Disneyland Adventure October 2008

We are back from our Disneyland Adventure and we had a blast. It was so much fun to see the look on Noah's face on each ride and the characters he encountered. Many would say that we were crazy for taking a 1 year old to Disneyland, but we took on the challenge. John, Noah and I drove the 2 and a half hours to The OC on Monday October 13 to hang out in the area before my parents flew in the next morning. Our trip began with a lunch in Newport, then made our way to South Coast Plaza to do some shopping. After all of this it was finally time to check into the hotel. We then went to Downtown Disney and ate at the Rain Forest cafe, Noah enjoyed the sites and sounds. It really is a Jungle in there if you have never been. Early Tuesday morning Nana and Papa arrived at our hotel and we made our way over to The Grand Californian, where we stayed for the rest of our trip. John has been bugging me every time we went to Disneyland to stay there, so it finally happened this time around. What a great hotel, well worth the money for sure. You can't beat the location, just a short walk and you're in both parks. We spent our first day at both Disneyland and California Adventure. Noah loved Pirates and The Haunted Mansion, he also had a blast on Dumbo and Nemo's sub. Of course we all took turns with the big kid rides since our little adventurer couldn't enjoy them. I think our all time favorites are of course Pirates and Haunted Mansion, but who doesn't love Indiana and Tower of Terror.

The next day our friends Amy, Chris and Logan joined us. It was so great to see our dear friends and to meet little Logan. Noah and Logan hit it off, I think they will be good friends one of these days. Amy and I have been friends for over 15 years, all the way back to our Alyce Porter Dancing days. Hopefully one these of days when Logan and Noah are older we can take them back to "The Happiest Place on Earth" together.

On our last day Noah had a birthday breakfast at the Storytellers Cafe in our hotel. This trip was also to celebrate the first year of our lives with Noah. What a treat this was, Noah loved the breakfast of course and the chocolate cake he received. But the best part was when Noah met Chip and Dale, and the other friends who joined them. Noah loved to play with each character as they made his acquaintance. After breakfast we strolled over to the Disneyland Hotel and Noah bumped into Pluto and Goofy who he just loved as well.

All in all we had a wonderful trip and it was so nice to be able to share this special moment with my Mom and Dad as well as our friends. Noah was a trooper the whole time, we knew he would do well. As always we had many laughs together and enjoyed our time together. Of course we are a little sad that our trip came to an end but we look forward to many more trips with Noah.