Don't judge us...

What? You don't let your child sit on the counter and eat frosting at 10:00 in the morning?!

I'd like to introduce you to...

...vacation Rob. Vacation Rob comes around on most weekends and always when we get away on a trip. Vacation Rob is happy, relaxed and care free. It is so fun when he come out to play!

(Just as a disclaimer: Rob knows all about Vacation Rob and my feelings towards him.)

Rob and I were lucky enough to get away on another little trip. This one was better though because it wasn't attached to a work function. Rob had a long weekend so we wanted to go somewhere close to maximize our time. Palm Springs is about 3 1/2 hrs away and since it is as hot AZ you can get killer rates at the really nice resorts. So my wonderful family watched Taylor and Rob and I went to the J.W. Marriott resort and spent 3 days relaxing, eating, sleeping, eating some more and shopping. A true vacation.

Things I LOVE: Thunderstorms...

...or as they are called here in AZ: Monsoons. This past week it seems everyday the clouds roll in and we get a thunderstorm. It makes me SO happy, is that weird? Maybe because it reminds me of summers in KY, or it is just a break from the intense sun and heat, whatever it is I just know they make me all giddy inside!

View of the Valley

For the fouth we just took a little drive up the mountain, or hill, whatever, and watched the firework shows going around all over the valley. We didn't stay long because Taylor was gettinbg fussy, but it was nice to get out and see a little bit of firewroks to make it feel like the fourth. We are pretty exciting, i know....

Slap back into reality...

( photos courtesy of Becky)

A couple of weekends ago Rob and I got to go to San Diego. It was all part of a work convention, but it was a weekend away from responsibility and the heat so we loved it. We headed out on a Thur. afternoon and stayed through Sunday. Rob only had a couple of meetings Fri. morning so all of the rest of the time we just got to hang out. We went out to eat, walked all around, took a ferry to Coronado and ate some more! We just had the best time. I think you start to forget what your relationship is like without the kid and work and day to day stuff that normally comes in between. Not that we don't love those things, well we love Taylor maybe not work! Anyways, it was just fun to have a lot of time just to be with each other. Friday night another group of doctors came in and we got to meet up with our friends from Pittsburgh Joel and Becky, as well as make some new friends. It was fun to see the Tiffany's and catch up. It was so good to see what they were up to and talk about Pittsburgh. Silly though that it took us both going on this trip to see each other when we live so close! Saturday was filled with a lot more work stuff but hanging out with friends made it a lot of fun.

The Brutal part is always coming home and trying to get back into the swing of normal life after playing for days. The day after we got back home Taylor woke up barfing. It was lovely. Our first experience with the dreaded stomach flu. This wasn't just any flu though, it was the never ending stomach flu. She was sick a lot the first day, then she was doing really good the beginning of the next day but by bed time she was cranky and barfing again. Well it went on like that for about a week. Cranky and barfing once a day. It was not fun.

Thank goodness she is better and back to herself. Rob and I were thinking that she was just becoming an ornery child because she was sick and cranky for what felt like forever. This is when I remember why I am a bit of a germ-a-phob, I just hate it when she is sick!

The other horrible first experience I recently had was getting stung by a scorpion. this last Sunday Rob and I were just sitting on the couch watching TV and I felt this prick. I though it was just something on the couch poking me and then I felt the prick going up my back. I yelled to Rob to look if there was a bug on my back and he starts yelling and flicks this little baby scorpion right off my back. IT stung me at least three time going up my back. It was painful at first but it went away pretty fast. I am probably lucky it was just a baby, violating all the same though. We HATE, HATE the scorpions. Nothing makes Rob grumpier than finding one in the house!

Taylor's first visit to nursery.

(a goofy picture of us from a month ago)

So a couple of Sunday's ago was Taylor's first Sunday in the Nursery. I had been taking her in there for awhile now so she was pretty used to it and ran right in! But when I went to pick her up after church I went in and she wasn't there. I asked the girls if Rob had already come for her and they just looked at each other. It was then concluded that she must have escaped during some of the commotion of other kids being picked up. We all went to look for her and she was found just walking around the halls totally oblivious. It was kind of funny. And Taylor is a runner so I am not that surprised!

Yesterday was a different story. She was cranky and clingy and it took me awhile to sneak out, and when I did she cried. It wasn't for long though and they said she was fine for the rest of the time, so we will see!

GAME 4

Rob had the chance to go to the Suns vs. Lakers game with one of his friends a couple of weeks ago. He just kept telling me it was amazing. I don't think many people were expecting the Suns to win, but they did and it turned ou to be a GREAT game. They had some good seats too and really loved every minuet.