fun trip

 One of the few advantages of Jeff's crazy work schedule is that every rare now and then he gets a week when he has a few days off in a row.  This week was one of those glorious weeks so we decided to go on what Heidi called a 'fun trip'.  Really we just went to Utah because we had a whole bunch of things we had to pick out for the house.  Jeff's mom just had surgery so we didn't want to add more to her plate so we stayed in a hotel.  It was so much easier than driving to Utah a million different times and it worked out perfectly since we could go to a few places, head back to the hotel to put Heidi down for a nap, and then go out again.

 We really had such a fun time.  It was nice to have a change of pace and scenery and of course it was fun to start picking things for our new house.  The first time we took Heidi to the pool she just wanted to lounge on the chair and talk about the pool.  She wanted absolutely nothing to do with actually getting in.  That definitely did not surprise us.

We finally convinced her to sit on the step and kick her legs.  She enjoyed that for a long time.

 Finally I convinced her to stand on the step and then I got her to come with me into the pool.  Don't worry, my swimming suit is packed somewhere in the storage shed.  She really liked it, but she had a death grip on me the whole time.

I'm not really sure if she enjoyed being in the pool or getting to walk around in the towel afterwards more.  Either way, she really had a great trip and loved everything about the hotel--the pool, the elevator, the exit signs with the green letters, the ice machine, the elevator buttons that turned red, and the tv--even though we weren't even in the room long enough to watch it (we gave our tv away when we moved and have not replaced it.  We were able to get a lot done and she was so good and patient every place we went.  Of course every place we went everybody was doting on her so that helped.

Heidi is already excited to head back down next week to see grandma and find out if she is having a brother or a sister.  This girl suddenly likes to vacation!