Our Rough Week

This past week has been rough. Two Saturdays ago (1/22) Chloe woke up and was coughing. A lot. That night Cody, his parents and I all went to the Monster Jam and left the girls with a babysitter. (More on that later)

Chloe's sickness got worse and worse. (This is her the day before we took her to the dr.)Then on Monday, (1/24) Preslie got it, too. Tuesday night, after Chloe's fever would not go away all day long, we took her to the after-hours pediatrician. I'm so glad we did! -Chloe and Daddy in the dr's office - She had a double ear infection, a sinus infection, and a tight chest and was wheezing really bad so she also needed breathing treatments. We had to do one breathing treatment in the dr's office which was a lot worse than the ones we have to do at home. The nurse said it would make her cough more, make her shaky and nauseous and she'd basically hate it. Great. And it took 15 minutes. Talk about an eternity for a 2 year old! When Cody was holding her mask on, she was screaming. And crying. And she even said, "Bad Daddy!" Cody is still traumatized by that. It was so sad.

On Saturday night, I took Preslie into the urgent care. She was pulling on her ears and had a lot of the same symptoms that Chloe had had. I thought she maybe had ear infections and a sinus infection just like Chloe. After waiting forEVER (2 1/2 hours. From 5 pm until 7:30. People maybe wondered why Preslie was screaming so much...maybe because we hadn't had dinner yet and she goes to bed at 7:30! Come on, people!), the Dr. told us she had a cold. And pink eye. Fabulous.

Sunday was our day of rest. How fitting. Cody went to Sacrament because I had gone last week - we haven't taken the girls the past 2 weeks.

To top it all off, today, right before I was taking the girls to the park to play, Chloe started screaming like crazy. She was laying on her little Barbie Beach folding chair so I knew she had gotten her fingers caught. I never thought it'd be so bad as it was! I ran over and helped her off the chair (She had her entire weight on top of it) and pulled her hand out. It was completely closed on top of it and had smashed and slit her finger open. The fingernail was hanging on by a thread and I thought the entire tip was hanging on by a thread as well. I helped her rush to the kitchen and wrapped a paper towel around it so it was sanitary - or at least more clean than a rag. I grabbed a rag and put ice in it and wrapped it around the paper towel. Then I grabbed my phone and called Cody. I didn't know what to do! My mind was going a million miles a minute. I didn't know where the nearest hospital or emergency room was. Should I call an ambulance because how was I supposed to get Chloe and Preslie out the door, down the stairs, into their seats and hold Chloe's finger together while driving? Luckily Cody said he'd come home and he got here in about ten minutes of it happening.

We went to the nearest dr's office, but it wasn't an urgent care. So they said they couldn't help us and sent us on our way. We went to the urgent care that I took Preslie to. (Which also shares a parking lot with the after-hours pediatrician. I know my way to that place by heart.)

At the urgent care I felt like no one was freaking out as much as me! I wanted people running to help us and letting us in immediately! It took about 15 minutes to get seen. The nurse that helped us was great and brought Chloe some princess stickers which she did not put down! (Showing me her stickers) She LOVED those things and they definitely helped while we were there. She had to get an x-ray which confirmed she broke her finger. (The Dr. actually said she chipped out a piece of the bone. So I guess not exactly the same as breaking it) The Dr pulled the fingernail off and said the only thing they could do was glue it and dress it and put it in a splint. So that's what we did.

--Don't look if you don't want to see blood!!!--

With her splint and all wrapped up

I just asked Chloe what happened to her finger. "Finger in chair. And BROKE OFF! And Chloe crying."

That basically sums it up.

Now Chloe is very happy. She came home and slept for about three hours, then only wanted her mommy for awhile. Now she is cuddling with her Daddy on the couch and they're having a great time. I love men that aren't afraid to cuddle with dolls :)

Lets hope the next month runs smoothly. I don't think I can handle any more of this!

The Happiest Place on Earth

Ever since Cody and I have been married, I've wanted to go to Disneyland with him. When we lived in Huntington Beach and were close enough to go, I was pregnant with Preslie. Then we moved back to California last April, but we couldn't afford it. For Christmas this year, I knew what I wanted. DISNEYLAND! That was actually my request. I asked for Disneyland. The whole entire park.

I was SO excited when I opened my final present this Christmas and inside was a little sign, and a little figuring of a boy and a girl wearing Mickey Mouse ears. The sign said, "DISNEYLAND!!!" With fireworks shooting out in all directions.

I did a happy dance and sang my happy song. I was pretty dang excited. (I also sang and danced said song and dance when I opened my two bottles of Monical's French Dressing. It's a.maz.ing.)

This past Wednesday, I cashed in my present and Cody and I went to Disneyland! It was AMAZING. Seriously. The best trip E.VER.

I told Cody we were going to document everything with pictures. So let me begin.

We said goodbye to our babies and our babysitter. (Thank you SO much, Tami! The girls had a blast with you! Chloe keeps asking when Grandma is coming back to play!)


We stopped to get gas. Cody paid for it.
And pumped it

Told you we took pictures of everything.


Then we went through the car wash at the gas station.


We were finally on the open road. We passed Cody's fantasy dream home -
- Taco Bell Headquarters. You can't really see the sign, but I promise it says Taco Bell.



Passed Angel Stadium



Getting closer!!!

MUR MUR MUR MUR!!!! (Can you hear me singing it? Just try.) WE'RE HERE!

Unfortunately they didn't let you park in there. So we had to go park in the Toy Story parking lot and take a bus to the park. Not very magical, but oh well.

