DISNEY PLANNING SERIES PART 5

Back to our regularly scheduled Disney Planning series! This time, I'm giving you a glimpse into my crazy planning and how I narrow day everything to ensure that we have the best time possible.

DISNEY PLANNING SERIES PART 4 VOLUME 2

I'm dishing details on FastPasses. Are you exhausted yet? I bet you didn't expect the planning to be this rigorous, but trust me, after all this planning is done, you will thank yourself once you get to the parks and can navigate like a pro!

DISNEY PLANNING SERIES PART 4 VOLUME 1

We're rolling along in this Disney Planning Series! Currently, we are about 6-7 months out from our trip, so I'm in the thick of planning as we're going through the timeline. Just as we did in Part 3 (HERE), we are going to break down the bullet list for the 8-7 Months Out. This is when things start getting real serious because at 180 days out, you can start actually applying these plans for your dining reservations and then 60 days out - game on!!! 

DISNEY PLANNING SERIES PART 3

If you've been following my Disney Planning Series, then you know that during my Part 2 post (HERE), I gave you a timeline for how I like to plan my trip. Now, we are going to actually start the planning process - hip, hip, hooray!

DISNEY PLANNING SERIES PART 2

I mentioned in my Disney Planning Steps (click HERE) that I want to take you along my planning for Disney World. I think it definitely helps to get an inside view of how people plan their Disney trips.

DISNEY PLANNING STEPS

May 2019, we took our first family Disney vacation to Walt Disney World. To say the very, very least, it was every bit magical and wonderful as we dreamed. After coming home, we had so many friends ask about our vacation and were amazed to discover that we were able to experience so much and have a truly wonderful, fun-filled trip without it costing a fortune. Additionally, we learned A LOT and want to share those details including tips we were given, tricks we discovered, and more!

NEW DOCUSERIES - DOCUMENTING DISNEY

There is so much I want to share with you!!!


First off, for those that have been following me for a few years now know that I battled and defeated unexplained infertility. We welcomed our first little bouncing baby boy on August 23, 2016. What you don't know, because I failed to update this blog, is that we welcomed our second bouncing baby boy on May 1, 2018! It's been a whirlwind! First, we had no idea that we would ever get pregnant with our first - mainly because Dr's advised that it wasn't possible without IVF. However, we had some tricks up our sleeves, and within 5-6 months, we were naturally pregnant. Then, we found out just 1 day before our first son's first birthday that we were expecting again!

We are blessed!

I know I've already said it, but I really do have so many things I want to share with you.

However, this post is going to be specifically about our new Blog Docu-Series called
"Documenting Disney."

We have FINALLY booked our family vacation to Disney World. I have planned and researched, and planned and researched, and was able to score a 7 night, 8 day stay on Disney World property for less than $2,000 for our family of four. In addition, we also have the Disney dining plan which means all of our meals are covered!

Since Disney World is a hot topic in most households, I thought I'd share all of the things I've learned. I have literally been planning and researching Disney for over 2 years and after hours and days, and weeks, and years, I have all of the information you need.

So, stay tuned for that!

And stay tuned for my 2018 recap post where I'm dishing the details on our crazy amazing 2018!

LIFE UPDATE {07.10.2017}

I feel like every time I think about Blogging, millions of other things somehow manage to make their way in front and distract me from writing, but I wanted to do a little update.

First off, it's hard to believe, but JMWR (our son), will be ONE next month! I am in awe over this kid. He has brought us so much joy and happiness, and we've truly enjoyed every second or every day with him. Currently, he has six teeth, still loves Disney music but really loves Mickey Mouse. He gets a kick out of all the Baby Einstein movies, and enjoys fruits, chicken, raviolis, chicken, eggs, but his all time favorite is PANCAKES! He can walk, but chooses to crawl in between because his legs get too tired. That's what happens when you're chunky, and if it was socially acceptable for adults to do that, you know we would!

Right now, we are in the works of planning his birthday party and trying to get all of the stuff together we will need to complete his birthday party. While we aren't sure if we are doing a big party or small, intimate party, we are eager to celebrate.  I have so many ideas, but don't want to spend a crazy amount of money if we are just doing something small. I'll update more on the party details once we figure it out.

Last time we caught up, I was staying home, but I decided that after four months, it was time to go back to work. I worked for GEICO for a while but was not happy there, and ended up returning to my old job. I LOVE it and love that JMWR gets to go to school to learn and play. While the occasional sicknesses from the other kiddos makes me regret school all together, the interaction and scheduled learning and activities, such as his finger paintings and crafts that he brings home and is so proud of, make me realize that it is a good thing and that he will benefit greatly from this early adventure in school.

Although, that's not all I've got going on, in all craziness, I am not only a Licensed Insurance Agent, I am also a Licensed Real Estate Agent in the state of Texas. I do not plan on using my Insurance license however, I am hoping that my Real Estate business grows more and more. It definitely takes work and determination to make it grow, but I am determined! In addition to my fulltime job and my Real Estate career, I also re-opened my photography business, under MeganRRichards Photography, check me out on Facebook. I have been taking classes and working hard to learn ways to keep my clients happy and provide the best service possible. I love being busy and being a mom and wife with three jobs is exhausting but so worth it. I look forward to the future and what possibilities, and doors, are available to me having each of these routes to take.

