DISNEYLAND!!!!!!!!

(Ok, have to apologize in advance for the MASSIVE size of this post. It took me almost a week to finish, since there are so many pictures and videos! Feel free to scroll fast, I just wanted to put all these up more for us, so if you have time, enjoy! :) Otherwise, I won't have my feelings hurt if you don't see them all. :D It was quite the undertaking! AND I only used a small amount of the 300+ pictures we took!)

For our birthdays this year (Lamar:Aug 14, Brendan: Aug 30, Me: Sept 5) we decided we'd celebrate at Disneyland together! Our first time at Disneyland in 20+ years, and first time with Brendan! It was SO FUN! Here he was sleeping with his stuffed Nemo the night before...(Nemo is his favorite)Here's us at the castle... With Daddy...I felt so bad, 'cause I accidentally got sunscreen in his eyes! Oops! He didn't whine about it though...just blinked through a swollen right eye for a couple of hours 'til he was able to tear it out. He's such a good natured little guy!!!
On "Winnie the Pooh" ride...his first ride! He loved it!
Brendan loved going on all the rides with Mommy and Daddy!
He was so in awe of everything around us...kept pointing at things and looking at everything with huge happy eyes. It was darling!On the carousel with Mommy...he loved it! Our friends Steve and Sandra (same friends that came over on the 4th of July) went with us to Disneyland with their four gorgeous children...it was so fun! Here's Steve, Chloe, Piper, and Ryder on the carousel in front of us! Video of Brendan and Mommy at the end of the carousel ride...he loved it! (He also loved playing with our leather seatbelt strap! LOL) Poor little guy...he was so sick!

Brendan never got scared...just sat and stared in awe in all the rides. It was darling. :)

We went to the hotel with our friends so they could check in, and so we could relax. Check out the height difference between these two babies. Lola, the itty baby girl is three weeks OLDER than Brendan. Uhh....LOL!!!! Our baby is a giant!!!!

I went outside and took a few pictures of them playing at the window...so cute! And wow is Brendan huge! LOL. He's such a happy little dude.

We were amazed at how he never got scared on any rides...just had a blast!We finally got a family picture, thanks to our friend Steve! :D

We went to California adventure the second half of the first day and found some surf boards...

That's our little friend Piper Huntsman behind us...huge soft spot in my heart for that little girl...she's SO CUTE!!! (Steve and Sandra's little girl...)

Brendan was driving the boat...

We think he looks like his cousin Alec here...so cute!

Here's a video of him driving the boat...he loves to drive!!!

We found this little fireman...

We rode on the rockets at California Adventure too, and he loved them!!! He could barely see over the edge, but he was havin' fun! :D

We went on another carousel at California Adventure...he loved the lights/music/action! :) It was cute...

We stayed the night at my aunt Mickey and Uncle John's house...this is John's new Ford GT!!! AMAZING and amazingly expensive! It was beautiful!Tackling Daddy on the floor at Mickey's on Sunday after church!

Brendan LOVES his Daddy! :)This picture is so funny...like father like son! :)Tackling Daddy videos from Sunday...so cute! He drums/pounds on Daddy, and then hugs him. It's so cute!




Brendan was playing with Mickey's 3 lb weights like they were light rattles...it was cracking us up!!!! We didn't get him swinging them around like they were nothing though...by this time he didn't want to play with them/throw them anymore. LOL! He's such a brute. He also LOVES his Nemo doll...wanted to share this cute video of him playing at Mickey's. :)

Brendan RARELY lets me hold him like this anymore...only when he's extremely exhausted, like in this picture. I LOVE LOVE LOVE my baby!Brendan got his own shot with the GT! We got some pictures with Uncle John and Aunt Mickey! :) It was so fun to see them and hang out for the weekend!

The second day at Disneyland was just as fun!!!! Daddy took Brendan on the rockets at Disneyland...same thing...he could barely see over the edge, but he LOVED them!

We rode on the cars too..."Autopia". It was SO HOT and humid none of us really enjoyed being crammed into a hot car so much, but it was still fun being together! Here's Lamar with the little guy...

This picture took us FOREVER to get...literally like 30 shots! One of us was always not in the pictures...it was funny how many it took to get a shot where you could see all three of our faces! :) He looks totally squished in between us! I think he had fun anyway...

On the teacups!!! This is our friend Steve with three of his four kids...we love them! :)

Brendan LOVED the teacups! I was worried he'd not like it, or get dizzy, or sick, but he was giggling the entire time!!! Proof! :)The video of him wasn't as cute as the other times we rode it...he was giggling and squealing before I turned on the camera. He looks dizzy and ill, LOL, but he wasn't! He was having fun and got mad when we got off! I'm not surprised he liked them though...they were my favorite ride as a kid 'cause my father would get SO EXCITED and spin us so fast we'd squeal the entire time. :) It was fun to take MY kiddo on it. :) And oh how many more times we're going to go! :) :)

We got a photo opp in a tea cup outside the exit. :) He kept pointing, wanting to go again, but we'll go more next time. :) Our friend Steve again with his kiddos...

