Trip to Arizona

The weekend of May 21st, we set off for a quick vacation to Arizona. Gregg had to work that weekend, so I loaded up the kids and we went with Grandma and Grandpa!
I forgot how different it is to travel with a little baby....stopping every two hours to nurse! It was like clock work...right at the 2 hour mark Jake would start crying until we stopped so I could feed him! Amazing how that works! haha.

Anyways, the kids were absolutely great the entire car ride! Hailee had so much fun just being in the car with all of us! She was constantly talking, singing and dancing the whole drive to Arizona!
In Arizona, we stayed at my Grandparents extra house in their retirement community. It makes is really nice to have a whole house and a golf cart when you go to stay with them!

Hailee really loved the golf cart rides. She kept putting her baby Jake in the basket, hopefully none of the old folks thought it was a real baby! That could give them a heart attack! lol.

One of the mornings, we went out for a walk...we left at 8:30am...and it was ALREADY 92 degrees! NASTY! How do people live in Arizona!

Jake in his muscle tank!

Hailee was such a happy girl to be on vacation!

Absolutely LOVES sleeping on his stomach

Going to visit "Great Grandma and Grandpa" Ginos

We also went to the zoo out by Surprise, AZ. It was amazing! It was on the smaller side, but you could get so close to the animals. This cheetah (Or what ever it is) was right over our heads! If you stuck your fingers in the holes, you could actually touch him!
I only brought my single stroller because Hailee usually refuses to go in one, but that day she wanted to be in one. So we rented a stroller at the zoo....they were so old school!

Our lil photographer

We took a ride on the train right through where the animals live

Our thumb sucker

Right next to the zoo was an aquarium, so we went and saw alot of the fishes. By that time I was feeling beyond lousy ( I was sick the whole weekend ) and Hailee was extremely tired. So, we didn't have a chance to see all of the exhibits they had. Hailee and her Great Grandma share a special love for music.Great Grandma would sing songs to Hailee and she just loved it!

Great Grandpa and Jake (their 29th great grandchild)
Hailee was being a stinker and refused to have her picture taken

Great Grandma and Jake

It was a fun trip. Felt good to get out of the house and relax a little. While we were in AZ, Jake also turned 4 weeks old!! (oh, I also forgot my camera at my cousin Ali's wedding reception. Bummer)