Disneyland

So we arrived to Disneyland last week. Savannah was so excited. She kept asking every 30 minutes if we were in California yet. We got a rocky start, since I forgot the bottle warmer (I can't seem to get Charlotte off the bottle for milk, and she insisted on it being warm). So as we were stuck in traffic and Charlotte had been screaming for the last 45 minutes we pulled off to Walmart in Buckeye. Can I say that I wanted to just hang out in Walmart for a while because it was quiet. We finally got the bottle warm and then right as we were completely away from Buckeye and nothing for about 40 miles Savannah says she has to go potty. Mind you we asked if she had to go while we stopped. So luckily she was able to hold it for the 40 miles to the rest stop. Then we were finally on the road. We pulled into Anaheim at around 11p our time. Savannah was so excited. She woke up early and wanted to go. The park did not open until 10am but she wanted to leave at 8am. Oh and she kept getting mad at me for calling it the 'park' since 'it was Disneyland and not a park mom.' She was so excited when we actually got up to see the gates. As Chad was getting our tickets I had to take a picture of their expressions. Even Charlotte seemed excited.

Enjoying a sucker while Savannah and I are on the tea cups

Outside of Minnie's House

Savannah's #1 goal was to see the Princesses and all the characters. Since we had a 3 day hopper pass we thought to try to see as many as we could. Thanks to the brilliant mind of Preeti we bought the wide picture mats so that they can sign on the mat then we can put a picture in of them at Disneyland. All the characters (or those that were with them) thought it was a great idea. Too bad I don't have a mat business to market it to them. By the time we got in and hunted for a belt for me (I forgot mine and my pants were falling down) after no luck we made our way to the Jungle Cruise. Charlotte slept through the ride as well as Priates which was the next one. Chad took Savannah on Splash Mtn. We didn't tell her about the big waterfall just that there were cute animals in there and they sang Zip-a-Dee-Do-Da. She was fine until the big hill. Chad said she latched on tight. But afterwards she said she didn't like it because she got wet. We brought some of her princess dresses with us, so I put the tank top on and spandex shorts on her then her dress. We laid her pants out on the stroller to dry. They were dry when it started to get dark, and cold so it worked out perfectly.

Thought this picture would be appropriate for Chad.

On the next day we did a lot of character autographs. Charlotte was not too fond of them. Goofy tried to shake her hand but she quickly pulled it away. By the time we got to Mickey she was fast asleep. Mickey posed for pics with her, and had his finger to his mouth in the 'sshhh' motion. It was cute. Mickey was also apparently thirsty. We brought in a few sodas, and we had a Dr. Pepper on the stroller. He reached out with his hands and rubbed his tummy. When I asked, 'Does Mickey want a Dr. Pepper?" He shook his head yes. Savannah thought that was pretty funny.

Later that night I took Savannah on Big Thunder Mtn. I told her we did not go down big hills but had to go up so that we could go fast. Half way through she told me she wanted to get off and did not like it. We watched the show Fantasmic and the girls were so into it. When Mickey took his sword to the dragon Charlotte instantly started clapping. It was so cute.
Charlotte in her ears. She actually kept them on!Plus she had to add the crown too!
Our last day we had a few unexpected visitors with us, 4 neices/nephew from St. George come with us. It took us away from our little family a bit since they were older and wanted to go on the bigger rides that either Savannah couldn't go on or didn't want to. We took them over to California Adventure and they girls had a lot of fun on the Monsters Inc ride. We also really enjoyed the Toy Story Mania ride. All in all it was a wonderful trip. We actually upgraded our tickets to season passes. All we have to do is go one more day and it is paid for. So anyone want to go with us??