i guess since i have a minute of quiet i will write about our trip!

monday:
woke up at 315 am to get ready to head to the airport at 430. tami came and picked us up and we flew confirmed (bought tickets) to long beach. we got to long beach about 730. we caught a shuttle and headed to the paradise pier hotel. once we got there we dropped off our bags, loaded up the stroller and headed to the park! i had my fanny pack strapped on my hip, stroller in front of me with my favorite little guy riding passenger, dusty my love, and tami my voice of reason all with me and we were ready to hit the park! we spent almost the whole day in disneyland barely even ventured over to ca adventure that day. it was perfect. corbin loved it and had so much fun. we ate a TON of junk food then headed over to my dinner choice; tortilla jo's. it was amazing like it always is. we then headed back to the room to get some much needed sleep.

tuesday:
woke up at 630 to get ready to be at character breakfast at 8 am. we went to goofys kitchen at disneyland hotel which was freaking amazing. if you have never done a character breakfast and you have little ones, you NEED to do it. they come right to your table, interact with each person, stick around for pics, sign autograph books, the whole 9. it was great. corbin loved them. he really warmed up to baloo from jungle book. loved baloo. he would laugh like crazy everytime one of them came over after baloo. it was awesome. if you haven't done it you need to. after that was headed over to the park. the park closed at 6 that day but it was fine because we had medieval times dinner that night. we ran around the park all day and got as much in as we could. we went back to the hotel about 330, got ready for dinner and caught our bus to medieval times. we had paid in advanced for the kings royalty upgrade which included pictures. right before we went up to take pictures corbin fell HARD and hit his little nose right on a step. he was screaming heis head off but dusty is so amazing he was able to calm him down and we actually got some pretty good pics. then it was time to head in to the bar. LOL. we all had drinks (except corbin of course!) tami had a daquiri, i had more beers then i care to say, dusty was drinking beer... it was a good time. our knight was the red and yellow night. he won! our knight won and is protector of the realm. oh yeah! after dinner we went back to the hotel and tami was nice enough to watch corbin for us so we could go out and continue our party. we walked all the way over to downtown disney and everything was closed! wtf! it was only 10!! so we went back to the hotel and had beer at the bar in there. we had a beer each and went back to the room to get ready for the next day.

wednesday:
this day was awesome. we did sooooo much. first thing in the morning we decided character dining was so awesome we wanted to go again. we went to the one at our hotel which really sucked compared to goofys kitchen. the characters weren't coming by and i was getting annoyed. it was time to go to the park. we did all of the little kid rides in ca adventure for corbin, took him to the disney junior show, and we all got to do the adult rides too. it worked perfect. by this time we had figured out a system. we would go go go til corbin fell asleep about 1230-100, once he was out we would all take turns going on the adult rides. dusty and tami decided they wanted to go on the toy story ride in ca adventure (which is sooo much fun), i agreed to just hang out with sleeping corbin while they went. so they went and got in line and sleeping corbin and i went wondering down the boardwalk. i came across a BEER STAND. did you know they sold beer in ca adventure? me neither! i got me a beer and started walking back to where i would meet dusty and tami. i found a bench in the shade by the farriswheel and just sat there and relaxed. it was just what i needed. then when they came out of the ride we headed over to disneyland to started getting some rides in over there. it was great. after our long day in the park we stopped and got some pizza and salads to take back to the room. we were all exhausted!

