Week of Firsts

We have had a packed full week with our little Aubri.

We've had a ton of firsts like:

-First car ride home from the hospital

- First night at home (she woke up 3 times, ate and went right to sleep.)

-First blood draw (Actually a total of 6, but she either slept or just sat there the each time.)

-First doctor's visit

-First blow out and peeing on Mommy and Daddy

-First spounge bath

-First smile

-First sleep over with Mommy and Daddy in their bed. (She loves our bed.)

We also have have learned that this little girl very strong willed.

At only two days old, she could lift her neck and change side to side.

She also likes to hold her on bottle and if you try and hold it for you she will swat you away.  She insists on having her hands uncovered and out of her blanket.

She is also the sweetest thing in the whole world.  We are so lucky to have her.

She is so calm, happy and relaxed. We've only heard her actually cry once.

Yep, once.  She never gets upset. She may squak or sqeek every once in a while

but thats her way of talking to us. Its adorable!

We love and hate how fast she is growing up.

We are excited every morning to see what she looks like.  She changes every day.

We love our sweet little girl, and wish life would just stand still forever.

We are in heaven.

Introducing

Aubri Roo Anderson

Born on  December 15th at 6:43am
7 pounds, 7 ounces--19 inches long

After 13 hours of labor and an 1 1/2 hour pushing, our bundle of joy has arrived.

As sleep deprived and exhausted as we are, we are one happy little family.

We couldn't be more in love with our Aubri Roo :)

*P.S.  Austin served in Sydney, Austialia on his LDS mission.  We got Roo from a Kangaroo so we will always remember his mission and the people there he was with.*

'Tis the Season

Christmas is our absolute favorite time of year.  We love going to temple square, we love looking at the lights, we love making a gingerbread house, and filling our home with Christmas decor and smells.

The sad thing is that this year doesn't feel like Christmas at all to us. 

There is zero snow on the ground. Since I'm on bedrest Christmas is so much more different. We aren't going to million Christmas parties we usually attend each year between families. And as crazy as it seems, I want a social event to dress up and go to.

I honestly miss it all.  So in order to make our home a little more Christmas-y, we are playing this CD in our home right now:

It really is the perfect Christmas CD.  Its made our home cheery and bright.

As crazy as I may sound, let it snow.  I want it to feel more like Christmas.

On the plus side, 14 more days until I'm induced if she hasn't arrived by then. Hooray!

Hospital Sleep Over

This last week I have been feeling amazing! I have all this energy and I am just a happy person.  I went to my doctors appointment on Thursday thinking that I would

just be get a check up and going home later.

Well, I got to my appointment. Had my weight and blood pressure checked.  My weight gain was good, only one pound for two weeks!  But then my blood pressure was back up again. 

It was 146/88.  I was completely caught off guard since I had been on bedrest as it was.

We met with the doctor and he checked it again thirty minutes later and it was at 158/96.

Immediately the doctor decides to send us to the hospital to be watched for 24 hours.

He told us that if he can't get the blood pressure under control then he would take the baby. We were both scared.  I mean an entire month early?!? I hadn't even finished the nursery, and our bags weren't packed for the hospital.

After having a bunch of tests run and constant monitoring of the baby and my blood pressure they decided to let me go home after 28 hours. Thankfully they didn't need to take the baby--they just put me on bedrest. The only down side is that right now I have a ton of energy and the last thing I want to be doing is laying around all day everyday.

I will admitt that it was kinda depressing leaving the hospital without our little girl.
It just makes us even more excited for when we actually do have her!  Hopefully its not too far away.

Thankful

For this amazing man.

Restin' Up

I've been on bedrest now for the past two weeks. And before that, I was taking it really easy for a month. Now, its not strict bedrest, its called modified bedrest.  I can still work 15 hours a week because I do data entry.  I can make a quick meal--which is unheard of in the gluten free world. I can get up to go to the bathroom and thats pretty much it.  I'm not suppose to do anything that can get my heart rate up or blood pressure. 

This has been extemely hard for me.  I am in panic because the nursery isn't complete. 

I don't have meals frozen like I wanted for when she does get here and the list goes on and on.  My amazing family has been helping out a ton though--so THANK YOU! It means the world to us.

Now you are probably wondering why I'm on bedrest to begin with.  It all started back in October.  Up until then, I had only gained 15 pounds, which wasn't bad for 7 months.

