Max and Mattie Reunited!

While Tyler was away snowboarding my parents and little sister came to visit for the week. I hadn't seen Mattie since last summer so I was sooo excited to get to see her again! I miss her like crazy and wish they lived closer. Max was over the moon about them all being here, too.



We did lots of stuff while they were here. Disneyland was the highlight of our trip for sure. Thanks to our awesomely amazing friend Julie who put her life on hold for a whole day to babysit Lia, we all got to take Max and Mattie to Disneyland without tugging a 1 year old around all day. Disneyland is just about the greatest place on Earth to Max. He was in heaven being there.









He even brought his pirate costume to wear, although chose not to wear it on the actual Pirate ride because he was a little worried the pirates would mistake him for a real one and make him stay with them. He was actually pretty nervous to go on the ride but I forced gently coaxed him on and he ended up loving it of course.







We saw Mickey in a parade.


And someone was really happy to be marching down Main Street!


We also saw the best Cruella DeVille I've ever seen!


Max even got to drive his own car. Can you see his head barely sticking above the steering wheel? Haha, yes. He was loving every second of it.


Mattie also had a lot of fun playing with Max outside with the neighborhood kids. It was nice to see them all running around and playing together.



I really do think that Max and Mattie have a special connection. Even though they fight and bicker sometimes you can just see it.



This was also when Lia started doing her "CHEESE" smile. She pushes her bottom jaw out and says "CHEEEEEESE!!!!" really loudly when you ask her to smile.



We even got some Tutti Frutti frozen yogurt. We eventually enjoyed ours after waiting in line behind a bunch of non-English speaking people who were buying about 27 cups of stuff. It was ridiculous, but worked out in the end.







We had a great time visiting with them all. We can't wait to see them again in the fall when we go out to Connecticut. Max misses Mattie already!