Saturday we celebrated Doug's birthday with a cookie cake and lots of fun presents. Doug hit the big 29 this Saturday and started the year off with a great workout and plan for a healthy year. I definately feel Doug and I are starting to grow together with age in the most wonderful of ways. We met when we were 24 years old (granted, Doug was close to 25) but to think we are now heading into a new decade is pretty exciting for us. We love you and hope you had a wonderful 29th Birthday.
After our morning we continued our celebration and drove down to Orange County to meet Dom and his new fiancee Kassie in Laguna Beach. It was pretty crowded down there with Art Fest, but still beautiful and fun to walk around. We had dinner at a great little Sushi place in town, then headed over to Anaheim where we were going to spend the night and prepare for a busy Sunday.
Family Photo taken in Laguna Beach, CA
Sunday morning we woke up early and drove over to DISNEYLAND! Doug and I had only been here briefly before so we were all excited. Though I think Kassie's son Jackson was most excited. He plays ToonTown on the computer and was very familiar with the homes of Goofy and Minnie Mouse so to see them in real life was pretty exciting.
Jackson "Jax", Kassie and Dom (Jax wasn't a fan of photos)
Zach enjoyed the day too. We went on a Jungle Cruise, Disney Train, Pirates of the Carribbean, the Haunted Mansion and the Dumbo Ride. He was smiling and taking the day in. Doug and I were able to ride a few "bigger kid" (taller than 40 inches) rides. Disney has a great "baby swap" trick for parents with little ones. Everyone waits in line and the person who stays back with the baby grabs a ticket from the attendant. Then you go to the ride exit, wait for your friends/family to finish and you go to the front of the line and ride without having to wait. This is a wonderful, not often talked about Disney trick!
Here is a video of us on the Dumbo Ride "the Disney proclaimed 8th wonder of the world"
A scene from the Haunted Mansion (Zachary has two hand on the lap bar at all times)
We came home Sunday night and had a pretty rough ride as Zach was having some stomach issues. But we made it and Zachary was doing VERY WELL today. He is growing and learning so much now. He is starting his sign language, gives kisses on command and is so darn lovable.
An exhausted "Goose" taking a mid day nap
While we were doing Wii Fit tonight, Zach was using my push up planks as tunnels and then laying under me. Fun for him, bad for me as I couldn't just collapse!
A picture of our happy boy
We hope you all had as wonderful a weekend as we did.
PS. For a gratuitous laugh, one of my favorite public place activities is people watching. Can you spot the Britney Spears crop top fan in the photo below?
2 comments:
It sounded like a great time. Wish we had been there. See you on the 17th. We can't wait!
The dumbo ride goes so fast! Way faster than I remember.
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