Disneyland Weekend

Reagan and Mommy took off Friday morning to head to California to meet Daddy for a weekend at Disneyland. We had everything planned, Riley was staying with Grandma and we were going to have a fabulous time. But unfortunately, karma clicked in, and Reagan woke up Friday morning with a fever. Hoping it was just a cold virus (we know a lot about those thanks to Riley) we decided to still go ahead with our trip. We drove towards Los Angeles, hit the rain and the 6 hour trip took us close to 8 hours.

We got to the hotel about thirty minutes before Daddy got "home" from work. We changed our clothes and headed to a very yummy dinner at "C&O Trattoria". It was a little Italian place right by Venice Beach and the food was wonderful. They had these little garlic bread balls that they brought an endless supply of ... they were so good you could not stop eating them ... therefore we did not eat all of our dinner!

Reagan & Daddy enjoying dinner together.

The famous bread balls!

Then back to the hotel for hopefully a good nights sleep ... but not so much. Reagan coughed every twenty minutes and was absolutely miserable. She finally decided enough was enough at 4:00am and was tired of waiting for Disney, so we all got up, showered and got ready for our Disneyland day. The entire ride to the park, Reagan insisted the first thing we ride was "The Haunted Mansion". She had heard about it from a friend of hers, but had never rode it before. She was nervous, but excited the same. She LOVED the ride and we even did it a second time. The second time around, the ride broke. We were stuck up on one of the floors where there were ghosts and noises surrounding us in the dark ... she was so tickled by this, not scared at all! Then it was off to the rest of the park.

Reagan and Daddy making their "scared" faces at "The Haunted Mansion"


Reagan & Mommy on "Pirates of the Caribbean"

Reagan & Daddy riding the "Matterhorn Bobsleds"

Of course, we had to ride "It's a Small World"

The only character that we saw and talked to was Cinderella's Fairy Godmother.

Reagan was so excited to ride the "Dumbo" ride.

Reagan's second favorite ride (1st being the Haunted Mansion) was "Big Thunder Mountain Railroad". This was her first time ever riding a roller coaster and she like it so much, we rode it 4 times.

By the second time on "Big Thunder Mountain Railroad", Mommy held on to her tummy so she could hold her hands up on the roller coaster. She thought it was so funny that when we went over the hills, her bum would raise up off the seat!

At "Autopia", Reagan got to drive the car mostly by herself. She did a decent job and had fun acting like she could drive.

Our day at Disneyland ended about 6:30pm, as Reagan had enough of Mommy pushing the medicines to keep her content. Considering she had little to no sleep the night before and was feverish most of the day, she had a great time at Disneyland and was so sad to leave.

We got back to the hotel and carried the sleeping five year old to her bed, where she slept fairly decent all night ... waking up again at 5:00am!

So, Sunday morning, we got up and ate breakfast at the hotel. Mommy pushed some more Motrin, but this time it was not helping her fever. We tried to get a few more things in before deciding to leave to drive home. (We were originally going to come home on Monday, but Mommy thought we needed to get to the doctor ... so we left Sunday).

Before we left, we went to the Santa Monica Pier and walked around the beach for a while. Reagan loves the beach and enjoyed finding sea shells.

The Santa Monica Pier ... we were bummed we were there too early for the rides!

My new favorite picture ... Reagan & Daddy admiring the ocean.

Reagan and her sea shells, decorating her name in the sand.

Mommy and Reagan were relaxing on the swings at "Muscle Beach". They were great swings!

Then we headed to the La Brea Tar Pits to show Reagan the museum. It was really interesting to know that due to the land right there, all these animal bones were found and turned into a museum. Reagan was very concerned about the tar being so hard to get out of ... she felt sorry for all the animals that had been stuck there.

This demonstration was to show you how difficult it is to maneuver out of the tar.

Reagan touching the leg bone of a land sloth ... she said it was gross!

So, by lunch time, Reagan was done ... she had a fever and just could not take it anymore. I know, I know ... what a terrible mom I am for dragging her around Los Angeles with a fever! She did have a good time though. So, we packed up and headed back to Phoenix. We got into town at 9:00 and headed straight to the Pediatric Clinic, where we discovered she had TWO EAR INFECTIONS. I knew there was something wrong, but just did not know what it was. I feel really sorry for her, but she never did once complain about her ears hurting. So, after the 6 hour drive home, the visit to the doctor, the trip to the pharmacy to get antibiotics, we got home and in bed by 11:00pm ... boy we were EXHAUSTED.

We both slept great Sunday night and were excited to go and pick up Riley at Grandma's Monday morning. Riley did great with Grandma all weekend ... they said she was a "joy"! Not sure if they were being nice to me or not, but that made me feel good knowing she was good for them.

Reagan has been on antibiotics for a couple days now, and is feeling back to normal. We were sad to have to leave Daddy a day early, but we were glad to get back home and get feeling better!