Getting Terribly Excited

I think everyone knows by now that we're Disneyland freaks.  Okay, I'm the Disneyland freak, and Brian is quickly becoming converted.  It took us forever to go, because Brian didn't want to spend the money on it, but once we went, we just keep going back.

Last Spring, I finally decided that it had been long enough since Marcus had been born, and I was ready to endure another pregnancy.  Fast forward to late September...still not pregnant.  I didn't want to have to battle morning sickness while trying to teach Alyssa, so we decided to put off being pregnant until next Spring.  At this point I said, "Since I'm not pregnant, and our tenth anniversary is coming up, let's plan something incredible for it."  Brian agreed, and his first suggestion was Disneyland.  Whether he suggested it because he now loves Disneyland as much as I do, or because he just knew it would make me happy - bless him.  I love that man.

We decided to invite some friends, and the first people who came to mind were Will and Nelsa Sumsion, because when we mention Disneyland they get as excited talking about it as I do.  We called them up and left a message inviting them, and they called us the next day saying they had already lined up a babysitter and were excited to go.  Yea!

Getting back to the pregnant thing:  When I want to get pregnant, I chart my cycles and find out exactly when I ovulate and all that, so by September I knew I was pretty consistent with my ovulation dates, and I knew that if we planned it right I would not get pregnant in October.  Heavenly Father had different plans.  I figure that either Heavenly Father really wants us to have a baby right now, or he really wants us to go to Disneyland - maybe both.  Anyway, when we went in for an early ultra sound we discovered that I had ovulated a week late, and I said, out loud, "So that's how we got pregnant!"

Anyway, now that the morning sickness is under control and I'm only miserable part of the time instead of all of the time, I'm feeling much better about this pregnancy, and I'm getting very excited to meet this baby in the Summer.  But we're also getting very excited for our Disneyland trip with the Sumsions.  A few weeks ago, when I was laying on the couch, Brian asked, "If you are feeling like you are now in February, do you still want to go to Disneyland?"  I thought, "Go to Disneyland?!? I don't even want to move!" and said, "No," but now that things are better, we're lining up our plans and counting down the days.  38 as of today, by the way.

This is the first time that we'll be going without our kids, and even though the pregnancy changes our plans of riding every roller coaster 'til we drop, I still look forward to going through the shops on Main Street without keeping tiny hands off of everything, and walking places without worrying about losing anyone.  We won't have to carry anyone who's tired of walking, or push around a stroller.  We can eat out at the fancy restaurants (We've got reservations for the Blue Bayou on both Valentine's Day and our anniversary, but we'll only pick one to go to) and walk through the stores that have breakable collectibles.  We're going to see the new water show, World of Color, and we're headed one night to watch knights battle at Medieval Times.  It's going to be so much fun!

Edited to add: I just realized I'm not going to have to help anyone get dressed in the morning!  I'll still probably be telling Brian, "Eat your breakfast, quick!  Let's get going!" though, like I have to do with the kids.