With Julia 22months old, and me 26weeks pregnant, we took our first family trip to Disneyland!!! Between the two of us, we helped keep the pace slower than what Tim and I were used to at the theme park. Disneyland with a kid in tow is a completely different experience. No longer did we care as much about roller coasters and thrills (though Tim did get to ride Screamin and the new Star Tours), but we cared about Julia's reaction to all the fun stuff around her.
To Julia, every ride was a boat, or the "horsies" on the carousel (which we rode 4 times!) and she wanted to "ride it". She was overwhelmed when we first got there, but loved running to the next thing, keeping very busy.
She wasn't too sure about meeting the characters or princesses, although she talked about them a ton.
Whenever she was excited, or music was playing, she would bounce. During the parade, she was bouncing on my belly from all the excitement.
Peter Pan even gave her a high 5!
Daddy's shoulders were the best place to see everything, especially the night shows and fireworks!
It was a busy trip, but she fell asleep in her stroller every afternoon before our hotel break (for Mommy too), as well as every night in the park. Everyday, she is still talking about Disneyland and the "Tiki Roo00m" with the "birds singing" or "Tinkeybell flying" and the "princesses."
We did take a side trip to Laguna Beach for the day and she loved the cold "oceay" water and sand. It was a great vacation for our little toddler and growing family. (Except the 13hour drive back home, but that's another story!)
