Makenna's Memories: Disneyland in March

Drew had a conference down in Southern California just a few miles from Disneyland. We decided to take Makenna for a day, kind of as our last family of three vacation. We told her sometime in January that we were going to go to Disneyland and she was so excited for three months! The day we were supposed to drive down to Irvine Makenna fell off the back of a chair, split open her nose, and gave us our first ER visit. Luckily, the visit required no stitches; just medicine, TLC, and frozen yogurt. Needless to say it has healed up nicely. She will have just a small scar.

We were quite the bunch in Disneyland. I was 36 weeks pregnant, Drew was in a non-walking cast from ankle surgery, and Makenna not only had her nose injury but she had also had an allergic reaction to a cinnamon roll and her face had broken out in a red rash (you’ll see that in the pictures). There were times when I was pushing Drew in the wheel chair, and he was pushing Makenna in the stroller. It was a sight to see! Unfortunately no pics of that. We had tons of fun, despite all the disabilities. Makenna got to meet her first Disney characters. We spent most of our time in Fantasy Land and Toon Town. Makenna rode the Ferris wheel about five times, she loved that ride. She went the whole day without a nap and crashed in the car about five minutes from the parking lot. We could not wake her at all, so the girl went to sleep in her Aurora outfit.

If you look closely you can see her bloody cut. It is right under her nose…

Daisy was the first character that she met. She was so excited. Daisy noticed her painted fingernails…

In order to meet the princesses you had to wait in a line that was approximately 75 minutes in wait time. Note to self, NEVER again! Makenna did such a great job waiting that long. All the other rides we took full advantage of Drew’s wheel chair and walk right on each ride.