After a week in Disney, we're back! :)
Which is probably good because i'm sure everyone was sick
of the insta and fb picture overload:)
After getting home, sleeping 15 hours straight, working the
next day, and unpacking, we are back to real life.
But we had SO much fun!
We went with my family, and everyone on my Mom's side of the family that could make it!
It was so fun to go with lots of little kids. They are what make Disney so special!
Not to mention they are so dang cute!
Lucy, Thomas, and Emma, so excited to ride Winnie! Picture taken by my Aunt Pam:)
Jon loves my little cousins. And it was his first time going:) We had a blast.
In fact, we had so much fun that I didn't take a ton of pictures.
Well at least just not a lot of good ones.
But here's some anyway!:)
Ridin the tea cups with his cute Mickey Mouse sticker. Classic.
Hey Alice and whatever your name is.
Cuties.
I love how everywhere you go smells like churros. Kind of like Ikea and cinnamon rolls. Except the churros are actually yummy.
Hey Ann
Hey cute Mom
The reason my feet were done after day 2.
Matthew and Lucy waiting with Jon to meet Flick
After we walked away from taking a picture with Flick-
Mathew: He sure doesn't say very much..
Lucy: Yeah I know.
I love when he lets me take his picture
Grizzly
Toy Story Mania:) You can tell from George's face that he knows he's gonna beat everyone. He did.
And they wondered why he wouldn't stop to take a picture with them :)
Jon and I could chill with these cool cats all day and never get bored.
Staring contest.
Joseph laughing at Jon. At least someone thinks he's funny:)
♥
Meeting Merida. Thomas was smitten.
Jon's favorite ride. Gotta love the random people behind us.
My favorite mouse.
Favorite comment from Jon's sister Lise, "He looks like he's boldly and nobly going to war with his Mickey Mouse ears on."
Agreed.
Best Buddies
K I know I gotta stop with the popcorn machines, but they are just so adorable.
All that fun takes it outta ya.
The morning we went early to get Cars Fast Passes:) I have always heard from everyone that it was by far the best ride. Now I know why.
Tower of Terror
I'm a screamer. Apparently I screamed in Jon's ears a lot. Oopsie.
This is what starts to happen when the wait in line gets to be too long.
Nothing says Lady Killer like a Chewbacca backpack
Bubble Gun
Bawled my eyes out.
I don't know this baby but as we were getting ready to leave the park I looked over where Mickey was and got some pictures of this moment.
There's something special about this..
But then he was done.
It made me think of Jon Gabriel. Well everything made me think of Jon Gabriel, but this one in particular.
I wonder if he would like Mickey.
I'm almost positive he would.
After all, Mickey is much more then just a mouse.
He's proof that dreams do come true.
Speaking of dreams.
The night before we left, Jon and I left the park early and went back to go swimming and then sleep.
That night I had a really vivid dream.
I was playing in the pool with my husband and my cousins Thomas, Emma, and Lucy.
I remember it was really bright out, and the sound of children's giggling filled the air.
In the dream, something told me to look up.
I looked up from where I was standing in the pool, and saw a little boy standing outside of the pool on the opposite side, watching me.
He had sandy blonde hair, and blue eyes.
He flashed a huge smile, showing his perfect white teeth.
He looked so happy.
He couldn't have been older then 5 years old.
I saw him mouth the words, "Mom."
But no sound came out.
I looked behind me to see if his mother was there.
Nobody.
He was talking to me.
It was my son.
"Jon Gabriel!" I called out.
He ran over to my side of the pool.
He was wearing a blue swimshirt and a green swimsuit, the water splashed around his little feet as his little legs trotted over to me.
I wanted so badly to get out and hold him.
But when he got to the edge, he looked at me. He wanted to jump in.
I backed up and held my arms out.
"Go ahead," I smiled, "Jump."
He hesitated. But his smile never left.
"Nothing can hurt you anymore," I said, "I promise."
His eyes lit up as he leaned over, spread his arms, and took a huge leap into the pool.
I caught him.
He wrapped his arms around my neck, lifted his head back, and made the most beautiful sound I've ever heard.
He laughed.
I had never heard any sound come from my baby.
When they delivered him, he came out fighting to breathe, but no sound.
Not even a cry, something I longed to hear so badly it hurt.
Then they put him on the respirator to help him breathe. It covered up any sound he might have made.
But now...
I heard it.
I kissed him on the cheek, and we held onto eachother for what felt like forever.
Then he started to look around.
He wanted to see his daddy.
Somehow Jon hadn't seen what was happening, but he came over and Jon Gabriel got into his arms.
At that moment, everything was perfect.
We spent what felt like hours, just playing in the pool.
The dream didn't really have an ending, I just woke up.
You know that feeling when you have a really good dream and you wake up totally bummed it's over?
I didn't have that.
I was expecting it.
But instead, I woke up feeling overjoyed, and content.
Mostly, I felt like something inside of me had been healed.
I wouldn't have had that dream had I not been able to get out of my apartment. Even out of provo in general, where all the memories reside.
We needed to get out. We needed to be somewhere that we could get away from the hurt and the stress, and get a fresh start.
Somewhere that we could be reminded that life goes on, and happiness can be found even though we can't see him right now.
I'm not saying that the place had to be Disneyland, but it happened to be.
It really is the place where dreams come true:)
