Disney 2018 Part One!

Brace yourself. There are a lot of pictures and happy memories coming your way.  

The DeForest family headed to Disney World for fall break 2018!  We have been planning, talking about, and counting down to this trip it seems like forever!   Cora was so excited since this was her first plane ride, and her first “real” Disney experience. (If you remember, we dabbled in Disney World last summer, but it was so hot and she was still a bit too young to take it all in).  She was most excited about meeting Ariel.  She is obsessed with Ariel, Eric, Sebastian, and the whole gang.   She would tell just about anyone (including strangers) she was “GOING TO DISNEY WORLD” and then name off WHO she was going to see. It was precious and exactly what the “magic” is all about.   Loralei was equally excited, but more for the thrill ride and shows. She is now old enough to ride all the roller coasters. She was most excited to get on Slinky Dog in the new Toy Story world, and see the Hocus Pocus Halloween stage show at Magic Kingdom.  All activities met and exceeded her expectations. ;) 

 

 

 

 After we got checked in and settled in, We headed to the Contemporary Resort for Dinner at Chef Mickeys!  Cora's face when she saw Donald across the room was priceless!  I mean PRICELESS!

 

 

 

 

 

 

We took a pitstop inside the Flordian resort. Let me tell ya.  Once day we will stay here.  I can't wait come back at Christmas and see the life sized Gingerbread house!

  

After a big start it was off to dream about princess and princes!

 

Day 1 we headed to Magic Kingdom. We were early to the park so we hopped on several things pretty quickly.  Including a family favorite Pirates of the Caribbean. 

 

 

Mid-day we hopped over to Epcot to Akershus in Norway to have lunch with the Princesses. This was it.  Meeting ARIEL Cora was so pumped and let EVERYONE know who she had spotted when we entered the room. When the big moment came, she was starstruck and couldn’t even move.  It was cute. She was BIG TIME after meeting the princesses and gobbled up her pizza with her shades on! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

We ended the day back at Magic Kingdom with lots of rides, a power nap, and some very happy (but tired) kiddos. 

 

 

 

Foothills and 1st Birthday for Hudson

This past weekend we headed to KY to celebrate the annual Foothills Festival. The girls had fun catching candy in the parade and waving at all the passersby.    We ended the weekend celebrating Hudson’s first birthday.  The first year of Hudson has flown by.  He is just the most handsome and happy baby all the time.  Happy Birthday Huddy!

We snuck by Granny Staton's house to say hello. She had fresh Apple Pie!  Lulu was NOT disappointed :)

Home sweet home with Belle kitty

God, Country, and Notre Dame!

Mom and dad took a quick weekend trip to catch the Notre Dame vs Vanderbilt game.  The girls got to spend the weekend with Nana in KY while we were away.  The whole experience was surreal for this life long Irish fan.  We saw all the sights, met some new friends, and really enjoyed our good friends the Burgbachers

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We finally passed down our favorite ND cheerleading outfit to baby Lorelei. She looked just as cute as Cora bug and Lulu did in it. 

Grandparents!

Loralei celebrated Grandparents day at school!  She got to show her grandparents her classroom, meet her teacher and capture a few pictures. We are so blessed to have such wonderful grandparents who love on my babies. 

Labor-less day trip!

Well, we felt we needed one  more trip to the beach in 2018 since we had a tropical run in the last time.  We stole Bebe away and headed down to Gulf Shores for a Labor Day trip.   We had a great girls trip, and daddy even came down and joined us at the end of our time together.  The next beach trips can’t come too soon.  Next time were stealing Daniel and his family away with us.