Then all of the sudden my weight gain increased dramatically, my blood pressure was through the roof and I had this horrible pain in my side.  And I was feeling really funny--like I was drugged or something.

So the doctors started running a bunch of tests.  Checking all my major organs.  Blood draws and 24 hour urine tests, non-stress tests.  They ruled out preeclampsia and blood clots in my liver, thankfully.  But they did find fluids around my kidneys and that the baby was measuring small at first and then suddenly stopped growing.

For all we know, she got tired of growing and took a week off. So we go back next week to check everything again.  I've felt so much better since being on bedrest.  My blood pressure is perfect--and I mean perfect.  And I've stopped gaining weight as well. 

I've just been bouncing between two pounds back and forth.  I will loose two pounds, and then gain them back.

So right now, everything is looking good.  We are just playing the waiting game to see when she decides to actually come. Honestly, a week or two early would be really nice  :)

Nursery Inspiration

I've been trying to decide how to decorate the nursery for a while now. Birds, flowers, owls or butterflies? There are so many options.  I am going for a whimsy, girly theme and this is what I decided to base everything off of. 

 

Anderson Happenings

It's been so long since I've updated out blog.  So I am just going to do a quick re-cap of

what has been happening in our lives these past few weeks.

1. Baby Shower #1.  Austin's Mom was sweet enough to through a baby shower

for us before we moved out of the ward.  It was so good to see everyone one last time before we moved.  Thank you to everyone who came, and thank you Michelle for throwing us such a great baby shower!

2. My doctor has put me on the "rest as much as possible"

bed rest. Basically I am fine to work, but after that, I need to take it easy and just relax. Sound amazing right? Well, its not. I am a  busy body. I have a list of things I need to get done before the baby comes. Only time will tell what exactly will get done.Hopefully, we will have everything ready for her by the time she comes.

3. We MOVED!  Finally.  After house shopping for a few months, we thought we found a place we wanted to buy.  A week before our closing date, we just didn't feel right about it.  We pulled our offer, and decided to rent for the time being.

It has been such a blessing to us.  We love our place that we get to call home. Austin is closer to school.  And we are in a neighborhood with couples in the same chapter of life as we are.

(I will post pictures of our new place, once I finish getting everything set up)

4. We have decided not to do Alyviah Jane as the baby name.  We just decided it wasn't a fit for her.  We have a name picked out, but everyone will just have to wait until she is born to find out what that is. Its just our little secret.

That pretty much sums up our lives these past few weeks.  They have been filled with school, work, unpacking our home and getting things ready for our baby girl. ( She is due in 10 weeks! Time has just flown by. Hopefully it will keep flying by for us.  We are so anxoius to meet her!)

7 Months Down 3 To Go

I know it's been a while since I've posted about what's going on

in the Anderson household.  It seems like every spare minute we have

we are running around for family stuff and just enjoying each others company.

Its crazy to think that our Lyvi could be here in 9 weeks if she wanted. (In 9 weeks I will be 37 weeks prego which is considered full term!)  We are hoping she does because

we are eager for her to get here.  A quick update on her and how I've been feeling.

I am currently 27.5 weeks prego.  I've gained 15 pounds--although it feels like 50.

I have finally forked out the money for a good fitting pair of maternity jeans. 

(I went to Old Navy and bought some skinny jeans--love them!)
Right now, I am feeling really good.  The second trimester was definately the hardest on my
body physically. The biggest problem is my sleeping patterns. I have insomnia half the time,
and the other half of the time I am out by 9pm at the latest. 

As for our little girl, she is growing right on track. She has FINALLY realized there is

more space outside of my hips--HOORAY! Which has been super nice for me, now that I can

walk again. With her discovery of new space, came her love of doing flips and bouncing from each side of the uterus.  She moves around so much its unreal, but really fun to watch too.

Austin loves to feel her kick and talks to her all the time. 
She already has him wrapped around her finger, and he knows it.

As for right now, we are just enjoying our time with each other and getting
ready for Alyviah to get here!

Swiss Days

Yesterday, I attended Swiss Days in Midway with the girls in the Anderson home.  It was so much fun, and I absolutely loved it!  Lots of fun jewlery and crafts.  Its a dream place the spend a day for shopping girl like me.

However, I do have to say that Swiss Days is not meant for a 6 month pregnant girl. Ha

I thought I could handle it, but I am definately feeling the pain today of walking around

in the heat and walking to begin with.  Lyvi just loves to hang out in my hips, which I usually don't mind, unless I am trying to walk around. Hopefully she realizes there is so much more room for her to grow!  Only time can tell. 

