something must happen to babies (or at least gabe) when travelling 400 mph @ 40,000 feet, because man alive, gabe did the motherload of all poos mid-flight to vegas (10 wipes and a wardrobe change!). the encore came mid-flight to vancouver when he did a repeat performance :P other than the explosion, the flight to vegas was uneventful and gabe was a model baby and didn't fuss at all :-) phew!
being in a new environment with so much to see was a bit overwhelming for gabe, so he fell asleep while chris and i had a midnight meal. unfortunately the rest of the night seemed never-ending. he couldn't settle down in the crib the hotel provided, so i built a fortress on the bed for him to sleep in. still didn't work. eventually chris had to sleep beside him and sing him to sleep. phew! on the 2nd night, i devised a new plan and let him watch baby einstein...worked like a charm! very smart to bring the portable dvd player :-)even though we were travelling with a baby, it didn't stop us from doing everything we wanted to do. we shopped, we dined, we gambled...but it just had a different vibe. for me, the foodie highlight of the trip was dinner at nobu! unfortunately gabe was fussy that night, so i didn`t get pictures of everything we ate :(
pic 1: spicy tuna roll w/avocado, soft shell crab roll, black cod w/miso
pic 2: strawberry shortcake with tofu ice cream, mochi ice cream - peanut butter, green tea, flower blossom, mango)
since chris and i have been to vegas umpteen times, we didn't do anything touristy, except to check out palazzo. i had all these plans to walk along the strip and show gabe all the different sites...the mirage volano, the canals at venetian, the lions at mgm...but alas, sleeping was a priority for him, so we don't have as many pix to share :( i've added a link to my picasa site on the sidebar - check'em out!
as a family, the biggest highlight was taking gabe to the mgm pool! unfortunately the water was cold, so we didn't "swim" for as long as i had hoped. oh well, we'll just have to wait for our swimming lessons to start in may!
and as all good things must come to an end, so did gabe's patience. our flight home was scheduled to leave at 10:50 p.m. and arrive home at 1:30 a.m. i had timed things perfectly throughout the day, and it would've been spot on except our flight got delayed. we were told it was weather related, and that it was due to a volcanic eruption. excuse me? we don't have active volcanos in vancouver! it turned out that an eruption in alaska was to blame. huh?! well, our plane was en route from edmonton and was grounded in vancouver due to potential damage from the ash that blew 50,000 feet into the air. therefore we had to wait for a flight to arrive from montreal and thus were delayed by 2 hours :P we finally left vegas at 1 a.m., and gabe promptly had an hour-long meltdown on the flight :( poor little dude was so tired that even baby einstein couldn't help.
overall it was a great trip and i'm glad we went! thank goodness my parents will be with us on our next trip :-)
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Love his sunglasses!
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