live from las vegas.

i have to say... this city is not as much fun without james or another friend.
i love my parents and i love hanging out with victoria... but now that it's night time, i've found myself using the wireless internet in the vip lounge. thank goodness my dad has this little perk, huh? but yeah. there's really no fun vegas nightlife when you don't have anyone to go out with.

i don't have much to update about. it's been a super low key trip. on monday, my mom and i spent the day over at paul's, and i became an aunt. ha. yes. i was a bit overwhelmed. victoria gets the hiccups pretty bad, and the first time i held her, she had them. i wasn't quite sure what in the world to do. i felt so bad for her... i just wanted them to go away. that night, we went out to eat at mimi's, and victoria slept the whole time. :] then my mom and i met up with my dad [who drove down here] at the hotel and had some yummy crepes.

monday, my mom and i did a little bit of shopping, but nothing too much. mostly, we just had fun finding cute girlie stuff for victoria. like this cute little dress. gotta love giraffes. we had lunch by the pool here with my dad, and it was so nice outside. i know in another few weeks it will be too hot here, but right now the weather seems so nice. we went to dinner with paul and amanda and the baby at lucille's. probably one of my most favorite places to eat. i make it a requirement every time we come to vegas. mmm. :] once again, victoria slept through the whole meal. such a doll. i'm glad she was able to enjoy lucille's as much as i did. :]

today, we went over to paul's again. since victoria has her days and nights mixed up and is quite the little sleeper during the day, my mom and i took a little trip to a scrapbook store that is about 2 miles from where my brother lives. they had all of the new heidi grace, could nine, and kimberly poloson stuff. i mean all of it. it was so cool to see. the stores in reno pick and choose what they bring in, so it's rare to see *all* of the papers and *all* of the embellishments together.
i couldn't resist getting some of the chipboards and stickers to go with the papers that i found in reno. :] i probably would have picked up more paper, but i was worried about that surviving the trip home. i just might have to break down and place an order online.

tonight, we all went to eat at this place called sweet tomatoes. it's like a big soup & salad bar... my dad loves places like that. once again, victoria was a doll during dinner. she was stirring a little bit, but never woke up entirely. she's just so stinking cute. i can stare at her forever. makes it kind of hard to want to eat my dinner. ha. :]

yep. so that's about it so far.
my room has a nice view of the fountains [i took this photo before i came down to the lounge], so i think i'll head back up there and watch the last couple shows of the night. plus, there are these guys sitting in here talking really loudly about politics. ha. i've had about all i can handle. i like a good discussion about politics, but these guys are a little out of control and acting way too know-it-all and macho. it was funny for a while, but i'm over it now.

i hope everyone is having a good week. :]