thursday:
oh thursday.... i hate thursday. we got up early because we had our magic morning that day. we got to the park when they were letting people in for the early entry and went straight to fantasy land. we did as many rides in fantasy land as possible before the park opened to everyone. we went over to a restaurant in the park when we were done there to have breakfast. breakfast was good but something happened later in the day i am convinced was linked to this breakfast! after breakfast me and dusty did splash mountain and we got pictures with tigger and pooh and decided to go to tomorrow land. i wasn't feeling well. i threw up in one of the bathrooms and felt a tiny bit better so me and dusty decided to go on space mountain. something wasn't right. i felt like i had swallowed a bowling ball and it was really really wanting to come out. we went on space mountain and i as done after that. i knew i wouldn't make it. i tried to drink some sprite and eat something salty to calm my tummy but it wasn't happening. i told dusty and tami i needed to go back to the room for a bit. dusty and tami were worried and wanted to come back too. it was only noon. i was not going to let me being sick ruin everyones last day of vacation. so dusty and tami finally agreed and i went back. it was the longest walk of my life. i didn't want to barf everywhere in front of everyone so i struggled the whole way to keep composed. when i FINALLY got back to the room all hell broke loose. i was throwing up. i puked for about a half hour then layed down to try and sleep it off. i set my phone alarm for an hour. i woke up to it still feeling like trash. so i slept for another hour and tami called to check on me. i told her i wasn't going to make it back to the park but i really wanted her and dusty to do everything they could to make sure corbin and they had a great last day. dusty and tami came back to the room with corbin at about 530. this is when it got REALLY bad. i couldn't keep anything down. not a sip of water, not any pepto, nothing. i was throwing up when there was nothing to throw up. we called the hotel nurse and they refused to see me and recommended i get to an emergency room. worst idea ever. this scared me and it scared everyone else too. dusty insisted we go. we called a cab to take us and we got dropped off at the most ghetto place i have ever been in my life. it was down a back alley, it smelled bad. it was packed full. no where to sit. they told us there was at least a five hour wait. NO WAY. i told dusty i would get worse sitting here waiting and we better just go back to the hotel. we called the cab and got the hell out of there. i was so bad. scarey bad. we got back to the hotel and i took a bath. i turned that water as hot as it would go and filled the tub as full as i could. i stayed in there for probably 30 minutes. dusty sat with me and talked with me about what we should do next. well after the bath i was feeling much better and was able to keep water down. we focused mostly on getting me hydrated and to bed. i went to bed. dusty is a saint. he packed everything. he got everything all ready for us to leave at 4 am the next day, tami took care of corbin and got him to bed. everyone worked as a team for me. dusty got me clothes for the next day, corbin clothes for the next day, left out the toothbrushes and stuff for morning, packed any breakables perfect and nothing broke. he was amazing. best husband ever. tami was amazing too. she helped so much. so it was about 2 am and we had to be up at 4 and i wake up... i can hear dusty puking. OMG. now he is sick too. what are we going to do! we have to leave in 2 hours to go sit in the airport and hope we make our flight (we were flying standby home). luckily dusty wasn't nearly as sick as i was so we were able to get up and go. we got to the airport and i was feeling faint. i couldnt stand for more then 10 minutes without feeling like i was going to pass out. so as sick as dusty was he handled checking the bags and taking care of everything while tami chased corbin. again both of them are amazing. we finally get threw security and to our gate. 2 seats open. 2 people aren't going on this flight. dusty and tami both agreed it best for me to go because i was so sick and i said i would take corbin so i could get at least us home. longest flight of my life. corbin was pretty good but i had to pee the whole time and of course couldn't go because i cant just leave my 2 year old who won't buckle his seatbelt or sit still by himself. the stupid flight attendants wouldn't bring us drinks (keep in mind corbin is screaming for "milky" at this point). i didnt know how i was getting home or what the crap i was going to do when i got to salt lake. we landed and i turned on my phone to see that my amazing fellow travelers had called derek (brother in law) to come get me and corbin. derek had text me and told me to call him when i got in. me and corbin went pee FINALLY and went down to baggage. i wasn't even going to try to get the bags because it was not going to be possible. i had the stroller. plus the checked bags were 2 large suitcases, and a car seat. not easy for one sick weak person. i got to the baggage and there they were. all of them. all together. i decided screw it and just grabbed them. now i had to figure out how to get them curbside for derek to come get us. i was struggling plus looked like i had been hit by a damn bus and a nice man came to help me. he took one of my bags and walked it curbside. so many people had helped this poor girl for the last 24 hours i could of cried i was so greatful. derek arrived shortly after and when we finally tetris'd all the bags into his car plus corbin in one car seat and brady in another we were on our way. i got home and corbin went right to sleep on the couch, i grabbed a pillow and blanket and passed out. i woke up to dusty and tami knocking on the door. everyone was home. safe and sound. thank god. derek saved me that day because i would of died if i had to sit in a damn airport for another 4 hours. dusty was amazing as usual. tami helped so much with corbin and helped keep me and dusty level headed. everyone helped. everyone was there for me. that is what family is all about.

we had a great time despite me getting sick. i am so glad we took tami. it really made the trip and we enjoyed her company every second. corbin loved having grandma all to himself and not going to lie we loved having tami all to ourselves too :). it was great. awesome trip. awesome family. great memories.

by the way! if you have never traveled with a fanny pack you haven't lived. that thing was my best friend. i had everything i needed strapped right to my hip. no digging in my purse no worrying about losing anything or anything getting stolen. it was awesome. love my fanny. don't like carrying a purse around anymore. buy a fanny pack if you are traveling! i don't care how ridiculous it looked it is easily the most convienient thing i have ever owned. love the fanny.

