Disneyland 2010 Part 1

We were so lucky this year to get to go to California with the Graves' clan! I was a bit nervous for the travel aspects of the trip because we have Nate (who was almost 2) and Brooke and Dave have Aaron who was about 5 months. We flew into the Long Beach airport - the flight was pretty good, a bit stressful and cramped but still worked out very well! Nate did pretty good, the only problem was that he kept kicking the seats in front of us. Nobody complained though luckily!
We then drove to Newport Beach where we stayed at the Marriott Villa's - very beautiful! It was nice because it was a condo, so there were 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms a full kitchen and laundry. Plus the living room had a pull out sofa. Everyone was so generous, we got the bedroom next to the kitchen which had its own pull out sofa - so Nate got his own bed! (not that he slept in it alone) And we were able to make bottles as needed without waking everyone up. It was an awesome place, I think I could go there and spend a week just at the resort and the beach that is just down the hill from it. We were so busy we didn't really get to enjoy all it had to offer. - But it was alright we went to see Mickey!

We ended up renting 2 cars because the rental place said they had no 8 seater's but then when we got to the hotel we looked and the van really did seat 8, there was an attachment for the middle seat that made it a real seat - perfect for a infant carrier! (I would love the van we had it was a Toyota - Sienna? Maybe, but it was awesome) So we were able to pile in there and just use the other sedan as needed for small trips/errands and as Nate was melting down some times.

Day 1 we drove to Disneyland, it took a while, and we went straight to Buzz Lightyear it was so fun! Nate absolutely loved it!!!

We got to see Mickey Mouse Clubhouse live on stage which was so great!

 

We were all pleasantly surprised how cute it was!

Gerry fell asleep...

They also have Captain EO back on the screen to honor Michael Jackson and it was pretty cool, quite strange but fun! Nate didn't really appreciate all of the 3D effects - there is a bug thing that flies very close and he kept trying it shew it away. 

We also rode the rides in California Adventure - the kids rides are so cute there, the Bug's Life rides were so fun, Nate was laughing hysterically on the Lady Bug ride, it is kind of like the Tea Cups but you don't spin yourself. It was so much fun!

I think my favorite ride is for sure the Tower of Terror it is such a fun ride! We rode it a few times, Janet was nice enough to watch Nate for us so we could!

We went to the stage performance of Aladdin the first day also, it was really good, Nate was a squirmy worm so we watch the last part from the back.