St. George

We took a trip to St. George for a few days and then went to Lake Powell for a day to soak up some sun!  It was nice to take a vacation for a few days and have some fun.

We took Lucy to the water park in St. George and she wasn't quite sure what to think.  There were a million kids there and I've decided that she gets easily overwhelmed and so she just kind of sat and watched.  But she looked cute as ever!

We went to Lake Powell for the day and Lucy did a marvelous job.  She did so good with having to wear her life jacket and LOVED played on the swim platform of Grandpa's boat.  I didn't get any pictures because I'm lame and was too lazy to get my phone out.  Mainly in fear of it getting wet and ruined.  It was nice to spend the day on the lake even though the wind kicked up and made it too rough to do most anything.  But a bad day at the lake is better than a good day at work...as my dad says.  I agree 100%.  

Disney: Part 2

(Can't contain her excitement!!)

The next day as soon as we got up Lucy was requesting to ride the choo choo and the boats. So off we went!  The second day was just as fun as the first, even though the park was a lot busier.  FYI don't go to disneyland the last week of May.  It was Grad Night for pretty much every high school in Cali so there were tons of dumb teenagers running around.  But we didn't let them stop us from having a blast!

We started off in California adventures and got in line to ride Toy Story Mania only to have the ride close down after a while.  Bummer.  I was way sad Lucy didn't get to ride that one since her favorite thing right now is Toy Story, but my mood was instantly lifted when we walked out to find out that Buzz Lightyear himself was about to come out to do a meet and greet.  Lucy has a slight obsession with "her buzz" as she calls him.  We hopped in line and luckily weren't in line for too long before we got to meet Buzz.  Lucy was going crazy the whole time in line yelling "Buzz!  Buzz!  Buzz! Buzz!" and trying to escape the death grip I had on her so she could get to Buzz.  Finally it was our turn and she took off running to meet him.  She got a little hesitant as soon as she got to him and had to hold my hand, but you could tell how thrilled she was to meet him.

Lucy and I entertained each other while Grandma and Grandpa rode Soaring over California and she was being so funny so I captured some photos:

We headed over to Disneyland after lunch and got lucky again because Minnie Mouse was just about to come out so we jumped in line for that and once again Lucy couldn't contain her excitement in line and ran like crazy towards Minnie when it was our turn.  Minnie is her absolute FAVORITE and she wasn't shy at all when it came to meeting her.  She even gave Minnie a million kisses on her nose.  Sweetest thing ever.

Pluto came out right after Minnie and there was no line so we ran up and met him too!  She hugged Pluto which quite surprised me...but he is a dog and so it makes sense.  She loves dogs!

This is me trying to drag Lucy away from him because she wanted to rip those whiskers right off his face!

Once again, having fun while waiting for Grandma and Grandpa to ride Indiana Jones.  Only thing that made me sad about being pregnant was I couldn't ride that ride.  It's my favorite.

This is getting long so I'm just gonna post pictures!

This may be my favorite picture ever. Wish it wasn't so blurry.  It sums up perfectly how much Lucy was loving life.  Dancing and being with Grandma and Grandpa 24/7.  She sure loves them.  

I can't thank my parents enough for all the help the gave me with Lucy during this trip.  They are the greatest grandparents and Lucy is soooo lucky to have them!  She sure loves them and visa versa.  This is going down as one of my favorite trips to Disneyland.  It was so fun spending a few days with my wonderful parents and seeing Lucy interact with them and enjoying life!  We heart you Disneyland!

Disney or bust!

My parents planned a trip to Disneyland just after Memorial Day and Lucy and I decided last minute (literally...like the day before) that we wanted to join them!  Brandon's been so busy working that we decided it'd be fun to get out of the house for a few days and have the time of our life at Disneyland! So that's exactly what we did.

We braved the 6 hour drive to St. George with just me and Lucy and bless her little heart, she was an angel for me.  I was terrified to travel with her by myself because I can't really do anything for her since I'm driving.  I made sure she had plenty of snacks and water and of course...Toy Story!  Her current favorite.

We left for Disneyland early the next day and made it by 10:00 AM California time.  Just in time for the park to open...well it had been open since 9, so almost just in time :)  Lucy loved every second of it.  She got a kick out of the "choo choo" aka the tram that takes you from the parking lot to the main gates.   Yes I dare say it was one of her favorite rides and requested to ride the "choo choo" throughout the remainder of our trip.

Heading into the park!

We caught a glimpse of Minnie right when we walked in and Lucy was basically mesmerized by her.  Just sat and stared at her for a while trying to believe if what she was seeing was real.  The REAL minnie mouse!

We had a total blast the whole day!  Lucy was such a CHAMP! Yes the all capital letters are necessary.    I thought for sure she would have meltdowns because of all the running around we were forcing her to do and the nap schedule being thrown off.  Boy was I wrong.  She was crazy hyper and excited the. whole. time.  She ran us ragged!  That girl has unlimited energy.  We were there from 10 AM until closing and she was still going and going and going.  Even when we got back to the hotel she was running around the room non stop.  Man I wish I had her energy.

 She is sooo easily amused. She discovered this leaf on the ground while we were in line for Pirates and she played with it and carried it around for the longest time.  Who needs souvenirs when you have leaves!

 She has the same face I usually have after riding "It's a small world"  Wayyyyy too much happiness for one little person to handle.  She LOVED it the second time around though.  Mainly because she got to ride in the boat again.

 DUMBO!  This was a close 2nd to her favorite ride behind the tram. haha She did have a minor meltdown after we got off because she wanted to keep riding.  Grandpa was a dear and took her on it again.  Grandpas rock like that.

My very favorite part of the day had to be when we were waiting for the parade.  We found a front row section, amazingly enough, in a very low traffic area and of course Lucy can't sit still for more than 2 seconds so she had to be up running wild.  She personally took it upon herself to entertain the crowd before the parade started.  She was dancing and being silly and running around to every one.  The best part was Grandpa chasing after her up and down the parade route the whole time.  We even had someone come up to us the next day telling us she saw Lucy at the parade and thought she was the cutest thing ever.  Yeah tell me something I don't know.  Oh and how awesome it was the my dad was so good to just chase her around.  He's the best grandpa.

Lucy was amazed by the parade and loved seeing all her favorite characters.  And all the performers were so cute with her and made sure they acknowledged her and she even got a few high fives from some of the characters.  She was in Lucy heaven that's for sure.  It's so fun experiencing Disneyland through your childs eyes.  It's a completely different experience and I dare say I enjoyed that trip the most out of all the trips I've taken.

To be continued....