Relaxation

Austin and I are going here today for the next few days, and I am so excited! 

We won't have a worry in the world here.  Just relaxing, sleeping and walks.

Simply bliss if you ask me!

Half A Decade

A few weeks ago, we celebrated my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary.  Its crazy to think they have been married for 50 years!  They are such incredible people.  I hope Austin and I can become half the people they are. 

I just had to add this picture.  My family made a "Family Proclamtion" book with all of their children and grandchildren.  My Grandpa sat and looked at it for a very long time.

He is just the cutest grandpa in the world! :)

The Bump

Well everyone, here is my baby bump.

I am currently19 weeks, but  measuring at what would normally would be 14 weeks.

While the baby is right on track and growing like crazy!

Her heartbeat is around 160 and she is the size of a sweet potato according to thebump.com

 

Its crazy to think I am just about half way done and Alyviah will be here(Yes, thats the name we have decided to go with, actually her full name will be Alyviah Jane Anderson)

Movin' Up

If anyone didn't already know this, Bank of America is a nightmare to work with.

They currently own the condo we are purchasing, so lucky for us, we get to work hand in hand with them until we close.  They are just a slow, unorganized bank where no one ever seems to know what is going on.  We lucked out by having

the best realtor around that knows how to handle banks like this! 
He is always updating is on what is going on,

and doesn't have a problem getting answers for us and bugging Bank of America.

Thank goodness for that, because originally we were suppose to close on September 7th. 

A little over 2 months from when they accepted our offer. 

I am now happy to say we can close anytime after August 15th!!

We are ecstatic to move in even sooner and get everything settled before school starts.

A Day Out On The Lake

Last week, Austin and I spent an afternoon on Utah Lake with our good friends,

the Tuckers and Warburton's.

There wasn't a cloud in sky and the weather was prime!

Lucky for Austin, he actually got to use some toys while we were there.  Being 4.5 months

prego, I could only swim and lay in the boat.  Which was fine by me. 

I do have to say that Austin is a natural at everything he does.

Its sickening.  He got up on his first try--I don't think I could wakeboard if I wanted to.

I am way too uncoordinated.

We're Tickled Pink

Yesterday, Austin and I found out that we are having a baby GIRL!  We couldn't

be more excited.  Here is Baby A's debute

She was moving all over the place and sucking on her fingers.  It was so much fun to see

that there is actually something inside of me. But at the same time, it was weird to see something moving around in me when I couldn't feel it at all.  We are so excited and blessed to have a sweet little girl on the way!  At this point, our thoughts are all pink.  All we can think and talk about it this little girl!

Busy, Busy,Busy

Austin and I feel like we have been going non-stop lately.

We have been house hunting.  Yes, house hunting.  We have been looking for about 2 months.  And it is exhausting.  Every spare second we had, we were driving to look at place.  Or searching the MLS adds.

 Lucky for us, the first place we put an offer down accepted our offer, after making us wait 2 weeks.  It was definitely well worth the wait though.  As of right now, we close on September 7th (unless they can figure out the tax lien from the previous owners sooner) 

We are ecstatic to have our own place. So now, instead of looking at houses, we are looking at furniture, paint, rugs, accessories.. pretty much anything that goes home.

On top of that, we have been also running around getting baby stuff. 

We are now the proud owners of Petunia Pickle Bottom diaper bag. We love it! 

For anyone that is looking for a cute, fashionable, durable diaper bag, these are it!

P.S.  We find out if its a boy our a girl next week....neither of us can sleep because we are so excited!

2 Years Down

Austin and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary twice this year. 

We weren't planning on doing anything the day of since we already had planned

a nice litle get away the following weekend to Little America.  I

We both caved and couldn't handle being at work.  We just wanted to be with

each other.  We went and saw X-Men-First Class and went to dinner at our favorite

resturant: Happy Sumo. After that, we went home and went on a nice long walk since thats what pregnant people like myself love to do!

As for our weeekend getaway, we ate, we shopped, we slept and we relaxed. 

Did I mention that we didn't talk at all about work or school or anything?  Just ourselves.  It was so nice!  We loved every single second and wished we didn't have to come back to reality.

