First Disney Trip!

To celebrate Liliana's 1st birthday we had lunch with family and friends at the Rainforest Cafe in Downtown Disney and then headed to Disneyland with my parents, the Tollacks and the Walters. It was THE BEST!

Liliana seemed to know that it was her special day and enjoyed every minute of it. She liked her first taste of sweets (carrot cake with cream cheese frosting) but didn't dig into it as much as I thought she would. (However, she did enjoy it enough to get it all over her face and in her hair.) At Disneyland we went to all of my favorites...Peter Pan, Small World, Pirates of the Caribbean, and The Tiki Room. (Thanks to my Mom and Dad who watched 3 babies, we were also able to sneak off for over an hour to ride Space Mountain. I haven't been on a roller coaster in quite some time. It was even more fun than I thought it would be and was made even better by Peggy's non-stop laughter.) We also went on the carasoule, visited Toon Town, and walked around to see all of the lights. We were there from 2-8 p.m. (following a long and exciting lunch), but Liliana did not doze off in her stroller. Her big brown eyes were wide open and taking everything in. She didn't want to miss a thing and was in a great mood the entire time. I think that her favorite part was seeing Small World lit up at night. "ooh LA LA" and "WOW" was all she could say, over and over again.

When we were leaving the park she wrapped her arms around my neck and hugged me repeatedly, as if to thank me for a special first birthday.

We stayed at a nearby hotel with the Walters and my parents. My Mom stayed in the adjoining rooms with 2 sleeping babies so that we could head down to the lobby bar for a couple hours. It was the perfect ending to a perfect day.

To quote my Mom and Dad (who made the day amazing and relaxing with all of their help and love), it was "perfect and memorable" and "one of the best days of my life". I hope Liliana thought so too.

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