Disney Epcot Center Photos

We really didn't take many photos in Epcot, here are a few that we did:

Dan thought he was funny with his video recording...he followed me everywhere with it.

It even drove Mindee nuts!

Epcot

Aaron, Austin, Me, & Dan

Dan - he thinks he's funny

Disney Magic Kingdom Photos

The castle was so gorgeous all lighted up for Christmas

Austin going into "It's a Small World"

Austin coming out of "It's a Small World"

The Dumbo ride

KarLee on Dumbo ride

They had really neat fireworks

They really are Wild Animals

Me and Ryan getting our picture taken with the castle while we are soaked from going on Splash Mountain twice.

Sea World Photos

The Shamu night show - it was really neat

Aaron trying to make friends with the rays

Us on the Atlantis ride - we got soaked

A seal

Austin lookin for some sharks with his daddy

The kids with Shamu

Mindee, Danee, & Chelsee

Cruise Photos

Yes my Austin is a ham when it comes to pictures

Our little Family

Chelsee making footprints in the sand with Austin

My little ham chillin in his beach chair

They thought they could all stand on the floaty in the middle of the ocean...it was funny to watch them try and fall in.

Playing in the ocean

Our Ship "Sky"

Resting after the exciting day at the beach

trying to keep his balance on the sand

Aaron trying to be in Mindee and Brent's family picture

Our familly on the beach of Nassu

This is too cute!

Austin loves his Grandpa

Mindee, Chelsee, & Danee singing "Redneck Woman"

Dan singing "Teddy Bear" and Austin trying to help

The Family

Keagan & KarLee bulding sand castles

What a little stud!!

Happy Holidays Everyone!

I tried to send out a letter and card to eveyone but didn't have much time. So if you did get one I am sorry! Here it is! :) Hope everyone is enjoying their family and friends!

Here is our family letter:

Christmas, REALLY, it’s that time again? Wow I can’t believe it! 2008 has flown by. I guess that means it’s time for the McLaughlan Christmas Letter.

So many exciting things have happened this year, a lot of milestones. Our little family has been very blessed. The biggest blessing has been Austin.

Austin was born February 10th, and life hasn’t slowed down since. I can’t believe our little baby boy is 10 months old. He is like a little sponge, he learns something new everyday. A few days ago he took 3 steps (I don’t know if they were on purpose or accident but it was very exciting). He has been crawling ever since he was 5 months old. He loves to clap, wave, and say “ba, ba.” His latest thing is holding both hands up in the air and saying “ta, da” – which is “Touchdown”. We had to teach him that one because every Sunday he and his daddy go to Grandpa Dan’s house to watch football. You might notice on our Christmas card that Aaron and Austin have matching Tony Romo jerseys. Austin has been a very healthy boy from day one. The first thing his doctor said about him was how strong he was. He rolled over for the first time at 10 weeks old. We have been very blessed, he has only been sick once (*knock on wood*). I’ve also been told that he is a “ham”. Pull out a camera and he gets happy, that might be due to the fact that he has had a camera in his face since he was born, thanks to his mommy. Austin has been such a wonderful blessing to us, we are very lucky he was sent to our family. We took him to see Santa and he cried the whole time, makes me a little happy because I’d rather have him growing up with the true meaning of Christmas and not have it be centered on Santa.

Aaron stays busy with work…and of course he makes time for his golfing. He participated in 12 tournaments, and took first in 5 of them. He loves his golf. He can’t wait until next season so he can start to teach Austin. He even took Austin a few times this past year, Austin slept most of time. Aaron loves being a daddy. I love to watch him play with Austin makes my heart melt.

As for myself I have stayed pretty busy. Between the family and my photography I’ve had my share of sleepless nights. Sometimes I feel like I have two full-time jobs. My little photography business has kept me really busy lately and I think I will get licensed next year. For those of you who have never seen my photography you should check out my Photo Blog: http://mysticmemories.blogspot.com

That is another joy of mine, blogging. Many of you might not know what blogging is but I keep a pretty updated blog of our little trio. If you’d like to know what we are up to during the next year you can always check in on us at: http://mistyandaaron.blogspot.com we love comments so feel free to leave one. And if any of you have a blog that we don’t know about please let us know, we love to see what everyone is up to.

We also finished (besides some fine tuning) our basement the beginning of the year. We love it, and plan on living here for a very long time! If we could just get the pluming under control we would be set. We’ve had a few problems lately with flooding and main water lines breaking, that’s always fun.

But what will be really fun is leaving for vacation! We will be joining the rest of Aaron’s family for a fun filled trip to Florida…and I hear there might be a surprise cruise. Aaron and I have been looking forward to the trip for 2 years now since we were unable to go on the cruise last year because I was 8 months pregnant. Sunshine and beach here we come.

Well that is about it for us. We hope this letter find everyone in good health and high spirits. As always we appreciate the friendships and family support we receive. We love you all and hope you have a wonderful holiday season.

With Love – The McLaughlan Trio
Aaron, Misty, & Austin

Happy 4 Year Anniversary

December 11th was our 4 year anniversary....crazy how time flies. It just seems like yesterday we were in our apartment newley married. It has been a wonderful 4 years and I could not ask for a better husband. I think I fall for him all over again every time he smiles at me. And my amazing husband got me this gorgeous painting for our anniversary....


It is called, "Take my hand" by Greg Olsen. The first time I saw this picture it pulled at my heart, I absolutely LOVE this painting.

Thanks again babe for giving this to me!! I love you - it's been 4 wonderful years! Here's to many, many, many more! :)

10 Months....going on 24 Months

So my not so little baby boy is 10 months old and he can wear 18-24 month clothes!! It's crazy how tall Austin is. When he went into the doctor last he was 31 1/2 inches tall! He is in the top % for his height and about the middle % for his weight. When people ask me how old he is they are shocked to hear he is only 10 months old. He is looking like a toddler already. I was buying him some Christmas PJs at Target and I was looking at the size chart and because of how tall he is he is in the 18-24 month PJ's....CRAZY! He has been in 12 month pants since he was 9 months old, they are still to short for him and the waist is big. I'd buy him 18 months but I know they wouldn't stay up, so he will just have to do with high-water pants. I just hope he keeps his height, not sure where he got it (maybe the Brendle side) because I am short and Aaron isn't really that tall...

I haven't been keeping up on all of his milestones lately but he did finally get a tooth! And the other day he drank out of a straw, it was really funny, he didn't know what to do with all the water he sucked up so most of it ended up all over his shirt. He isn't walking on his own yet...we really thought he would be, he takes a few steps now and than but doesn't show any interest getting around except on his hands and knees.

His 10 month collage

Working with Grandpa Dan

Aaron and Austin always fall asleep when they watch a movie
Austin and his daddy watching Horton Hears a Who - over and over!

Austin got his hand caught in a sticky trap when he was crawling around Great Grandpa's kitchen on Thanksgiving.

Grandpa Dan with Boston and Austin

He is such a cutie

I love it when he takes naps, they are so short though.

Cade playing with Austin