Wednesday and Friday we went to Disney! We had a great time. We ended up buying a 4 day pass because it was cheaper than buying individual tickets for 2 days. This way we have 2 more days we can use when we come back in December for Silas' second surgery. DL is smaller than Disneyworld. Some of the rides are the same and some were different. We stayed and watched the fireworks both nights - they were beautiful! Silas had fun, the second day he was excited and had trouble but by the afternoon had calmed down. Since he had just had surgery we were able to get a handicap pass. It was so helpful. We were able to keep the stroller with us while we waited in line like a wheelchair and also some rides were able to go through the handicap line which was much shorter! It made the days much more enjoyable for all of us since Silas would not have felt like standing in lines all day.

Happy Father's Day Jason! You are such a wonderful dad to our kids. You are fun, work hard to provide for us, help me with everything and love us so much. We appreciate you! I hope you have a great day today. We all love you!

Tuesday was a much anticipated day in our house! The girls have been looking forward to visiting the AG doll store for months. We had an 11:00 reservation for lunch and it worked out great. The store was so adorable. Everything was displayed nicely and the girls loved walking through (several times!) just taking it all in. My parents had given them each money to buy a new doll and Jason and I gave them each a smaller amount to spend. We told them their limit before they shopped, otherwise we could have spent thousands!

The store is located in a very nice outdoor shopping area called The Grove in Beverly Hills. It was so pretty. I am hoping we can go back again and eat somewhere outside. Here, they have valet parking in parking garages! The parking garage had a red carpet and curtains hanging! All Beverly Hills parking garages are like this - super fancy and nice. Also super expensive to park! Even the one at the doctor's office has valet and the do not give you free parking.

Anyway, back to AG. Lunch was great. They brought CJ a dairy free menu with lots of choices, the service was good, food yummy and it was incredibly cute inside the cafe. Madelyn's b-day is coming up and they even celebrated by singing to her! It was her dream to celebrate her b-day there, when they brought dessert they asked if anyone was having a birthday. I told them not that day but in a couple weeks and they gave her a candle and sang. She was happy.

After lunch we told the girls they could look/shop as long as they wanted. We looked and looked and looked! They found the dolls they wanted and then debated long and hard about what to spend the rest of their money on. The ended up choosing to get their dolls ears pierced. Caroline also choose a hospital kit (she has been eying this in the catalog for months). Madelyn choose Lanie's accessory kit. We also got the girls t-shirts. They are finished with souvenir shopping for the trip!

It was a fun day and Silas enjoyed himself too. Thankfully he is only 3 and didn't mind being surround by a sea of pink and dolls all day. He enjoyed seeing all of the dolls and had fun looking at everything. He was the only little boy in the cafe though!

Monday we had a nice laid back day. Alyssa left and we all missed her! Silas had a rough day, he was just grumpy. He was starting to feel better, but was still sore. He had an appointment early in the afternoon to have his drains removed. It was very simple and only took about 10 minutes. He was a great patient as usual. We came back home and chilled. Later in the afternoon we took a walk down to the beach and pier which is about 2 blocks from our beach house. We are staying in an apartment on the top of a building. It is really perfect for us. Two bedrooms, one bath, a kitchen, living room and eating area. It also has a nice roof top deck with a great ocean view. It is chilly here! It's 60 - 70 degrees and by the ocean there is always a cool breeze blowing. I wish I would have packed more warmer clothes!