Disneyland 2012

Best. Trip. Ever. This was our first family trip with all three of us, but I seriously could have not asked for a better three days! Exhausting, yes, but oh so worth it to see the fun Emma had. I already photobombed Facebook with 60 of my favorite photos from our trip, so here are just a few. Although I made fun of Larry for anal-ly planning out each day, it ended up working out perfectly. We never really had to wait long for most of the rides due to his meticulous planning. =) Emma was a PERFECT child, no whining, no tantrums, no begging for things. She was two inches shy of being able to ride some rides where she had to be 40" tall. Instead of crying, she practiced what mama taught her and put her hands up in the air and said, "Oh well." =) I just love her more and more every day! I don't think we could have done it all in less than 3 days. It was nice to not feel completely rushed, especially since walking fast makes my pregnant ass breathe a lot heavier these days.  It was hard to go back to work and reality after three days of magic. When I went to take Emma back to school on Wednesday morning after our trip, she looked at me with sad eyes and said, "Mom, I just feel very sad. I want our family to stay together ALL the time forever and ever and ever. Thank you for such a great trip." *sob*

 

My love bug!

    In the courtyard of our hotel with daddy

Day one, waiting PATIENTLY to check into our hotel. It was 4:30 by this time. We had been at the park since 9 and she had not even had a nap yet. "Mom, I will just prelax." (Yes, PRElax!)


Well, no nap didn't affect her energy level TOO much. Early birthday dinner at Blue Bayou.

Clearly becoming annoyed with all the photos, but flaunting the balloon she scored off a lady in the elevator of our hotel on the way back to the park!

     Goofy's Kitchen. She was really in awe of all of the characters. "Mom, the princess is REAL!"

             Emma: I will stand here for this picture but I am NOT going to look happy about it! =)

                She was exhausted! Didn't even make it back to the room before she passed out cold!

              I fear the day this child has a driver's license!

She really loved all the characters, which surprised me since she used to be so scared of them. Mickey mouse looked pretty "mini" to me!

   It really was three days of all smiles! She loved the firework lights in the headboard.

   This was round 3 on the carousel while daddy held our seats at "World of Color".

I was surprised that she loved the silver rocket thingy. (Hey, I'm pregnant, I don't remember names of anything these days!) Her smiles and laughter on this ride made me melt!

     "Mom, Handy Manny forgot all of his tools!"

 

The highlight of Emma's trip, the gorilla and baby statue in Tarzan's treehouse. LOL. All the fun, exciting stuff and she refused to leave the park until mommy walked up there with her to see this (after 3 visits with daddy already)!