A month late and a dollar short...story of my life.  Anywho...we celebrated Juliette's birthday last month.  The Big 4!  We skipped the big party this year for a trip to The Happiest Place on Earth.  And it did not disappoint.  It really was a magical few days...especially her actual birthday which we spent at Magic Kingdom.  She LOVED it.  She loved the rides (She rode her first roller coaster, The Barnstormer!).  She loved meeting all the princesses and characters.  She loved the people watching.  She loved the dancing (oh, and how cute is she when she dances!).  She loved everything.

On Sunday, we (Juliette, Josh, myself and Grams & Pappaw) spent the day at the Animal Kingdom.  Afterwards, we met Emily at Disney Springs for Juliette's birthday dinner at Rainforest Cafe.  Juliette was more excited about her Little Mermaid cake than anything else!

On Monday (her birthday), we headed to the Magic Kingdom...and got there right as they opened.  We were able to ride lots of rides and meet a ton of the characters!  We stayed all the way until the park closed!  It was the best day ever...for all of us!  Happy belated birthday my sweet baby!  Oh waut, you keep reminding me that you are not a baby...so happy belated birthday to my big/little girl!

Last week, we went to Hollywood Studios for a day.  Juliette was on her best behavior all day.  We used up our last four-day Florida Resident pass...a great bargain if you live in Florida!  It is a bit hard to really do much at Disney since Juliette is still too little to ride many rides.  I'm looking forward to taking her back when she is a bit older!  She did get to go on a few before she was ready to take a nap.  We have learned that there is a time when it is time to go...and it's right before no sleep meltdown!

Juliette had a great time at Epcot on Tuesday!  It was blazing hot, but thankfully not too crowded!  The Flower & Garden Festival was going on still so we got to enjoy all the beautiful flowers...just gorgeous!

Here's the infamous "Chuck."

We took Juliette (and Pappaw) to Magic Kingdom this past weekend!  It was a beautifully hot and sunny day!  We all had such a great day!  Juliette LOVED the "It's a Small World" ride!  She was in complete awe. She managed to get an hour nap in thankfully so we stayed for quite a while.  Can't wait to go back!

Juliette is getting close to walking!  She is all about standing and pulling up on things.  I give her a week or two before she is running around like a lunatic :)

Yesterday Juliette got her first taste of the Disney Magic at Animal Kingdom.  It was also Grams first trip to Animal Kingdom.  We had a wonderful day!  It was gorgeous weather...low 70's and sunny!  Going to an amusement park has a whole new meaning when you have a little one in tow.  

Juliette got to pet her first farm animals

We went on the Kilimanjaro Safari...one minute she was awake...

And the next she was asleep...

The nap lasted about 15 minutes.  Just long enough for Josh & I to ride Expedition Everest.  After about 7 hours, it was time to go home.  A good time was had by all!