i guess since i have a minute of quiet i will write about our trip!

monday:
woke up at 315 am to get ready to head to the airport at 430. tami came and picked us up and we flew confirmed (bought tickets) to long beach. we got to long beach about 730. we caught a shuttle and headed to the paradise pier hotel. once we got there we dropped off our bags, loaded up the stroller and headed to the park! i had my fanny pack strapped on my hip, stroller in front of me with my favorite little guy riding passenger, dusty my love, and tami my voice of reason all with me and we were ready to hit the park! we spent almost the whole day in disneyland barely even ventured over to ca adventure that day. it was perfect. corbin loved it and had so much fun. we ate a TON of junk food then headed over to my dinner choice; tortilla jo's. it was amazing like it always is. we then headed back to the room to get some much needed sleep.

tuesday:
woke up at 630 to get ready to be at character breakfast at 8 am. we went to goofys kitchen at disneyland hotel which was freaking amazing. if you have never done a character breakfast and you have little ones, you NEED to do it. they come right to your table, interact with each person, stick around for pics, sign autograph books, the whole 9. it was great. corbin loved them. he really warmed up to baloo from jungle book. loved baloo. he would laugh like crazy everytime one of them came over after baloo. it was awesome. if you haven't done it you need to. after that was headed over to the park. the park closed at 6 that day but it was fine because we had medieval times dinner that night. we ran around the park all day and got as much in as we could. we went back to the hotel about 330, got ready for dinner and caught our bus to medieval times. we had paid in advanced for the kings royalty upgrade which included pictures. right before we went up to take pictures corbin fell HARD and hit his little nose right on a step. he was screaming heis head off but dusty is so amazing he was able to calm him down and we actually got some pretty good pics. then it was time to head in to the bar. LOL. we all had drinks (except corbin of course!) tami had a daquiri, i had more beers then i care to say, dusty was drinking beer... it was a good time. our knight was the red and yellow night. he won! our knight won and is protector of the realm. oh yeah! after dinner we went back to the hotel and tami was nice enough to watch corbin for us so we could go out and continue our party. we walked all the way over to downtown disney and everything was closed! wtf! it was only 10!! so we went back to the hotel and had beer at the bar in there. we had a beer each and went back to the room to get ready for the next day.

wednesday:
this day was awesome. we did sooooo much. first thing in the morning we decided character dining was so awesome we wanted to go again. we went to the one at our hotel which really sucked compared to goofys kitchen. the characters weren't coming by and i was getting annoyed. it was time to go to the park. we did all of the little kid rides in ca adventure for corbin, took him to the disney junior show, and we all got to do the adult rides too. it worked perfect. by this time we had figured out a system. we would go go go til corbin fell asleep about 1230-100, once he was out we would all take turns going on the adult rides. dusty and tami decided they wanted to go on the toy story ride in ca adventure (which is sooo much fun), i agreed to just hang out with sleeping corbin while they went. so they went and got in line and sleeping corbin and i went wondering down the boardwalk. i came across a BEER STAND. did you know they sold beer in ca adventure? me neither! i got me a beer and started walking back to where i would meet dusty and tami. i found a bench in the shade by the farriswheel and just sat there and relaxed. it was just what i needed. then when they came out of the ride we headed over to disneyland to started getting some rides in over there. it was great. after our long day in the park we stopped and got some pizza and salads to take back to the room. we were all exhausted!

