On Friday night, we raced home from work, gave Avery a quick bath, packed our clothes, and jammed out of the house by 6:15 to Las Vegas for our first mini-vacation with Avery. We got about three minutes down the road before we hit dead-stopped traffic. After traveling only two exits in 45 minutes on the 91 Freeway with Avery singing "Happy Birthday" like a broken record, we felt like we were in Hell and started regretting our plan.
Fortunately, about an hour into the trip, the traffic dissipated, and after Josh taught her to say "ROAAAADDDDD TRIIIIIIPPPPP" and "Vegas, Baby!," Avery fell fast asleep.
She woke us bright and early the next morning, so we took her to Circus Circus to play some carnival games. Little did we know that the Midway doesn't open until 10:30. So there we were at 9:00 am with no place to go! To kill time, we found a couple of quarter games that Avery could play:
And a toy store with things to keep her busy:
Josh paced around with her in the stroller for a bit while I played some penny slots. I turned this $5 bill into this lovely $59 voucher. Woo hoo!!!
Finally the Midway opened, and we took Avery up to try the carnival games. She didn't really get the concept that you have to throw the ball... She just wanted to keep the ball. We handed her a soccer ball to throw into a hoop and instead she took off in the opposite direction and hid in a corner with it.
She didn't have enough muscle power to get the skeeballs all the way up the ramp either, but she tried! And it was still fun...
Between the three of us (and a nice stranger who gave us her extra tickets), Avery raked in five new stuffed animals and a little pink "Diva" pillow.
We stopped to watch the juggler for a few minutes before heading back to the hotel, where all three of us laid down for a much-needed nap.
Later that afternoon we left the hotel again with Uncle Aaron
to visit the lions at the MGM Grand.
Avery was excited to see them up close!
...And then back again we raced to get dressed for my Dad's wedding.
The bride and groom had planned to wear traditional Bavarian outfits, so Avery was
gifted this adorable dress for her birthday. It is the female equivalent of lederhosen, and looked very charming on her if I do say so!
Shortly after 5:00 pm we were picked up at our hotel,
and Avery got to experience her first limo ride!
In the limo, Avery took notice of Jennifer's watch. Jennifer said, "Yes, Avery, that's my watch! Do you know what time it is?" To which Avery replied, "Party!"
Josh and I were as shocked as everyone else was! I have no idea where she learned that. But it was beyond hilarious.
Then she went back to playing in the ice.
The wedding lasted about as long as Avery's attention span (roughly three minutes?) so it was perfect. Then we were back into the limo for a fabulous evening at the Paris Hotel.
Right about the same time we got back to the Paris was Avery's bedtime. Josh picked up some pizza and took her back to the hotel for dinner and a quick bath. I stayed behind with the wedding group and enjoyed a fun champagne reception at the top of the Eiffel Tower, followed by a delicious dinner at the Eiffel Tower Restaurant.
Sunday morning Avery woke up with a cold so we packed up and got on the road by 8:30 am. Despite all my anxiety about the trip, she did great in the car and was a real trooper, even though she was under the weather.
In total, a good girl and a fun trip!
Oh, and we got serenaded some more on the way home too:
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