Sara's visit & Disney

I'll first start by saying that Andrew is doing awesome! He seems to be totally back to himself - except for still being slightly more clingy. I suspect he will still be wary of strangers and only want mom or dad for awhile (which I fear will be problematic for nursery which he should be starting next month...)

Happy Andrew

Andrew's shunt - Crystal keeps asking for an updated picture :)

So Sara got back from her mission to Italy at the end of March and came to visit us in mid-April. We mostly just hung out and enjoyed visiting, but we did manage to do a few things out of our norm. We made a trip to Chuck-E-Cheese which is Jeffrey & Caitlyn's favorite place to go lately.

Caitlyn & the water game.

Dan playing football.

Jeffrey and his infamous ski ball (apparently when we were at the hospital with Andrew, Grandma Milton took the kids to Chuck-E-Cheese and Jeffrey got the jackpot on skiball 2 times...175 tickets each time - he was so excited to tell us about it!)


We also went up to FSU campus one night and went for a walk. It was a really nice evening.

Aunt Sara with Jeffrey & Caitlyn
A family picture - so rare since we usually don't have anyone to take pictures for us!

Even more rare to have a picture of just Dan & I!

Jeffrey found a little bug and carried it around the whole walk. He kept talking about his new friend, "Furry." We had to really convince him that Furry would rather stay with his family in the leaves than come home with us. It was sad to see them part!

Aunt Sara & Caitlyn.

Hanging on the bars...

We wanted to work in a trip to the temple while Sara was here, so we had her fly out of the Orlando airport and went camping at Fort Wilderness (Disney's camping resort). We had a BLAST!

Riding on the boat between the Disney resorts - so fun to see the other awesome Disney hotels! And the kids loved riding on the boat!

Jeffrey waiting for the monorail.

The gang hanging out with Mickey.

Jeffrey excited to get back on the ferry.

This was definitely the hit of the trip - the pool at Fort Wilderness. It was heated, but still pretty chilly. Caitlyn had been sick the week before, so she wasn't so excited. But Jeffrey couldn't be deterred. He could have played there ALL DAY! They are still thankful in almost every prayer they say that we could go to Fort Wilderness!

Jeffrey going down the slide - Caitlyn never worked up the nerve.

The 'big kid' slide - Jeffrey's very favorite place at this pool!

Jeffrey going down the slide.

Dan took Jeffrey to the Chip & Dale Fireside Sing-a-long while Sara & I took Andrew & Caitlyn back to get them dinner and put them to bed. Jeffrey was so excited to tell us about the songs. He was totally caught up in the Disney spirit :).

Jeffrey dancing along to "She'll be coming 'round the mountain" - he looks a little spastic - makes me laugh! Jeffrey with Chip

The next morning we swung by the stables and saw the ponies & horses, then played on the playground before we headed off to the temple.

Jeffrey and a pony.

Me and "Bob"

Caitlyn sliding.

Jeffrey climbing.

We had an awesome trip! Sara and I kept the kids at the park while Dan went to the temple, then we checked into a hotel in Downtown Orlando, swam in the pool there (which of course paled in comparision to the Disney pool) and Sara & I went to the temple later that evening. She caught a plane early the next morning and our family headed back to Tallahassee. We loved spending time with Sara and had a blast the whole 10 days she was with us!