**I would have been happy to take pictures but our car was broken into a few weekends ago and they stole our camera and pain killers.  They scored good! lol.**

It Seems Like Yesterday

That Austin and I were walking out of the temple, as the new Mr. and Mrs. Anderson.  Its crazy to think that its been two years today that I married my best friend.

  I cannot wait to see what the many, many more years bring to us! I love you Austin :)

Baby Update

Austin and I made the big announcements to all our friends that we are expecting a little one.  We were so thrilled to finally let secret out to everyone. 

I am just about 12 weeks along--which means our baby is the size of a plum!

(According to the Bump.com) 

In all honesty, we still can't believe its happening. 

It doesn't feel real.  I haven't been sick that much and I feel the same other than my hip turning out. The only thing that has really changed is that I sleep all the time.  Which is weird for me because I am constnatly on the go and a busy body.  

As for my food,  I am also obssessed with jalepenos, lime slushes and baked potatoes.

I am finally able to get back into the gym and workout again. 

I have been dying for the last 6 weeks to get in there! Its so relaxing for me.

We got to hear the baby's heart beat and it was just surreal to hear the heart beat that fast. And the fact that its coming from inside of me. The doctor did say that it was a really fast heart beat--a girl maybe?!?!  (Austin swears he only makes boys)

Other than that, everything is looking great and right on track.

BIG NEWS

Graduation for the J Man!

I just have to take a moment to brag about my little brother, Josh.  He is the brother I like the most and get a long with the best. (Sorry Chris!)  Him and Austin get along great!  They are pretty  buddy-buddy at all family gatherings.  So naturally, that makes him like me too.

Josh graduated on Friday at the BYU Marriott center.  It blows my mind he is going to college at LDS Business College this Fall and next Summer he will be getting ready to go teach the world the gospel!  Did I  mention he graduated with silver cords and also lettered in academics for English?  This kid is brilliant beyond belief.  I am so proud of him and the person he has become.  I love that he won't let anyone affect his decisions and beliefs.  He wants to find out on his own and develop his own experiences.

There is my bragging moment, I could go on and on, but I figured everyone is getting bored.  Josh, we just so super proud to call you our brother.  You have an amazing future ahead of you!  We love you!

Our Life As of Lately

I'll be honest.  Life in the Anderson home has been pretty boring for the last few weeks.  We eat, sleep, go to school, work, and the gym and repeat every day.

We do get a nice long walk or hike in every few nights. ( A long walk to me is like 3+ miles by the way)  But other then that, our days are boring in the summer time.  We spend spare time studying and doing papers since school is at twice the speed it would normally be.  With that being said, we are going to be completely burned out by the end of the semester.  Which is why we are going here for an entire week at the
end of the semester:

This is here is our favorite place to go to in the entire world.  We thought about touring Europe or going to the Caribbean but nothing matched how much we love this place. 

This is the family cabin in Smith & Morehouse up by Oakley, Utah. 
Its quiet, gorgeous and a plus--no cell service!  Cut off from reality for a week is
what we live for.   I know it seems odd but we just love flying under the radar. It will be incredible!  We are both really looking forward to watching movies, sleeping in, going on hikes, fishing, and eating yummy food!  It will be incredible!

20th Birthday Re-Cap & Mother's Day

It's offical, I am no longer a teenage wife.  Austin oved to joke that he was raising me, when really, I was raising him.  We celebrated my birthday a day before, by going to Olive Garden and filling up our stomachs with delicous grub!  ( They have a great gluten free pasta that I love)  After that, we stopped by my parents so I could eat a gluten free cupcake in lou of my birthday.  Nothing is better then a Strawberry Lemonade cupcake from Cupcake Chic in Orem. 

On my offical birthday, we celebrated Mother's Day with both side and had dessert as part of my birthday.  We gave Austin's Mom a digital camera and my Mom a food processor. 

They both LOVED their gifts, which makes it all worth it! 

We did the Williamson Family gathering out in Eagle Mountain with my entire Dad's side of the family.  Where we ate delicous Carne Esada, fresh fruit , sang happy birthday and made an exciting announcment to everyone there. Overall, it was a great birhtday!   Thank you everyone for sharing my birthday with me!  I wouldn't have wanted it anyother way.

All I Want...

for my birthday is a gluten-free coconut cake.

  That's all.  I promise.

Count 'Em

The count down has begun!

We both have 2 finals each until we can offically say Spring Semester is finally over!

Then we have 10 days off until we start the cycle over again with our favorite semester

 in school: SUMMER SEMESTER. 

