Disclaimer: I've been waiting and waiting to do this day's vacation blog for a while now and I keep putting it off. Why?! Because on Wednesday and Thursday we did SO much that it's literally picture overload if I show you all the fun things we did. I LOVE taking pictures and feel happy showing them off to capture that moment. However, when you're trying to post the pictures in 'blogland' displaying so many pictures can be pretty boring and monotonous for viewers, so I've decided that I'm going to *try* to narrow Wednesday and Thursdays' events into no more than 10 pictures. HAHAHA yea right! Here we go:
On Tuesday evening, like I mentioned in my previous post, my Aunt Melody, Nicholas & Samantha drove all the way (~6 hrs) from Mesa, AZ to see and go to Disneyland with us. I LOVE family and this is a great example of what a loving family I have - they would sacrifice money, time and a boring 6 hour one way car ride just to see us for 18 hours or so!
I still can't believe that my 'little' cousin is practically a head length's taller than I am (kidding, well, slightly!) and he's only 12. I SO got the runt gene and it's depressing! It was great seeing them and realizing that they were in the hotel room right next door was the cherry on top.
Nicholas & I at Aunt Melody & Uncle Brent's house 2 days after coming home from the hospital
On Wednesday morning, bright and early, we stopped at the hotels' breakfast area and filled up and then made our treck to the Disneyland gates. Our hotel was only 1 mile South of Disneyland and we realized the parking lot to DL was only 1 street North of our hotel (so we saved $20), so we decided to just make the walk anyways. It wasn't so bad getting there. . . it was l-o-n-g coming home! Ha! The park hours were from 9-11 that day, but we wanted to be there at 8:15 to get in line. Yes, there was already a line! After they opened up the park gates, the announcer then said that they were going to extend the hours to be closed at midnight - so we were at the park from 8:15AM till 11:15PM! If you want to add that it's 15 hours of Disney MAGIC! It was a long day but well worth it.
As Austin's parents it was our goal to make sure that Austin met Mickey Mouse. He's been watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on TV and loves him, so we couldn't wait to see the look on his face when he finally met him in person. Little did we know the ordeal we'd have to go through! :-/ When we walked through the gates and entered Disney, the first character we saw was MM himself. Scott raced ahead to get in line (yea. . .) and the attendant said that it was closed and that Mickey Mouse would be back in 45 minutes! We were devastated. Austin started crying because he could SEE him, but not go up to him! How do you explain THAT to a 3 year old child?! Therefore I started crying LOL However, other attendants at the park told us to go to the ToonTown and go to MM's clubhouse and get a personal 1:1 visit with him. Little did we know that that was the best thing we've ever done! It took about 30-45 mintues or so of waiting in line but when the chance to meet Mickey Mouse finally happened, Carolyn, Scott, Aunt Melody and I were in tears. It was such a magical moment in a child's life to meet Mickey Mouse. Austin was in such awe and the line was WELL WORTH IT!
SO BLESSED they were apart of this day!!
Austin adores his "Nick-ohh-LASS"
The day was LONG but such a blast. We finally left the park around 11:30pm - and yes, Austin was still going (!). Once we were back at our hotel, we crashed until our early morning the next day when we met up with Uncle Mark and Auntie (Aunt Sandra) for another fun-filled day in Cali. Stay tuned!
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