California!

Well, as most of you know from earlier posts- we went to California last week. Mike had to go for work and we made a vacation of it.
We took Sienna- Mike's niece- with us. Since she doesn't get to go to California all the time, we surprised her with Disneyland....So the ticker for Grayson's first trip is now for his second trip.
We enjoyed great weather and I got to meet a great online friend in real life.
We got there Monday afternoon. (We left Sunday at bed time) and we relaxed a little, went to the beach, and just bummed around.
Tuesday we were surprising Sienna with Disneyland. Unfortunately, while I was showering, Grayson fell off the hotel bed while playing and was bleeding and pretty bruised up on his head. We called his pediatrician in Boise who suggested we take him in to get him checked out because we would be so busy that we may not catch any signs that something was wrong. Luckily, my friend down there told us a decent hospital was right down the road. We spent less than an hour in the ER and then we were on our way to Disneyland.

It was 80-90 degrees the entire time we were there. We spent 3 days in Disneyland and Disney's California Adventures. We got to see their new "World of Color" show. It was good but the waiting around for it to start SUCKED and you can't sit. If you are not lucky enough to be in the front of your viewing area it is hard to see- at least for us short people. Luckily the people in front of us were nice and let Sienna up to watch.

Here are some pictures from our time in Disneyland and DCA:

Grayson LOVED Pooh. A Disney Employee offered to take all our picture and realized what a great moment this was and caught tons of photo opportunities.

He wanted Pooh to hold him.

Sienna on the Jungle Cruise

We went to the beach 2 times while we were there. Monday night we went to Newport Beach (see post below for an awesome picture of Mike and Grayson). Friday we met up with my friend Wiski, her mom and her 2 daughters at Seal Beach. It was amazingly un-crowded. Every other beach we passed that day was PACKED! Grayson loved the sand.

Enjoying the water

Buried at the beach. He loved being in there and playing with the shovel.

Grayson and I at the beach

My friend Wiski gave me permission to post the pictures with her girls in them- so here are a few more pics for you all.

Grayson was smitten with her daughter that is only 3 days older than him

Here he is with both her kids. Her oldest is 3 1/2

Here is Wiski's oldest, Sienna, and Grayson- all buried in the sand.

We came home Saturday and took Sienna home on Sunday. It was a great trip and I am glad we were able to do this, and with Sienna. It was a lot of fun and it reminded me how grateful I am to be able to stay home with Grayson because it allows us to tag along on Mike's work trips. We tagged along on my dad's business trips when I was a kid and so it reminded me of the good ol' days.