Greetings again from Disneyland! Yeah I know we are there too much, according to some, but its a happy place and even better now that we have our little girl to share it with. Because of the major heat and the fires we decided to take a night trip and enjoy the park until it closed.

When we arrived on Main Street, Shaun and I began the usual ritual of… so what do we do first??!! We decided to find a seat over at the Plaza Inn to eat and enjoy the fireworks when they started. On our way we saw that Mickey and Minnie were out taking pictures with everyone. So Abby, not even a year old, has her first pictures with Mickey and Minnie Mouse! As you can see in the pictures, Abby was distracted first by Mickey and his nose and then by Mickey walking by while she was taking a picture with Minnie. Oh well, they are still super cute pictures!

After dinner and fireworks, Shaun and I decided it was time to hit some rides before the park closed. We hopped on to Snow White’s Scary Adventure and Abby seemed to enjoy that. Its a fairly harmless ride though, just like Pinocchio or Winnie the Pooh.

After Pirates we went on Winnie the Pooh. It was a nice calm ride after something so intense and Abby seemed to be losing steam. After Winnie the Pooh, Abby fell asleep in the stroller and we knew it was time to just walk around and enjoy the last little bit at the park. I love walking through all of the stores on Main Street, so we did that for a moment. After about 40 minutes, Abby woke up with a smile on her face and ready for more but sadly the park had already closed. I guess we will have to save Peter Pan for next time! So we had to say “bye bye” to Disneyland for now but I am sure we will be back soon.

Yesterday was Abby’s second trip to Disneyland and while that may not seem all that important it was! Back on Abby’s 4 month birthday we took her for the very first time, but she was still to little to go on any rides or truly enjoy things. This time around was much different.

We decided to go for the afternoon and evening to meet up with Emerson, Jackie and their kids as they were celebrating Emily’s First Birthday! We took our time getting there, actually we were forced to. Traffic was a nightmare and on the way Abby started to have a meltdown because mommy wasn’t thinking and put her Doggy out of reach. Boy does she love that Doggy! Luckily we were able to get off of the freeway and get Doggy and a bottle for her. I thought that would help her to fall asleep for the rest of the ride, but instead… she chattered the rest of the way there which left her a little cranky.

Despite being a little cranky when we first arrived, Abby seemed to take everything in. The colors, the sounds, the characters and the ducks on the Rivers of America! At one point I think she was trying to have a serious conversation with them!

It was so much fun to see her enjoy herself, even if we were just walking around enjoying the sights! After some sight seeing we decided to finally take Abby on her very first Disneyland ride! So exciting! I must say that I was probably more excited about this then Abby and Shaun put together. Because we were already over in Critter Country we decided to go on Winnie the Pooh! Very appropriate for Abby’s first ride! She took in all of the colors, wiggled a bit with the songs and just stared at all of the characters. She also just looked so cute sitting in our laps, holding onto the lap bar.

Right after we got off the Winnie the Pooh ride, we spotted Tigger and Rabbit visiting with lots of visitor to the park. Shaun and I would have liked to had pictures taken with both of them but the line was extremely long. However, as we stood there Abby caught a glimpse of Tigger and seemed very excited! Her reaction was priceless and it almost seemed as if she was trying to talk with him!

After the excitement of her first ride, we decided to just walk around a bit more and enjoy one of our favorite places. My hope was to get Abby to fall asleep for a bit and eventually she did. Of course she looked cute doing that too! Luckily for us she fell asleep just before our dinner reservation, which allowed us to eat for a while before she woke up again. Dinner was at the Big Thunder BBQ, which for me was very exciting. The Big Thunder ranch used to have a BBQ restaurant when I was a little girl and the last time we had the chance to eat there, well… if you dont know the story about Snow White’s wishing well, as me some time. The BBQ was excellent! ALl of our food came out in metal buckets and our drinks were served in mason jars. During our dinner there was also a show which was pretty cute. Abby woke up when it started and she seemed to get a kick out of it.

After dinner we were finally able to meet up with Emerson, Jackie, Matthew, Jacob and of course the birthday girl… Emily! She and Abby had some time to get to know one another and it was too cute. I think Abby tried to kick Emily and Emily almost bit Abby but hey… thats what happens when you are little. They also giggled and chattered at one another, so I think this will be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

After chatting for a bit, we had the moment to watch fireworks together and both girls seemed to love it. Some of the fireowrks were a little too bright but aside from that they seemed to be pretty engrossed with it. After the fireworks we parted ways and decided to get onto one last ride before we left. We got onto Small World in no time and that seemed to be, well… I think the jury is still out on that one for Abby. Singing, dancing little dolls at 10pm might have been a bit much, but she didnt complain. Just sat here and took it all in!

All in all it was a great night and I cant wait to go back and tackle more rides with our little girl!