More Disneyland

We spent all day Saturday at Disneyland. We finally made it over to Critter Country, and took Austin on the Winnie the Pooh ride. That may have just been the highlight of the trip. He was SO cute, and SO excited the entire time...smiling and pointing at everything. As soon as we got off the ride, the characters were there to get pictures. Austin just walked right up to them all. He was so excited to see Tigger, that he tripped and fell right on his face as we were walking up to him. Before we knew it, Tigger was there helping him up. What do you know...he was so happy to have Tigger there, that he didn't even cry about falling.

Austin couldn't stop looking at Pooh Bear

He kept pulling Eeyore's ear

Tigger helping Austin up

That afternoon, my Mom kindly offered to take Austin back to the hotel so that he could get a nap (and cool off a bit!). So, Justin and I got to go on rides together and spend some time with Sarah, James, Erin, Jessica, and Lucas. I had made reservations for the 2 of us at the Blue Bayou later that night. It was a very nice dinner. I have never tried gumbo before, but they had some AWESOME chicken gumbo!!!

That night, the three of us went over to California Adventure. We took a quick ride on Monster's Inc. before watching the Electric Light Parade. It was a great parade. Austin watched the ENTIRE thing, and was asleep within minutes of it ending! We had a lot of fun at Disneyland, and were really glad that Austin enjoyed himself so much. I wasn't quite sure how it would be with a 14 month old, but he did great!

Just the three of us waiting for the parade

Austin cheesin' it in the stroller! Cute little guy!

Electric Light Parade

California- Part I

It will probably take me several posts to document our whole trip. Our first day in California (Wednesday), we spent at Disneyland. It was awesome. Austin loved it, and was absolutely WONDERFUL on the entire trip. We spent a good part of our day in Toontown. We stood in the forever long line to meet Mickey Mouse. It was worth it though, to see Austin's reaction when he saw Mickey! He especially liked Mickey's nose!!

Playing Mickey's piano while we waited in line

Me, Austin, Mickey, and Charles

Part of the gang: Justin, Me, Austin, Mickey, Charles, Chuck, Shannon, and Erin

These are some pictures of us playing around in Toontown.

The boys busting out of the dog pound!!!

Sarah and Shannon bustin' out!

We also watched the parade later that afternoon. I could not believe how enthralled Austin was in it. He just stared at everything that went past, and would point and say "This, This!"

Watching and pointing as the parade goes by

He loved it!

On Thursday we went to SeaWorld. We got a few pictures, but they didn't turn out very well. We didn't get there until mid-afternon thanks to good ol' LA traffic (there had been a horrible accident). It took us about 4 hours to get to San Diego...stuck on the freeway!!! Anyway, we had fun. I really enjoyed the night time shows they had. I actually think they might be better than the regular show. Austin and I also spent time in the kids area with Mom, Chuck, and Charles. He was so cute on all the little rides we took him him on. He would puts his arms in the air, and say "Whoa!" These are pictures from the night time dolphin show. (Sorry, they are not the best pictures!)

On Friday, we went to Universal Studios. It was okay...fun for adults, not so much for kids. Justin and I did go on the Mummy ride, which was awesome! They also had a new Simpson's ride, that Justin really enjoyed.

Justin outside the Kwik-E-Mart

Justin being eaten by Jaws

Mom and Chuck being eaten by Jaws

Are you kidding me?

So, the AC is not working right. It is blowing air...luke warm air! I can't get a hold of anyone at the repair shop! It's back up to 81 degrees in here...looks like we are in for another L-O-N-G night!

Welcome Home!

We arrived home Tuesday night from our week long trip to Southern California. We walked in to an 87 degree home, to find out that our air conditioning was broken. It was 10:30 at night, so we got to tough it out until the repair man could come fix it yesterday afternoon. The only thing he could figure was that there was some huge power surge while we were gone, that blew the transformer and caused a wire to fry. But he got it fixed, and our house has finally cooled off.

Dishes

Justin was doing the dishes this morning (Yea!!!!) while I gave Austin a bath. He ran away from me while I was getting his clothes out. I found him in the kitchen, "helping" with the dishes and couldn't resist a few pictures!!

Austin's First Haircut

Take One

I decided a while ago that it was finally time to cut Austin's hair. His hair was really not that long, he just has two big cowlicks (and that really is how you spell it!!) that were making it very difficult to comb his hair and have it look decent. So, I took my first attempt at it on July 6th. These pictures aren't very good, but you can kind of see.

Before:

After:

I cut his hair with scissors...not the best idea. I was able to get a little bit off, but it was very uneven. So, I decided that we needed to try again- to make it a little shorter, but especially to even it up.

Take Two

This morning, we decided to give it another shot. This time we opted for the clippers, and Justin got a turn playing barber. Austin did pretty well, and Justin did a great job, considering Austin didn't want to hold his head still.

Before:

During:

After:

It turned out pretty well. It is a little shorter than I was planning, but still looks good. We need to touch up a few spots still, but thought we would give Austin a little break for a while. He looks like such a big boy now!!

Gram Cracka

That it what we jokingly call my mom. When I was pregnant, I asked her what she wanted the baby to call her- she came up with "Gram Cracka"...I think as a joke, but it has kinda stuck.

My family had not seen Austin since we were in Houston in January. So, it was so nice to have my mom come visit for a few days. It amazes me how much Austin has changed, so I can't even imagine what a surprise it was for her (and will be for all my siblings when we see them next week! YEAH!!!)

Austin warmed up to Gram really quickly...which is a good thing, I think she would have been beyond heart broken if he had been standoffish towards her!

We had a really nice time while they were here, and can't wait to see everyone next week in CALIFORNIA!!!