I know it seems odd that we love and look forward to Summer semester, but we just do. 

It seems that Summer semester is just straight facts and learning, they get rid of the fluff that you have during Spring or Fall semseter.  It's pure bliss if you ask me! 

 Anyways, this is what our Summer will do like:

TARA: Human Anatomy w/Lab, Math 990, Math 1010,

 Human Development & Elementary Chemistry.  Fun uh?

AUSTIN: Business Law, Caluculus, International Business,

 Marketing and Organizational Behavior. 

It's definately a heavy load, but it will be easier with them being  shortened classes.  Wish us luck becasue we will be MIA for the next two week!

Sunday Will Come

 I don't think God created enough words to express this amazing event that Jesus Christ did for each and every single one of us.  But, I they did an amazing job expressing it.  I love Easter and the incredible day it represents.  

I am so grateful for the atonement in my life.  It helps me on a daily basis become closer to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.  Because of it, I have become more aware of my surroungs and intuned with the Spirit that guides me each day. I know without a shadow of a doubt that this is true.  And that there was no better person to do this for us then Jesus Christ himself. 

My Little Secret

This right here is my little secret from my sweet Dad.  It's a red velvet cupcake.

But not just any red velvet cupcake, its my red velvet cupcake I make for him all the time from "scratch".   Now when I first made them, I made them for a baby shower and jokingly told my Dad I made them from scratch, when I really made them for a box.

 They are a huge hit.  I bring them to EVERY, single family gathering at the request of my siblings, aunts, grandparents, and of course, My Dad.  

So here is my goal for the next few weeks, to find and make the perfect red velvet cupcake recipe.

Happily Ever After

For everyone that knows me, they all know that I was the biggest girly-girly out there when I was little.  I had every single princess dress up that my aunt made for me when I was little.( These weren't like the cheap ones, they were silk, lacey, and puffy just like little girls like them! Also, did I mention she has a degree in commerical sewing too? She's incredible!) 

Anyways, I was thrilled when Tangled came out. It really is a classic princess Disney movie.  The songs, the story line, its lovey-dovey and I LOVED that when I was little and still love these type of movies to this day.

This is one my daughter will be watching without a doubt and I recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it.  Its definately one you will want to buy!

Motivation

I know I can say this and Austin will completely agree with me that Spring semester is the hardest semester for us to stay motivated.  Its hard with the crazy weather and time change as well.  We have a week break between Spring and Summer semester and we are taking full advantage of it! Well, this is how we are ending the semester. That's right, I am giving Vegas another shot.  Nothing is better then 85* weather and nice blue skies.

While we are there, we will be going to see this.....

And spending some time on the green and laying by the pool as well.  We can't wait.

Its complete motivation to know that at the end of semester this is waiting for us! 

 I love this man with all my heart.  He is such a great Grandpa , I don't think I could ask for a better one.  I remember when him and my Grandma took a few of the other grandkids to Yellowstone in a RV.  It was so much fun.  I enjoyed every second of it. I remember how when he found out I was getting married, he went out and bought himself a brand new suit because he wanted to look top notch for my wedding.  I truly do love this man and I am so grateful for him to be in my life while I still have him.

Last night, my family found out that this sweet man has Multiple Myleoma.  For those of you that done know, this is bone cancer and it tends to run in our family.  He is the 3rd of his siblings that has it and I just pray that the pain is subtile and tolerable for him while he goes through this.

I am so grateful that we were able to listen to General Conference this past weekend.  I loved that they talked about how important family is and that we should cling unto one another. Right now, times and trials are only getting harder, and because of this, we need to cling unto one another for support and love.  To become stronger for the next trial that comes our way.

New Love

This place right here is my new favorite store to shop at.

 For the past few days, I have worn atleast one thing from their store without fail! 

Look them up on facebook to see what I am raving about!

Projects

Right now, I have a very long to do list of decorating in our "apartment"  The one I have been trying to figure out/find for the past year has finally been solved! 

I have finally decided what to do for our headboard.  I have honestly looked for months and months and in every store and not be able to fine one I absolutely love. ( I know, I am extremely picky! )
But here we go, I am going to make an upholstered headboard. Yep, you heard me right. 

I have finally figured out exactly what I need to do, now, I just need to find the time to do it! :)  But here is what I am wanting mine to look like, but in a rich brown:

Now picture the brown headboard with this comforter:

And this color for the walls.  It called You Are My Sunshine.  How could you not feel happy and relaxed in a bedroom like this?

