Oh My, Oh My, Oh Disneyland!

For Christmas this year we gave the kids each a little slip of paper that said that we were going to Disneyland in 19 days!  This past Sunday was finally our day to leave!  We were all packed and ready to go, with the kids all buckled in the car, when I looked at Abby and she just had that look in her eye; the look of sickness.  We took her temperature to discover that she had a fever.  Ughhh.  Such a bummer.  So, I ran in the house, sent a quick email to our church's prayer team, updated facebook asking for prayer, and we headed out for a long drive down to So Cal.  The fever made Abs super mellow, which made the ride down fairly easy.  She did throw up twice, but caught it in a bag both times.  She was a total star for being a sicky!  Haley was a super star car rider, as usual, and then there was Seth.  Seth is not quite as patient as his sissies and frequently asked when we were going to get there, and why Disneyland had to be so far away!  Daddy was a super star, too, driving all the way down.  After hours of being in the car, including a slight detour, thanks to the GPS (Carey and I totally disagree about how helpful that darn thing is...I swear it steers us wrong more often that not) we made it to our hotel, ate some food and went to bed!

Monday morning we woke up ready to go, super hopeful that Abby would be healed.  I had prayed over her the day before and really felt like she was supposed to be healed, which I've not ever had that happen before.  Poor thing did not look good and was really hot, but, awesome parents that we are, we took her to Disneyland anyway!  When we got there, we went to California Adventure first.  We started by going to a Playhouse Disney show, which was a cute, interactive show with some characters from some of Haley, Abby and Seth's favorite shows.  Seth and Haley had a lot of fun, and Abby just sort of flopped in my lap.  After that we headed over to Cars Land, which we were all excited to see.  We hopped in line for Radiator Racers, which is the main attraction of Cars Land.  We waited about 40 minutes, with myself holding the 50 pound sicky, and were almost on the ride when they experienced technical difficulties and stopped the ride.  Not such a great start.  When we got out of line, Abby asked to go back to the hotel.  You know your kid doesn't feel good when they are at Disneyland and ask to leave!  I walked back to the hotel with her and Carey, Haley and Seth stayed for a few hours before coming back to the hotel for a break.

Ready to enjoy Disneyland, despite a sick Abby:(

The street actually ends at the rope behind them, and the rest is a painting!  Disney magic!

Haley catching bubbles at the Playhouse Disney show.

Lovin' the rides!

Daddy time!

 Haley and Seth were full of stories when they got back, and it was so fun to see the delight on their sweet little faces.  It felt bittersweet, though, since Abby was missing out on all of it.  Her fever had gotten up above 103, so we decided we needed to bring it down.  We gave her Advil and after about 45 minutes it hadn't done anything for her, so I headed out to Target to get some Tylenol.  I got back to the hotel to find Abby bouncing around, fever gone, dressed and ready to go ride some rides.  When I was gone, Carey had prayed over her and she was immediately healed!  Wow.  So crazy!

That night we all went back to California Adventure and had a blast.  Abby went on her first up-side-down roller coaster and loved it (Haley was so sad she wasn't quite tall enough).  The girls and I went on the highest ferris wheel ever and didn't love it!  Well, Haley liked it, but Abby was gripping my arm so tightly and I was laughing to try and pretend like it was fun, but it really wasn't.  I just wanted off!  Oh, and did I mention that we were pretty much walking onto all the rides?  Other than the new one in Cars Land, there were really no lines.  It was awesome. 

Cars Land was so awesome!

This is a picture of the picture that they took on the big, huge roller coaster!

Tuesday morning we woke up, ready for a full day of Disney fun, only to find that Haley had a fever!  It was not too high, and she seemed okay, so we figured everything would be fine.  Grammie Lori had given the girls princess dresses for Christmas and then made Seth the most awesome prince outfit, and they got all dressed into them, ready to meet the princesses.  I put on my wedding dress, since it was our 8th wedding anniversary and I always wear it on our anniversary.  So, yes, I decided to wear it to Disneyland!  When we went through the security check point, they told me my dress was a tripping hazard!  They did let us take a picture before I had to change out of it, though!

As soon as we walked through the gates we saw Goofy, Micky and Minnie.  After taking a few pictures we started riding rides.  We walked right onto It's A Small World and then waited about 3 minutes to get on Space Mountain!  That's pretty much how all the rides were.  Other than the new rides in Cars Land, we never waited more than 10 minutes, but most rides we just walked onto!

This is before we gave Haley medicine, so she didn't want to get out of the stroller:(

You can tell how mellow it was by the fact that there's no people in the background of this picture!

The picture they took on space mountain...don't worry, the kids did like it!  They LOVED it!

Haley and Abby and I went to Pixie Hollow and met Periwinkle (Tink's sister) and Tinkerbell:)

Hanging out in Goofy's house!

The houses in Toon Town are Haley's favorite part of Disneyland.  She just loves them:)

When we went to see the princesses, Belle was walking away for a break.  She walked past us and saw Abby in her Belle dress and put her hand out and asked her to walk with her.  They walked, hand in hand and Belle chatted with Abby.  They stopped and twirled and then walked some more.  It was so precious.  When Belle got to the "cast members only" door, she twirled with Abby once more, gave her a hug and waved good-bye.  That was definitely a high-light for Abby (and watching it was a high-light for me).  Throughout the rest of the day Abby would sigh and say "I'm still thinking about Belle."

By the time we were leaving Disneyland Tuesday night, Seth was feeling feverish, so Wednesday morning, when he was really lethargic and not wanting to go to Disneyland, we were not shocked.  I got us all packed up, gave Seth some Tylenol, Carey checked us out of the hotel and we went off for a few more hours of Disney fun.  We went back to some of our favorite rides and had some more fun before loading up into the car and heading back home.

Ready for one more day of fun:)

The kids asked for cotton candy the whole time we were there, so the last morning we got them some!

  The ride home was super easy, since the fevers had returned and the kids were totally lethargic.  We made it home fairly quickly and came home to a super happy puppy and clean house, thanks to Auntie Melissa and Uncle Judah:)  Oh, and the next morning, around 7:00 Auntie Laura showed up with dinner to put in the crockpot.  What could be better?!