Our Pink Triceratops - Halloween 2015

It makes me so sad that I haven't blogged on here in forever. We have been living in Florida now for 5 months and it has been the best 5 months of our entire relationship. We are so happy. Lilly Belle is so happy. We are right where we are supposed to be.

Last night was our first Halloween in Celebration and it did not disappoint. We went with our friends Brett, Holly, Aaron & Lindsay. Lilly Belle had all her little best friends with her and she was one happy little Pink Triceratops.

Her costume took a long time to make, but it was worth every second. She was so excited and was sure to correct everyone who thought she was anything other than a "pink triceratops".

It was such an amazing Halloween and the perfect first time Trick or Treating! Such fun memories for all of us...

Lilly Belle is TWO!

Our sweet, Lilly Belle is now TWO years old! I cannot believe it. She is such an amazing little girl. I wish I had been blogging more this past year because she is just changing so quickly. She still loves to be social and will talk with anyone who will have a conversation with her. She is obsessed with technology; phones, the iPad, our laptops. I think it's because she loves to learn so much. Lilly Belle has been loving our new life in Florida and already has so many sweet friends here. If you ask her who her best friend is, she will tell you it's Lucas. Her favorite things right now are Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, dinosaurs, Cinderella, her friends, chocolate milk, and to draw, play with stickers or paint. I need to start a journal of all the cute things she says. I'd literally need to carry it around everywhere with me because she is constantly saying hilarious things. She had an amazing birthday yesterday!

So...We Moved to Florida!

Wow! I have not blogged in so long. That makes me so sad! Thank goodness for Instagram where I am a totally "overgrammer" and have all my sweet memories of Lilly Belle's days stored away ;)

 

So, big news...we moved to Florida! We made the decision in January, and have now been living here for 10 days. I purchased a FIT4MOM franchise and Matt is now working at Disney and Universal. Lilly Belle is just happy as can be with all of our new adventures.

 

We have made so many friends already and it feels like we are making more every single day. I know this will at one point come to a slow down, but for now, it's been so amazing feeling so surrounded by an amazing community.

 

I really want to start blogging again to journal all the amazing things we are doing. And Lilly Belle is growing up so fast, it's a little bit overwhelming trying to keep up with all of her changes. I keep wanting to write down all the things she says but literally I'd have to carry a pen around in my hand all day...So, I just take videos of her constantly.

 

Here are our adventures so far. We don't have our annual passes for Disney, Universal or SeaWorld yet, so we have just been doing as much as we can around here for free. It's pretty incredible how much there has been to do without even going to any of the parks. And we haven't even made it to the beach yet!

Here is a little preview of the past two weeks.
Matt and I were just talking and realized that two weeks ago, we were only on day 2 of our 5 day road trip here. It feels like we've been here for so long!

National Doughnut Day! Free doughnuts from Krispy Kreme

 Girlfriend has mastered the art of climbing - it's a little terrifying.

 Spent the morning resort hopping and riding the monorails.

 Checking out the farmers market in Celebration.

 We love our new sweet little town!

 Our new home! We're so in love!!

 Another morning of monorail riding ;)

 We had to get some ice cream from Beaches n Cream!

 The parks here are absolutely amazing!

Our splash pad!

We are so happy here and so happy with our decision!

Lilly Belle's Princess Brunch Disney Side @ Home Celebration!

So much has been going on planning our big move to Disney...I mean, Florida!

 

We feel so thankful to have been chosen to host a Disney Side @ Home Celebration. Thanks to BSM Media and Disney Parks, we were able to put together the perfect princess brunch for Lilly Belle's friends and cousins!

 

Lilly Belle hosted her first party on Valentine's Day.

It was absolutely adorable! So many of her friends came and it was an absolute fun chaos!

Just the way we like it.

 

We made lots of yummy treats. The girls got to enjoy chocolate covered pretzels...Magic Wands.

 



Once her friends had arrived, I read them all a Sofia the First story.

 



This was the perfect time for her to have a party. I fear she may not see many of these friends for a long time now that we are moving 3,000 miles away... :(

 



I made the girls Princess Cupcakes :)



Of course, there was dancing!

 



We even had a special guest arrive! Rapunzel went to a new and exciting ball with Flynn Rider. It is called "PROM!" and he bought her a new dress!

 

The girls totally believed she was Rapunzel. Thank you so much, Autumn! We love you!

 



Matt spent the entire morning making Mickey Waffles for all the girls! So sweet :)

 



Lilly Belle loved her crown :)

 



We played Disney Parks Bingo and used chocolate chips as markers. Big mistake as the kids were all hyped up on fruit, sugar and raisins lol. Left the Cheerios at home by mistake - oops!

 

The girls got goody bags/boxes as well.

 

I had two Etsy shops also donate to our party. We are so thankful for the beautiful necklaces and the adorable Ariel apron!

 



Necklace: OliverandMay

 

This girl is on the move! So bummed that I couldn't a more clear picture of this adorable apron by EmeraldBelleDesigns on Etsy. Seriously go check out her shop! So so cute! I can't wait to get Lilly Belle more of these adorable aprons from her for our days at Disney...which will soon be often :) Yay!

 

Thank you so much to BSM Media and Disney Parks for the amazing party supplies. Thank you to OliverandMay on Etsy for these adorable necklaces, I can't wait to get some more for Lilly Belle! Thank you EmeraldBelleDesigns for Lilly Belle's adorable dress up apron. Lilly Belle still plays with her apron and necklace almost everyday and will most definitely be wearing them around Walt Disney World when we make our big move! :)

Thank you to my Sister in Law, Megan, for all of these pictures!! I of course took...2 photos. It was a bit of a crazy morning :)

 

I hope we get to do this again next time! We all had so much fun and I loved putting it together for these girls!!