My new best friend

During the intermission at the concert, we found the super coolest dude there. He was WORKING it to Jordin Sparks. You must watch this and laugh as much as we did. How he lasted a good 4 minutes dancing like this without noticing that he had a good 6 people laughing at him 2 rows back, I'll never know!

My Two Dads!

One of the funniest things about being such good friends with the Robisons is "my two dads". This happens for multiple reasons.

1- Aubrey and I tend to ditch the Jasons, sometimes with the baby; which inevitably leads to a picture like this:

2- Other Jason is so great, and loves the crap out of my baby. He plays with him like a dad, he tells him what to do like a dad, and he's around him enough to be a dad! As such, little critter is probably going to have a complex.

Sometimes, when Jason and Jason do something especially "my two dadesque", Aubrey and I have a little song we sing to them. They are good sports. Especially when I took a picture of them on the Wii, which my Jason deleted. Hence no post about day 6 of our trip, because I was so pissed.
My Two Dads or not, I'm just so grateful (as I've said before), that Hazen has so many people who love him so much! Thanks Jason's for allowing your lovely wives to tease you for 6 days straight!!

Day Five: Shoes, Blood, and a Sandwich that almost ate us

On Saturday, we were still in St. George, and still having a good time. The night before (I forgot about this in my previous post), I had my first experience with Hazen and blood.

The Robison's have a glass table that sits in their living room that Hazen liked pounding on and trying to get the breakable things in the middle of. I was balancing my checkbook when I saw Hazen fall on his bum. He started crying, but anyone who knows him can attest that 90% of the time, he is as delightful as can be. The other 10% of the time, sometimes he's a little whiny, so I thought that he was crying because he was mad that he fell. After he screamed, I looked at him, and his mouth was FULL of blood. I totally freaked out, and ran into the kitchen. Luckily, Aubrey's an EMT (the Jasons were gone), and helped me get it cleaned up. He had split the piece of skin that attaches the upper lip to the gums, and did something else to his gums. It's really sad. We've since had it looked at, and have been told that it will heal. Phew. Hazen was such a trooper though, and only cried for a total of 2 minutes!! Poor baby.

Saturday, Aubrey and I went out with Jason's mom for a while and shopped. We went to Dillards, where they were having a 75% off sale! I got 4 pairs of shoes and they were NOT expensive at all!! So fun!


For the BYU football game, (which Jason's parents are die-hard fans of), Jason's mom made an incredible sandwich that was bigger than my head. I won't divulge any secrets of how it's made, but trust me; it's delicious, and will be made again in the Lee household!




Saturday night, we all went to dinner, and then Aubrey and Jason went to Tuhacahn to see Les Miserables. We had opted out, but I guess we missed out BIGTIME because they said it was amazing. Next time!!

Day Four: More Shopping

First, let's quickly acknowledge how beautiful my baby is. Seriously? Is gorgeous a word that can be used for little boys?

Friday we were BEAT from all of the vacation's festivities. We woke up, took a nap, sat around trying to muster up the energy to do the last of our shopping, and then finally got out the door around 12. We went to the outlets, and were able to do the last of the shopping for Hazen's fall/winter wardrobe. Absolutely adorable! Is there a best dressed list for little boys? He might just be on it!

On our way back to O.J's parent's house, we stopped at Scoop Me. Does anyone remember Yogurt Park in Danville? What happened to THOSE yogurt days? While Scoop Me was "light and refreshing", and only carried 90 calories, it was sour. I don't like sour. I guess that's what happens when it's all natural, and doesn't have any sugar. The Robisons were big fans. The Lees? Not so much. Hazen doesn't like coconut.


We went back to the Robison home, and swam, played the Wii, and other games. Friday was a chill day, but it was nice.

Day Three: The best buffet that ever lived

After our late night the night before, we had to DRAG ourselves out of bed and wake up the baby in order to get to the Paris breakfast buffet. Man was it worth it! Hazen was so happy, even after the long day that he had before!



The boys gave us a lot of grief, because by the time that we were all packed and ready for the day, and then got to Paris, it was around 10:30, and the breakfast portion of the buffet ended at 11am. We went to pay, and it was ten 'til. We only had to pay the breakfast price, but got the best of both worlds- breakfast AND lunch!!!
It was hands down, the best buffet I've ever been to. Absolutely incredible. As in, go to vegas PURELY to eat at the Paris breakfast/lunch buffet. Crepes made to order? Are we kidding me??? (Oh, and NO, Marisa, I'm not pregnant. What with all of this talk of food, one might think. Ask me again in 18 months to 2 years, and we'll talk) After we were done, we were sick. You know the show, "The Biggest Loser", where they pull the people into a dark room, and then illuminate it and show them what a days worth of their food is like, and then they bawl? Yeah. It was like that.
After Paris, we walked over to the Bellagio to see the atrium. Good thing it was closed while they switched the season out. Jason and I had a $5 slot limit each. Jason lost all of his within 10 seconds, while I won $3. Not too shabby.
By this point, we were Vegased out, so we headed to Trader Joe's to make our purchases to stock us up for a few months, and then headed back to St. George. It was the first time that I went to Vegas and TRULY enjoyed the time that we were there.

Day Two: Vegas, Baby!

What.A.Busy.Day.

We woke up and drove to Vegas. On our drive, we played "I'm going on a Picnic". Trust me, you want to come on our picnic! We got to Vegas around 11:30, and went straight to In-N-Out. They make the fries better in Pleasanton and San Ramon, but it was still good! After that, we went to H & M, where I purchased Hazen the cutest little clothes ever, and then on to some outlets. We had Hazen measured for shoes. Just so you know, I've been shoving his poor little feet into size 3 shoes. Real size? 51/2 W. I am the meanest mom ever.

As we drove to our hotel, the Monte Carlo, we were greeted by Napoleon Dynamite. It was flippin' sweet. We checked in, watched Ellen and HOW MUCH WEIGHT STEPHENIE MEYER HAS PUT ON, and then went on our tour of the strip. Did you know how long it was? Did you know that the porn card hander-outers "coochy-coochy-cooed" my baby? Did you know that 7 M&Ms from M&M world costs $1.32?
That night, we made our way back to the MGM Grand for their dinner buffet and met Michelle (Bohlin) Nielson and Taylor there! Michelle is pregnant, and looks fab. I have no excuse, but I have a little trick up my sleeve, and should be looking less um, er, robust in the coming months. Until then, please don't think snotty thoughts in the back of your mind about my fatness. I know- and I worry enough about what you think, anyway. I digress......
After dinner, we hoofed it back to the Bellagio for the water show. Hazen finally fell asleep on the walk there. I have the best little boy in the entire planet. He is so much fun to go on vacations with, and our trip made me love him even more. Minus a few moments here and there in the car. We went back to our hotel, where the Lees and Robisons slept mere inches from one another. It was beautiful.

Day One: Driving and St. George

On Tuesday, we left at around 3 pm to go to St. George. We were all so excited to go on our vacation! We loaded up the car to capacity, and loaded in. We drove for a while, and Hazen was fantastic, minus the 25 minutes around Nephi when he started screaming bloody murder!

When we got to St. George, we decided to go straight to Red Lobster, and enjoy their "Endless Shrimp" promotion. I'm good on shrimp for the next year. Other Jason and I talked the manager out of an appetizer of Coconut Shrimp. If you ever want good luck to befall you; spend time with Brown Jason. The karma God's are constantly smiling upon him.

We got to O.J's parent's house, put the boy to bed, and prepared for the REAL vacation to begin!