End of March

During Owen's Birthday week our little family spent way too much time in doctors' offices, emergency rooms and hospitals. Owen had bronchitis and now has his very own neubulizer and Brett had to have surgery, after going to the ER to find out he has a kidney stone. After all was said and done Owen is back to himself. Within 12 hours of his new prescriptions he was sleeping, breathing and had his appetite back. Brett is sheduled for his second surgery to zap the kidney stones on Wednesday and then we'll go from there.


Before all the chaos started we had planned to head down to Disneyland for a day and use our "give a day get a day" tickets. I was planning on postponing the trip but Brett said "nope I'll be fine" and "we'll just take it easy."Inside I was jumping for joy, so we packed up and headed to California along with half of Las Vegas. What usually takes 4 maybe 4 1/2 hours with a pit stop was prolonged to a 6 1/2 hour long creep down the highway at 20 miles an hour. Owen was so patient for the first 3-4 hours(knowing he was going to Disneyland), but even he asked to "go to his home" around the 5th hour. We made it to the hotel in one piece and after realizing we had left the memory card to the camera in the computer, we hit up target for water, some bites & a new memory card. With full stomachs we all fell soundly asleep...for a little bit! I was so excited I could hardly sleep and woke up long before our alarm went off. I love Disneyland, and taking our little boy was a wonderful experience. We got to the park early and went straight to Fantasyland. Within the first hour we had riden dumbo, peter pan, casey junior and storybook boats. The whole day was magical and Owen was so excited for everything. He woke up from a nap right before the parade and while giving his Mickey Mouse ballon a big hug or wrestling it( not sure which) the ballon came off the string and floated away. The poor little guy cried and cried and now whenever he sees mickey mouse he tells me "mama my ballon fly far away". I think he was traumatized. Toward the end of the day we went on Pirates and while walking out we saw a small group coming through the exit, it was Christian Bale and his family, Batman himself. Owen was such a doll when he met Mickey. He went right to him gave him kisses and loves and a few sweet smiles for pictures.I think he really enjoyed Disneyland as did Brett and I. We were all happy,tired and full of that yummy popcorn,so we headed home to real life. Owen tells me on a daily basis that he would like to "fly away to disneyland", me too my love,my too!