Make A Wish Trip - Day 1 - The Plane Ride!

The First day of Mason's Make A Wish Trip was all about going on an AIR PLANE!!! Mason was SOO excited! He was given a special Make A Wish Button to tell everyone that he was a special Make A Wish Kid. He was sure to tell EVERYONE that he gets to go to Disney World with Make A Wish.

While we were at the Orange County Airport, we happened to run into some old friend's of ours from Elk Grove, so we snuck a few of their kids into our pictures!

Here's Mason standing in front of our airplane before we were about to board!

And here's another! (We were lucky to capture this one with a half smile! Too excited to pose MOM!)

Destination - ORLANDO!

Both of my kids were SUPER good on the plane rides. I have to admit I was a little worried but they did awesome.. Not to mention Mason was given a special backpack from Make A Wish stuffed FULL of things to do while he was on the flight!

We spent the entire day flying, and didn't make it into Orlando until about 8pm that night. After we got off the plane, we were immediately greated by someone from the "Give Kids The World" Village. (That's where the Make A Wish kids stay during their time at Disney World!) They really know how to roll out the red carpet and make every child feel special! She helped us get our luggage and then excorted us to where we picked up our Rental Car. (Which happened to be a Brand New Toyota Sienna.. just like the one Mommy has at home!)

Then it was straight back to the Village to Check in. When we arrived at the village, they greeted us with Toys and treats for the kids, and then excorted to our very own "Villa". Since it was so late and we had missed dinner, they had a Pizza Delivered straight to our little house. It was so nice! We were eager to get unpacked and settled in for the night since the very next day we were going to get up and get going to The Wild Animal Park and Epcot!

THIS Christmas...

I'm NOT going all out on decorations.

Now don't you think I'm going all BAH-HUMBUG on the idea of decorating.. I just realized I have a 17 month old.. and I'm starting to feel REALLY pregnant... Those two combinations and the idea of putting it all back AFTER the Jolly Holiday is making me think minimal this year!

My Poor tree.. I didn't hardly put any ornaments on it this year.. and the ones that did make it up have been completely pulled off and replaced half a dozen times in the last 36 hours.. Did I mention I have a 17 month old? Enough said! lol! Oh well it's the thought that counts, right?

As for other happenings in the Dahl House..

Mason:

- Mason is going to preschool and LOVING it (for the most part!).
- He still receives shots of Interferon 3x per week, but is tolerating it well. I figured out that his last shot will be about a week before his 5th birthday... I may just have to think about having ANOTHER party! That kid has been through so much this year and we can't wait to take a few things off his plate!
- I PROMISE I still have every intention of blogging about Mason's Make A Wish Trip to DisneyWorld! We took over 1,000 pictures in just 7 short days.. LOTS to sort through and so many things to write about! I'm hoping I will get to this task SOON!

Charlotte:

My Sweet sweet baby girl is turning into a toddler with a mind all of her own! This girl has an opinion, and even though she doesn't have a huge vocabulary, she STILL can communicate with us what her opinion may be!
- She enjoys carrying around baby dolls, wearing pretty necklaces, and taking off and putting on her shoes over and over again. She is a true girly girl.

Baby Dahl #3:

I'm 7 months pregnant, and things have been going really well. I just wish that we could figure out a name for this little boy! (any suggestions would be great!)

As for Shane and I, we just recenty celebrated our 7 year anniversary! I guess we have survived the 7 year itch! lol! (was anyone really worried!?)