Meeting Mickey Mouse
Posted by Missy Roberts at 6:02 PM About Jake
This afternoon Jacob went to Disneyland for the first time. 
The first thing we did was to take a family picture in front of the Mickey flowers as you walk in the main entrance. As we walked into the park we saw 4 characters, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and Pluto! Of course we got in line to take a picture with Mickey Mouse first...(can you believe you now have to stand in line to take pictures with the characters? Remember the old days when you just had to be an aggressive kid to get in there to give Mickey a hug). While standing in line daddy went to buy Jacob his first set of Mickey ears....SOOO CUTE! 
Jacob was wearing his Angels hat to help keep the sun out of his eyes and since his Mickey ears are still on the big side, we put the ears on over his hat. He looked adorable. We got our family picture with Mickey and went on to Donald. After a shot with Dad, Jacob and Donald, we rushed over to see Pluto and Goofy. Mom and Jacob got a picture with Pluto, but by the time we did that Goofy was on a break! 
Oh well, maybe next time. All the picture taking can make a kid hungry, so we found a cool spot in the shade and daddy gave Jacob his bottle. Once Jacob had a full belly we were on our way to Mommy's favorite spot...yep, Snow White's Wishing Well. We made sure to tell Jacob that that was the place daddy asked mommy to marry him. 
We took a few pictures there and then some in front of the castle. We worked our way into strollerville, I mean Fantasyland (the place mommy always tried to avoid while working at Disneyland). It was definitely crowded in there but we eventually made it out and headed to Toon Town in hopes of catching a few more pictures with characters. Unfortunately there were no characters there:( So as we headed out, Jacob fell asleep. Daddy was strolling him on the cobblestone and Jacob loves the bumps and knocked right out! We decided that was our cue to leave. Daddy wanted to check out the new submarine "Finding Nemo" ride, but as we walked by the wait was 2 HOURS!!! No way were we going to wait in that line with a 6 month old. Oh well, maybe next time, or when the new-ness of the ride wears out. We walked a little more through all the different lands and then headed out. On our way out we ran into Princess Jasmine. So we stopped to take a picture. Jacob was very excited to see the Princess. When we walked up to her he held his hand out to her and had a BIG smile on his face. He didn't smile like that for any of the other character! The little flirt. 
Princess Jasmine was very impressed with Jacob, but I told her he was too young for her:) besides isn't she married??? hehe With that we ended our trip to Disneyland. We were only there about 3 hours, but it seemed much longer. Mommy and Daddy were wiped out! Jacob must have been too because he slept the whole way home (after a little bit of fussing). You can view the rest of the pictures HERE.
We were so happy to share this place with Jacob and we know one day he will be running around the whole place. We can't wait to take him when he can get on the rides and have lots of fun.
This evening when we were giving Jacob his bath, he decided he wanted to steal the washcloth from mommy, so mommy gave him his own washcloth to play with while she bathed him. Daddy tried taking it away from him and he cried until he gave it back! Oh my gosh, that was the first time he's ever cried for anything. We couldn't believe it. Of course daddy had to make sure that was what he was crying for so he took it away from him again and again Jacob cried. Oh no, it's starting!
We also opened up Jacob's college fund. We decided that Jacob needs to go to a public college because there is no way we can afford a private school 18 years from now. Wow, would that be expensive! The price of a public school will be bad enough. So we had a talk with Jacob while we were opening the account to tell him how important getting a college education is, but I doubt he had any idea what we were talking about. I guess we will have to continue to remind him as he gets older:)
Well, we are all pooped from a long day. Jacob woke up at 5:30 this morning and really hasn't taken a good nap. I'm surprised he is still awake right now! I'm hoping he falls asleep soon, because I will fall asleep right after he does:) So until we write again, mommy and daddy love you!!! (and Mickey does too:) )