Our First Family Vacation

We moved down here about seven months ago and we hadn't left SoCal. So we decided that it was time to get out of town. We had a couple extra days because Eric had midterms this last week and so why not go to Vegas? It had been almost five years since the last time we were there and we've had actually a couple of friends move to LV in the last year. Lillie was actually really good on the drive, I was worried because we weren't more than five mins from our house when she threw up ALL OVER. She soaked her clothes, bib, burp cloth and blanket. Wow.
The first night we had dinner and then went and played Rock Band with some friends from MT. We had never played anything like this before. We did not know what we were missing. It is seriously such a blast. And I was terrible. After a few tries I was able to finish a song the guitar. I hate to admit it, but Eric was actually really good. He was scoring over 90% on the hard setting of the guitar from the get go and did just as well on the drums (which were impossible for me), I failed out multiple times.
The second day we visited some of the hotels on the strip and then that night we went to a show. Our friend's father is an agent and got us free tickets to an acapella group. It was pretty good and the free tickets made it even better. It was our first time leaving Lillie with a babysitter. When we came in the door our friend's 4 yr old said, "Lillie was crabby." So I guess she cried most of the time and it might be a little while before we do that again.
The third day we went to the shark exhibit at one of the hotels. It was actually pretty cool. After that, we headed out to visit our friends from WA. We spent that night playing Guitar Hero for the first time, which was also a ton of fun. We left the next morning for home. It was really nice to get away and even nicer knowing that we can do it with a little baby. So even if it turns out that Eric didn't do so well on his midterm exams, at least we had a fun time.
Me at the shark exhibit in front of the jellyfish.

This is our little friend Abigail making a fabulous fish face. She was such a big help with Lillie.


Eric and our little shark bait... It was a restaurant outside of the exhibit.
Eric, Lillie and Nicholas Cage just hanging out on the strip.


Our little family posing in front of the canals of the Venetian .
A little shout out to our man, Chihuly and the great city of Seattle.


Can you see Lillie's bedhead? It looks like her dad's hair in the morning. She spent most of her vacation sleep in the Snugli.
Here's my Gene Simmons rocking out on Guitar Hero.