13 Months! New Chair....Simba...and Miley ......Oh My!

Miley is 13 months! Didn't we just have her birthday yesterday?

We had to get Miley her own chair. She would always go sit in her old car seat or in the baby bouncer.

She loves her new Princess chair. She'll go sit in it and read/look at her books or watch TV. Sometimes she shares her chair with Simba.

When she first got her chair it was cute watching her try to sit in it. She would turn around and get ready to sit in it but sometimes she would miss and her little butt would end up on the floor.

1 year baby well check up

Today we took Miley in her for her 1 year baby well check up and to get her shots. She got 3 shots today and she will get 2 more next week. We wanted to split it up so she didn't have to get them all today. Ouch!
Miley wasn't too sure if she liked being at the doctor's office, but when her doctor sings her favorite song to her (Best of Both Worlds by Hannah Montana) things are good.

Her stats:
Weight - 23 lbs.
Height - 30 inches

Bubbles!

For Miley's birthday one of the many gifts Aunt Jessie got her was a bubble machine. Miley loves it. It is so much fun. So many bubbles. Miley probably ate half of them.

Happy Birthday to Me!

I'm 26! Wow!

Today after I got off work we went to Monticello to eat at K&A Chuck Wagon. It was really yummy. I ate way too much. We had BBQ chicken, beans, dutch oven potatoes, a variety of salads, bread and apple pie. Than I went to my mom's house and opened presents and had strawberry short cake. My mom made it for me. It was so good.

I don't have pictures of my birthday but I did receive my Disney Photo Pass CD in the mail today so I will post some of those.

Happy Birthday to me!

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July! This morning we go up and got ready for the parade. Miley didn't get up till 8:30 am. Didn't she know it we had to get ready for the parade? What was she doing sleeping in? We decorated her car and we all got ready. My mom came down early to help us. We than we to the parade, which started at 10:00 am. Miley loved the parade! She was running up and down the street. My mom had a good work out chasing her everywhere. When the drill team or cheerleaders came by, they stopped and danced. Miley loved it. She was watching and beating to the music. Every time someone would throw candy, Miley would say "ooohh" and go pick it up. We ended up with a ton of candy, some bead necklaces, and a Frisbee.

After the parade, we went down to the park where they had the booths. There was a ton of booths. Every year I get a Navajo taco, but this year I got Chinese food. It was so good. Miley helped eat our funnel cake. Miley loved playing on the grass. Again, she was running everywhere. It was so hot, so we didn't stay long, but it was a lot of fun.

We than went home to take a nap. We had steaks and dutch oven potatoes for dinner. After dinner we went to the concert in the park. While we were there is started to pour. It also became very windy. It didn't last long, but it was pretty bad. The wind tore apart the stage, and everyone's tents. Luckily we had an umbrella but we still got soaked.
When we were at the park, Miley wouldn't stay put. We had to chase her everywhere. She sure was enjoying her freedom. She even chased other little kids while we were there. She also enjoyed the music. It was a lot of fun.
Miley really enjoyed the fireworks. She was also very tired but she stayed awake the for the whole show. When we got home we put Miley to bed. She fell asleep in the car. Than we went outside and lit our own fireworks. Today was a very good day. I love the 4th of July. It is my favorite holiday!

My Social Security Birthday!

A couple years ago my SIL Nicole was doing our taxes. It was the first year we were married. Before I was married my dad had always done them for me, and I think he always just sent them in. Nicole was e-filing ours. We waited the last day to file....never a good idea. When you e-file, you will get an e-mail saying whether or not it was excepted. We got our e-mail back and it was denied. They said my birthday was wrong. I checked over it and they had my right birthday (07-06-1983). I don't know how they could tell me it was wrong. I think I know when my birthday is! We tried to resubmit it, and again it came back...same reason. Wrong birthday. What the hell? By now I'm freaking out. Taxes are due! We printed the papers that said "copy, do not file" all over them. I couldn't find the actual tax forms. My mom came down that night and got our taxes so she couldn't mail them the next day. Talk about stressed out. I thought I was going to have to go to jail because my taxes were going to be late and I didn't even know when my birthday was.
The IRS got our taxes and everything was good. I guess they didn't care that I sent them on the "do not file" copies.
I was still stressed about my birthday, so one day I was doing a google search about what happened to me and I came across a couple of stories similar to mine. The problem with everyone I read about was that the Social Security people had a different birthday than there actual birthday. So I called the number on the back of my social security card thinking I could be having the same problem. They wouldn't tell me what they had on file but they did tell me it wasn't 07-06-1983 (my actual birthday).
A couple weeks later the Social Security people came to town. I left work on a break to get this taken care of. I was there for 2 hours waiting. When I finally saw the lady, she took notes, looked at my birth certificate and told me it was going to be fixed. I felt relief.
I was glad the next year was going to be easier when it came to filling taxes. Boy, was I wrong. They were declined again...wrong birthday! I was pissed. That stupid lady said she was going to fix it. I wasted 2 plus hours of my life in this small waiting room doing nothing. The worst thing was I had no idea when the Social Security people thought my birthday was.
So we filed the taxes the old fashion way. We mailed them in. At least it wasn't the last day.
A couple days after filling our taxes I got a Social Security statement in the mail. It told me my birthday!
July 03, 1983
If they want to believe my birthday is July 03, than so be it. I already tried to change it once.
This last year doing taxes was great. We put in my Social Security birthday and it was accepted. The first year to e-file.
My mom tells me I can't have two birthdays, but I keep telling her I have proof that I have two birthdays and if she can come up with proof that she has two birthdays than she can also have two.
So, Happy Social Security Birthday to me!

