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09/12/2005 Archived Entry: "disney as usual"

We went to Disneyland yesterday after Daisy's morning nap. We stayed until 5 which is a long time for us recently. The whole day went really well and was a lot of fun. We took Daisy on two rides and she did okay. One of them was Haunted Mansion which I normally wouldn't have taken her on, but today they are closing Mansion to transform it into the Nightmare Before Christmas version so we wanted to get a last ride in. Chris held Daisy and she never freaked, just made a few low noises, but Chris kept her distracted enough. We then went on Winnie the Pooh, this time I held her and there wasn't even a hint of not liking it. She wasn't bouncing or anything, but I don't think I scarred her. I decided two was enough though and she and I skipped Pirates and went wandering while Tabitha and Chris rode. After that Tabitha and I waited forever to ride Buzz, usually the line goes quickly but not yesterday. By the time we got out of there, it was only half an hour before the parade. It's a new one for the 50th anniversary and we hadn't seen it yet. So we waited and it was really a neat parade. It's not as fabulous as Block Party Bash over at California Adventure, but very good in it's own right. Daisy was fascinated and Tabitha was so excited and couldn't stop exclaiming over it.
Once that was done we went to California Adventure and Tabitha and I did their "Turtle Talk with Crush" show while Chris killed time taking Daisy around to various characters that were out and about. Apparently she really liked them which is good. If we keep her around them, by the time she can walk up to them for me to take pics she hopefully will be comfortable with them.
After the show we decided to head home as it had been a full day and we all needed food. We ate an unexciting dinner at home while taking turns playing with Daisy. She likes us to hold her hands so she can walk, not easy for Chris and I as it requires much stooping and can really kill our backs.
Daisy is officially cruising now. She pulls up on the couch and then walks the length of it and transfers to Tabitha's recliner. She won't come back so at that point she whines a bit. She can actually stand unassisted for a full 10 seconds, but she doesn't like when we let go of her so she doesn't do it often. She has amazing strength and balance though considering she turned 7 months last week. I'm going to go ahead and make the guess that she will be considered an early walker. That would probably be a good thing as I think a lot of her inner frustrations will go away once she can walk on her own. Not that our house is very baby proofed, we have to keep a very close eye on her.