The Happiest Place on Earth

A few weeks ago we were able to go on a vacation to California with Brandon's family.  Our first stop was Disneyland.  This of course was Alex's first trip to Disneyland and we spent three days living it up.  The weather was perfect, the lines were short and we had a great time.  Alex loved every ride he was tall enough to go on.  He would only get upset when it was time to get off the rides.  He did great waiting in line (that is what I was most nervous about) and even took a nap in his stroller every day. 

We tried to get him to wear his "First Visit" button but he was not a fan. 

 Our first ride was the Finding Nemo Submarine.  Alex was fascinated. 

 He loved the Winnie the Pooh ride.

 This picture was taken on the Haunted Mansion.  I was surprised Alex didn't get scared at all. 

Pirates of the Caribbean

 We thought this might be the only opportunity to get a picture with his Mickey ears on. 

Waiting for the World of Color to start. 

 It was such a cool show. 

 Day One at Disneyland was a success!

 Meeting his first character.  Alex was curious but a little nervous. 

 Not a fan anymore. 

 Dumbo was one of his favorite rides. 

 Alex, losing his patience in line.  He just wanted to get down and climb on everything.  Luckily we never had to wait in very long lines. 

 Meeting Pluto, Alex was a little more comfortable now. 

Alex turned 2 on our last day in Disneyland.  It was such a fun way to spend his birthday.  We started off the day with a small present. 

 One of Alex's favorite things was running around Toon Town.  He loved exploring all the crazy houses. 

Visiting Mickey's house.

Mikah and Alex playing with their souvenirs.

Brandon and I have always loved Disneyland so it was so much fun watching Alex experience everything for the first time.  We can't wait to go again when Alex is a little taller and can ride some of the big rides. 

Tired Boy

This week Alex has been getting up a little earlier than usual.  Rather than sleeping in until 8 or 9 he has been climbing in bed with me around 7.  This has thrown our schedule off just a little.  Because of this Alex has fallen asleep in some unusual places.  Even as a baby Alex has never fallen asleep in his high chair before.  I had both the tv and my ipod playing in the room when he fell asleep.  He even stayed asleep as I got him up, changed his diaper (cleaning the macaroni and cheese out of it) and put him in his crib. 

A few days later Alex fell sound asleep while watching a movie.  This was also a first. 

Maybe it is a growth spurt, but we sure love this growing, sleepy boy! 

Under the Bed

 It's hard to believe but two weeks from today our little boy will be two years old.  To prove how old he is Alex has started climbing out of his crib.  I knew this would happen eventually, I was just hoping we could at least make it to two years old.  Brandon and I have had a hard time deciding what to do, whether or not we should move him to a bigger bed.  For now we are sticking with the crib for at least a little while longer.  At night he doesn't have any trouble going to sleep.  If we wait to put him to bed when it is dark he has been going right to sleep as usual.  Nap times have become a little more difficult but he hasn't missed a nap yet.  I am definitely not ready to give those up.  When I put him down for a nap he usually climbs out 2-3 times.  I just wait until I hear him out of his crib and go in and put him back in his crib.  He is pretty sneaky though.  He knows he needs to be quiet or else we will come in.  Yesterday after putting him back in bed for the second time we weren't sure if we heard him out of his crib.  Because he was pretty quiet we just let him be.  About 3 hours later his room was still quiet. It was getting late so Brandon and I decided we better wake him up.  Sure enough he was sound asleep under his crib.  He often likes to play under there so there are a lot of stuffed animals already under there.  He just took his blanket under and went to sleep.  This was to best picture I could get of him before he woke up. 

Another favorite pasttime of Alex's is playing outside.  He can't seem to get enough.  I am sure we are going to spend a lot of summer days outside.  Here he is enjoying some fruit snacks outside.  



Baby Animal Days

Thanks to the blogging world I found out about "Baby Animal Days" at This is the Place Heritage Park from a friends blog last year. Alex loves animals so I knew he would love going to see all the baby animals. The day was a little cool but it didn't rain and it wasn't too busy. We were so glad we went. It was so much fun.

Alex loved being outside, climbing and seeing all the animals. Here he is checking out some reindeer.

This tiny little pig was Brandon's favorite. One of the perks of Brandon's job is that although he has to occasionally work some nights and weekends, he gets a lot of weekdays off. We love having him come with us to things like this

Checking out the baby chicks.

The baby bunnies were of course my favorite.

Some big oxen.

Some lambs.

Alex even got to ride his first horse. He was a little nervous at first but loved it once the horse started walking. He kept laughing and squealing. He also called it a kitty a lot.

They also have a petting area with goats and other animals.

Alex checking out the bunnies...

...until a visitor came along.

Luckily it didn't mind Alex being a little friendly.

Much to Brandon's disgust he gave him a little kiss.

We had to take one more look at the bunnies.

They had this small train and some small houses that Alex loved playing in.

Finally, we ended the day with a train ride.

Now that Alex is a little older we have a long list of places we can't wait to take him. It is going to be a fun summer.