Our Trip to Disneyland!

Friday June 19, we left to St. George. We stayed at the Best Western Coral Hills. It was a nice motel. I was scared it was going to be run down and full of bugs. I was surprised, because I liked it. Saturday morning we went to pick up a rental car. We reserved a full size car, but the full size car had something wrong with it so they let us take a mini van for the same price. I was scared we wouldn't have room for all our stuff in a car, but I didn't have to worry about that with the van. We had plenty of room. We rented a white Kia Sedona. Although it was nice, I don't think that would be my choose of car or van.
We than went to Las Vegas. We ate at In and Out burger and than went to check in at our hotel. We stayed at the Las Vegas Hilton. The Hilton was also a nice hotel. Before we left I was reading reviews on the hotels we were planing on staying at and there was a couple of reviews for the Hilton about bed bugs. I was so scared. That is disgusting. But we had no bed bugs and everything was good. We had a king size bed at every hotel except for the on in Cali. That made it so much nicer because having Miley in the middle, moving all over the place doesn't give us much room.
In Vegas we went to the Coke store and meet the Coke polar bear. Of course I wanted to buy the picture they took of us. (Not cheap) We also went to the M&M store. We went to the MGM Grand but Miley was sleeping and didn't get to see the lions. Oh well, maybe next time. For dinner we went to the Garden Buffet at Planet Hollywood. That is probably our favorite buffet. They have everything. There desert buffet is to die for. We also love the crab legs. We had so much crab and shrimp. We gave Miley some of our pasta. She loved it. She got very hyper after eating. I don't know if was all the pasta she ate or if it was the chocolate moose pie I shared with her.

The next day we were off to California. But before leaving Las Vegas we had to have In and Out Burger again.
The traffic to California was crazy. It took forever to get there. Luckily before we left we printed directions from google maps to help us get there. It was great. We didn't get lost. When we got there we checked in to our hotel. We stayed at the Disneyland Paradise Pier hotel. It was so nice being so close to the park. We couldn't decided if we wanted to go into the park that night or wait until the morning so we just decided to hang out at Downtown Disney. We ate dinner at Tortilla Joe's and watched the fireworks from our table and went to a couple of the shops before heading back to the room for the night. We took Miley in her Snow White dress. She would get so much attention in her dress. She wore her dress a couple of nights while at Disneyland. I didn't want to her wear it during the day because it was so hot. One of the comments we heard and really like was "That's what Snow White had to have looked like as a baby."
We had so much fun at Disneyland and California Adventures. We all had 5 day park hopper tickets. We didn't feel rushed and we were able to relax and enjoy ourselves the whole time.

The only bad part of the trip was Miley, Miles and I all got sick. It sucked. I wasn't surprised that I got sick. I get sick every time we go somewhere. The night before I got sick we had In and Out Burger again. I was obsessed with there burgers. They are probably the only burgers I could eat everyday. I'm not really a big fan of hamburgers. But after being sick, I didn't crave anymore. The thought of another one made me sick. I just hope the next time I'm around In and Out I'll be able to enjoy it again.
While at Disneyland and California Adventures we took Miley on the train, the Ferris wheel and "It's a Small World". She loved "It's a Small World". I also loved "It's a Small World"! I also went on California Screamin, Soarin over California, Indiana Jones Adventure, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, and Grizzly River Run. Miles and Mike went on Space Mountain and Matterhorn bobsleds, but it was too late so Miley and I went back to the room and went to bed. Miles also went on Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, but I wasn't feeling good when he got his fast pass ticket so I didn't go on that one and I didn't want to wait in line forever.
Fast Pass is the way to go. It made me feel like v.i.p to hand them my ticket and walk past everyone in line and be on the ride within 5 minutes. We tried to do fast pass most of the time.


While in the parks Miley met with lots of characters. She met Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Mulan, Snow White, Cinderella, Tinker Bell, Iridessa and Pluto. At the parks they offer a photo pass. They take the picture, put in on a card and you can view and order your pictures on line. We did that with most of our photos. They are not cheap but they are cute photos so I'm going to have to order them with a photo cd.


We also saw two parades. One was a electrical parade at night. We all really enjoyed those.


We always took our own water into the park. I told myself I wasn't going to buy drinks there, but I guess I couldn't resest. I was always crazing Spite or something with flavor. I don't even want to know how much I spent on drinks and junk food. It was $3.75 for a flavored water. Crazy!
One of the days in Cali we went to Huntington Beach. I love the beach. There wasn't very many people there which was great. The water felt so good. We all enjoyed playing in the sand. Miley really loved the sand. She even tried to eat it. She also really enjoyed feeling the water. I didn't want to leave the beach but I couldn't stay there forever.



On our way back we stopped in Vegas and stayed the night. We stayed at the Stratosphere. We didn't get there till late because we played at Disneyland before leaving. We also had to leave Vegas early to get the rental car back. We than drove all the way home. We got back Saturday night (June 27). Miley did really good in the car except for the last hour. Than I was telling Miles to speed and hurry home. Miley wanted out of her car seat. Luckily we made it home safe and sound and we all had a really good time.
It was also fun to that Grandma and Grandpa Harrison, Mike, Sharla, Sheila, Chrys, Geniel, Lyle, Colton, Celeste, Tony, and Talon all went to California too. It was fun hanging out with everyone.