We found this hat and were tempted....but took a picture instead. :)

On the Alice in Wonderland ride...he loved all the lights!

I found Alice!!! (Piper...isn't she SO STINKIN' BEAUTIFUL!?!??)
It was a door just Brendan's size!!!

Riding in the cab with Daddy...

Playing in toon town...at Goofy's house! Brendan was so strong he was able to bust out of jail. :) That's Chloe, another Huntsman beauty, in the Ariel dress. :D She's one of the most imaginative children I've ever met!

Steve and Ryder were soooo strong! They almost picked up Goofy's weights! Isn't Ryder DARLING??? Love that little boy! :D I've known him since he was an itty baby! :) I LOVE their children soooo much!

Driving Mommy in Goofy's firetruck...

Getting into mischief...

My new favorite picture of Brendan!!! He looks just like Lamar in this one...SO CUTE!!!!!!This is Ryder and Brendan. Ryder is almost 3. Brendan just turned 1. That is a good reference of how big my baby is! I love these two little guys!!!

In this one Ryder is sitting up straighter, so it's more accurate the difference in sizes. :) Aren't they darling???Driving Mickey's car...

Video driving Mickey's car...

At the toon town tree house...

We toured Mickey's house and Brendan loved everything in it! It was so exciting!

We went into Mickey Mouse's house and met Mickey! We were really nervous Brendan wouldn't like him and scream instead of have fun, but he LOVED HIM! Kept patting him, grinning at him, even gave him eskimo kisses. It was SO CUTE!!!! Here's a family picture with Mickey...

We ordered some more cute ones from our Disney Photo Pass, but they haven't gotten here yet. When they do I'll add them in. :) These are blurry, but you can see how he liked Mickey, and wasn't afraid of him. :)

This is my beautiful friend Sandra and her baby Lola!

We went to go visit Ariel in a private meet and greet! This was the stage where the princesses do their coronation..

Our Ariel was DARLING! She was perfect and so sweet. :)It made Chloe's day to meet Ariel (since she was dressed up as Ariel too...) :)

Little Ryder was smitten by her and kissed her hand like a princess...it was darling!

Piper got a hug too!

It made Chloe's day to see her princess!

Our friends that we went with and love so much...The Huntsmans! Sandra, Lola, Chloe, Ariel, Piper, Steve, Ryder. :) I was bummed we didn't bring Brendan down to meet Ariel! I should've taken him out of the stroller...(Lamar was watching the strollers). Next time! :)Ryder was smitten!Here's a DARLING video of Ryder's reaction to seeing Ariel....

We saw some ducks and Brendan loved them and didn't want to leave!Video of the ducks! Brendan can say "duck" too!

Lola...isn't she darling! My future daughter-in-law!

Brendan and Lola were playing together while the other adults were on Thunder Mountain!

Chloe and Piper are so darn cute. Look at the gorgeous blue eyes on those ladies! My little buddies...

I took some darling pictures of my two men! I LOVE these! :D Melt my heart...

Uh...12 month old babies are NOT supposed to be this tall compared to their 6'2" tall daddys!

Us and our gaggle of children waiting for the parade! The cutest video of Brendan attacking Lamar and his new hat. :) This video makes me laugh. Brendan was a crazy man waiting for the parade to make it down to us! :)

The next video is more of the same, but so cute. :D

Pictures of the parade that I love...Brendan loved it. His little eyes were so big and inquisitive! These two are precious to me...how he looked at most everything in Disneyland!

Watching the parade with Mommy...

He loved it when characters came up to him and played with him!

Finally! The 3rd and last day! We only stayed at Disneyland/CA adventure for a couple of hours 'cause I had to get back to Vegas for a SUV choir rehearsal. So we were bummed we had to leave early, but at least we were able to play for a bit! This is all of us! :D It was SO HOT! Ugh!

Just us in front of the castle and Walt. :D

Waiting in line for the "Nemo" ride!

On Brendan's favorite ride!!!!! He LOVED the "Nemo" ride! :) Nemo is his favorite cartoon character, so naturally he was giddy on this one. We went several times for him. It is such a joy to be a parent and watch your kids be so happy about such cute little things. :)

This is how Brendan watched the rides! He isn't giggling in this one like he was other times (I never seem to get the cute moments on tape! ugh! LOL) but you can see how he'd put his hands in the window and watch very attentively to what was going on outside the window!

One of the scuba divers that captured Nemo!

Brendan had gotten so excited about seeing Nemo that it wore him out and he fell asleep in the window, watching the 10 minute ride!!! I didn't get a picture of it, but in this short video you can hear us giggling about it. :D

This is the little dude just waking up after the ride is over.

Brendan and Daddy above Nemo's pond. :) Last picture at Disneyland...whew! Thought they'd never end, eh? We had a blast and got season passes so we can go back lots in a year! We can't WAIT to go again! :)