Declan kicks back on the plane and gets ready to jet off to Vegas with the family. His daddy and papa are running in the Las Vegas marathon! Only 20 months old and already on his second vacation! Let the adventure begin!
After the guys recovered from their marathon, we decided to walk the strip that night and show Declan some of the hotels and sites. He slept thru most of it though! He didn't get to see the MGM lions, and he missed seeing this cute m&m. As you can see, he is sound asleep in his stroller. Little did we know he was coming down something.
Declan woke up just in time to see one of the best shows in Vegas...the Bellagio fountain show. And he seemed to enjoy it even though we could tell he wasn't feeling to great. The show was set to "Luck Be a Lady" by Frank Sinatra and after it was over, Declan kept singing "Lady, lady". It was cute. But soon after, he started going downhill and getting sicker. He had a rough night.
Even though Declan was feeling sick, he was a good sport about sitting amongst all these giant bears in FAO Shwartz just so mommy could get a pic. :)
We went to the Festival of Trees today. Hundreds and hundreds of trees to see! This one was pretty cool...A "Twilight" tree. You can see the banner on the tree says "A Cullen Christmas."
We decided to do something a little different this year. The three of us took a gondola ride to the top of Snowbasin and had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner at The Needles Lodge. The ride up was beautiful and peaceful, the dining experience was amazing (see the food portion of this blog!) and of course the company was nice! It was good to spend Thanksgiving with my two favorite men. I am so thankful to have them both in my life. I love you David and Declan!
So the following is how our weekend went... and we hope everyone had as nice a time as we did!
We played in the snow for a bit! It wasn't even that cold...I think the temp reading in our gondola was 45 degrees. Not bad at all! It was perfect weather for a Thanksgiving outing like this!
Declan is such a little flirt! He captured the eye of every lady in the lodge!
Yes! Even the piano player! LOL!
Declan's favorite part of the entire feast was this big pumpkin cookie! 
Dig in Declan!
I love this shot of Declan pressing his face up against the window of the gondola.
After our Thanksgiving dinner, we stopped by my sis's house to hang out with the fam. The kids put on a Thanksgiving play for us and Declan had fun just seeing his cousins. From left to right...Preston (8) Kate (19 months) Declan, Carson (7) and Tyson (4).
What would Thanksgiving weekend be without a little college football? Daddy and Declan watch the game while mommy found other stuff to do! :)
This was our first year taking Declan to the parade. Our friends Nanette, Patrick and Mikayla met us there. It was a great time! I remember going to the Christmas parade when I was a kid so it's nice to be sharing an old tradition with my own child. But when I was little, Santa rode a red sleigh in the parade...so I was a bit dissapointed this time when Santa rode up in the back of a pickup truck! They definately need to bring back the sleigh! :)
Declan shares a smooch with girlfriend Mikayla at the parade. What can we say, the love was in the air!
You know you're feeding your kid too much fast food when you go thru the drive-up window at the bank and you hear from the back seat "fries! fries! fries!"
But let me tell you, feeding a toddler is next to impossible. Or maybe just feeding my toddler is next to impossible. I used to worry constantly about what he eats but I have decided it is a battle not worth fighting. Tonight Declan had a banana and some pancakes for dinner. I guess it could be worse! He was screaming for cookies but I told him "no cookies for dinner." I don't really know if pancakes were really that much better but at least I didn't give in and give him the cookies! He's growing, he's happy, he's healthy, so I don't pull my hair out so much anymore. :)
