Merry Christmas!!!

California

We got back on Friday from our trip to California.  Addison and I did a lot of walking around the area and hanging out at the hotel while Chunny went to meetings.  He did take a day off from "work stuff" to go to Disneyland with us!  We knew Addison was going to love it...especially when she would yell every time she saw a Disney shuttle bus with Toy Story or Minnie and Mickey on it!

As an early Christmas present, we got her some new movies to keep her busy on the flight and at the hotel.

She had fun running around and picking bark off the tree in this little courtyard at the hotel.

Watching "Goofy Movie" with her daddy :)

Off to Disneyland!

 

This was taken on the very first ride we went on.  As you can see, we were busy shooting aliens while Addison wasn't sure to cry or not :)

Next stop was Toon Town where Minnie and Mickey live.

Mickey wasn't home at the time so we had to go back later to see him.

Two of Addison's favorite rides were basically "fair rides."  She loved the carousel, but wouldn't look at me so I could get a picture of her!  Then Addison and I waited in line for the Dumbo ride.

She entertained herself by putting my hair in my face.  For some reason, that was SO funny :)

Photo-op after the Dumbo ride.  Who knows why she was putting her hands on her face, but it was cute anyways!  :)

 Some of the rides were kinda scary for Addison.  Many were dark inside and she didn't know what to think.  This ride, however, was completely Addison-friendly :)

 Then we got the chance to meet Winnie the Pooh and Tigger.  Addison was fine as long as she didn't get too close to them!  It was getting to be her nap time so she was a little emotional.

 When we went back to see Mickey, he signed her book then we tried to get a picture with him.  Addison kept putting her fingers in her mouth and Mickey thought he would try to make her laugh by getting close to her and lightly trying to pull her hands away from her face.  She on the other hand did not think it was funny and was scared by him!  After the pictures were done, Mickey felt so bad that he went over to the wall and started banging his head against it :)

After a nap, lunch, and a snack, Addison was back to her normal self and we stopped by to see Tinkerbell and some of the other fairies.

Addison kept picking out this toy at some of the different shops so we thought it'd be a good one to buy her.  She played with it while we sat and waited for the parade to start.  The pictures are kinda dark, but I basically took them for Addison to look at later.  Here are some of her favorite characters.

 Woody made out of Legos!

Had some time to kill so we went bowling at the nicest bowling alley we've ever been to.

 So, besides the fact that we were up every morning at 4 because Addison never adjusted to California time, we had a great trip!  :)

1st Trick-or-Treating!

Addison wasn't too thrilled with wearing her Halloween costume.  She was supposed to be a fairy and when I bought the wings about 2 months ago she loved wearing them.  I only let her wear them 1 other time after that so she wouldn't get tired of them.  Then after I made the tutu I put it on her to try it on and she loved it!  So we figured she'd love to wear her whole costume on Halloween.  We were wrong!  It was a fight to just get the tutu on...forget the wings!  So, I guess she just ended up being a ballerina :)

What we were originally concerned about was how shy she'd be when she actually got up to the houses to get her candy...and she actually surprised us!  She wasn't too sure about it the first couple times, but once she realized that she got candy, she was all for it!  We couldn't get her to say "trick-or-treat", but she did say "please" and "thank you!" :) She also thought she needed to eat every piece of candy she got!  Although we didn't let her do that, she still ate plenty of it!  Maybe next year she'll be more excited to wear her costume and now I guess she just has a nice fairy costume to play dress-up in when she feels like wearing it :)

What a big girl!

Addison's transition to a "big girl bed" was a success!  She didn't have any problem adjusting, so we were happy for that!  She still hasn't realized that she can actually get out of bed on her own when she wakes up in the morning, but I'm fine keeping it that way for a while :)  The minute I open her door up in the morning she hops right out, so you'd think she'd realize she could do that on her own without me in there!  Here she is playing with her babies on her bed before her first night sleeping like a big girl :)

She actually looked at the camera...I can't believe it!!!