thursday:
oh thursday.... i hate thursday. we got up early because we had our magic morning that day. we got to the park when they were letting people in for the early entry and went straight to fantasy land. we did as many rides in fantasy land as possible before the park opened to everyone. we went over to a restaurant in the park when we were done there to have breakfast. breakfast was good but something happened later in the day i am convinced was linked to this breakfast! after breakfast me and dusty did splash mountain and we got pictures with tigger and pooh and decided to go to tomorrow land. i wasn't feeling well. i threw up in one of the bathrooms and felt a tiny bit better so me and dusty decided to go on space mountain. something wasn't right. i felt like i had swallowed a bowling ball and it was really really wanting to come out. we went on space mountain and i as done after that. i knew i wouldn't make it. i tried to drink some sprite and eat something salty to calm my tummy but it wasn't happening. i told dusty and tami i needed to go back to the room for a bit. dusty and tami were worried and wanted to come back too. it was only noon. i was not going to let me being sick ruin everyones last day of vacation. so dusty and tami finally agreed and i went back. it was the longest walk of my life. i didn't want to barf everywhere in front of everyone so i struggled the whole way to keep composed. when i FINALLY got back to the room all hell broke loose. i was throwing up. i puked for about a half hour then layed down to try and sleep it off. i set my phone alarm for an hour. i woke up to it still feeling like trash. so i slept for another hour and tami called to check on me. i told her i wasn't going to make it back to the park but i really wanted her and dusty to do everything they could to make sure corbin and they had a great last day. dusty and tami came back to the room with corbin at about 530. this is when it got REALLY bad. i couldn't keep anything down. not a sip of water, not any pepto, nothing. i was throwing up when there was nothing to throw up. we called the hotel nurse and they refused to see me and recommended i get to an emergency room. worst idea ever. this scared me and it scared everyone else too. dusty insisted we go. we called a cab to take us and we got dropped off at the most ghetto place i have ever been in my life. it was down a back alley, it smelled bad. it was packed full. no where to sit. they told us there was at least a five hour wait. NO WAY. i told dusty i would get worse sitting here waiting and we better just go back to the hotel. we called the cab and got the hell out of there. i was so bad. scarey bad. we got back to the hotel and i took a bath. i turned that water as hot as it would go and filled the tub as full as i could. i stayed in there for probably 30 minutes. dusty sat with me and talked with me about what we should do next. well after the bath i was feeling much better and was able to keep water down. we focused mostly on getting me hydrated and to bed. i went to bed. dusty is a saint. he packed everything. he got everything all ready for us to leave at 4 am the next day, tami took care of corbin and got him to bed. everyone worked as a team for me. dusty got me clothes for the next day, corbin clothes for the next day, left out the toothbrushes and stuff for morning, packed any breakables perfect and nothing broke. he was amazing. best husband ever. tami was amazing too. she helped so much. so it was about 2 am and we had to be up at 4 and i wake up... i can hear dusty puking. OMG. now he is sick too. what are we going to do! we have to leave in 2 hours to go sit in the airport and hope we make our flight (we were flying standby home). luckily dusty wasn't nearly as sick as i was so we were able to get up and go. we got to the airport and i was feeling faint. i couldnt stand for more then 10 minutes without feeling like i was going to pass out. so as sick as dusty was he handled checking the bags and taking care of everything while tami chased corbin. again both of them are amazing. we finally get threw security and to our gate. 2 seats open. 2 people aren't going on this flight. dusty and tami both agreed it best for me to go because i was so sick and i said i would take corbin so i could get at least us home. longest flight of my life. corbin was pretty good but i had to pee the whole time and of course couldn't go because i cant just leave my 2 year old who won't buckle his seatbelt or sit still by himself. the stupid flight attendants wouldn't bring us drinks (keep in mind corbin is screaming for "milky" at this point). i didnt know how i was getting home or what the crap i was going to do when i got to salt lake. we landed and i turned on my phone to see that my amazing fellow travelers had called derek (brother in law) to come get me and corbin. derek had text me and told me to call him when i got in. me and corbin went pee FINALLY and went down to baggage. i wasn't even going to try to get the bags because it was not going to be possible. i had the stroller. plus the checked bags were 2 large suitcases, and a car seat. not easy for one sick weak person. i got to the baggage and there they were. all of them. all together. i decided screw it and just grabbed them. now i had to figure out how to get them curbside for derek to come get us. i was struggling plus looked like i had been hit by a damn bus and a nice man came to help me. he took one of my bags and walked it curbside. so many people had helped this poor girl for the last 24 hours i could of cried i was so greatful. derek arrived shortly after and when we finally tetris'd all the bags into his car plus corbin in one car seat and brady in another we were on our way. i got home and corbin went right to sleep on the couch, i grabbed a pillow and blanket and passed out. i woke up to dusty and tami knocking on the door. everyone was home. safe and sound. thank god. derek saved me that day because i would of died if i had to sit in a damn airport for another 4 hours. dusty was amazing as usual. tami helped so much with corbin and helped keep me and dusty level headed. everyone helped. everyone was there for me. that is what family is all about.

we had a great time despite me getting sick. i am so glad we took tami. it really made the trip and we enjoyed her company every second. corbin loved having grandma all to himself and not going to lie we loved having tami all to ourselves too :). it was great. awesome trip. awesome family. great memories.

by the way! if you have never traveled with a fanny pack you haven't lived. that thing was my best friend. i had everything i needed strapped right to my hip. no digging in my purse no worrying about losing anything or anything getting stolen. it was awesome. love my fanny. don't like carrying a purse around anymore. buy a fanny pack if you are traveling! i don't care how ridiculous it looked it is easily the most convienient thing i have ever owned. love the fanny.