Our California Adventure

Julia, Nathan's mom (Laurie) and I took a trip last Wednesday to Los Angeles to hunt for apartments. What a nightmare. I'd never driven in LA before, only gone to Disneyland. The traffic and roads are crazy! And there's never anywhere to park. Luckly we were driving Laurie's car that had GPS, or we would probably still be lost in the middle of the city. We found a few apartments that I wouldn't mind living in. The problem is, we will most likely have to rent a one bedroom because of prices, and we have to try back again end of October b/c no one would hold an apartment for us until our move the end of November. The hospital he will be working at is in a very nice area near Beverly Hills, and that's why it was so hard for us. But we don't want to be too far away, b/c even just a twelve mile drive can turn into an hour or more drive in traffic. I was so drained after two days of searching. Luckly, my mother in law was so sweet to take Julia and I to Disneyland the last day of our trip. She even bought me a season pass so that we can go whenever we want once we move :)
The coolest part about Disneyland was that while we were waiting in line, I saw Mark and Gev from the show So You Think You Can Dance. I asked them if I could take a picture and they were so cool. I saw them later on and Courtney from the show was with them, along with another blonde girl I didn't recognize.

Julia was so excited to see Pluto. I can't belive how much more she was into the Disney characters than our trip eight months ago in February.

She has her pirate hat and beads from New Orleans square. Also, Laurie bought her this Cinerella baby that she was absolutely obsessed with. For journaling purposes I need to add that we watched the parade and Julia was just so excited about it and dancing the whole time. At the very end the princess float came and the princesses got out to dance. Julia was beside herself with amazement. Then once they passed, she grabbed my hand to follow behind them while crying, "Wait for me princesses, I'm coming!" But we were unable to keep up b/c of the crouds, and it just broke my heart that she was so serious about it all and very upset they weren't waiting for her. She was ok, though once we distracted her with some more rides :) Dumbo is her favorite still.

At the end of the night I wanted to get one picture of her with the Mickey pumpkin, and she would have nothing to do with it. She was happy until I got out the camera. Why is my daughter so anti pictures???

I'm glad we were able to have a little bit of vacation on our trip, and I really hope we are able to sign a lease with a safe, affordable apartment soon!
Also, good news, Nathan is here this week. Yeah! He was able to sneak a break before he's off to Virginia for another month. We love Daddy!