California Trip: Part 1

We're back. It's 12:27 am, and Cason's WIDE awake after his "nap" during the car ride home. Not sure when, or if, we'll get to bed. Ha.

We left a little before 6 am on Thursday, so the babies would sleep for at least the beginning of the ride. She DID fall asleep soon after I took this picture. They slept for the first 3 hours.
We stopped in San Clemente to visit Michael for a little while, and he took us on a walk downtown.

Then we headed to San Diego, and spent the first night in a condo with Chris and Sarah.
I made Jess bombard them with pictures the second they walked up to the front door. Paige and Cason had lots of fun with them.

THEN Mollie and Tim took us to Disney Land, along with Michael and Noel. It was SO much fun.
Paige and Cason LOVED it. They were in awe.

Paige was SO excited to see all the characters. The first one she met was the Fairy Godmother. She was waiting for her turn, and the girl in front of her was wearing a princess dress. The Fairy Godmother made a big deal about her pretty dress, and Paige was listening. I saw her look down at her own clothes with the saddest look on her face, like she was in rags. It was heartbreaking.
But she recovered quickly, although she was really bashful.
They also met Pooh, Eeyore, and Tigger. I had Paige and Jess had Cason, and we had Michael taking pictures of us with the characters. Tigger put his paws up on Cason's cheeks and kind of rubbed them, and Cason FLIPPED OUT. He didn't scream or cry, but he looked terrified, and fight or flight kicked in. His little fists were moving at the speed of light, punching Tigger's paws away. It was crazy. We were cracking up, and Tigger felt quite bad, judging from this picture taken right after.
They also went on some rides. Paige especially loved the Dumbo ride, which she went on twice. WITH magic feather, of course.
Cason slept in Michael's arms through the haunted mansion, and Paige rode with me.
She was a little spooked at the beginning, but started to love it about half way through. I remembered the Pirates ride as more fun than anything, but it was a little scary too. Paige was pretty quiet, and Cason was clinging to me like a little tick. But Paige talked excitedly about it after we were done, and the next morning she was being a pirate in the hotel room. She kept attacking Jess and saying "ARR!" while trying to close one eye.
The little ones were treated like royalty the whole time.
Cason was even carted around in the air when he fell asleep, because these kind fellas didn't want him to wake up while rolling over the cobblestone streets of Disney Land. Ha.
He LOVED Michael and Noel,
especially after Noel let him wear his hat.
AND sunglasses.
Paige also of course loved Toon Town.
We stayed until they closed it down, so the babies fell asleep before we left. Mollie and Tim held them for us for well over an hour and a half so Jess and I could ride the Indiana Jones ride with Michael and Noel.
I'm so mad this picture came out blurry.

Anyway, we had a WONDERFUL time. Magical even. Thank you M and T. Also Michael and Noel, for helping carry our babies so our backs didn't completely fall apart.
And for making us laugh, to keep us from crying, in that dang 90 minute line. ("Poop hammock". Am I right?)

Wedding and Seaworld post tomorrow morning, if I can.