Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Gooches and Vegas..

We headed up to the Gooches, where Zoe's cousins were very anxious to see her (they called us on the way up, looking for a time of our arrival). Zoe and Barton got on as usual, and Zoe and Brooke finally got into their own groove by the end of the trip.
On Friday (the 20th), we headed to Las Vegas.. 4 adults, 3 kids in one rented SUV. I was a bit more than freaked out about it.. 6 hours in the car with Zoe.. wow.. not a vacation.. but it worked out much better than I expected. She slept about 3 hours (wow!) and then watched movies and played in her car seat with Brooke.. she lasted until we got off the freeway in Vegas, and I had to sing songs until we made it to the hotel.
Quotes: I was singing "little bunny foo foo".. Brooke thinks the song is "little bunny tofu" (hehehe)
One the way, Barton said when Zoe finally woke up: "Zoe is much cuter when she is a awake. Her eyes are blue like the sun."


When we got to Caesar's, Zoe was so happy to be out of the car, she was kissing the floor.. actually I think it was because the floor was so shiny she was kissing herself.

When we finally got into the first room at Caesar's palace, Zoe was exploring and I one point I realize she is in the bathroom, the toilet room, you know the kind with only a toilet and a bidet.. and she has climbed up and is sitting in the bidet.. wow.. I jerked her out fast, she was scared.. not the kind of place you want your kid.. but at least it was the clean bathroom (the other one wasn't, we got a new room).

Vegas was fun, we spent a lot of time at F.A.O Swartz (ultimate toy shop). I bought Zoe an Madame Alexander doll (I had one when I was her age), some bath toys, and a Raggedy Andy to go with Raggedy Ann. Below is a picture of Zoe and Barton on the famous large keyboard at FAO Swartz.


The rest of the trip was nice.. and crazy, hard to keep a toddler having fun when most of the stuff was geared to kids much older. Everyone (especially Bruce, Barton and Brooke, enjoyed the midway, and they earned a bunch of stuffed animal prizes




The trip home was sort of the same, but with a 1 hour crying jag at the end. (From Nephi to Sandy).. lots of "little bunny tofu".

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