Vegas, Baby…

Yes.  We are “those people”.  Who brought their baby to Vegas.  I have basically been begging Zach to take me to Vegas since Decemember ever since Shake Shack opened at the New York New York Hotel.  We decided to make it a family affair and go down for a long weekend.  I felt weird about bringing Sloan at first.  Visions of pushing Sloan down the Strip in her stroller gave me an icky vibe.  Luckily that vision never came to fruition.

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We left Thursday afternoon and I was dreading the flight.  It was the first time we were planning on flying that I wouldn’t be able to nurse Sloan.  She’s always been a dream when it comes to air travel and I knew that not nursing her on ascent would make her a total fussball.  To my surprise, she continued her streak and slept the entire flight.  As soon as the engines started up she zonked.  She even managed to sleep through our next door neighbor opening and closing his window shade 73 times and the percussion of his nose blowing.

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After arriving and checking in to our hotel we decided to take a walk over to the Belagio.  We stopped at a little gift shop and filled the stoller up with Diet Coke and treats and then showed Sloan the aquatic display.  She could barely look at either of us the entire time because she was totally mesmerized.  She also got bombarded by a group of Japanese tourists.  Appartenly there aren’t many blonde haired blue eyed babies over in Japan…

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We walked back to our hotel, gave the girl a bath, put her to bed, and ordered food up to our room for dinner.

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When Sloan woke up the next morning she was still on Salt Lake time.  We fed her breakfast and then Zach let me go to the gym while they hung out in the room.  When I got back we all got ready to go down to the pool.  Not that many people are at the pool in Vegas before 10:00 am, which is a major perk for our little family.  Zach and Sloan lounged in the shade until she couldn’t contain herself any longer and tried to dive in the water herself.    IMG_8810Processed with VSCOcam with a5 preset

We went back to our room, showered up, and made our way over to the New York New York for lunch.  It was honestly the only thing I requested the entire trip – Shake Shack.  I have been craving it since our last visit to NY when I was 30 weeks pregnant.  I find it cruel that the closest one in the entire country is Las Vegas, but it’s doable.  It didn’t disappoint either – and Sloan had her first crinkle fry.  Well, she crushed it to smithereens in her hand.  But it blew her tiny little mind…

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We took a power nap back at the hotel before moving over to the Paris for our dinner reservation.  I gave Sloan her first taste of a macaron.  Not as good as the real deal, but I’ll take what I can get.
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We ate dinner at Gordon Ramsay’s Steak.  The line was out the door before the place even opened and I was grateful for Zach’s PPP [prior proper planning] so we didn’t have to wait.  All the hype was worth it.  The food was as good as I hoped it would be.  Besides, I am a huge Master Chef fan.  I would have ordered the Beef Wellington…but it required an extra 45 minute cook time.  IMG_8766People were surprised when they saw a little miniature person sitting at our booth – she was concealed between us the entire time and was the picture of perfection.
Processed with VSCOcam with a5 presetWe skipped the dessert menu and decided to hit up the market at our hotel for ice cream and sodas.  Sloan was exhausted.  Her first full day in Vegas wore her right out.

Processed with VSCOcam with a4 presetThe next morning we caught a cab over to Fashion Show Mall to do some shopping.  Sloan was entertained the entirety of our visit with the mall directory map.  That’s how we found out the Zara was closed for construction…

Processed with VSCOcam with a5 presetWe ate lunch at the food court [a tradition for us for some reason] before heading back to our hotel for Sloan’s afternoon nap.  When she woke up we decided to go to the Forum Shoppes.  We browsed for a bit and then had dinner at Nobu – Zach’s only request of the trip.

Processed with VSCOcam with a5 presetWe were across the street from the LINQ so I convinced Zach walk across the Strip for some Sprinkle’s Cupcakes for dessert.  We saved them for after we put Sloan to bed.  You can’t go wrong with the red velvet – it’s the only flavor I ever get.

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Our last day we had an early afternoon flight.  I got to pick lunch – so we had round two at Shake Shack.  I am not kidding…
IMG_8793I would have eaten there all three days, but Zach couldn’t hack it.  It’s the only red meat I really eat, so I have met my year quota.  We then grabbed a cab to the airport, smelling of crinkle fry heaven.  ‘Till we meet again, Shake Shack…

I think a lot of people figured a baby would crash our party – but we really didn’t do anything different than we would have done if it was just the two of us.  I know taking a baby to Las Vegas doesn’t win us any awards in the parenting department, but I’d be lying if I said that Sloan didn’t love every second.  She didn’t have time for toys or other distractions – she was completely content watching all the flashing lights and interesting people.  I thought for sure she’d be Ms. Ornery Pants on our flight home, but she put me in my place again by sleeping the entire way home – in almost the exact same position as she did on the way there.

She went hard in Vegas…

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