Quinn's First Vacation

We survived!!!  Mainly thanks to my grandmother who helped me through the airports and planes...thank goodness!  It was great to have an extra pair of hands.  Here's how our week went:

Saturday, Nov. 12

Good girl on the plane

We headed out to the airport super early in the morning.  We had to connect through Calgary, which was nice because we got to visit with my cousin Adam and his girlfriend, Laura.  It was a 5 hour connection, which made for a very long travel day.  It was during this layover that Quinn actually grabbed and held an object (her rattle) for an extended period of time, waving it around everywhere.  Quinn was great on the flights though!  Her ears didn't bother her at all.  I nursed her sometimes during takeoffs and landings just to make sure though!  We finally got to Phoenix at dinner time...she was definitely cranky though!  But then a miracle happened...Quinn slept through the night for the very first time!!! It was unbelievable!


Sunday, Nov. 13
We headed out to the outlets this day for some shopping.  I discovered this fantastic Mother's Lounge there for nursing...so great!  As I've said before, more malls need to have things like this to make nursing more comfortable.  Quinn slept through the night that night too!

My little outlet shopper

Monday, Nov. 14
After her fantastic night's sleep, we went to Kierland Common, which is my favourite shopping place to go to.  Quinn actually slept a lot...through the entire shopping trip and lunch too!  Needless to say, I didn't think that she'd sleep through the night that night...but she surprised me!


Tuesday, Nov. 15
This was the day that our family friend Tracy came over to take some pictures of Quinner.  I promise to post these as soon as I get them.  We headed to Olive Garden for dinner that night...they had these ingenius "sling" stands that you can put the bucket seat in so that they're stable and not having to sit on the floor.  Such a great idea!

Wednesday, Nov. 16

Swimming with Nanny

Quinn's first day in a swimming pool!  Since she loves the bath, I figured that she'd like the pool.  She didn't splash around like she does in the bath, but she didn't cry either...so I think her first "swim" was a success!


Thursday, Nov. 17
Quinn's first visit to a country club - the gorgeous Blackstone!!!

Cool girl

My beauty

Friday, Nov. 18

Hanging out in Toronto airport

Our last day in Phoenix. :(  We spent the day just hanging out, doing some shopping at Target and Kohl's (the prices/sales blow my mind!), and making sure that Nanny and Pepere had a lot of snuggle time.  Then it was off on the red eye back home to Daddy! :)