africa, but we got to see her parents, sister and cousin. This is me, Mommy, Mia Beth and Mrs. Stubblefield, hanging out in the kitchen. I wasn't feeling photo time.

This is me and Claire, just chillin on the kitchen floor. I love Claire...she plays the piano! It was my lullaby music.

After many more hours in the car the next day, we finally got to our resort at Disney World! I decided to use up some of my pent-up energy to put on a fashion show for Mommy, Daddy, Aunt Jennifer, Uncle David and Amy Suzanne. Mia Beth was sleepin. Too bad.

Daddy's Big Run, Part 2

Daddy's marathon day went something like this...
3:00 AM wake up call to our room from Stitch
3:40 Daddy got on the bus here at the resort to ride to Epcot
4:10 Daddy got to the race area
4:50 Daddy walked 2 miles to the starting line, then stood around for an hour
5:50 Fireworks started the race...
And a mere 5 hours later, Daddy was all done... and kinda gross. There were a little over 20,000 people running the race with Daddy.

Here's Daddy at about mile 12 with some pirates. And not just ANY pirates, that's Cap'n Jack Sparrow! Daddy says ARRRGH! Here's Daddy in the Magic Kingdom, not too long after sunrise.

Daddy even got to meet the mayor of the Magic Kingdom. See, stuff like this is why Daddy finished in 5:08 instead of under 5 hours. Silly Daddy... it's all about the pictures.

He even took this shot as he was coming up to the finish line.