Road Trip to Disney

I finally had a second to sit down and blog about our adventure to Disney!  It had been four years since we made the trek to Anaheim and we were all a little excited. 

It took me up until the week before our trip to decide on a hotel and I'm happy to say it was a great choice.  We stayed at the Residence Inn down Harbor Blvd and had a full kitchen, dining room, family room, bedroom, free breakfast and parking.. all for less than $130/night. 

After getting settled in and picking up some groceries for the week, we headed to downtown Disney.  Not the brightest decision on a Sunday evening.  It was crowded!!  We hit up a few stores but couldn't decide on a place to grab dinner. 

We ditched Downtown Disney just about as fast as we arrived and went to find the Chicken Pie Shop for dinner... to find out it's closed on Sundays. We tried Bucca and they were packed!  We finally settled for Joe's Crab Shack. We had full bellies and headed back to the hotel to relax and get ready for our first day at Disney!!!

More on that first thing tomorrow...

We Made it Home!

We just spent this last week on a much needed vacation to the Happiest Place on Earth!  We are home.  We are exhausted.  I am getting ready to blog about our fun week, but first I am catching up on laundry! 

This pregnancy is kicking my butt, but I am officially in my third trimester! It's going by so quickly!  Baby #3, still nameless, is moving around like crazy and I'm pretty sure that I can't get any bigger or I'll explode!  I'm not kidding. 

I'm excited to post about our trip!  We have fall break this week.. so no school for my kiddos!  I love having them home all day.  I'm going to have to get creative this week and keep them busy.  They both have a ton of makeup work from school, so I guess that will help.

Owen has his annual biopsy at Stanford on the 14th.  It's kind of a huge deal!!  They will check not only for rejection of his heart, but they will check his coronary arteries and make sure all his collaterals resolved themselves.  He has been losing weight at a rapid pace and it's freaking me out a bit. I am still using his gtube often to give him tons of calories/fat of blended foods, but he eats orally a good amount as well.  Who knows?  He's also had some unexplained bruising and bleeding going on so we are checking his platelet count at the lab this weekend.  Just enough to keep me on my toes!

Is it really FALL?

Well we have been busy enjoying our fall... just kidding.. it's still 100 degrees in the desert. I did buy a new fall candle, baked some pumpkin bread and we visited the craft store looking for Halloween décor.  None of our efforts are making it feel more Fall around here.  This heat has got to go!  I'm hoping a trip to the Happiest Place on Earth will be just the thing to kick off our fall! 

We are in our 8th week of school and the kids are having the best year!  Only one more full week until Fall Break and then it's homecoming week at the High School.  Kam and her friends are wanting to go to the dance and finding a modest dress is not easy.  Owen is making a ton of friends, still has a mad crush on Payton, and is kicking butt in everything but writing.  His handwriting is pretty scary at this point!  His aide has been busy disinfecting the classroom and reminding Owen to wear his mask when another kid is coughing around him.  SO far, his 1st grade class has been super healthy!! 

Speaking of healthy... Owen got his FLU shot yesterday and he was not thrilled.  The rest of us have a date at Costco to get ours this week.  Owen is immune compromised due to all his transplant meds and we will have a newborn in (about) 92 days... so only come around us if you are healthy!  Also, if you choose the Flu mist over the shot.. please don't come around Owen for at least two weeks because it is a live virus.  Thanks for helping us stay healthy this winter!

Happy Fall!!!

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