Disneyland

We took a last minute, all girls, trip to Disneyland last week.  I'm so glad we were able to pull it off.  Reese surprised me on how well she handled everything.  from the long drive, to the scary rides, to the late nights, to sleeping in a hotel room full of people...she did amazingly well.  She didn't cry on a single ride, just buried her head in my chest if it got too loud or too dark.  I would have to say Reese's favorite ride was the submarine, until it got really dark and loud.  Why does Disney always have to be a bit scary and dark?  Being the nosy girl she is, she was just happy watching it all. 

Reese changed so much in the time we were gone.  Daddy and daycare both were shocked at how much hair, and curly I might add, she suddenly has and how she is full on trying to talk!  She is becoming a little parrot trying to repeat what we say.  We are nearly positive we heard her say KK, GG, Poppa, doggie, thank you and at one point when she was tired and laying her head on my shoulder I swear she said Blakey.  It was clear as day...maybe he showed her something I couldn't see?

Speaking of Blake, we had a goose bump moment on our drive down to LA.  We hit LA just in time for traffic, as if you can really avoid it at any time, but we didn't time our arrival very well.  We were given advice to go through Pasadena and avoid the heart of LA.  So we were taking the round about way, stopped for a potty break and asked a man for directions just to make sure we were on the right path.  He basically laughed at my sister and said we needed to turn around and go the "normal" way.  So by this time, we were exhausted, irritable, the kids were over being in the car and now we have to back track, just to sit in LA traffic.  Once we got on the 5 and were on our way, Leslie turned on the navigation to try and get an idea of where in LA we were exactly.  The first street name that popped up was Blake Ave.  Blake must have been watching over us on our drive and made us turn around for a reason we will never know!  Thanks Blakers!

Saying, "Hi!" on her make-believe phone.