1. The boys LoVeD Disneyland.
2. I hate being pregnant at Disneyland.
3. Being pregnant allowed me to go explore all the baby rides with Grey and led to some great one on one moments together.
4. The big boys partied until midnight the first night we were there.
5. Grey loved the baby water slide at the Disney Grand. And I loved the hotel.
6. The boys loved building their own race cars at Ride Makerz. Thanks Daddy!
7. Landon was obsessed with the pins that people collect. He talked Cohen into starting a collection with him.
8. Landon said California Screamin' gave him a little headache and Cohen loved it. A first for both this year.
9. Our family loves churros at Disneyland. Must have paid $60 for churros alone!
10. My boys loved meeting my best friend and her family there. I dream of days when we can just enjoy the rides and watch the kids. Maybe in 6 more years!
11. Grey loved It's a Small World and loves to rewatch the video I took on my iPhone.
12. I didn't get enough and I am itching to do it all over again. Every year seems to get more and more fun with the kids.
I am so grateful we are so blessed and able to afford those wonderful experiences with our kids. I know they will remember these trips for the rest of their lives.
The rest of our vacation down in Newport was amazing. For the first half we had the best weather we have ever had. No marine layer even! The last half the marine layer seemed really bad to make up for the first few days. We enjoyed several days at Balboa Beach, one at Crystal Cove, one at Salt Creek and many hours at the pool. We were having so much fun in fact, we failed to take one single picture after we left Disneyland. Seriously?!?
-I missed Landon learning to skim board. He got really good in just 2 days!
-I missed hours of Grey digging in the sand and following the older boys around.
-Hours of digging for sand crabs and collecting sea shells.
-Balboa bars and bananas.
-The boys meeting their great Grandma Gioia for the first time at Old Town Mexican Cafe.
-My Grandma's reaction to me saying I was pregnant. This I would pay lots of money to have on video. Shell-shocked and disgusted come to mind. Lol!!!
It seems like there were so many other big moments, but we enjoyed our time and I am sure next year I will do a better job. I think this is a first for me on this vacation with no pictures to remember what we did. It was an amazing time for us. Steve sticked to his commitment not to work and we enjoyed his company immensely. Hope we get to enjoy it again next year!!!
