We spent a few days in Orlando visiting Disneyworld and the Animal Kingdom. Brooklyn loved every minute of the parades, musicals, rides, etc. More than anything else she loved the parades, except for when the charachters came right up to her. As long as they kept their distance, she had a blast.
This was our cold breakfast break on our way to Orlando. We made it from Texas to Florida before we even had breakfast. Joe drove through the night so we could make good time while Brooklyn and I slept (it was a pretty short drive for those sleeping).
This is what I found after I came out of the shower about 6pm. We all had a good night sleep!
Swimming at the hotel. The water was nice and warm.
DISNEYWORLD!!! 
We figured this picture would have to suffice for the Dumbo ride. Although I wasn't willing to wait 1 1/2 hours to take Brooklyn on the Dumbo ride, we did wait 45 min. to go on "It's a small World." Below is a picture of how much Brooklyn saw of that ride.
Watching cartoons in the hotel.
Finally meeting Minnie Mouse! 
Brooklyn was so giggly happy it made me wish we had spent more time seeing the characters.
After Orlando we drove down to Miami to quickly visit Joe's mission. We visited the mission home, office, a few old apartments and tried to track down some old friends. He was able to find one familiy at the end fo the day but unfortunately both the parents were still at work. Even though he wasn't able to find many people it was really fun to go back and see where he served his mission. Just seeing a few streets help to make his stories come to life. Here's a picture of the mission home.
The last couple days of our trip were spent at Daytona Beach. It was awesome to wake up and be right on the ocean. Unfortunately, the water was too cold to get in, but we all had a great time playing together on the beach. Here's the view from our hotel room patio.
It was a really fast but fun trip. 
She loves her bike and can almost reach the pedals all the way around. Just one more inch and few degrees warmer, and we'll be ready to take it outside.
For those of you who don't know this character, her name is Abby Cadabby from Sesame Street. It wasn't easy to get Brooklyn to help me decide what she wanted for her birthday, but I think it was a big hit. My sister-in-law, Kamee, helped me make her skirt to match Abby. She loved it (at least for a few hours).
Pin the wand on Abby was a bigger hit than I thought. Brooklyn didn't go for the whole blindfold thing. The 3 older kids are the kids I nanny and then a couple families from our church came to celebrate with us (thanks for coming and for the gifts I told you not to bring--she loves them all).
She had a blast sitting at that little table with her friends. She now understands what the word "Birthday" means...CAKE and opening boxes! I told her my birthday was next week and the first thing she said was cake (even though I think she only took a bite or two of hers and didn't even touch the frosting). I also had a package come from my mom yesterday. I knew it was wrapped so I opened the box and the first thing she wanted to do was rip the paper off and open it. It didn't take long for her to catch on. She's going to really like Christmas! She'll just have to learn that not all gifts are her gifts.
