9 month check-up

Jack had his 9 month check up today...

23.1 pounds (79%)

31 1/4 inches tall (99%)

head was 49 cm (100%-aka off the chart)

Jack's a healthy boy!!

Jack's 9 month pictures

Jack also had his 9 month pictures yesterday. I think some of these are my favorites so far.The shot I was totally wanting...so glad we got it!!!

Daddy is hoping for a left-handed pitcher...
Jack is getting so big...and looking like a toddler more every day.

It, of course, is a Tigers jersey.

I was sure how well the white jersey would show up on the white background so I also brought Maddie's jersey for Jack to wear. Perk of having kids about the same size!

Jack had enough of sitting!

I just love these baseball pictures!!

Maddie & Jack

I tried once again to get their picture together. We had a little more success than last time. Jack is so tall already that they don't look 19 months apart.

Maddie loves to have her picture taken so, of course, she had some of her own.

We're Home!!

Back in Arizona!!
My new outdoor clock for the pool area. I have been wanting one for awhile so I was excited when John and the kids gave it to me for Mother's Day. I was definitely spoiled with breakfast and dinner also...it was a great day even though I had to work.

We spent most of the afternoon in the pool today...it was a hot 108 degrees in our backyard!!

A nice welcome back to Arizona!!

Disneyland-day 3

Day 3 started at Disneyland. Maddie's requests for the day were to see Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. We got there early and used our Magic Morning passes to avoid the waiting lines. We also discovered that the lines for rides are extremely short Sunday morning!!!

Maddie and Jack on Main Street.

We knew from last year that some characters come out on Main Street first thing in the morning when the park opens.

Mickey came right over...one request down!

Jack did get his picture with Mickey also, it's just on the picture card from Disney.

Around the corner was Donald...requests completed!
Jack on his first ride...a boat tour thru Storyland.

After the ladybugs, Maddie had to go on the teacups.

The princess line was extremely short compared to Friday so we went again. We saw Princess Aurora and Cinderella again. Then we got to meet Snow White!

Snow White came over to see Jack. She was really kind!!

We were off to Critter Country.

We saw Tigger, Winnie the Pooh, and Eyeore.

On the way out we saw Mary Poppins and Bert.

Maddie really didn't know who they were...we have lots of new movies to watch after our trip.

We then made a quick trip back to California Adventure.

John and Jack got the picture with Mater...boys and their cars!

Cars

After dinner and some shopping at Downtown Disney we had more ice cream!!

Disneyland-day 2

Day 2 started early at Disneyland.

Getting Goofy's autograph.

Maddie didn't care for him but he is Daddy's favorite.
We were taking a family picture at the entrance and Pluto just came over to disrupt!!
John told me that my mouth matches Pluto's!!

Our first ride of the day...Finding Nemo

The line was too long last year so this we our first time on this ride.

Maddie on the ride

Looking out her port hole.

This ride was closed last year for remodeling so we had to check it out this year.

Definitely sang "it's a small world" for the rest of the day.

While we were on this ride, Jack was...

Enjoying a nap!

Then we stopped by Toontown to eat lunch and see Minnie at her house.

On our visit to Pixie Hollow Maddie met Fawn.

Maddie & Fawn

Then we met Tinkerbell

Tinkerbell signing our card on the mushroom.

Tink came over to meet Mim and Jack also.

Maddie got a Rosetta fairy.

And ice cream!!!

Jack likes ice cream too!!

California Adventure-day 2

Saturday night John, Maddie and I went to California Adventure. Mim and Jack stayed back to rest. We saw the Pixar Play Parade as soon as we arrived.

All the floats squirted water...didn't know we were gonna get wet!!
Bug's life float
Maddie on the Flik's Flyers ride.
Maddie LOVED the spinning rides.
Mommy not so much--so she rode with daddy while I took pictures.

On the ladybug ride

Maddie in her 3-D glasses for the muppets movie. This was the last thing we did before we left for the night. Maddie wasn't good at keeping her glasses on. I think it was the confetti that popped out of the can in our face in the beginning that did her in!!

Disneyland-day 1

We drove to Disneyland on Friday morning. It's only 6 hours from Phoenix so we couldn't pass up the chance to go again this year!

Welcome to California!

Maddie waiting in line to see the princesses! We skipped this section last year as Maddie didn't know the princesses. This year was different... Maddie was so excited to see what princesses we were going to meet on the "enchanted walkway." We stood in line for over an hour for this!!
Jack in line waiting to see the princesses!
We saw Mulan first.

Then there was Cinderella...Maddie's favorite! (John asked Maddie last night to tell him about Cinderella--Maddie told him that 'Cinderella has big nose')

Our little Prince Charming had to get his picture with Cinderella!

Last we met Princess Aurora.

We finished just in time to catch the street party.

It was fun seeing all the characters dancing.