Stitch's Trip To Disneyland

For most of our vacation, Anna carried a plush Stitch doll and a small plastic beluga whale everywhere she went. Anna would turn Stitch to face the photographer .. so almost every picture has Stitch in it. She would show her toys to the characters and it ended up being a great way for her to interacting with them (except Captain Hook ... she is scarred of the Captain).







Towards the end of our vacation, Nana won a horrible looking plush Timothy Mouse. Anna swapped Stitch for Timothy and everyone had to work very hard on convincing her that the characters were afraid of Timothy .. he was safer in the stroller. So several photo's have Timothy and a small plastic Minnie Mouse in them.



Nana bought Anna a plush Piglet and thankfully Piglet replaced Timothy Mouse. On the last two days of our trip every photo has a Piglet and a small plastic goldfish (Anna calls her Cleo) in them.

Going To Pixie Hollow

Meeting Tinkerbell was one of the magical highlights of our vacation. It is really sweet how the entire Pixie Hollow area is set up, it is if you are shrinking down to pixie size as you wait and walk up the path to Tinkerbell house. We visited the area two times several days apart. The first time Anna jumped up and down once she saw Tinkerbell .. and Tinkerbell jumped up and down to greet her. Anna showed Tinkerbell her little toys are talked to her about her firework flight.





The next time we went to visit Tinkerbell said to Anna ... "you came back to play with me!" and (to the photographer) "this is my friend Anna." They talked and danced around a little if front of Tinkerbell's house. It was so amazing to me that Tinkerbell would remember Anna after all the people she see's every day .. and for Anna it was just like visiting an old familiar friend.





The other fairy we visited were Fawn the animal talent fairy and



Iridessa, the light talent fairy. The other fairies were very sweet but they know the real reason to visit is to see Tinkerbell. Both fairies did a great job of keeping the magic alive for Anna and geeting everyone ready and excited to meet Tinkerbell.

Back Home!

We got back home from Disneyland late last night. It was a great trip. We are all very, very tired ... but I thought I might post a few photo's.

Coon Skin Cap

Everything is better when you are wearing a great hat. Macaroni and cheese tastes better



and everything else does seem to be extra silly ...

One Year Check Up

Sam had his one year check up today. He is currently weighing in at 22.10 lbs (50%), is 31 1/2" in height, and has a head circumference of 45.5 cm (25%). I am amazed that that is all Sam weighs ... I think there scales must be off since he feel much heavier to me.



At Anna's one year appointment in February of 2007, she weighed in at 17.1 lbs, 29" for height, and 45.2 cm for head circumference.



Happy 13th anniversary to us! Three years ago this weekend we were in Disneyland to celebrate both our 10th anniversary and the soon to be arrival of Anna. I am very happy that we will be in The Land in a few days to celebrate the our family once again. Extra thank you to Nana for both remembering our anniversary and watching Anna and Sam tonight so we could go out to celebrate.

The Cinderella I-Phone

I plug my phone into Sammy stereo to play the Disney music saved on it sometimes for them. Today, Anna decided to use her phone instead of waiting for me.

State Fair

We took Anna and Sam to the state fair on Sunday. Anna talked the entire drive there about maybe getting to hold "fluffy yellow baby ducks." Once we parked the car, at the midway entrance, she switched to "I do not want to go into a scary black cat's mouth!!" (as seen in the book Angelina at the Fair) Lucky for Anna, we bypassed all the rides and only spent time with animals and fair food.



We watched Smokey The Bear give a little presentation about wildfires.



In the reptile house, Anna petted a snake, an alligator named Snuggle Puppy, and a dragon.