Disneyland Round #2

Chris surprised us with a spur of the moment trip to Disneyland over Valentines day. Mia was dying with excitement right before getting on the plane. Mia did amazing on the flight and slept like a champ. Rhett was still recovering from feeling sick and teething and had a much harder time, poor baby. 

Splash Mountain is my favorite ride at Disneyland and it was closed the last time we went, so this is the one ride Chris and I took turns riding as single riders. The kids and I watched Chris come down the waterfall and then Chris took the kids to ride something else while I rode.

Mia was acting scared and didn't want to get any closer, so Pooh covered his face so he wouldn't scare her :)

Sleepiest Rhett

The sleeping arrangements in our hotel room were pretty interesting. Mia was sleeping on a queen bed in the same room as Chris and I, and Rhett was in a little crib in the bathroom.

Rhett fell in love with doritos

This was the rainiest day at Disneyland! It was cold and wet but we rode so many rides and the lines were all so short!

On the shuttle back to the hotel, nice and wet.

Delirious little boy

And the worst blowout of this boys life happened… Hilariously awful, ha ha!

Getting home was seriously so hard. We checked out of our hotel and rode an Uber to the airport getting there at about 11:45 am. Plenty of time before our 12:45 pm flight. We found out that our flight was delayed till 3:00 pm and then later found out it was further delayed until 7:20 pm! We had nowhere to go, and no car or carseats because we had already checked them. So we had no choice but to try to keep our little ones entertained in the airport all day long. When we finally boarded our flight Rhett fell asleep in Chris' arms and Mia fell asleep in my lap before we even took off. 

After about an hour Rhett stirred and saw me and wanted to come sit with me. He fell right back to sleep.

Sadly, soon after this the flight attendant said Rhett had to go back to the other side with Chris because of how the oxygen masks were set up. He woke up and felt like he needed his mom so I switched seats with Chris so I could sit with him. He fell back asleep for a few minutes, but then we started to land and he wasn't in a deep enough sleep yet. His ears hurt and he was so tired and sad about being woken up. We had a very sad little boy during the landing, but the people sitting around us were so sweet and understanding. We finally got home close to midnight. 

Rhett's climbing is seriously out of control. There is nothing he doesn't climb up on. I try to keep all the doors closed and chairs pulled away from tables, but he still climbs up on everything! It seriously shocks me every time. Mia was not a climber at all. It's so fun to see their differences already. Rhett is very coordinated and reckless and Mia was so verbal and sharp. They seriously melt my heart!

Sometimes I literally melt into a puddle when I'm watching them play together.

It's literally so shocking to me to see this teeny little baby body do the things that he does. Shocking!!!

Chris and Mia trying out Chris' new duck blind

Everytime I turn around he's on top of something else…

Sometimes I love finding sweet pictures that Mia has taken while playing on my phone when no one knew what she was doing. Usually one gem out of 300 pictures of carpet and up people's noses ha ha… but this one of Chris is worth it.

Rhett is always so excited and proud of himself after he climbs up onto something. He usually starts yelling "Da! Da!" I love that he wants his daddy to see his accomplishments.

 This little boy is so happy and sweet. He's started to give the sweetest hugs and kisses the world has ever known! Mia always gets bombarded with them and daddy gets lots too. Slim pickin's for me usually…:)I seriously die over the relationship these two have. Of course there are disagreements and tiffs and sad moments, but for the overwhelming majority of the time Mia and Rhett are so loving of each other. They are so good with sharing and playing together and I can always count on Mia to look out for her brother and try to protect him. Probably about 5 times a day Mia runs in the room yelling "Mom, it's an emergency!" after which I will come out to find Rhett on top of something or getting into something he shouldn't. They're a pretty darling little tag team.

The snow has been melting a ton lately and the other day I said "Mia, the snow is almost gone!". She answered without skipping a beat, "Ya, I ate it." I died laughing!

Talking about me being gone at work Mia said "I missed you so much last year Mom. I hate it when you leave. I love it when you here." I told her I felt the same way. 

A while ago I came downstairs dressed in my scrubs for work and Mia yelled "Don't go to work mom! I need you!" I had tears in my eyes as I drove to work…