Well, Last Thursday Katie celebrated her 30th birthday! We actually celebrated it in Walt Disney World with Lacy. I had arranged for us to take a surprise visit to Orlando for her birthday and we all had a lot of fun!

Lacy was adorable. I know I say this all the time, but she is getting sooo big. Her eyes were huge in the Magic Kingdom and she was just enthralled with everything. We visited Mickey's Toontown where Lacy got to see several characters. We also rode the snow white ride, dumbo, Mickey's Philharmagic and Pirates of the Caribbean. Overall all we had a great time. But Lacy's favorite was probably playing in the playground in toontown. We just let her go at it and she was climbing through tunnels, up ladders and sliding down the slide by her self for the first time. Every time she would squeal with delight and call out mama and dada.

We actually drove to Orlando and Lacy was great for the entire 13 hour drive down and back. She didn't even cry once on the way down and only for about 1 minute on the way back. We are extremely lucky to have such a good girl.

On Katie's birthday we actually went to the magic kingdom that morning and day then later we met up with Karen and Eric for dinner at downtown disney (Portobella Yacht Club) followed by drinks at Raglan Road pub. While we were out I had arranged for a sitter to come to our timeshare and stay with Lacy. She was very nice and just sat and watched tv since Lacy was already asleep when she got there. If anyone is in Orlando I would recommend the company we used, it was called Kid's Night Out, and they were really good and affordable.

The other days we did a lot of walking and enjoying the nice weather, went through the hotels and ate at Wilderness Lodge one day and in the Town of Celebration the other. Lacy was a doll and stayed up with us way too late (10:30) and just laughed and played in our bed with us.

She is really getting attached to her baby, which she calls "babies", and to her plastic dog "doggie", she is also always calling out for "Baxie" and when we got home she was calling his name out and searching everywhere for him. Unfortunately he wasn't there, as we had boarded him and couldn't get him until the next day.

Overall we had a great time. It was way too short, but fun nonetheless. Next we're looking forward to our weekend in Hot Springs. I need to get a new vest though so I can match Brian and Phil.