I See Cuteness!

Ricky recently got reading glasses (not because he necessarily needs them but he wanted them) and the boys thought they were pretty cool.  Daddy was a good sport and let them try them on.  I think both boys could rock glasses...they were SO cute! Nevermind the dirty faces and clothes, we were headed upstairs for a bath when we got side tracked with the glasses.

What Happens In Vegas Stays In Vegas...

unless you blog about it!  I spent most of last week in Las Vegas for work.  I took a couple co-workers/friends with me and we had a blast.  I only ever get to see Heather if we're traveling on business since she lives in Florida.  She had never been to Vegas so no matter what we did we were going to have fun.

Luckily my job fair was successful or I don't think I would've been able to enjoy myself as much.  The team at my Las Vegas site are super nice and fun to work with which always makes travel a little easier. We stayed at the MGM Grand, saw the Cirque du Soleil show Mystere and  also saw The Jabbawockeez. Both shows were fantastic although if I could only see one it would've been Mystere.  We made a point to east at some fun and yummy places such as Sugar Factory restaurant, Kahunaville, Cafe Rio and a nice little Mexican restaurant by the water in the Venetian.

I drug the girls up and down the strip, through the hotels and shopping centers and also up to Freemont Street in downtown.  Jennifer really wanted to zip line which sounded fun and adventurous so I was in.  We were 67 feet high gliding down 800 feet of cable reaching speeds of 30 mph.  Honestly we weren't as high as I thought it would be but it was still a blast and a great memory for the three of us.

Since Heather had never been to Las Vegas before she wanted to make sure we stopped to gamble for a bit.  Friday night (really it was like 1:00 am) we headed to the gambling floor to watch the hype of the roulette and black jack tables.  Neither one of us knew how to play but luckily we found a couple of nice dealers who were willing to teach us. Both games are fairly simple and by 3:00 am Heather walked away with $20.00 in earnings and after a few quarters in the slots machines I came away with a whopping $7.00.

The worst part about the entire trip is that I had to catch an 8:30 am flight on Saturday morning in order to make it back on time to take the boys to a birthday party. After only getting 2.5 hours of sleep I was quickly reminded I'm not in my early 20's anymore and I don't recover so quickly from a night of no sleep.  In the end it was all worth it to be able to have some fun with the girls.

 Dinner at Kahunaville.  Heather, Jennifer, Matt and Tim. 

 Flat Deanna came along for the ride.  (She's a co-worker who wanted to come but couldn't.)

 Heather and me at Sugar Factory. I think by the time this picture was taken it was like 1:00 am on Friday.

 Heather, Jennifer and Me at the top of the zip line.

 The zip line course. 

Heather and Me at the Bellagio water show.  I think I was as tired as I looked.  Not to mention it was SO cold the week we were there.

This was the last scene in Mystere and kind of gives the ending away. Oops.

 Jabbawockeez at the Monte Carlo

 At about midnight on Friday night we broke down and got a badly needed foot massage.

Good way to end the trip!

A Little Bit of Freedom

We've been experiencing an extra sense of freedom around our house. A couple weeks ago we took down the baby gates that were at the top and bottom of the stairs. Logan is now big enough that he learned if he pulled hard enough that he could eventually open the gate. He has also gotten much more comfortable going up and down alone -- or should I say Ricky and I have gotten more comfortable with his ability to be on the stairs unescorted. Because the gates have been up for almost three years, for the first several days of them being down there was a weird feeling like something was missing. I've now gotten over that and we're enjoying the hassle free environment.

Big Boy Bed

Logan recently got a new bog boy (full size) bed in his room.  We figured he would eventually end up in a full bed anyway and determined that it was better to get one sooner than later so that we could use it as an extra guest bed if needed. It sat in his room unused by him for about a month.  We tried to put him in it at night to go to sleep but at some point during the night he would get up and climb into his crib/day bed. It was cute at first but then I was starting to worry he would transition to the big bed.
Just this last week he's been wanting to sleep in it and has successfully made it through the night in the "big boy bed."  I'm excited that we may be able to be out of the crib by summer.  His room feels a bit cramped right now so to have one less bed in there would be really nice.  I'm hoping he sticks with it!

My sleeping angel.  He is so precious when he sleeps we could just stare at him all night.