Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Norris family comes to Disney

Jodi, Corey, Emma, and Addison all came to Florida and stayed with us the third weekend in January to experience Walt Disney World. Logan enjoyed the company and got to experience several new parks, rides, attractions and restaurants. The trip started with breakfast at Chef Mickey's at the Contemporary Hotel, one of the Magic Kingdom resorts. We got to meet Donald, Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, and Goofy while enjoying a buffet breakfast.

Over the next couple days, we were fortunate enough to make it to all of the parks including Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom, and EPCOT. The weather wasn't the best, but we managed to spend all day experiencing the Disney magic despite the rain and cold weather. One of the highlights of the trip was Emma's transformation at the Bippidy Boppidy Boutique in Cinderella's Castle.

While the girls were dressing up as princesses, Logan was enjoying his time at Disney. Most of the time he spent in his stroller or the girls' double stroller. Because it was cold, he had to be creative with ways to stay warm which included wearing a blanket on his head and eating non-stop. He made it on a couple rides, saw a couple shows, and enjoyed the various park transportation options like parking lot trams, monorails, and the Ferry.

Another highlight of the trip was the Princess Dinner at Norway. Although we couldn't get Addison to pose with any of the Princesses, we did get her to pose with her daddy. We may have to wait for the next trip for her to warm up to some of these Disney characters. Emma, however had a ball and got to meet all of her favorite princesses and get their autographs.

There is never enough time to see everything in Disney, but we certainly got in 3 full days of park hopping. There's always more to see and do next year. For a whole lot of pictures from the weekend, click here.

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Logan Turns 6 Months Old!



This was a busy month for Logan which is part of the reason his 6 month posting is a week late. As you can see from some of the earlier postings on his blog, he visited Sarasota, learned how to sit up, and went to the playground. In addition, he also got to meet his Great Aunt Roxanne, Great Uncle Harvey, and Great Grandmother Esther for the first time. He made several trips to Disney and went on a few rides. He now sits in a high chair and he is ready for Stage 2 foods.

At his 6 month check-up, Logan weighed in at 17 lbs 4 oz which brought his weight up from the 25th percentile to the 50th percentile. His height is 27 in which kept him in the 75th percentile. The doctor was very impressed that he is sitting up by himself. Still no teeth and still no crawling, but that gives us something to look forward to next month. For some highlights of Logan's 6th month, check out these pictures online. For more specific pictures of Logan on vacation or at the playground, see the links within the blog entries below.

Sunday, January 6, 2008

Logan sits up unassisted

Click here to watch this video taken on January 6th which shows Logan sitting unassisted for the first time. Watch as he balances while playing with his Mozart cube.

Friday, January 4, 2008

Logan swings into the new year

We took a ride over to the new Dr. Phillips Community Park today to visit Cousin Jared. This was Logan's second trip to the park. He had visited earlier this week when the Kissels were in town, but didn't go on any equipment. Today was different. We decided to try him out on the swing. He loved it. Watch the video to see what we mean.

Our trip to Sarasota/Longboat Key


Between Christmas and New Year's Eve was the perfect time to escape Orlando and take a weekend road trip to Sarasota and Longboat Key. We packed up the family in the minivan and drove over to Sarasota where we checked into the Ritz Carlton for our weekend get-away. We started our vacation with a champagne sunset at the Hitchcock's beach condo on Longboat Key. We followed up sunset with dinner at Ciao's, a nice mom and pop Italian restaurant. This is when the eating started and it didn't stop until we left. The next day we took a nice walk along the beach and introduced Logan to his first swimming pool even though we have one in our backyard that he has never used. That evening we got to experience St. Armand's Circle. On Sunday we sat down for a 3 hour brunch at the hotel and headed back to Orlando on Monday to prepare for our New Year's Eve Party. For pictures of the weekend, click here.