M i c....k e y.... M o u s e

Hello friends!

We embarked on our third Disney World trip with Anderson. We had the BEST time ever. Something about Disney makes me feel at home. :) Anderson was SO excited to get there!

 I always take A's picture by this wooden Indian in Frontierland...I'm a sentimentalist.

 Watching the electric light parade with Dada

 This was our view of Anderson's favorite ride. We rode it 4 times!!!!

 He feel asleep at the end of most nights..ha!

 Sydney, my cousin and her boyfriend came and joined us for a couple of days!

 Momma of the year award goes to me...cupcakes and cookies for breakfast!

 Loved the aquarium in Nemo!

 Norway in Epcot...hahaha!

 Eating breakfast at Chef Mickey's in the Contemporary Resort!

 Casey's splash pad in expanded Fantasyland in Magic Kingdom...so fun!

 We went to Animal Kingdom twice. Anderson cannot get enough animals!

 Dada and Anderson on Astro Orbiter

 We went to Mickey's Halloween Party at Magic Kingdom. It was a blast. This was the only costume Anderson would wear. Buzz Lightyear was too velcroy and Woody from Toy Story was too cowboy-y.Ha!!

I am already ready to go again!

Last days of summer

Hello friends-

Back in June when we were in Alabama for our vacation; Adam took Gus(our beagle) back to TX and Mom, Anderson and I went to Panama City for a couple of days. The funny thing is that a hurricane was brewing in the Gulf of Mexico, so there wasn't that many people there which was great for us!

We found LOTS of beautiful shells on the beach that had washed up due to the churning waters.

We took Anderson down to the pier and the wind was crazy!!

Of course we went to Thomas Doughnuts every morning.

We took Anderson to Shipwreck Island. It was just as fun as I remember it being as a kid! He loved the raft ride -White Knuckle River...ha!

My friend Shannon that I taught with at Childersburg High School and her little girl came Aubrey came and met us at Pier Park. The kids had a great time playing together!!!

  

I hope that we can do this every summer. We enjoyed spending time with you Nunna. Miss you!

One step closer...

We are one step closer to Harvard! ;) Anderson started Pre-K this morning. He went right in and started playing(yay for him)! As soon as we got out of the building, the tears started falling. Ohhhh....it's so hard to watch them grow up!

Days like these

Days like today I truly want them to last forever. Anderson and I didn't do anything special but go to his favorite place, the Ft. Worth Zoo. And maybe it's just that he is starting 2 days a week Pre-K :( but I just want to freeze this age and not let it move any further in time. Then, other days I am just bursting to see what he will become when he's older.

I love this boy! He's my love :)

A nice little vacation-part dos

Hello friends!

Back in June we traveled to Dothan, and Calloway Gardens and Panama City Beach. It was such a nice trip for us. Although, Anderson was thoroughly spoiled rotten when we finally got back home due to the ungodly amounts of attention he received ;)  Do your kids do that too? Please tell me they do. 
   

Adam's great aunt, Juke and uncle Carlos invited the whole McCord clan over to Pine Mountain, GA/Calloway Gardens and rented a beautiful villa for the whole entire week! THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH!!! WE LOVE YOU AND HAD THE MOST AWESOME TIME!! We had such quality family time together and Anderson with his cousins. We also met Kirk Cameron too :)

We went to Calloway Gardens and watched the Birds of Prey show, which was pretty awesome...especially in our kiddos eyes. Fed the turtles, ducks and fish. And even stopped by the butterfly house. My time was spent chasing Anderson, who was laughing and trying to chase down and touch ALL the butterflies he saw! We took a trip to Mr. Cason's Vegetable Garden and Anderson ran races with the grandparents. Pappy and Gami have the coolest little trailer for kids that hooks onto their bicycle, so no day was complete without a trip around the neighborhood.

We swam every afternoon after our excursions and LOVED it. We have practically turned into fish this summer. While at the pool, Adam's cousin, Emily said that she saw Kirk Cameron on the telephone. I said, "nah uh...are you serious". She was totally serious! This is Kirk Cameron! The one that was on Growing Pains, my favorite show as a kid. The Kirk Cameron that I had on a poster on my wall out of Teen Beat magazine!! First, we saw his wife at the pool and immediately, I knew it was her. She was on Growing Pains. Nanny went and asked her was she and said "yes"! Nanny then proceeded to ask her "where is Kirk"??! And she said he would be back shortly and she would tell him that a grandma from Alabama was looking for him. To make a long story shorter, Adam and his brother Anthony were at the pool swimming later that night and Kirk Cameron came up there asking them where was the grandma from Alabama! WhAT!!!!????? Well...of course Nanny and Juke were in the shower and getting their jammies on. The boys told Kirk that and he said "how about we go to her villa and surprise her"! We all walked down with Kirk to their villa and surprised her and Juke both. BOY, were they surprised! Sorry ladies, I just had to put this picture on here!!! Can you spot Anderson and his brush with fame? ;)

 

But the BEST part of the trip...especially for Anderson was the Wildlife Safari Tour on the bus. This kiddo is STILL talking about the beefalo(in case you don't know...it's a buffalo and a cow mixed together). He is, to this day, still staging the Wildlife Safari Tour in his room with his animals and keeps calling his buffalo, beefalos!

Be back soon with pictures from our time in Panama City Beach.