We spent the night at my parents house in Las Vegas and the boys were real troopers. We got there at about 12:30am and then had to wake up and leave again at 6:30am. But they were so excited to get to Disneyland they didn't seem to mind!
We stopped at Primm for some breakfast and the boys were just too cute sitting together playing this game ♡
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On the tram the first day and SO excited! Aunt Brianna has been asking us since Nolan was born when we were going to go to Disneyland because she really wanted to be there for their first visit ♡ So she and Uncle Brady flew out from NYC to be there with us! Now that's love!
I loved all of the Fall/Halloween decorations.
The Teacups!
It's a Small World
Two lovebirds sneaking in a kiss on the Dumbo ride.
We couldn't wait to see Galaxy's Edge and even brought our lightsabers just in case ;)
Branson said he wanted to see Chewbacca, but when he was actually close to him he completely flipped out - and not in the excited way, in the I-don't-want-to-be-anywhere-near-that-thing kind of way haha. Poor kid.
There she is, the Millenium Falcon.
While Nolan and the big kids were riding the Millennium Falcon ride Branson and I had some fun of our own. Here he is in Tarzan's tree house.
Riding the teacups! Whenever I saw a super short line on this ride we went because B loved it so much. There were several times we didn't even have to wait, just got right back on the ride!
The corn dogs we heard so much about did not disappoint! Pam's sweet friend Dawna joined us for a few hours.
Nolan LOVES cotton candy :)
While the big kids rode Space Mountain B and I rode the space ships! He was absolutely adorable and pretended that he was on a special mission. He'd pretend he was blasting the other rocket ships that were 'on our tail' and would shout out, 'Branson is on a mission to save the day!'
Grandma and Nolan rode with us once too! That was more fun for B because he could pretend that Nolan was the bad guy chasing us!
After riding Space Mountain Nolan said he didn't really like it because it was "TOO fast and TOO dark, but Thunder Mountain was just the right amount of fast and dark."
Nolan sat in the stroller reading this Star Wars book for a good 20 min. We love our little reader!
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In the car on Day 2 Nolan said, "Branson, we can't watch TV at a time like this. We're on our way to Disneyland! That's way more fun than watching TV."
I love their shirts! Brady didn't so much, but he was a good sport :)
The boys were braver than mom and went on the big ferris wheel. Of course they loved it and weren't scared at all!
B and I spending more time together while the big kids rode the 40" and up rides. I was a little sad that because I was pregnant I couldn't ride any of the bigger rides, but honestly it was great. I was so grateful to get a lot of special 1 on 1 time with my Branson before the baby comes. He is such a great kid to hang out with because he's fun, enthusiastic, sweet, and a great conversationalist!
We rode the Inside Out ride, the rocket ships lots of times, the Little Mermaid ride, and did some coloring at the Coco station!
Nolan hung out with Gm and I hung out with Branson while these 3 crazies rode the Incredicoaster :)
Cars land was incredible! I couldn't stop looking around at every detail. It felt like you were in the movie!
Nolan wanted to stop and look at this poison apple mug every time we went by. He liked to pretend he was poisoning people (of course he did). He loved it so much I was tempted to get it for him, but couldn't imagine what we'd actually use it for so in the end I bought a poison apple Halloween decoration that we can put up year after year.
Thunder Mountain. Nolan's very favorite ride! Daddy and Aunt Brianna were amazing at scheduling our fast passes so maximize our time on rides and minimize our time waiting in lines (thank heavens for them because I hate being in charge of stuff like that haha). Anyway, they were able to ride Thunder Mountain FIVE times!! Brady even got a video of Nolan's first ride! I'm SO happy he did because if not I wouldn't have been able to see the pure joy and happiness on his face. He was having the absolute time of his life!
Branson and I about to ride Gadgets Go Coaster. I was a pretty fast coaster, but Branson loved it! I'm excited for these boys to go to Magic Mtn and Knotts Berry Farm when they're older because clearly they're roller coaster junkies. They have to be considering both sides of their family love coasters!
Cute picture right before B was jumping from box to box and biffed it hard.
The fireworks were not the boys favorite thing...and that's putting it lightly. Apparently they got out of the Millennium Falcon right just as the fireworks started up right above their heads and Nolan flipped out! Branson didn't like them either, but didn't really freak out. He just wanted to get away from them. So I ducked into a shop and that seemed to make it easier for him.
The next night Nolan was super worried about the fireworks so Aunt Brianna came up with the genius idea of riding It's a Small World during the fireworks. The line happened to be short and the ride is so long that we thought we might just be able to hide from them. We timed it perfectly, but when we got out the fireworks were going. A worker who we had talked to earlier (who knew we were trying to avoid the fireworks) offered to let us stay on the ride another time which was so nice! Nolan even recognized what a nice thing that was and wanted to thank him after 💙
All tuckered out after a long day of fun.
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The boys had been praying for weeks that Gp Bailey could come to Disneyland with us and their prayers were answered. Gp made a big effort to be there and flew out for the last day! Again, that's love :)
I'm kinda glad Aunt Brianna insisted on these matching shirts because the boys looked so cute in them!! Well, we all looked cute :)
Nolan didn't really like getting wet on Splash Mountain, but I think Brady took the brunt of it in front!
The brave souls in cars driven by the little ones!
Nolan talked Gp into getting them these suckers (let's be honest, it didn't take too much convincing)
Branson loved these plush dolls and insisted we go find them again when we went back to Galaxy's Edge.
They konked out right before dinner.
My favorite picture :)
I think we rode the teacups 4 times in a row and Dumbo 3 times that last night just to get B's favorites in one last time.
Last time on Thunder Mountain with dad.
It was seriously incredible how good the boys were considering the long days, lines, etc. but they really were so good! The only real struggle I can remember was when we were trying to get these pictures at Galaxy's Edge. And it wasn't just them...mom was having a bit of a meltdown too haha. It seemed like every time we tried to get a picture one of the boys was melting down. But luckily we somehow ended up with some pretty cute pictures!!
This guy thought Nolan was the coolest and even let N hold his fancy lightsaber.
We stayed the last night until well after midnight, but they were still being so good! We did have one incident at the ice cream shop when someone was watching Nolan ::cough:: Uncle Brady ::cough:: and Nolan fell and twisted his foot weird. We teased Brady about it haha, but it seriously wasn't his fault and it ended up being nothing. Nolan just didn't want to walk on it at all that night or the next day and limped for a few days after, but I even took him to the doctor a few days later and it must have just been a tiny sprain.
Aaaaaand..they're out. Each night as we drove the 25 min back to the hotel Nolan was non-stop excitedly talking about how much fun he was having. It was so adorable I commented to Justin more than once that I wish I could record the entire conversation. Then he'd finally fall asleep about 5 min before we got there. They were so tired that last night that they barely moved a muscle when we got their pjs on!
Sad to be heading home.
It was really such a wonderful trip and I'm so glad we went!! And it was even more special getting to share it with family. They boys are incredible travelers and the long drive home was a breeze.
We can't wait for the next trip! Branson is going to love the rides he wasn't quite tall enough for this year.
p.s. One last side note - California drivers really are the worst. That is all.
