the land of happiness, yummy grub, and of course, mickey mouse :)

last weekend me and matix (and a few others) made our way to california to go to...

DISNEYLAND!

i love disneyland, and i just knew matix would love it too. 

unfortunately, unlike sea world, disneyland is verryyyy crowded.

so battling the lines with an antsy, cranky, almost two year old, was a complete joy.

matix is usually soooo chill, but he had a few breakdowns to say the least.

he just wanted all the exciting things NOW, and did not understand the concept of waiting in line. 

but we survived and had a lotttt of fun.

my wonderful, awesome, and super amazing, friend brittany got us free tickets for two days,  

(did i mention generous, oh, that too)

and her mom booked us the hilton for our "girls+baby boys" trip that turned into an everyone trip.

so i invited the tesoros to tag along, my old roomie from reno susan, and the rest of britts family joined in too.

we all had so much fun at the happiest place on earth!!!

friday night:we ate at la brea cafe at downtown disney.

matix is obsessed with the lion king..as in we watch it everyday. sometimes twice a day. he was quick to spot the lion king statue at the disney store and wanted to "touch it" really bad...so we tried...

disneyland day 1:

we hit up as many rides as we could squeeze in...

and ate as much food as our little bellies could handle.

oh and we bought a $12 ballon for matix...YES $12 DOLLARS...he asked ALLL day long for one...so i finally caved. and he was soooo excited. he even thanked me by hitting me on the head. oh you just think youre just so funny little boy!

then we ended the night by watchin the firework show, which happens to be my favorite part of Disneyland. matix was mesmerized. and then we rode two more rides before making our way back to the hotel by midnight...

Disneyland Day 2:

 ...was all about the characters and toon town.

i could not believe how excited matix was about meeting all the characters. mickey was his favorite, of course. but he just ran right up and hugged the crap out of them all. it was seriously the sweetest thing.

he also loved to go at his own pace playin with all the fun things in all the houses. day 2 was a much happier day. no crazy meltdowns. [but we were also there a third of the time.] we skipped out at about 2:30 for naptime and to start our drive home....

oh ya...and we ran into a lady with a baby kitty at the gas station...

matix was more than happy to give the kitty some love   :)

hooray for disneyland. fun times. and great friends. 

[this is actually matix's second trip to d-land. we took him back when he was one month old..yes ONE MONTH--spoiled boy. and he loved it haha but this time he was actually be able to participate and enjoy everything that d-land has to offer...okay maybe not everything..but you get the point. 
oh look...there we are...nearly two years ago! DANG time flies. look how tiny he was!]