Here's our bus!

MICKEY MOUSE! We FINALLY made it!!!!! (I know I don't look that excited, but I WAS. Promise)

We love Mickey Mouse! (But only inside Disneyland, because while showing love in the park for the mouse is great, outside of Disneyland, just in everyday life, I think it's a little bit weird. And maybe nerdy.)


Mickey! We didn't wait in line to see anyone but we wanted pictures to show Chloe. So here is Mickey with a very cute little girl that we don't know.


The Castle! Here began my all day hunt to see Cinderella. Spoiler Alert : We never found her.

First stop, Adventureland!Our first ride was Indiana Jones. I've never been on it before and it was AWESOME! I loved it. We went on it again later in the day.
See how crowded it was?! Not crowded at ALL! I bet Amy knows right where I'm standing :) I was SO excited to be here, and not have anyone else here, I was doing cartwheels on this bridge. It was fantastic.

How is everything in Disneyland just so pretty? It's amazing.
Headed into Haunted Mansion

Dinosaur fossils at Big Thunder Mountain RailroadRemember how it's amazingly pretty? It is.


Woody!

Sleeping Beauty! (Not as cool as Cinderella, but still cool)
Best Day Ever. From here I could see Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Alice from Alice in Wonderland, the Mad Hatter, Ariel, and the wicked queen from Snow White. But no Cinderella.This is the wicked queen. There were people all around all the other princesses, but no one wanted to talk to this lady. She was just walking so I ran up to her. This is how our conversation went.
Me:Can I get a picture with you?
WQ: If you must.
(Picture is being taken) :)
Me:Thanks!
WQ:Just go.
It was AWESOME!

On our way to my favorite ride, Space Mountain, Cody saw the sign for Caption EO. He started freaking out and was like-They still show that?! And told me we had to see it. So we got our 3D glasses and went on in.
Waiting to see Michael Jackson in 3D. I wouldn't mind still waiting - it was interesting! Not my favorite...but interesting! :)
Getting ready for the Buzz Lightyear ride - I totally smoked Cody! It was awesome!I think this should be the first picture. What a perfect day. (Don't worry, I'm so not done yet.)
We headed over to California Adventure. I'd never been there before and I'm so glad we got park hopper passes! We ended up going to both parks twice. It was the best!
Up next for California Screamin'!In Line for the Toy Story Game. Remember how I said there were no people there? It stayed that way all day! We didn't have to wait longer than 10 minutes for any ride and basically just walked onto all of them! It was AWESOME!We LOVED this ride and went on it twice. It was SO fun, but our arms got tired fast!Going to Tower of Terror!
I had been on this ride a couple times in Disneyworld in Florida and Cody hadn't ever been on before so I was excited for him to go! He loved it! We went on it three times! The first time:The third time:We didn't take a picture of our picture the second time (Who buys those things?!?! They're $15 for two 4x6 pictures! That's INSANE. Come on.)


We headed back to Disneyland for some ice cream. Can you guess what we got?Waiting in line...Finally!(We actually stood in line for a long time, then decided we didn't want ice cream yet. So we left and came back later for our sundae.)

I told Cody that while we were in Disneyland I HAD to meet Cinderella and I HAD to meet Mickey Mouse. He wasn't very excited about either of those things. He said he wasn't going to wait in line to meet them. So I kept asking around if anyone knew where Cinderella was, and they told us to go to the Princess Fantasy Faire. Cody was thrilled :)They have this "ride" where you stand in line for like 30 minutes and they have 3 princesses standing behind this big wall that you can't see them, and then you can go through and meet them and take pictures. Since Cody said no standing in line, and Cinderella might not even be there, I just asked if she was there. It was Belle, Ariel and Tiana. I was so sad. I looked around at the extremely marked up merchandise in the princess area (I thought about getting Chloe some of their princess panties as an incentive for potty training. 7 pairs for $26?!?! No thanks.) and then asked a worker to take our picture on the princess bench.Cody didn't want to take a picture. The girl even said to him - Just pretend like you know her for two seconds. :) He was a great sport and took my princess picture with me.
Then it was time to meet Mickey. We saw Minnie, grabbed a picture for Chloe (She loves Minnie Mouse), and went to Mickey's house. Hooray! We finally got to meet him.
Matterhorn
I promise I almost pulled it out. (I tried THREE times to take a picture of Cody pulling it out. It didn't work. I was super sad, but by the third time he came over to help me figure out why it wasn't working, some little kids started playing on the stone. I was SO sad.)Someday I want a house like this. With lights up all the time.
My favorite! I love Space Mountain! Honestly, it really scares me - everytime we go around a turn I think I'm going to get my head chopped off by a piece of roller coaster that I can't see cause it's so dark. It hasn't happened yet, though.We said goodbye to Disneyland and headed back to California adventure. We rode our favorites again and then waited for World of Color to start. Disneyland no longer has parades, they now have World of Color. It's AMAZING. And they only do it at California Adventure because they're genius and are making loads of money that way, I'm sure. We didn't get any pictures of World of Color, but it's a water and light show with fountains in the lake that they shine clips of their movies onto. It honestly was amazing. It was the perfect way to end the day. I maybe cried during it. Twice.
Thank you, Cody, for taking me to Disneyland. It was one of the BEST days of my life and I can't wait to go back! :) You're the BEST husband ever!
PS - I was pretty worn out on the way home. And rightfully so - we got in early (! they let us in at 9:45!) and we stayed until after close. What a perfect day.