our birthday trip to southern califonia
last week, tagg and i flew down to california to celebrate our birthdays. craig had to stay home with sully (boo) but we managed to have a little bit of fun without them! :) i loved tagg's whole set up on the airplane. dvd, watch, and wallet. what else could a boy need? i kind of couldnt hold in my excitement when started to land in orange county......
my dad (my mom and dad met us down in southern california) picked tagg and me up from the airport and then we retrieved my mom from fashion island.
after fashion island, we went straight over to javiers. it is literally my favorite restaurant. the food, the ambience, the people. it just doesnt get better.
i was pinching myself that i was eating in the sun, at javiers, on my birthday. and tagg was pinching himself because he got his first pina coloda.
after lunch, we drove over to divers cove in laguna beach. it was seriously a gorgeous day.
tagg immediately stripped and began to run around in the surf. i have never seen a happier human.
he was yelling, "OCEAN! COME GET ME!".
finally, we pulled tagg away from the beach and my dad dropped my mom and me back off at fashion island. we shopped until neiman marcus turned the lights out on us (again. it isnt the friendliest of places) it was a wonderful afternoon with my mom.
that night, we met back up with the boys for my birthday dinner at flemings. it was so fun and i felt very special.
after dinner, we headed to anahiem to check into our hotel. i was so freaking tired but tagg had been talking about the hot tub all day long so i knew i wanst getting out of it. he loved it.
the next morning, we boarded the little shuttle to go over to disneyland.
our first ride: pirates!
my aunt brooke, uncle scott, and cousin nick met up with us at disneyland. we had so much fun with them. and tagg LOVES his uncle scott.
taggs favorite ride was buzz lightyear. we were able to ride it twice. we actually got to ride every ride twice. the place was empty! we basically had to park to ourselves. it was amazing.
next, the jungle cruise. how do the "captains" think of all those jokes? they are SO cheesy. but i still laugh.
nick and tagg. brooke and scott got tagg a "its my birthday" pin. all the disneyland employees were great about wishing tagg a happy birthday. he even got a few happy birthday songs!
i was so excited to ride space mountain. i hadnt been on it since i lived in san diego (about 14 years).
my mom isnt really the roller coaster type. i was so proud of her for going on it with me.
the first time i went on, my dad and i were in the front row. it was pretty insane.
we finished up the day in fantasy land. tagg got his picture taken with the weird mad hatter.
i get nauseous looking at this picture.
after disneyland, we drove down to san diego. the next day, we went to this lobster roll place everyone had been talking about. not worth the hype. but it was great seeing my aunt shanna!
that afternoon, tagg and i played in brooke's backyard.
my cousins came up to play with tagg. tagg was in heaven.
that night, we went out for pizza. i love spending time with brooke!
the next day, i met up with my cute friend from middle school, nicole. it was great to meet her little newborn, maxx!
then, before tagg and i headed to the airport to go back home, we picked up some AMAZING chocolate malted crunch ice cream. that stuff is out of this world.
tagg and i had a fantastic time in southern california. honestly, a few of the best days ever.
