Getting To Cali... and Disneyland!

The trip started out pretty rocky with Kevin gone the entire week before on a business trip. All of the girls randomly threw up during that week (and I was in full preggo nauseas mode), but with my moms help we got through it. I was exhausted but had a good attitude about flying with the 3 of them by myself. I couldn't wait to get out of our boarded up house (which is STILL boarded up). They all had their little backpacks full of goodies and behaved really well during the flight. 

After we landed and were waiting in the very back of the plane to get off, Sophie threw up everywhere...even on poor Remi's face! I didn't even know how to start handling the situation. My biggest fears have always been snakes and people throwing up so this was especially traumatic for me (and them too, I'm sure). I snapped into action pretty quickly and stripped the twins down to their panties and we made it off the plane. We were greeted at the gate by an old man who looked at my naked babies and said, "Only in California!" I wanted to throw my trash bag of barf covered clothes at him. Kevin picked us up outside and I just started bawling. I cried the whole hour drive to his moms. Sophie threw up another time in the car and I just couldn't reign it in. Wes threw up a couple more times that week too. I don't know if I was being punished or tested but it was definitely a trial. They were NOT sick. There was no fever, no other symptoms, they had appetites. I think that made it 100 times more frustrating. It was so bizarre and my nerves were shot constantly worrying when the next time someone was going to get sick without any warning signs. I definitely had divine help on that airplane to handle it so well and not be nauseas at all for the first time that day. I called their doctor and was able to give them some of my Zofran so that helped ease my anxiety a lot!

Despite the rocky start it turned out to be a great week. 

I got a nap everyday, the weather was beautiful, we ate lots of delicious food, we had a date night, saw lots of family and partied at Kevin's cousin's wedding. 

The girls LOVED the beach. They had so much fun getting their toes wet and screaming as they ran when the waves came in. They asked almost every morning if we could go build sand castles. Kevin kept them busy while I soaked up as much sun as I could. 

They did awesome being away from home and going to bed/napping when it was time. Wes especially loved picking her own oranges from Grandpa Smith's tree. 

DISNEY

We had 2 magical days at Disneyland with Aunt Rachel and Nana. Before we got there I told Kevin it was going to be totally different than any other time he had ever been. There's nothing like seeing the Disney magic through a little girl's eyes! I think he was shocked by how true that was. The first thing we did was go meet the Princesses and Sophie was in heaven. Her reaction was priceless! She was so excited that she couldn't even talk! She was just giggling and laughing and smiling and completely star struck. Remi liked Snow White, Sophie loved Ariel, and Weslie's favorite was Cinderella of course. Wes doesn't really like the characters but she thought meeting Cinderella was pretty awesome. 

We also made Sophie's dreams come true by tracking down Doddald (Donald Duck). 

Remi's favorite thing was the Dumbo ride. Wes is so tall that she rode pretty much everything. Big thunder mountain was her favorite...and getting cotton candy. Wes wanted to sit right by Nana on every ride. 

She also got the perfect pair of ears.

 I loved eating all the delicious food all day long. The Mickey macaroons and the corn dogs were probably the winners. 

My favorite part of the trip was going on the Star Wars ride with Wes. It's one of those motion rides. It's setup to look like you are boarding a space ship and then you go on a crazy ride and even have a run in with Darth Vader picking up your ship and moving you around. Well, Weslie walked into that spaceship looking ride and thought the TV screen was a real window and that we were actually in a space ship in space and going to die. The look on her face was priceless! She was gripping the chair and I could not stop laughing. It was the most hilarious thing I have ever seen. Poor little J. She thought it was fun but didn't want to ride it again.

I'm really glad we were able to stay for the parade because they loved it! All the lights were awesome and we got to see all the Frozen characters on their float. It's been weeks and they are still talking about it! I think we picked the perfect age to take them and we can't wait to go again!