LIKE WE NEEDED A TROPHY AND PARADE TO KNOW WE HAD A PRINCESS...

WELL , AS MENTIONED IN AN EARLIER POST, OUR LITTLE PRINCESS WON THE JEFFERSON COUNTY WATERMELON FESTIVAL BABY PHOTO CONTEST....AND HERE IS HOW IT ALL WENT DOWN....

FIRST THINGS FIRST WAS THE WATERMELON STREET DANCE WHERE FAMILY AND FRIENDS CAME TO HELP CELEBRATE....

HERE IS PATSY, MOM AND GI-GI...
GRANNA CAME ALL THE WAY FROM BIRMINGHAM...

AND BROUGHT ALONG NANNY AND COUSIN RYLAND...

AUNT LYNN CAME AS WELL FROM THE BIG CITY OF ALBANY, GA...

IT AINT' CALLED A STREET DANCE FOR NOTHING...LETS TEAR THIS DANCE FLOOR TO PIECES PA-PA...

ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT...ENOUGH OF THE FLUFF. BRING ON THE TROPHY...

THE NEXT DAY WAS THE BIG PARADE...
THE WATERMELON FESTIVAL WAS GREAT!!!!

WET AND WILD...

THANKS TO MOMMY'S PLAYGROUP, WE FOUND OUT ABOUT A TREASURE HIDDEN RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF TALLAHASSEE...TROUSDELL PUBLIC POOL...

IT IS FABULOUS!!!!!

I WANNA BE A COWGIRL...

BEING FROM THE COUNTRY AND ALL...I FIGURED IT WAS ABOUT HIGH TIME THAT I EMBRACED MY SOUTHERN ROOTS....IT WAS TIME TO "COWGIRL UP"...

BUT ANY GOOD COWGIRL KNOWS THAT PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT....

AFTER SOME TIME ON THE PHONY PONY, IT WAS TIME FOR THE REAL DEAL...

THANKS FOR THE INVITE JILL...

VISITOR...

WE RECENTLY GOT A VISIT FROM AN OLD FRIEND, MR. GABBY BRUNER...
GABBY BROUGHT WITH HIM A GIFT CARD FOR MS. ADDISON WHICH BOUGHT THE FAMILY THIS SWEET NEW RIDE FOR THE RUNT...THANKS BRUNER!!!

OUR LITTLE QUEEN...

LAST NIGHT WE GOT SOME EXCITING NEWS...MRS. ADDISON WON THE BABY PHOTO CONTEST IN HER AGE CATEGORY IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY WATERMELON FESTIVAL!!! SO HER WEEKEND CARD JUST GOT FILLED WITH AN AWARD CEREMONY AND PARADE. TRUTH BE TOLD, WE WERE NOT SURPRISED AT ALL....WE KNEW SHE WAS CUTE!(THIS IS THE POSTER WE ARE WORKING ON FOR THE FRONT OF THE PARADE FLOAT)

RANDOM SEA WORLD PHOTO...

DIGGING THROUGH OUR ORLANDO PHOTOS WE CAME ACROSS THIS BLOG WORTHY PHOTO...HOW COME ITS ALWAYS THE HANDSOME ONE THAT DIES?

SCARY APPLE...

WE ARE NOT QUITE SURE WHAT HAPPENED HERE, BUT I WAS TRYING OUT A NEW TOY (CAMERA FOR MY PSP) AND CAUGHT THIS...

ORLANDO!!!...

DADDY HAD A CLASS TO ATTEND IN O-TOWN, SO WE DECIDED TO PACK UP THE FAM AND MAKE A VACATION OUT OF IT...

WE STARTED OUT AT SEAWORLD...

WHERE WE SPENT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO IGNORE ALL THE ANIMALS AND ATTRACTIONS AND FOCUS ON THE COOL ZONE SPRINKLERS....

WELL NOT IGNORE ALL THE ANIMALS...

NEXT IT WAS TIME FOR MOMMY AND DADDY TO HAVE SOME ADULT TIME SANS BABY...
MOMMY'S FAVORITE RIDE...THE HULK!!!!

DADDY'S NEW FAVORITE ATTRACTION...SPRINGFIELD!!!
JAWS IS A MUST RIDE...
THEN IT WAS OFF TO THE BIG TIMES...THE MAGIC KINGDOM!!!

THIS RIDE ROCKS DADDY!!! WAIT, WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE ARE NOT THERE YET?
WE FINALLY MADE IT...
WE DECIDED TO TAKE IN A PARADE FIRST...
...THEN WE RODE A FEW RIDES...
IT'S A SMALL WORLD WAS BY FAR MY FAVORITE...

WE TOOK A BREAK AND ENJOYED SOME ICE-CREAM (THANKS GI-GI)...
THEN IT WAS OFF TO MINNIE'S HOUSE TO SEE IF SHE WAS HOME...
HMMMM...WHERE COULD MICKEY AND MINNIE BE?

AFTER SEARCHING HIGH AND LOW, I FINALLY FOUND THEM!!!

RODE SOME RIDES, SAW A PARADE AND MET THE MICE...MY WORK HERE IS DONE!!!

NOW IT IS TIME TO SIT BACK, RELAX BY THE POOL AND ENJOY THE REST OF MY TIME IN ORLANDO...

THANKS TO PA-PA, GI-GI UNCLE CARY AND AUNT PATSY FOR THE GREAT TIME IN ORLANDO!!!