Hello from Orlando!

Well, we made it to Orlando! After terrible weather in the Memphis area last night, we were surprisingly able to take off not long after our original flight time. We touched down in Orlando around 11 pm, and we got to our condo at 2 am...yes 2 a.m. Needless to say, we were glad to finally get here!
Myla did excellent on the flight. Seriously, we could not have asked for her to be any better. She sat in Mom's lap and watched out the window and kept saying "Airplane" over and over. I was really proud of her because I had my doubts about how she would do, but she never missed a beat. She never fell asleep either. I guess it was just too much excitement! She finally fell asleep at 1:45 am in the car on the way to the condo. She slept until 8:30, which isn't extremely late, but it was better than I thought she would do.
I am going to try and keep the blog updated while we are here, but I don't know if the computer we brought is going to work. As long as Peyton is here, I can use his computer.
I don't know what we are doing today, but we are up and ready for the day!

Future in Photography....

This morning I started packing for our trip, so I had the suitcase on Myla's bed to start putting her stuff in it. Well, in typical Myla fashion, she climbed up on the bed and into the bag before I could put anything in it. I got the camera because I thought she just looked too cute in that big bag! So, I tell you that to say that the camera was in her room the rest of the day, but more on that later...

"Hey, Mom, I think I'll just travel in here. I have plenty of room!"
Sweet traveler!!

"Okay, enough pictures...I'm in my pajamas for heaven's sake!"

OKAY...fast forward several hours...

While I was working on dinner tonight, Myla was playing in her room. She loves to go in there and shut the door (and sometimes lock it, which thank goodness is easy to reverse with a flat head screwdriver). Anyways, I noticed that while Myla was playing in her room, she got very quiet so I went to check on her. I found her taking pictures of herself. It was hysterical. I thought she had just taken one, but I scrolled back through the camera and she had taken like 6 or 7. Some of them were too blurry to see anything, but here are the ones that she took.... It amazes me what little minds can figure out. She turned the camera on and took the pictures by herself. Too funny!

Leaving on a Jet Plane...

This Friday Myla and I will be flying to Orlando with my parents and my nephew, Henry, for vacation. This will be Myla's first time to fly, and I am not really sure how well she is going to do. Anyway, I just wanted to know if any of you have advice on flying with a little one. She is going to be sitting in our laps rather than in a seat by herself since she is not yet 2. We are going to take the DVD player, snacks and toys to try and entertain her. Also we will be flying out at her bed time so I am hoping that she may fall asleep. Any advice is welcomed!!!! Thanks!

A Beautiful Day for the Zoo...

This past Friday we decided that it was a perfect day for the zoo, so we struck off to Memphis and had a wonderful time! Mrs. Sandy went with us so Myla was in hog heaven with Sae Sae there! It was amazing how much more Myla was into the animals since we were there in March. She walked pretty much the whole time and made all the animal sounds when she saw the different animals. I am like a kid at the zoo too! I love it and can't wait to go back!

Myla and Sae Sae looking at the tigers.
I just thought this white tiger was beautiful!!

Daddy and Myla checking out some other big cat! She got so excited when she would spot them.

"Look, Mommy!!"

I love how Myla would squat down to look in the habitats...so cute!

Taking a sucker break. She found the sucker in her bag. I had forgotten about getting it at the bank last week, so when she saw it, she just had to have it!

YUM YUM!

Watching the polar bear. He was really putting on a show swimming right in front of the viewing area. Myla loved watching him, so we stayed there for a long while.

Clapping for the polar bear.

I could have stayed and watched him forever. He was so graceful in the water...so pretty!

Everytime he would swim around it was like he was watching the children standing at the glass.

Myla content with all she had seen at the zoo!

Up close and personal!

Myla being silly on the way home.

Strike a pose!

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Okay, I had a thought while at the zoo....

If I could come back as an animal, I think I would be either this leopard.....

or these sea lions!

Do they have the life or what!!!!

L.I.T.T.L.E. D.I.V.A.

NO WORDS NEEDED!!!

Happy Memorial Day!

I just had to take a moment and thank all of our military men and women on this Memorial Day. As I walked into church this morning, not "just a church", but an air conditioned, well lit, comfortable, safe, beautiful house of the Lord, I was quickly reminded that there are millions of people out there that have to worship in quiet, dark, dangerous, underground churches because they don't have the same freedom that I do. The reason I can go to church safely and comfortably is in no small part due to those that have fought and died for my freedom.

Praise the Lord for our Armed Forces.

May we never forget the ultimate price they have paid.

I am so overwhelmed every time I hear the songs from each military branch and I watch men and women, full of PRIDE, rise to their feet with tears in their eyes. I can hardly contain my own tears from overflowing and this morning I couldn't...they were freely falling. When I hear Taps played on the trumpet, goose bumps cover me as I think of those families that have heard that very song as they have laid their loved ones to rest. No matter how you feel about war, the bottom line is that the people out there fighting and their families need our support. I don't want to ever take for granted what those people have done for me.

I THANK GOD FOR MY FREEDOM

MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA!

Fun at the Sink...

Yesterday Myla woke up from her afternoon nap in a pretty sour mood, so I was trying to think of something to entertain her while I fixed supper. Well, I pulled a chair up to the sink (I know...not really safe), cut the water on, gave her a few cups and bowls and let her play. You would have thought she was a Disneyworld as happy as she was! Seriously, it was ridiculous, but I wasn't complaining because I got to cook in peace...somewhat! I have a video that is too funny of her doing this, but I can't get it to upload. I will keep trying, but as for now, I think you can gather some of her excitement through the pictures!

"Mom, I know I look up to no good, but this is really fun!"
"I promise I will be really careful and not fall out of this chair."
"Who knew playing in the sink was this fun?"

"Seriously, Mom, why have you been keeping this a secret? You don't seem like you have this much fun when you are at the sink?"

"I'll wash those dishes for you anytime!"

"The FUN here just never ends!"

"Check it out, Mom, a new use for the medicine spoon!"