Things We Learned On Vacation

1. Disneyland is the most magical place in the world!

2. Wear good shoes when walking around and standing for hours.

3. Bring lots of food to eat!  Especially healthy food!  You tend to get hungrier than you would think. And with my allergy its nearly impossible to eat at amusement parks.

4. Disneyland makes you baby hungry--Austin was too!

5. Always take a GPS with you to CA--their roads are way too. This will save

you tons of time and find you a restroom and a place to eat ASAP.

6. Always search every inch of living space before calling a locksmith.

A Hostel Experience

Remember how I mentioned we had quite the experience at the hotel as stayed at

while we were San Diego.  Well, here it is:

 

From these picture, you are probably think, that looks like a nice, classy hotel.

You thought wrong!  This is what our room looked like for $60.00.  Notice the full size bed?!?!

Did I mention that there was no breakfast or even free parking?  That's right, the $60.00 doesn't even cover parking.  That was an extra $20 bucks for only three hours.

Did I also tell you that our bathroom was down the hall? 

I am sure you have put this all together  and figured out that, yes, we stayed in a FREAKING hostel. Probably, the worst experience ever in a hotel.  I was too scared I was going to get murdered in the middle of the night to even leave the room, and Austin was expecting a hooker to be waiting for their next target. 

I don't know which was the worst part, knowing that my car could get broken into

at any minute, or the hundreds of cars in downtown on a Saturday night. 

There is absolutely no parking anywhere, and if you don't know the area and you are trying to find a restruant that has something g-free--you better kiss those wishes goodbye! 

We ended up ordering a pizza for Austin and some wings for me from a restruant down the stree from our hotel.  Overall, I definately don't think I would ever do good in big  city.

I will stick to my suburbian lifestyle instead :)

Vacation Part 2: San Diego Zoo

Austin and I orginally decided to go to San Diego so I could go on a tour of

San Diego State Univeristy to see if I wanted to go to school there or not.  I will talk more about that in a different post though.  Anyways, we decided to go to the San Diego Zoo instead!  I mean how could you pass up a chance to go to the zoo?

I absoltely love anything you can learn new stuff about and the zoo it just prime for that! (Ask Austin,he will tell you that every night he comes home from work, I am watching a documentary.)

When we went to the zoo, it was cloudy and getting ready to rain, not the best weather but it meant no crowds!  So here you go, here are so pictures of the cute animals we saw while we were there.

We just loved how this guy was doing some yoga poses for us!

Love this one!  He looks like a man from the circus or something.

Cutest panda bear--he looked right at me when I pulled out my camera.

The picture ready Orangutan.  He honestly sat like this for a few hours. Well atleast everytime we saw hime.

We were just walking along when all of the sudden this peacock started walking along side us!   So if you are going to be in San Diego one day...definately go to the zoo. Its well worth the money!  Also, don't stay at 500 West Hotel.  I will blog about why on my next post!

Vacation Part 1: Disneyland & California Adventure

We have finally settled back into reality of work and school. (sigh)  It wasn't too bad considering  the fact that we only have 8 more classes until Spring semester is finally over!  Anyways, Austin and I did a three day hopper while we there. We were there within an hour after arriving to our hotel.( Note that we had been driving since 5am that morning and Austin being the trooper he is,

drove the ENTIRE time. He is such a good husband.)

 Here are just a few picture of our time in the "Happiest Place On Earth!" 

Waiting in line for one of our favorite rides!  Soarin' Over California.

 We just couldn't resist taking a picture with our "Bug Eyes" from It's Tough to be a Bug.

Waiting in line for the Snow White ride--one of my favorite movies when I was little.

Austin in front of Pirates of the Carribean

On Minnie's bed--hope she didn't mind! ( Austin made me pose like this by the way.)

Of course, a trip to Disneyland wouldn't be complete without a classic Turkey Leg.

although, I it doesn't taste as good as it smells, and its more like a ham leg then a turkey leg.

This here is Torillia Jo's in Downtown Disneyland.  They have the

best chips and salsa, and a big plus--They have a g-free menu!

Sorry we didn't take the best pictures while we were there.  We forgot our camera two of the days, and barely remembered we had it with when we did.  Can you tell we were two little kids on Christmas morning when were there?  I already miss this place an can't wait to go back again!  Next years trip is already in the making!