Arizona 2009

On September 11th, we took Annabelle on her first vacation! We went to Scottsdale for a week! It was a fantastic vacation! Annabelle rolled over for the first time in Arizona, and Mike and I were standing over her, watching in awe as she rolled from her back onto her tummy!


Above is a picture of Annie on the plane, on the way to Arizona! We were lucky...the plane wasn't full, so she got her own seat! On the way home, we weren't so lucky...the plane was full. So, Annie got to sit on our laps, while her car seat was stowed in the belly of the plane.

At night we would walk to the Kierland Commons, which has a bunch of restaurants and shopping...an outdoor mall basically. Annie spent most of her time outside in the morning and evening. In the middle of the day, we mostly hibernated inside!

We spent a lot of time in the hot tub in the morning! It was probably 80+ degrees outside, but the pool was a bit cool in the morning.

It was Mike's mission to see how many times he could go down the waterslide! He had some competition over the weekend from some little kids - who would cut in front of Mike in the waterslide line. They didn't take him seriously! During the week, he pretty much had the slide to himself!

Annie spent a lot of time poolside! She got splashed a few times when her dad decided to do cannonballs into the pool!

Annie got a new toy from "Peek...Aren't You Curious" in Scottsdale! The little duck, whom we have named "Mr. Quackers"! She likes to hold him, since he is extremely soft!


As soon as we got settled into our room, on the first day, we put our swimsuits on and headed to the hotel portion of the resort. The hotel's set of pools includes a lazy river (as well as a second waterslide - which Mike couldn't resist!). Annie enjoyed the lazy river. She would fall asleep on Mike after a few laps!