little pretties....

My friend Sara made this sweet and darling dress for little Emma. I am absolutely in LOVE with it. She also made the sweet bloomers for Emma a while ago for Easter. She is so talented. You can check out her etsy store little pretties
and her blog

3rd day at Disneyland

What a fun day it was on our 2nd day at Disneyland, 3rd day in California. It was nice and overcast the whole day. Gotta love it!

Dumbo ride...Emma loved it.

The Storybook boat ride was so amazing. It had all the miniature versions of the castles and buildings from the different Disney classics :)
Visiting Tinker bell and her friend
Tinkerbell herself signing Emma's little book
Disney Club house show was a HIT! We have video of it that I will post later.
The most amazing dessert ever...Beignets!! Holy cow, words can't describe how delectable these were. We went to the shop twice to eat them.....
The excitement of Disney Main Street
Ok this picture is not great, but it's from during the firework show and Dumbo and Tinkerbell flew through the air...AMAZING!! It was truly magical.
Piece of Disney trivia. At the firehouse on Main Street ,there is a window on the top floor that is always lit up. That is where Walt Disney's apartment was...they always leave the light on. Pretty cool huh?
This is the day after we came home. Emma has learned to enjoy her princess dresses and jewerly more since her magical disney experience :)

2nd day of California/DISNEYLAND!!!

Oh my, oh my, we had the time of our lives at Disneyland. It truly is a magical place. :)

"its a small world" was our first ride just before we met the beautiful DISNEY princesses. Emma LOVED the ride.

She wasn't quite sure what to think of meeting Snow White at first. She was cute.
She was warming up to the beautiful Sleeping Beauty.
Just before approaching Cinderella, I explained to her that she was the princess with the mice that make her pretty dress. She knew right away who I was talking about (we watched the movie the night before we left) and went right up to her and gave her a hug.
She even got a kiss on the cheek from the Princess. All the princesses were so good to her. She also got all the princesses autographs in her little book I made her before we left.
TOON TOWN!
Emma had so much fun with Goofy. She kept pointing to his nose and getting a kick out of him.
This picture is classic and really shows the fun they had for a couple minutes. Awesome!"MIMI" Yes Emma learned Minnie Mouse's name very quickly. She kept saying it over and over. When it was our turn to meet Minnie at her house, she went right up to her to hug her.

signing her autograph book
Emma playing in Minnie's kitchen. Isn't her little house adorable? I couldn't get enough of it. We could've stayed in there all day.
In Mickey's house they had this TV playing all the old school mickey mouse cartoons...LOVED it. Brought back memories. :)
Mickey Mouse was SO good to Emma. He sat down with her and socialized and visited with her. Regardless of the long line, he took his time with her. So awesome.
TOWER OF TERROR...Holy Crap, that was nuts.
See..you'll see on top of the float, it's Mandy Poppins, I mean Mary Poppins. Loved seeing her, I've always wanted to be her.
Emma plugging her ears in some of the louder parts
Oma, Uncle Dylan, and Aunt Britta on the tea cups!
Mr. Toads wild ride...classic!
Cool picture Derek took that evening.

Stay tuned for more pictures....

1st day of CALIFORNIA/DISNEYLAND trip part 1

We flew into California on Monday and spent the day at the beach and also grabbed a yummy bite at the famous "In and Out." Also, drove by the Newport Beach Temple to show Derek's family since they've never been to it before. You can tell by Emma's face here that she is just SO stoked for the fun adventure that's ahead of her :)

She LOVED the sand. It was from one end to the other on her.