We're back and we've lived to tell about it!!
We had a great time: however, Maelin was very sick the entire time we were there. After we got home, we went straight from the airport to the doctor and she had a double ear infection, pink eye and a cold. Of course. It seems like the child is always healthy and never sick except when we've got something fun planned. (remember Halloween? She had Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease. Christmas??? She had the stomach flu)
Anyway, she's just now starting to feel better and act like her old self. She was such a trooper though. I was so proud of her! Disneyland is always fun and magical and especially when you've got a little one with you. She LOVED the Small World ride ("dolls?") and Dumbo ("fly?") and the Carousel ("horsies?") and she now is in love with Mickey and Minnie. She LOVES them. It's the cutest thing in the whole world.
All in all, I'm really glad we went because I know my mom had a great time and that was the main reason we were going in the first place. I forgot how hard it is to take a little one to Disneyland and allow for naps (especially when she's sick and wakes up screaming every night from 2am-5am) but I wouldn't change it. We had so much fun with Uncle Jeff, Auntie Kat, Aunt Heather and Nana and those are memories that will last long after Maelin's sicknesses have faded away.
Here are some of the pictures from our trip. As you'll see, it rained pretty hard the first day we were there (hence the lovely outfits!) and then the weather was great. You won't see much of Miss Maelin's trademark grin because she was feeling so yucky, but every once in a while it popped out.
I think the memory I'll always have of our first trip to The Happiest Place on Earth was how the magic is real and even affects tiny kids who are hurting and sick. Mickey and Minnie took good care of us and I can't wait to go back!
2 comments:
Great post, great pics! And just wait until 2011 when California adventure is completely changed! :)
Wonderful Didneyland! I still am amazed how much fun Mae-Mae had, while being so sick, and with ear aches!I'll always remember the "Disney Miracle". We were rushing her back to the motel one night when she wouldn't stop crying,( now we know it was because of the ear aches).We were just leaving Main Street when Jeff spotted Mickey and Minnie,& pointed them out to an almost hysterical Maelin. She looked amazed and stopped crying at once and wanted to wait in line to meet and have her pix taken with both of them!Hope the pixs turned out!
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