Archives for the month of: December, 2008

I didn’t send out cards this year, and I wasn’t planning on even making a digital card .. just didn’t have time, or the right image. But today I came home from a week with my family, and turned on my computer, and saw these cuties staring back at me on my desktop. So I decided to put something together real quick. Better late then never right??

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I hope you all had a wonderful holiday :)

Last week Liz had to work a special event at the Hard Rock in Orlando. She asked me to come along to watch Ella, and of course I couldn’t pass up a few days with my darling niece :) Here are a few snapshots of our time together. 

She kinda freaked me out when she ordered strawberry ice cream with m&ms. I’m not a fan of strawberry ice cream .. and mixing it with chocolate just doesn’t sound good to me .. so I was really hoping I wouldn’t have to finish it up. Luckily .. she loved it!

Hangin' With Ella 

Next we took a stroll to City Walk, since it was in walking distance from the hotel. Of course I had to get her up on this surf board, I have a picture of her mom up there too :)

Hangin' With Ella 

Then we wandered over to this fountain, which she successfully avoided being hit by the random water spouts for a good 5 minutes, then her favorite little one decided to hit her right in the face 

Hangin' With Ella 

Our last stop of the night was the red carpet infront of Hard Rock Live, where Liz was inside planning her event. Ella just loved rocking out under the spotlight. 

Hangin' With Ella 

Hangin' With Ella 

The next morning Ella and I headed to the Magic Kingdom bright and early. The first stop? The teacups, by her request!

Hangin' With Ella 

Then we hung out at Pooh’s house for a bit 

Hangin' With Ella 

and met Scrooge McDuck or “The Professor” as Ella kept calling him 

Hangin' With Ella 

Then we raced to the new Pixie Hollow to meet the fairies, knowing that the line is super long, we were in the first crowd of the day. We still waited 45 minutes! But it was well worth it :)  

Hangin' With Ella 

Hangin' With Ella 

Thursday Nikki & Halle braved the stormy weather to spend a day with us at Hollywood Studios. It just happened that the Stewarts were there as well, Ella was so excited to play with Zach :) We did Playhouse Disney, the new Toy Story ride, Muppets 3D, posed for pictures with a couple of Cars, Ella played with a parachute in a parade, we watched Beauty & The Beast and The Little Mermaid shows. Overall it was a very full day! I took a bunch of pictures, but they’re all on Liz’s camera. So you’ll have to wait for her to upload them, or Nikki or Christina to upload theirs :)

UPDATE: [click here] to see Nikki’s pics :)

Friday we headed to my house for the rest of the weekend. On Saturday morning Ella and Liz woke me up to encourage me to set up our Christmas tree. Ella helped put up our newest decorations, one from Santa Fe and New Orleans

Hangin' With Ella

Here’s my latest Liz mix .. I’ve been listening to it for weeks and still really like it :)

  1. Snow Patrol – Take Back The City
  2. Kings Of Leon – Sex On Fire
  3. Weezer – Trouble Maker
  4. Adele – Chasing Pavements
  5. The Airborne Toxic Event – Sometime Around Midnight *
  6. Jonas Brothers – Love Bug **
  7. The Veronicas – Untouched *
  8. Correatown – All The World
  9. Selena Gomez – Fly To Your Heart **
  10. Lady GaGa – Just Dance
  11. Metro Station – Seventeen Forever
  12. Plain White Ts – 1, 2, 3, 4
  13. Tayor Swift – Love Story
  14. Jordin Sparks – One Step At A Time
  15. We Are Scientists – After Hours
  16. Jack’s Mannequin – The Mixed Tape
  17. Beyonce – Single Ladies
  18. Kings Of Leon – Use Somebody
  19. Santogold – L.E.S. Artists
  20. Chairlift – Bruises
* Could be my favorite on this CD
** Had to add a couple songs for Ella, though I’m sure Liz enjoys both Disney songs as much as the rest :)
Amazon has all the songs this time (apple only had 14) .. go check them out!

See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die

And now big puppy must share :(

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Sunshine, a breeze & a fluffy bed .. This dog is in heaven :)

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