Disney Land 2009!!!!

(Saturday)

Abby, just can't stand the idea of not being in the tub with Josh and Jacob when they are having so much fun splashing around together. We arrived in Califorinia yesterday around 10:00 am, checked into our hotel, threw a bunch of things together and headed out to Disney Land. We walked!!! It is only a couple of blocks from our hotel, we can do it in about 10 minutes, a nice walk it is too, except for the comming back part after you've been walking all day in the park. We had a fun afternoon, so fun that I neglected to take any pictures of anything we did while we were there on this first day. We went on quite a few rides. First was the "Matterhorn", which is Jason's absolute favorite ride. We were so surprised that Jacob was actually tall enough to go! He was sooo excited, a little apprehensive at first, but when all was done, he had a blast. Then we continued to ride other rides around the park with Jason's family. It was so much fun, but such a long day. I think I was more excited than Jacob was. It is so much fun to have children, and to want them to experience the good things in life. We took Jacob 3 years ago, but he doesn't remember it, so this is all a new experience for him, and I couldn't be more than tickled pink to just watch the magic in his eyes. So, we ended the day with a crying baby and a tired boy on the walk home and then two excited cousins in the bath, and a cousin who was just happy to be out of the stroller to crawl and move on the floor.

(Sunday)

Abby's internal alarm clock went off at 6:15 this morning, not my ideal time to wake up when on vacation, however the Bartold clan wasn't much behind her at 6:45. We walked into the park early around 8:30 and went seperate ways for a while, that is big kids and adults to their attractions, and Brittany and I took Josh, Jacob, and Abby to ride the Pooh Bear ride. We were hoping to see Pooh Bear there, but he wasn't up quite that early. After we did that we walked over to Toon Town and Josh and Jacob were in seventh heaven just running around and being in such a magical type town. They have so much fun being together.

If there's a fire truck, that's where you will find Jacob!

When we finished in Toon Town it was time to meet up with the family over in California Adventure. While we were waiting for dads to bring us our tickets to park hop, the kids were playing on the "O" in the CALIFORNIA letters.

Right before lunch, we met up with Mater and Lightning McQueen for a family photo. We then commenced to go though the park there. We went on California Soarin, which is one of mine and Jason's favorite rides. Unfortunately, Jacob wasn't quite tall enough to go. He was so unsatisfied with his height that he just kept measuring and remeasuring himself at the measure guide, just to make sure he hadn't grown a few inches in a couple of minutes. Poor kiddo, he was so devestated. Next time Jacob, next time you will be tall enough. We had a wonderful evening there. My favortie was the "Play time" parade. It was right in front of us and the characters were all so colorful. Jacob and Abby were just enthralled with the whole thing. The day just went by so fast. Jacob and Abby have done quite well despite all the schedule changes. We didn't get back to the hotel tonight till a quarter to midnight with both kids crashed before we left the park. Jacob really wanted to go on the Nemo submarine ride after we watched "Fantasma" the water show, so we took him, because why else are we there? Jason said he had the hardest time staying awake, he just kept dozing on his shoulder, and then he would jerk himself to stay awake. We are having so much fun, and can't wait to do more tomorrow.

Happy trails till tomorrow from the land where dreams come true.