We spent 8 days in California and had so much fun (Mike's mom came too!) - we went to Disneyland and California Adventure 5 days, spent a day at Sea World and spent a day in LA, at the beach, and in Hollywood. Mike's sister lives in LA so we were able to visit her too! Here are a bunch of pics to show all the fun we had!
Aubree and Brody on the balcony of our hotel - if you look in the background, you can see the Tower of Terror ride. It was a great view at night!
Goofy was the first character we saw.
After the pictures with the kids, Goofy decided to take a ride in our stroller - the kids thought this was really "goofy"!
Aubree with Alice.
Brody and Aubree waiting for the Playhouse Disney play to start - they loved this one! We went to it twice!
Brody was all smiles!
Daddy and Brody on the It's a Small World Ride.
Churros were their favorite treat - they had a few of them!
Aubree is ready for bed after a long day at Disneyland!
Our family in front of Sleeping Beauty's castle.
Aubree making a wish in front of the castle.
Aubree showing off one of her new rings.
Brody waiting in line to see Tinkerbell.
Aubree giving Fawn (one of Tinkerbell's fairy friends) a hug.
Aubree and Brody with Fawn in Pixie Hollow.
Aubree by one of the flowers in Pixie Hollow.
Brody on a mushroom in Pixie Hollow.
Aubree was so excited to see Tinkerbell - she just couldn't believe she got to meet her!
Tinkerbell asked Aubree if she could pose just like her...
Then Brody decided he could do it too!
Aubree with her baby Tinkerbell doll.
Brody and Aubree waiting in line to see the princesses.
Aubree and Brody with Ariel.
Belle couldn't believe that Aubree had a picture of her on her shirt! Belle is Aubree's favorite princess so she was very happy to see her!
Brody and Aubree with Belle - I think Brody liked her!
Brody and Aubree with Mulan.
Aubree did not like the Pirates of the Caribbean ride!
Brody and Mommy on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride - he loved it!
Brody and Aubree with Minnie Mouse at California Adventure.
Aubree was trying to figure out where to go next - check out the language this map is written in! She really just wanted the purple one!
Aubree in front of the Tower of Terror ride. She went on it 3 times and still can't decide if she liked it or not!
Aubree and Brody with Handy Manny - Brody was in awe!
Brody and Mommy on the caterpillar ride in Bug's World.
Aubree and Daddy on the caterpillar ride - Aubree loved being in the front!
Brody and Aubree waiting in line for the 3-D Toy Story interactive ride.
Swimming in the outdoor pool one night.
Brody loved his new floaty thing - he loved swimming too!
Aubree swimming with her bubbles.
View of the Disneyland fireworks from our pool. They put on a great fireworks show every night - we watched them 4 times!
The kids thought it was really funny how Pluto held the book up so high to autograph it - check out Brody's reaction!
Aubree and Brody with Pluto.
Aubree and Brody with Mickey Mouse.
Our family in front of Disneyland.
Our family in front of Disneyland.
Brody, Grandma Ann, and Aubree in front of Disneyland.
Grandma Ann, Aubree, Daddy, and Brody on the Storybook Land ride.
Aubree, Mommy, and Brody waiting for the Disney Pixar Parade to start.
Aubree entertaining us before the parade started.
Brody giving "5" to someone from the parade.
Brody and Daddy on the carousel.
Aubree and Grandma Ann on the carousel.
Aubree making a wish in Snow White's wishing well.
Daddy helping Brody make a wish - Brody loved looking at all the money in the well.
Auntie Ris and Aubree at Sea World.
Our family at Sea World.
Marissa, Aubree, Brody and Grandma Ann at Sea World.
Aubree at Sea World - Brody was done taking pictures at this point...
Aubree thought it was pretty neat to touch a real starfish.
The Shamu show - the kids loved this!
Brody and Aubree with their Shamu's.
Brody being shy while Aubree gets a hug from Zoe at Sea World.
He warmed up to her quickly and gave her "5's".
Brody and Aubree giving Abby Cadabby a hug at Sea World.
Brody kept flirting with Abby...
She kept tickling him with her wand!
Grandma Ann, Aubree, Brody, Daddy and Marissa on a ride at Sea World.
Aubree with her pink puppy balloon at Ruby's Diner.
Brody wanted a blue dinosaur.
Brody and Aubree crashed after a long day - this was the perfect time for us to do our Disney shopping in Downtown Disney!
Aubree with Cruella de Vil - Brody was climbing up my legs at this point because he was terrified of her!
Brody was so excited to see Lightning McQueen!
Brody and Mater.
Another picture of Brody and "Queen" as he calls him.
Aubree and Mater.
Aubree and Lightning McQueen.
Brody and Aubree with Cinderella.
Cinderella blew Aubree a kiss before we left - she made Aubree's day!
Brody and Aubree with Woody.
Prince Brody and Mommy on the carousel. The worker picked one boy and one girl to be the prince and princess of the ride and announced their names. He picked Brody, so Brody got to keep this crown!
Auntie Ris and Aubree on the Carousel.
Aubree enjoying her ice cream!
Brody loved the ice cream, too!
Aubree wanted a picture of herself on the "A" in front of California Adventure.
Brody and Daddy on a jungle cruise.
Brody loved the Disneyland Parade - Goofy kept pointing at him and making him laugh!
Aubree LOVED the parade!
Aubree in front of her favorite ride - It's a Small World. It was the last ride we went on :(
Brody, Daddy, and Aubree on the Santa Monica beach.
Aubree's first time at the ocean (I guess she was there when she was 6 months old, but she doesn't remember it!)
Mommy, Brody and Aubree getting their feet wet.
Brody got pretty wet from one of the waves!
Daddy and Brody in the ocean.
Brody and Daddy walking down the beach.
Brody loved playing in the sand.
Aubree thought the beach was pretty fun!
Brody, Daddy, and Aubree walking down Santa Monica Beach.
Brody playing in the sand again...
Aubree and Auntie Ris on a search for seashells.
Brody kept walking out to get his feet wet, but as soon as a wave would come in, he'd turn around a run from it - it was so cute!
Running from a wave again!
Daddy and Brody in the ocean.
Brody's footprints.
Aubree's footprints.
Grandma Ann, Aubree, Marissa and Brody waiting to eat in Hollywood.
The view of the Hollywood sign from our restaurant.
Aubree with Snow White's star.
Wow! It looks like you had such a wonderful time! Cute pictures! Ellie enjoyed looking at all of the pictures from Disney Land, too! :)
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