Disneyland Vacation Day 1

We decided to take Braxton to Disneyland before the baby comes. We never planned on taking our children until they were much older than this, but Braxton loves Mickey and our Disneyland Sing-a-long video. I have been feeling stir-crazy and needed to go somewhere before I am tied down with a newborn again, so we bit the bullet and we are SO glad we did. Braxton was a perfect little angel the entire trip with only 1 or 2 minor (1 minute or so) tantrums per day when he didn’t want to be held or put in the stroller. He was so excited about every single thing we did from the rides to the fancy dinner we had at Club 33. He said hello and goodbye to EVERY airplane, bus, boat, or train. We also took Brian’s mom with us as an extra help since I am starting to feel really pregnant and didn’t know how my energy was going to hold up for the trip. We are so glad she came and we had so much fun with her there.

We took so many pictures and can’t decide how many to post, so I am breaking our trip down to a post per day. Day 1 was traveling to CA. Our flight was at 9 am and Braxton did so well. He was confused a little when he had to drink his milk in the car and eat breakfast at the airport, but was more than happy to walk around with ‘amma’, his word for grandma, looking out the windows at the airplanes. Once we explained that he had to sit in the seat with the seatbelt just like his car seat, he did great sitting still. He just watched movies and drove his cars on the tray tables. Luckily, it is a pretty short flight so he never got bored.

The week before our trip we came down with a nasty cold and we still had some congestion. Braxton was pretty well over it and Brian was able to take Dayquil, but I experienced the worst pain in my ears I’ve ever had during landing. I literally started crying and thought my eardrums were going to explode and have permanent damage. It ruined the first day for me because they just wouldn’t pop and I couldn’t hear until the next morning.

We couldn’t check into the hotel until later in the afternoon, so we drove to the Santa Monica pier and spent a few hours wandering around, eating lunch, and watching Braxton play in the sand and this mini playground. After we were done, we drove to Anaheim and hit a grocery store for breakfast and lunch stuff for the week. We finally checked into the hotel at 4 pm (5 pm our time) and Braxton immediately took a nap. That night we went down to a fun shopping center for dinner at Cheesecake Factory and went to bed early. Here are the pictures from day 1.

Santa Monica

Loves the Sand


They had a really fun mini playground that Braxton loved





What a good day at the beach. He was all smiles.

Pretty sure this will be his last time sleeping in a pack-n-play! He is just so tall; he couldn’t even stretch out poor guy.