Phoenix Trip

On Monday November 8th my grandparents flew the four of us to Phoenix for five days. On the way to Sea-Tac airport Livi got car sick and threw up all over herself. Thankfully we had our luggage so I was able to change her quickly. Gidian cried and whined a good portion of the flight, which stressed me out, but eventually he fell asleep. It was so nice to see the sunshine!

Livi was so tired she fell asleep during dinner

Tuesday Nov. 9th (Livi's 3rd Birthday)

We celebrated Livi's 3rd birthday while in Arizona. We went to a really neat Aquarium at the Arizona Mills mall. Then had lunch at Rain Forrest cafe. Unfortunately the birthday girl came down with a cold/fever while we were out so we cut the afternoon short and took her home to nap.

Birthday girl!

Feeling miserable at lunch

Poor sick-o eating birthday cake and ice cream.

Wednesday November 10th
Wednesday we spent the day at my grandparents, since Livi was still sick. My grandma and I snuck away for a while and did some shopping and picked up lunch. That night her fever broke and she started to act more like her normal self.

Fell asleep for the night at 7 pm

Thursday November 11th

Earlier in the week my dad told me to check out a website for Heart Attack Grill. He saw a show on the restaurant on the Travel channel. Matt and I looked at the website and thought it looked like fun. So Thursday we drove out there for lunch. It was a neat place, not your usual burger joint. When you sit down you're given a hospital bracelet and you get a hospital gown to wear. There were four burgers to choose from the single/double/triple or quad bypass burgers. (check out their site here to see everything it'll take me forever to explain http://www.heartattackgrill.com/ ) After lunch we went to the San Tan mall. They had a Disney Store so Livi spent her birthday money there. Got five more Toy Story figures and my Grandparents got the kids some shirts. They had an outdoor play area, but it was to crowded so Livi didn't get to play. I love outdoor malls, but they wouldn't go over so well in the Seattle area I'm sure.

Shopping at the Disney store

Livi getting her gown at Heart Attack Grill

Shopping at San Tan

My cute boy

Friday November 12th

We went to the Musical Instrument Museum http://www.themim.org/ on Friday afternoon. I think it's been open about a year now. The building was huge! When you pay you get a wireless audio system to wear around. As you approach different displays music is played. It was really neat, but Livi wasn't to impressed with walking around looking at the displays. The MIM has a Experience room down stairs so you could play the instruments. Livi and I spent an hour playing with every instrument they had in there. She loved the xylophones.

After the MIM we stopped by Macaroni Grill for lunch. I had the Parmesan crusted chicken salad, it was one of the best salads I'd ever had before. My grandparents use to take us to Macaroni Grill when we were younger. We thought Livi would like it, since you can draw on the tables. She wasn't very interested because it was past nap time.

On Friday evening Gidian came down with Livi's sickness. Poor guy had a 102 fever. I got basically zero sleep that night since he was so uncomfortable and was having trouble breathing through his stuffy nose.

Livi's new dress so cute!

At the MIM

Sick little boy cooling down

Saturday November 13th

Our plane left at 5pm yesterday so we spent the day getting things packed and ready to go. Gidian was still feeling crummy poor guy. We got to the airport early and when we went through security we got pulled aside, due to having four jars of baby food with us. Since they wouldn't test the contents in the baby food without ruining it, Matt had to get the pat down. He was not thrilled at all, but who could blame him I wouldn't want my whole body rubbed down either by some random security guard. Once we got the all clear we headed to our gate. We had a pleasant flight home for the most part. Gidian slept almost the whole flight in Matt's arms (Thank goodness!) Livi sat between us and we tried everything to keep her entertained: lots of snacks, Toy Story 3 on the I-pod, play doh, Wikki Stix, coloring. After three hours and some turbulence we landed in the pouring rain.

When we arrived home my parents surprised us with a new couch in our family room. I had been eye balling this couch for months and they got it for us!

Waiting to board the plane

Sunset as we flew over the Grand Canyon