a boy and his dog

As you saw in a previous post, Brady LOVES to hand-feed Camper. Well he has now taken it to a whole new level...

I was very surprised at how calm I was when I walked in and saw his face in the dog food bowl. I just watched, and when I saw that his intentions were not to actually EAT the food but just that he was being creative in his food gathering technique, I was okay long enough to get a few laughs & capture the video. Then I thoroughly washed his mouth and hands and haven't let him do this since.

Quick bathroom update...

All the walls and ceiling are painted, the floor is tiled, trim/baseboards are on, and we have a potty. The girls were so excited to help me paint...especially the part about being naked so as not to ruin any clothes. Lee & Alan hope to have the shower area tiled this week, and then really the only big thing left is to put in the vanity/countertop/sinks.

Baby name and our trip to Florida

I promised that when we decided on a name we'd let everyone know...so here it is: Dawson Travis. So, there you go!

About our trip...everything was perfect and amazing, except for the weather. Ironically, the majority of the reason I wanted to go to Orlando was because the average temp there this time of year is in the 70's...so when we showed up and it was freezing at night and never got above 60 until the day we left, I was pretty disappointed. In fact, on Saturday, the day we spent at Epcot, it was 40 and raining all day. I was wearing all 5 shirts I had brought and my rain jacket. Although and because the weather was miserable, we had the park to ourselves....a huge perk. And really my disappointment lasted all of 5 minutes and I was immediately so thankful that I was getting to do my favorite thing (going on a vacation with just Lee) at one of my favorite places (Disney). The first night, we drove to Tampa to see a traveling Broadway production of Wicked...my 2nd time and Lee's first. It was even better this time for me because I noticed more, and because Lee really enjoyed it!

The next day was day 1 of 2 at Disney World.

In front of Spaceship Earth...aka the Epcot ball

posing with Daisy

view of France in the World Showcase, and of the brief period we thought the clouds were breaking...no such luck; it was raining again 20 minutes later.

These character topiaries were everywhere...the details were amazing! Only at Disney!

Sunday we went to the Animal Kingdom, which is sort of like a really big zoo that also has rides and all the characters. It was also a lot of fun, and I was not at all disappointed that I didn't get to do certain things due to my delicate condition. I was happy to watch Lee do the rides. And who knows, maybe we'll get to go again someday and I can do them too. And next time we'll take the kids!

Standing in front of the 200-ft Tree of Life

After it closed at 5, we didn't want to be finished exploring...and we were getting hungry. So we went to Downtown Disney, which is not exactly a Disney park, in that it's mostly restaurants and shops and you don't have to pay to park or have a ticket to get in. We found a really cool (and delicious!) seafood restaurant that was a ship docked on a small lake...and I ate my first whole lobster....to die for! Then we headed to Ghiradelli's for dessert...my mouth waters right now as I think about that brownie sundae!