It was a long drive down, but soooo worth it! We jam packed our Vegas weekend with lots of fun, just for us girls! Ina's family had planned to go down for Memorial Day weekend so the girls and I decided to take advantage and join in on the much needed get away. My favorite part was seeing how much fun Avril and McKel had, seeing all the sights, and making all kinds of memories that will be ingrained in my mind forever. I love every moment with my angelic girls.
At one of the stops there was a petting zoo. The girls were SUPER excited to get out of the car and see the animals. They were hesitant about actually petting them though...
McKel taking it all in
Mommy/Daughter shot with Mr. Zebra
Allison, Ina, and Avril having some fun with all the animals!
There were Emus, Zebras, Llamas, Lambs, and more!
Avril gets a little braver with the baby goats...
Avril enjoyed watching Bambi multiple times during the car ride down. The past several days she has been saying: "I'm hibernating!." That is a line from the movie. If you ask her what she's doing, she'll now say, "I'm hibernating!" It is too cute!
Once we finally got to Vegas, it was beddy bye time. We had an awesome hotel, not too far from the strip. The pool was the main attraction. The following day was perfect weather to hop in the water. Mommy caked the sunblock on the girls but somehow managed to forget herself, so Mommy had to deal with burned shoulders and back for the rest of the trip. Oh well, a small price to pay for the awesome time we had in the sun!
In front of one of the many pools by our hotel. Avril had such a blast!
Allison is trying to blow up the inner tube for McKel. This was a lot harder than you'd think. Sophie and her dad played in the pool with Avril. They were both just so stinkin' cute!
Apparently McKel wasn't a huge fan of her inner tube
That night we headed over to Excalibur to watch the Tournament of Knights. Avril was mesmerized. She would not stop talking about the horseys. I loved watching her take it all in. It was amazing.
All the girls, walking to the show!
Good times. Um.. must've caught Avril off guard in this one
We sat in the Dragon section. Somehow we were with the bad guy. Avril clung to me for dear life!
These are just some adorable shots I took of McKel
So of course I had to include some adorable shots of Avril as well. She is enjoying a watermelon at the breakfast buffet.
The Bellagio had the most beautiful flower displays I've ever seen. They had chocolate fountains and all kinds of beautiful sights to see. Here are Allison and Avril by the gorgeous flowers.
They also had all kinds of birds and fish to look at. The girls loved it!
Mommy and McKel inside the Bellagio. Talk about gorgeous flowers!
And they had this amazing flower-arranged picture in a frame. That must've taken FOREVER to do. Incredible!
Unfortunately it got SOOO windy outside, as we walked down the strip. We wanted to show Avril the lions at the MGM Grand, but didn't quite make it. Instead, we headed over to Caesar's Palace to do some shopping and eat at the Cheesecake Factory.
On the walk over we ran in to Cookie Monster, and a snake. Surprisingly, Avril's favorite thing was the snake.
We went to H&M, Mommy's favorite clothing store of all time. Avril and McKel caught some Zzzz's during the shopping. Avril somehow lost her dolly, Sally, in this 3-story store. Miraculously, somebody turned it in. Thank heavens! It would not have been a fun rest of the trip without Sally the Dolly!
So cute when she sleeps!
Like an angel...
She's such a happy, big blue-eyed girl! I love her to freakin pieces!
Some random cute Avril shots as well.
Here is a fun video of the girls in the hotel:
I truly had a blast with all my girls. It was a lot of work taking care of two little ones but so TOTALLY worth it. This one's for the girls! I love you guys. Thank you for one AWESOME weekend that I'll never forget!! :)
So I think McKel's new nickname will have to be Bubbles. She is now thoroughly clean on the outside as well as the INSIDE!! This can now be a somewhat funny story, but believe me, this morning it was a TERRIFYING story!
I decided to take a quick much-needed shower this morning, and this is usually a difficult task, with 2 little kiddos. Sometimes what I'll do if I know I'm going to be fast, is just set McKel down on the floor by the shower, laying on her back, while she gleefully kicks and rolls over on a blanket. Good idea? Not so much, when you also have a little 2 year old mischievous, curious, big sister looking for something to get in to. I was shampooing my hair when I heard McKel scream out in the most high-pitched, gut wrenching scream I've ever heard from her. She was crying incessantly and would not stop. I opened the shower curtain and to my shock, saw Avril hovered over her with an empty shampoo bottle, while bubbles spewed out of McKel's mouth. I jumped out of the shower, soaking wet and completely naked, grabbed McKel, and tried to calm her down. It was useless... McKel was screaming bloody murder, and rightly so... I would probably be too if someone poured an entire bottle of shampoo down my throat! Poor Avril did not know what she did wrong. She was so scared for her little sister, and started crying too.
I panicked and started calling for help... first tried Jesse, then my mom, then my dad, and nobody would answer their phones! Finally I got through to my dad who was in a meeting, who told me to just call 9-1-1. Duh. Why didn't I do that in the first place? They transferred me to poison control. The lady assured me that shampoo is not poisonous, just an irritant, so I just needed to monitor McKel and make sure she didn't gag and stop breathing or something. Luckily, this was a small hotel bottle of shampoo, so it was 1.25 fl oz instead of the huge bottles. After about 45 minutes of screaming, McKel finally cried herself to exhaustion and fell asleep. She hasn't really had any major signs that something is wrong, besides the continuous flow of bubbles from her mouth, and a breath that smells nice and clean- like shampoo, oddly enough!! We are so happy our little baby McKel is okay. Phew. Lesson learned: no more showers for mama!
And just one more funny story to tell. We're sitting at the dinner table eating, and my dad asks Avril, "Avril, is the food good?" Avril then got a huge grin on her face, and shouted out, "Its AMAZING!" We all busted out laughing, and then she states, "I'm immature!" Hahaha she keeps us entertained, that's for sure!
And here's a clip of our fun at the park today. McKel already loves the swings at the park. I was able to keep her happy for like 45 minutes, that's gotta be some kind of record for babies:
