Mickey Mouse Blues

Growing up, I was very fortunate; I got to go to Disney World in Orlando, Florida almost every summer. I know that seems rather excessive, but there is a good reason for this, I promise. My grandma and grandpa (dad’s parents) moved to Florida and got jobs working for Disney when I was young. Therefore, our summer vacations were spent visiting my grandparents and getting to know Mickey Mouse!

So, naturally, when I found out I was pregnant with Farris I imagined what it would be like to take her to visit this magical place…just like I used when I was little. Unfortunately, this trip isn’t in our budget, yet. However, being that she is only 2 ½ I know that there is still lots of time.

…so, my parents came to me a few months ago and asked if they could take Farris to Florida to see my grandma and make a pit stop at Disney World (they are avid Disney fans, too). I agreed, and I know that Farris is having an amazing time…but I am really struggling with this…

First of all, I have never been away from Farris for an entire week. Secondly, I wanted to be the first one to take Farris on a ‘real’ vacation, especially to Disney! I know this makes me sound selfish, but I am so…ummm…jealous!

On the up side, I am looking forward to spending lots of time with Daniel…he promised me lots of ‘Date Nights’ (insert heart here).

* My parents took our video camera and have strict instructions to take abnormal amounts of pictures...I will be posting them soon after they get back!

Farris...my greatest gift

Lately, I have been having this incredible urge to share how I feel about Farris (bragging, I suppose). I know some people think that this makes me sound conceded; in fact, I even contemplated posting today. Then, I decided that this is MY blog, which gives me the freedom to write what I want, when I want. So, if you don’t want to hear about how magnificent and precious my daughter is, you might not enjoy this particular blog…
If you are still with me...thank you! This evening, I was sitting in the living room watching Farris play mommy to her baby dolls, and I was simply amazed by how big she is getting-it breaks my heart. Wait, I don't know that ‘breaks my heart’ is the right phrase. I mean, honestly, I'm glad she’s growing and learning and changing, but when I look at her and see that she isn’t a baby anymore it makes my heart… ache. She is just amazing! Her personality is huge, and her imagination is unreal. She loves to pretend and she is great at it! Her vocabulary grows and expands everyday, and I am taken aback by her extraordinary memory. In fact, her memory is probably the one thing that I find to be the most impressive. She remembers EVERYTING! For instance, my dad took her swimming at the Wellness Center last winter, which is something that we do often. However, her experience with grandpa was special because she got to put her legs in the hot tub-very exciting! So, we pass the Wellness Center the other day on our way to my parents house, when Farris starts saying “Pa take me to hot tub there.” Seriously, did she really just remember that? Wow, that was over a year ago! The crazy part about this little blurb of a story is that she is constantly remembering random things like this.
I often wonder how long she will remember these things. In one of my college classes, we studied Childhood Amnesia (where the majority of people don’t remember much of their childhood before the age of 3 or 4) but we really didn’t go in depth about when this starts. I mean, at age five you don’t just forget everything…so, when does it start? How much, if any, will Farris remember about the things we do now? Hmm…makes you think.




Here are a few photos of her pretendnig...she has always been great at it

Cooking a meal (this was last December)

Texting, of course

Below are the most recent...she is a great mommy to her babies!