Monday at Disneyland

Not even a full day Sunday could slow us down for Monday.

We were up and ready by 8 am for the park's opening at 9.

We got to the park early so we could be some of the first into California Adventure to get in line for the new Cars-Radiator Springs Racers ride (a 90+ min wait, otherwise)!

Jack came off of the Mater ride to find that Kate had a surprise up her sleeve.

Jack had been enamored by Captain Hook leading up to our trip.

Knowing this, Kate thoughtfully snuck away to get him his own hook.

As you will see...

It rarely left his sight the entire rest of the trip!

Finally-- we all got on Radiator Springs Racers!

We spent the rest of the morning in California Adventure...

and then headed to Disneyland for the afternoon/evening.

We were happy for a warm-up this day that even allowed to shed our jackets for a bit!

 

This is one of Jack's many sit-outs on rides he was too short for.

Kate was behind the genius that is this hat!

Everyone was so willing to help out with Jack when he couldn't ride something.

Luckily, he was happy with anything--and pretty oblivious to the fact that he was even missing anything.

We stayed later with the Griffins while my parents and the Ross' headed to dinner.

We had a great night...even though it cooled down a lot AND World of Color was cancelled.

Awww well.

Like with the entire trip... nothing got in our way of a good time!

And again...

Happy Tucker updates all day long!

Sunday at Disneyland

One of my favorite parts of the trip was that we had a giant bed in our room, and Jack didn't have one.

This meant he got to squeeze in with Brett and I... something I have never allowed to happen in his 3 1/2 years of life.

I loved having him to cuddle up with!

We were out the door early... rar-rar-ing to go!

We spent most of this day at California Adventure... which kept us totally entertained with all of the new Cars stuff.

It was cold and BUSY this day...but, nothing could stand in our way of a great time!

 

*Side Note: My dad was truly Mr. Disneyland on this trip.  He always had a Fast Pass plan, and was in some of the best spirits I've ever seen him in.

The grand kids had a total blast with he and my mom.

With 2 pregnancies between Annie and I over the last 2 trips to Disneyland...it had be 5 years since we could Coaster it up together.

We were overdue!

(Hank wasn't so sure about his first experience on California Screamin')

This picture makes me giggle every time I look at it!

Brett's hair+ California Screamin'= amaze balls.

We put in significant time on Tower of Terror this day.

Jack found a comfortable place tor rest his hand walking with Izzy.

And then...

Mid-afternoon, he crashed AGAIN.

Full blown nap like this.  EVERYDAY.

Kid likes his sleep.

He also LOVES his aunts.

This little rat was our line entertainment!

It was a wonderful first full day at the park.

Happiness all around.

We had yet to find a single thing that Jack didn't love and want to do again.

It was so fun to be able to spend the one-on-one time with him, and to devote all of our attention to him and watching his funny little mug experience everything.

We came back to the hotel to warm up in the hot tub as we watched the fireworks.

Tucker was staying happy as well...

And lucky for me, Tiffany kept me up to speed with pics like this: