Just some more pics...

Grandma Jacobs, Aunt Jill and miss Addie :)

I love my home!!!!

We are home and Adalie has ran her first 5k...

The day before we left my Aunt and Uncle came and visited us at the Avi. It was so nice to spend the day with them - it meant the world to Rick and I to see them! We drove home via Death Valley to Reno then home. It was a lot of driving but so worth the quick trip back to the house. We have been home for a week now and glad to be here (have I mentioned that...). This weekend Grandma Jacobs is here with us :) and Auntie Jill !!! Very nice to have the company.

Yeah for the AVI!

The Avi is great! Adalie and I no longer have to walk threw a smoke filled Casino to enter or exit the hotel. The Avi also has a pool and a very pretty beach area that Adalie loves. We sat down on the beach today and Adalie couldn't stop smiling and cooing. We have met a couple pretty nice people and I have actually had conversations with adults during the day. :) Adalie is still doing great a night. She is consistently sleeping 5 - 7 hours every night. Maybe she knows that Dad really needs his sleep. We should be leaving for home on Tuesday morning, we are all looking forward to being back in Bend. (P.s Adalie discovered her hands yesterday and spends lots of time just looking at them)

Vegas Again...

Sunday we traveled to Vegas again. This time with Rick. We spent the whole day walking the strip and window shopping at such places like Tiffany's & Co, Fendi and Prada. It was pretty comical to be walking through these stores with Adalie in her front carrier, me in my old favorite white t-shirt blue jean outfit and Rick in his worn out cargo pants/t-shirt combo. It was more of a social experiment to see what type of acknowledgement we would receive than a shopping trip...needless to say we were received in most stores with a nice half smile and a judging "hello". Non the less we had a great time. Adalie liked all the sparkles at Tiffany's...I did too :).

We are now at the Avi hotel and are very excited...it has a beach area on the Colorado.

Las Vegas and a two month old

Yesterday Adalie and I took a big adventure to Las Vegas. Yes, she has now cruised the strip. We picked up Jamie (Rick's coworkers wife) who is down for the weekend to visit her hubby. It was so nice to get out of the hotel and out of this town even if it was only for three hours. I think Adalie wanted to stay because when we left she started to cry. I wish that I could have got a picture of her in front of the MGM...lol, I was too afraid to stop, big city driving is not a strength of mine.

Tonight Rick is on his way to go watch Christopher Cross. One of his long time favorite artists. I am kind of happy that I have an excuse (the baby) not to go. He is not exactly one of my favorite artists. Rick almost didn't go due to my mental breakdown. I'm not one to cry, but this trip has been hard because of all the new life dynamics. It is hard being in a new place (and in a new body..does the flabby stomach ever disapper?) without any friends or family and not knowing of any parks or places to just go. Having to schedule my day around Adalie's feeds and still healing from labor and and and... I am just missing home and work and my old normal life. I love Adalie with all my heart and embracing our new life is a work in progress. Thank god she is a good sleeper and so dang cute!

Holly competitive old people!!!

So as I'm sitting in Starbucks this morning (located in the casino downstairs from my hotel room) posting my blog two old men start yelling at each other. This is happening as I'm 10 feet from either of these two old guys. Normally I would say gentlemen but when they started to hit each other the term gentlemen now longer accurately describes either geezer. I can count on one hand the number of times I have seen an actual fist fight happen in front of me and this was one of those times. From what I could gather the first old guy (I would say he was probably about 80 with his cane in one hand and prune juice in the other) "stole" the other guys lucky machine. Words were exchanged, then the pushing started and then fists were thrown. Here I am sitting thinking is this really happening and why is everyone else just ignoring it. I mean really a hip could have been broken and we all know it's just down hill from there. Adalie asleep in her stroller wasn't even phased by this demonstration of utter ruthlessness. So, I did what any new mother would do, I started screaming for security, the tellers in starbucks soon joined me and then Adalie joined in. Security soon came and took them away. Wow, how ridiculous! I'm still pissed at these two old boys!

Day 8 in Laughlin and everything is going well so far. The day before arriving here we were able to see Rick’s Aunt and Uncle in El Centro and my Aunt and Uncle in Yuma. It was so nice to see family and the positive comments we received from both of the communities where our family’s live were amazing! I hope we can go back and visit again before we leave the southwest.

Our hotel, The Aquarius (an 18 story casino), is where our home base is and will be for the next few weeks. It is weird living at a hotel, especially one that has a huge casino as a lobby. Going to the grocery story and bringing in food/purchased items is just awkward, not to mention the looks I receive for bring Adalie into a smoky gambling establishment. Thankfully the rooms are all non smoking and we are on the 16th floor. Our room is pretty nice with a view of the Colorado river and the Mojave Desert. Adalie has been fabulous at night (I feel tempted not to write this for fear of jinxing a good thing). She is sleeping in 5 - 6 ½ hour periods at night with no crying. Rick and I could not be happier. Now if my stomach would settle down everything would be right on track. I developed a bad case of gastritis (a condition where the lining of your stomach is damaged causing intense pain after eating because of the digestive acids) after taking Improper. Thinking that my stomach was still sore from labor I continued taking the pain killers only to worsen what was really wrong. My diet the last few weeks has consisted of lots of rice, fish, apples and coconut milk. Anything else and I’m out for the next few hours with crazy stomach cramps. Note to anyone reading this don’t take ibuprofen longer than 14 days or with coffee. The results are not good. At least the body is resilient and this too shall heal….hopefully soon because some of these buffets down here look so good!