Oh, I still plan like crazy! While my planning habits are completely different, planning is the only way I stay organized with all the things going on in life. I still use the Erin Condren Life Planner, but now it is used for bill tracking and reminders of the little things that our little guy does. I also track anything I feel might help me long term, aka saving money. I plan on doing a "Plan with Me," to show others all of the ways you can plan, if you don't have the money to pay for a million stickers. While we are on the topic of planning, I think now is a great time to mention, we are officially going to Disney World! I am so darn excited, I could scream like a little girl on Christmas! I have dreamed about this day since I was a tiny little thing, and now I get to go and experience Disney magic with my own child, and my amazing husband (more on Disney in another post).

Overall, life has been FANTASTIC in every way possible. I cannot wait to share all of the fun Disney-related stuff that will make your trip amazing, and I look forward to sharing our future adventures with you.

As always, thank you for reading!

2 MONTHS {11.01.2016}

I am overdue on this because our little guy turned two months on 10.23.2016. But as a mom, who also happens to be going to college, I put certain things ahead of others. One priority, while I'm still at home, is to enjoy time with both of my guys (my husband and my little one). Originally, I was supposed to return back to work, but my husband decided, the night before I was supposed to return to work, that he felt better with me being home and knew that it was a dream of mine. It's been wonderful! Waking up with my little guy everyday is simply the greatest thing in the world! Needless to say, he keeps me very busy, but I still manage to find time to get all of my college stuff done every time he lays down for a nap. Alright, enough about that, I want to focus this post to be all about two months with my precious, miracle rainbow baby.

First off, time is so cruel! Every single time I get ready for bed, I think to myself "another day in the books with my son, but why did it have to go by so quickly?" I find myself reflecting, every night, on new things he did or discovered how to do. Recently, he loves to sit up, whether it be in my lap, in his Bumbo or froggy floor chair, or even just sitting up with little support behind him, he loves it! He also finds it amusing to try and stand up while his daddy and I hold his arms. Tummy time is great because it shows just how strong he is and how quickly he is growing. It's no joke that everyday babies really do learn something new, and while, as a parent, you are excited, there is also a part of you that wants to cry. For us, he is our first after many years of trying, and to think that he is already at the point of prepping to crawl is sad. I don't want my baby to grow up so quickly. I honestly thought the "newborn" stage would last longer, but in all reality, it probably only lasted about three weeks or so. Since then, he has been sleeping through the night, and trying everything he can to go from two months to twenty years old right in front of our eyes.

In terms of eating, he is still only eating formula. Typically he eats anywhere from 4-6 oz. per feeding. We did have a few days where we gave him some homemade oatmeal, but I decided I wanted to go back to just formula. He did great on the oatmeal and we probably could've kept up with it, but I wanted to wait until he could really enjoy being a "big boy," as well as still give him a few more months to be a tiny baby! I feel like they are only a baby for about four months, then they decide that they are ready to take on big people foods. It's crazy! Although, I do look forward to watching him grow up, I want it to be slow and steady.

He still loves Disney music and bath time. Recently, he got too big for baths in the sink, so we had to transition to the tub. Right now, he takes baths with me. It's easier and he enjoys floating in the water. Nap times have started taking place in his crib to prepare him for the transition from our room to his. A few nights ago, he fought us for hours while we were trying to get him to fall asleep with us, it wasn't until I laid him in his crib that he passed right out! He only stayed in there a few hours and then, because I couldn't handle it, I went and picked him up and brought him in our bed for the remainder of the evening. Tonight, we will be trying a new idea. Tonight, we are going to try putting him in his co-sleeper. If all goes well, we will continue this for about week and then try to move him from our room to his, while still in the co-sleeper. Eventually, we will move him out of the co-sleeper and into his crib. It's going to take time. I'm in no rush, to me, as long as he is happy, and we are getting sleep, then it doesn't matter where he is. On the upside, I found out today, that he enjoys the sounds of white noise in any form or fashion. So, right before nap time, I put on symphony music as well as some form of white noise. For the past few weeks, I've been using a "shh" machine made for babies, but during nap time today, I put a small fan in his room which mimicked the sound of the fan from our room and he passed out!

As far as clothing goes, he is already ready to graduate to size two diapers and has started favoring the size three to six months clothes. Some of his three month clothes barely even fit anymore. All of his newborn and sizes zero to three months have been packed up. I decided on a few outfits that I wanted to keep, but all the others are gone from his closet to make room for the larger sizes.

At his last doctor's appointment, he weighed 13 pounds and 10.5 ounces, and is 24.75 inches long. Needless to say, he is a big boy, but we knew that was going to happen...have you seen his daddy?!

All in all, life is great! We've had such a wonderful time watching our sweet rainbow baby grow each and every day.

I will do my best to blog more frequently!