Operation pool = A bust

Aubrey went on her first vacation this weekend. Brian had a bowling tournament in Tucson so Aubrey and I went with him. The drive down was a little under 2 hours and I wasn't sure how she would do. Good news....she did great! She ate right before we left so that she would last the trip without needing to stop for milk. She then ended up napping for about 45 minutes and happily played and jabbered the rest of the car ride down.

We went to Cracker Barrel for lunch and Aubrey got to sit in her own little chair. First time we have done the high chair thing while at a restaurant. She had some of my french fries (I took the potato out of the deep fried casing and that is what she ate....no worries!). She was super happy to play with a spoon and look around at all of the people and the tacky decor!

After lunch we piled back in the car and headed to the bowling alley. Brian played 6 games and Aubrey was great the entire time. She ate off and on at the bowling alley - we have now come to the point that there is very little shyness about feeding her in public. When a girl needs to eat then she needs to eat! She even took a short little nap which was perfect because it gave her enough energy to last throughout the rest of the tournament. Brian was happy to have the fans there and was ok with his performance. Overall he hit his average so that was a good thing.

After Day 1 of the tournament was over we headed to the resort to check in. Resort?!?! Yes I said resort! Brian found this place online and thought we should try it. The rooms were huge and this was going to be Aubrey's first vacation. It was a very beautiful place. We had a mountain view room. The plantings were beautiful and it felt a whole lot cooler than home.

There was a pool right outside the back door of our room and there was another up at lobby area. We trekked up to the lobby area pool thinking that it would be less crowded than the one near our room. Brian got into the pool and I handed Aubrey over to him. She did ok until the water hit her upper legs and then she SCREAMED! The water was pretty chilly (anything under 80 is cold in my mind). She wanted no part of the pool. We thought maybe the one near our room would be warmer since it was a bit smaller so we packed up and went to that one. No such luck! This time Aubrey came in with me and she screamed again. She was not a fan of either pool. Poor kid starts swim lessons in 2 weeks....

We went to dinner last night and Aubrey slept through most of it since it was past her bedtime. We then drove back to the resort and as we were driving down to the room I spotted a snake. Brian thought that it was wonderful and asked me to turn the car around so that he could get out and take a picture. He got 2 pics with his phone - this thing was black and white and loooong. So super creepy! We got back to our room and Aubrey woke up but Brian took her out of her seat and she cuddled up on his bed and fell back to sleep. We had two separate beds - he requested a king but we got 2 fulls. As we were ready to go to bed Brian out Aubrey in her pack and play and she woke up yelling. She ended up coming into bed with me and she and I spent the night together in our bed while Brian enjoyed his own bed.

We got up this morning around 7:30 (which is sleeping in for us!). We drove Brian to his bowling tournament and then Aubrey and I came back to the resort for breakfast. She sat in a high chair again and snacked on a little bit of oatmeal that they were serving. She was very good which was nice because it gave me a chance to enjoy breakfast. After she had enough of the oatmeal I gave her a spoon to play with. She was having a great time with it until she dropped it. A man from the next table over had been eying her earlier while she was eating and when she noticed him she stopped eating (remember this is the same girl that was a no show on her due date....she does nothing on demand!). Well this nice man came over with a clean spoon for her so that she could continue to have fun.

After breakfast was over we went back to the room and packed up. We headed over to pick Brian up, grabbed some lunch and hit the road for home. The ride back was uneventful. We did need to stop for Aubrey to eat. She was fussing in her seat and giving us the sign for milk (I have been trying to teach her the sign for milk and she started using it on Mother's Day). I need to learn some more so that we can help her communicate with us. That is the next big project...