Vegas

Well, I survived three days in Vegas, but more impressively I survived three days away from my baby boy. It was my first time in Las Vegas and my husbands 6th. (Damn bachelor parties...)

It was a "work related" trip for my husband. "Work related" because we went with work people but there was no work involved. I guess you could call it a reward for hard work trip. Translation: the flights, hotel, show tickets and dinners were paid for. Woo hoo! All we had to pay for were breakfasts, lunches and some cocktails.

We stayed at the Encore which is brand spanking new and unbelievably luxurious. I mean, it was totally over the top to the point that it made me a little uncomfortable. How many people have to lose at the gambling tables to pay for all of this!? Here are some photos...

We saw the Beatles themed Cirque show "Love," which of course I loved. Other than that, we really just ate like pigs, hung out by the pools, (There is something so wrong yet so right about having a "chilled" swimming pool in the middle of the desert.) and didn't even really do much walking along the strip. We didn't even go to any clubs. It was a perfectly lazy get away.

Some general thoughts on Vegas...

So, would I go back? - Yes. It's a nice get away that is easy to access via direct flights and a quick cab ride. However, now that I've been to one of the fanciest hotels it would be hard to go to one of the "lesser" ones. This poses a slight monetary problem. Everything is SO expensive. Like I said, I didn't do much sight seeing or anything, so maybe this was just the case at my hotel, but holy cow. $17 mojitos? $18 omlettes? A $4 banana?! Bottom line.. I think I'm still a mountain cabin or beach shack kind of girl but if you only have three days to be away, Vegas is a nice option. Oh, and if you have any reason to visit the Encore on someone else's tab.... Do it!!

So how did baby boy fair? He stayed with my Mom and did great. No problems there. I think he was glad to see me but that might have just been because it was close to feeding time and the boobs had arrived. He had had enough of that frozen milk stuff. :) I pumped and dumped while I was gone so my frozen stash has dwindled quite a bit. I was thrilled to see him and needless to say I pretty much smothered him with cuddles and the next day.

Oh- He did learn how to get himself up to the sitting position while I was gone. It is so strange to walk into his room after a nap to see him sitting up and waiting for me. I guess it's time to lower the crib!