Ellie's Birthday!!!

I can't believe it but Ellie turned ONE! She is such a sweet girl that is full of energy. A few things she loves are:
-Crawling everywhere really fast
-Chewing on her crib
-Eating pancakes
-Laughing and smiling ALL the time
-She has a very impressive scream as well.

  Since we had visitors for most of the month Ellie had about three different times we celebrated her birthday. First was with the Owens. They were sweet to get her some cute presents and we sang Happy Birthday. She danced along the whole time. Then it was her actual birthday and she LOVED her cupcake and presents from our cousins! We even got her a Happy Birthday pin from Disney but she wanted to rip it off her shirt. The last celebration was with my parents. We put her in the outfit I wore on my first birthday and believe it or not it was a Disney outfit.

Month of Visitors

Our February was jammed packed with family coming to experience the Bangerter Disney Magic ;) We basically had someone at our house every day from Feb. 2-March 3

Ty, Jody, Lucy

With them we hit all the parks from park opening to early evening. We packed everything in that we could every day. For them it actually was a little bit on the colder/rainy side for Florida. That didn't stop us at all. It was my first time taking a little kid to Disney who actually knew what was going on. Lucy was a good sport and loved everything. She was so brave and went on Haunted Mansion and even did the big scary Everest roller coaster. The best part with her was meeting all the princesses. This was the first time I had ever taken the time to meet Disney characters. She loved it and was a total fan girl when she met Sleeping Beauty and Rapunzel.

 Lucy even gave Mickey & Minnie a gift. They LOVED it! 

Owens

Next up were the Owens from Boston. This would be the first time we took a bunch of little kids to Disney. They actually did a lot better than I thought they would. We spent most of our time at Magic Kingdom with these kids and they loved it. I think the teacups were a hit among all of them. One night the dads let me and Claire sneak away to Epcot. We walked around the countries and discovered the pearl booth in Japan. We watched as people payed to see if their clam had a pearl in it. It actually was a very interesting thing to watch. We also had to grab a treat from the Werther's bakery in Germany. The older girls were good sports and we went swimming for a little bit one afternoon. It was a bit chilly but you can't keep kids away from swimming!

 We got stopped by the train going into Magic Kingdom for the day.

 Abby was brave and went on Big Thunder with me.

 Ellie loved the Carousal!

 Eliza was Andrew's buddy the whole day!! 

These two had great seats at the park by our house for fireworks!

Dyers

Last but not least our cousins from North Carolina came to visit. It was just like old times when we lived by them in Raleigh. With them we just did Disney in the morning and came home for afternoon naps. I think that is the best for when you have three kids under the age of 3. It was great to catch up with them and enjoy our Root Beer Floats with crystals! ;)