vegas baby!

this past weekend i went to vegas with one of my fabulous friends. all by ourselves. with greysen since he's somewhat attached to me still. luckily, i have grandparents who live there, so i got to nurse in the morning, leave and nurse in the evening. it was amazing. 

while we didn't do anything very vegas-y, we had a blast escaping from our kids, being free and being away from our kids. did i mention that already? it was a much needed break and escape for us. sometimes you just need to get away to come back refreshed and ready to play with your kids. 

we started our weekend by getting our nails did. although they took way too long, they upgraded our nails for free {gels? why have i never done those before? oh, i know. i'm poor. they're so awesome though!}

 nancy was very excited for her hello kitty stickers and bows. i was just excited for my polish to stay on more than a day. when we finished at 10:30, {this nail place was open until 2:00 am. that's vegas for you ;)} we decided we were starving and needed to eat a second dinner. so we went to serendipity. oh my delicious-ness. in case you haven't ever been there, it's famous for their frozen hot chocolate. get it. it's delicious. 

and because that giant hot chocolate wasn't enough we got dinner too. lots of dinner. nom nom nom. 

 we're not embarassed. haha. 

saturday we started off with massages at the palms spa. that place was amaze-balls. i've been to several nice spas before, but this one was exceptional. we got all day access to the pool, so we spent the rest of the day ordering delicious drinks, getting some sun, well nancy did, i didn't, and reading magazines. and talking like adults. ahhhhh it was great. so so great. warm and sunny. 

i swear i did have a swim suit on. unfortunately, i forgot my sunglasses so that was lame. however, the pool was totally fabulous, so i dealt with it. =) 

later, we hit the buffet, gained 5 lbs. and enjoyed the multiple rounds of ice cream cones. we spent the evening hitting the outlets and spending loads of money. 

sunday, we hit up nordstrom rack, and guess what?! i found a cafe rio. words cannot express how excited i was to see that goodness. and introduce nancy to that fabulousness. 

it's just not the same making it at home. cafe rio just has something extra special to it. 

then we went back to the outlets. i spent the day deciding if i should invest the entire amount of my vegas money on this beauty. obviously, i did. and it was worth every penny. i loves it. so so so so much. 

we booked a 9:40 flight home sunday night. that was a mistake. of course, greysen slept on our flights there, but when it's bedtime and he's expected to, no way man. our flight was delayed so he finally fell asleep around midnight after random bouts of crying. yep, i was that mom on the flight. who brings their kid on late flights like that? how annoying. 

this picture was taken at 1:00am. he was wide awake. lovely baby. good thing he's so cute. 

and this is what greysen did while mom was gone escaping. 

he was having fun, i promise. he loved those doggies so much. he spent the weekend with grandma and grandpa playing with ducks, dogs, and snuggling. unfortunately, i think he is a little sensitive to the heat, he was very grouchy being outside in the weather and he's never grouchy. but we found he loved getting in the pool and being wetted down.

all in all, we had a fabulous weekend and were ready to come home, kiss our spouses and snuggle our big kids. hurrah for a great time away!