The Daily Hailey

This was our final full day here in Las Vegas, and after sooo much shopping yesterday, we decided to take it easy today and not do a whole lot. However, as I write this tonight, my feet are positively aching from the amount of walked we did. I can confidently say I’m totally and completely wiped out, but feeling wonderful. My feet are throbbing and swelled, but I got some sun, some exercise, and did a lot of hand holding with my husband. Its been an amazing time of just the two of us. We ADORE our kids and can’t wait to gather them up in our arms tomorrow and kiss them until our lips turn blue, but to run our days without considering nap times or grumpy non-verbal meltdowns has been quite a treat.

Resting our feet on the fountain outside of Caesars Palace

We ducked back into Caesars Palace this morning to check for another thing or two, and from there, instead of going back to our hotel and to the pool, we continued to wander up the road towards Treasure Island. It was that hotel that took all of our money and time. We shopped for hours. Successfully! Its going to be so fun to bring the kids all their cool new clothes and for us to have all of our new fun stuff too. I got some earrings and sweaters, and an awesome pair of ankle boots, while Brady got a new pair of dress pants and new shoes. We visited Lush and a few little accessory shops before indulging in one of my favorite treats that for whatever reason does not exist where I live.

Soft pretzels!!! Sooo salty and buttery, dipped in cheese. With lemonade. Who could possibly want anything else??

After pretzels, we tried to keep going but there was just no hope. My totally comfortable sandals were slowly wearing my skin down and I knew we were towards the end of what I was going to be able to do. So we left. We left Treasure Island anyway.

On our walk back home, we decided to pop into Carlos Bakery one last time for treats. I got a sprinkle cookie and Brady got another lobster tail. Those things are amazing. Just waaay too much for me. So we hauled our bags and treats the rest of the way to our hotel, stopping for a couple of touristy pictures along the way.

Outside the Mirage

Is it just me, or is the top chunk of this hotel pretend???

We got back to our room and lay flat on our faces for about fifteen minutes before deciding to go rest our bodies in the pool. We had kind of missed the sun, which was sad, but cooled us off beautifully. No tan opportunity, but very refreshing, and restful on my feet and Bradys back. We only were in the pool for about a half hour before we decided to go back to our room and think about supper. We opted to eat in our room, but a not-so-fun fact is that our hotel stops room service at 2:00pm!! So Brady ran out to the Haute Doggery and brought us back hot dogs for supper with a bag of chips.

This was probably the first time I wasn’t totally and completely thrilled with my food. They were good hot dogs, but didn’t even hold a candle to Costco, and cost way more. C’est la vie. Its all been wonderful, and hot dogs and chips is wonderful no matter how you look at it. Once we had eaten and had a bit of renewed energy, we decided to end off our stay with one last touristy event.

We walked to the Bellagio, got a good spot in the front, and watched the fountain show. I didn’t let Brady take very many pictures, since I really just wanted us to relax and enjoy the view. It was actually pretty spectacular once you realized the pipes coming out of the water are for fountains, not guns.

I’m not the biggest fan of Celine Dion but the song and the show went well together, even with the sirens wailing the background. It was all very “Vegas” which we thoroughly enjoyed.

On one hand, I wish we didn’t have to leave quite yet. But probably more than that, I’m really happy to be going home soon! We had SO much fun! But its time to play with our babies, sleep in our bed, and cuddle in for a day or two. But seriously, this has been such a fun destination. We didn’t gamble once, and I certainly can’t drink, and we still found lots to keep busy with. It can be done!!

Time for rest, and getting slowly organized for tomorrows departure. Then hopefully a solid sleep before tomorrow begins! Sleep deep, all!