Hannah's First Trip to Disneyland

For Spring Break last week we traveled to Anaheim, California to meet Mickey and friends! We had an amazing trip and Hannah had a blast! She (and I) were able to ride so many rides and she loved them. Her favorite things were "A Bug's Life" which is a 3-D show at California Adventure Park, The Carousel in Fantasy Land and The Haunted House! She did remarkably well with the characters and even gave a big bear a hug!

We started our trip off with a big delay from Midland to Phoenix. We realize when things like this happen how blessed we are to have such a flexible child. When we finally made it to Orange Country, we were picked in and headed to Anaheim. We stayed in the center of the Disneyland Resorts at the Grand California and had an awesome room that overlooked Downtown Disney and gave us an amazing view of Disney's outstanding fireworks show each night.

Thursday was our first day at the Magic Kingdom. After enjoying our Character Breakfast with Chip and Dale and friends, we took advantage to our "Magic Morning" passes and were able to enter the park an hour early. We went straight the Finding Nemo ride which is supposed to be the most popular and longest line. That was the only ride we rode that Hannah did not like... Hummm.

Thanks to wonderful Mimi and Pops, Hannah was fortunate enough to be able to stay on Texas time, and with few cat naps, she was able to spend the evenings in the room, eating room service and going to bed early while Brittney watched her allowing the four adults to go out and enjoy and nice dinner sans a highchair and entertaining Hannah the whole time.

Friday was another beautiful day that we spent at California Adventure. Our highlight there was a Princess Lunch! Hannah also really enjoyed this (and so did Stuart!). We all got to ride rides that we enjoyed here too.

Saturday we went back to the Magic Kingdom and rode several more rides. Mimi, Hannah, and I rode most rides together while Stuart, Brittney, and Pops rode ones that Hannah and I couldn't.

Sunday we enjoyed a leisurely morning around Downtown Disney before leaving California around 3:55. Unfortunately we faced another long delay in Phoenix, not putting us home until after 1:00am that night! But, like a champ, a napless Hannah did amazing and finally slept the entire ride from Phoenix, through Albuquerque and on to Midland.

While on our trip Hannah started saying several new words... Dayyeee (Daisy), Ride, Bug, and Book. She is also saying Hi to everyone she sees. We had a wonderful time on our trip and cannot wait to go again with our new baby!!!


(Sorry about the picture quality, my camera is acting funny and I don't know how to use it... Mimi got some great pics so once I get those, I will add those!)