Mickey Mouse's House

After we left Sarasota Sunday morning we drove up to Orlando for a day at Mickey Mouse's House. Eden had a blast, skipped her nap and was in awe all day. Her favorite was the Dumbo ride and the Mickey Mouse 3-d movie. After Disney, we drove back to Jacksonville to get ready for the movers who showed up on Tuesday morning.

Check out our photos here:

Disney

My Cousins!

No rest for the weary. Whatever happened to the wonderful month of relaxation we had planned?! Three days after the golf weekend we headed to Orlando where Jeremy played more golf with Manuel and Eden and I visited with Tina and baby Jake. We stayed for two nights and then traveled to Sarasota where Eden got to meet her little cousins and all of Jeremy's aunts and uncles.

Aunt Jane took us to the beach one day, Aunt Winkie had a fantastic family dinner and Uncle Phil threw a huge family BBQ/Swim party. You should have seen Eden around her cousins (who she kept calling "my cousins" or just "cousins"). She loved every minute until she decided it was time for bed and thats when she said "bye, bye cousins!"

We had a fantastic trip and really enjoyed seeing everyone. Thanks for the fun weekend!

Erie and the Great-Grandparents

The day after Jeremy finished work we got on a 6am flight to Erie, PA to see my grandparents. When we arrived it was a cool 80 degrees that felt fantastic after the sweltering heat of Jacksonville.

We stayed with my Godparents, Santina and John, and got to spend a lot of time with Great-Grandpa and Great-Grandfather. We even took Great-Grandpa to the beach and then he and Eden shared some ice cream.

Jeremy left a day early to fly to DC to close on our new house and Eden and I flew back to Jacksonville. She surprised me and slept the entire 2 hour layover we had in Philadelphia. So nice!

NC Mountains

After returning to Jacksonville for just two days from our house hunting trip we went to the mountains in North Carolina with some of Jeremy's work colleagues. It was absolutely beautiful! I think the highlight for everyone was the hike along the Appalachian Trail and the amazing view of the mountains. Eden LOVED being in the backpack; she kept shouting "Double Time Daddy!"























Matt, Meredith and Double Time Daddy

On the Bandwagon...

After not answering far too many emails from friends and family and receiving many requests for more photos of Eden I decided the way to make everyone happy and me feel less guilty was to follow everyone's lead and start a Dresner blog. So, here we go. I promise to try to keep this more or less up to date :)

We have had a crazy month starting with a trip to Chappaqua to see Kathi and Dick followed by a visit by Eden's very best friend, Maya, which you can read about in the Strach's blog:

http://meandthep.blogspot.com/2008/05/our-trip-to-fl.html

Soon after Maya returned to DC, Eden and I left for Cincinnati where Eden stayed with Mamma and Grandpa for 10 days while Jeremy and I enjoyed Miami and stayed in a swank hotel in South Beach: http://www.shoreclub.com/

We definitely had the feeling we weren't cool enough, so after the week ended we headed up to Palm Beach and stayed at The Breakers: http://www.thebreakers.com/

This was much more relaxing and the women were more appropriately clothed and we could sleep without feeling like we were missing the best MTV spring break party ever.

Mamma and Grandpa braved flying with Eden to return her to us and we had a great week with them in Jacksonville. To check out the photos, click on the shot below:

Mazza Family Beach Photos

Just a few days after Mamma and Grandpa left, we headed back to Chappaqua for the Phelan wedding at the Whippoorwill Country Club. Fun wedding and I got to wear a great dress. (Thanks Graham!)

Finally, we're back home for a while and Cooper is very glad to see us.

But, we won't stay still for long....