Vegas Trip: Great, Until The End (That Is).

So this past Sunday was doubly special. Not only was it Easter but it also marked our 7th anniversary! We ended up celebrating it in Las Vegas. We took off at 9:30am (with the kids of course) and drove. We reached there at about 3:00pm and we stayed at the Platinum Hotel which is right off the strip. The kids were pretty well behaved during the ride and were so excited when we arrived. The especially loved our room. It was a suite that spanned over 1000 sq. ft. It had it's own kitchen as well as washer driver. It really felt like staying in a big one bedroom apartment. The kiddies slept in the living room. There was a queen size pull out sofa bed and we requested two cribs. The girls did very well for their first time sleeping in a foreign place. We hit up the Bellagio Hotel for their gardens and water show. Then we headed over to the Wynn and ate at the buffet. A little pricey but the food was good. After that we checked out the Volcano show at the Mirage. That was a pretty weak show. Then we turned in for the night. The next day we hit up Paris for some breakfast and hung out at Mandalay Bay until lunch time. We finished off our trip at Ethel M's Chocolate Factory (and Botanical Cactus Gardens).

So all in all we were having a great trip until the ride home. We got all three kids to fall asleep and about half and hour later, Jadon wakes up crying. He cries on and off for about an hour. His stomach hurts but he doesn't have to go poop. We take a pit stop at Barstow (which is a little over the half way mark). I get Jadon to go to the bathroom. He feels a bit better now and we are off on the road. He again cries that his stomach hurts. This goes on for about thirty minutes until he throws up big time. It's all over his clothes, his seat, the side door, the floor, the mat. It was disgusting. I couldn't handle the smell and so I exited and pulled off the road. Fiona and I cleaned up what we could (throwing away his clothes, shoes, any toys lying on the ground). So for the final hour of the trip we had to endure the puke smell. We got home and devoted the next hour to washing clothes, cleaning out the car, etc. Jadon, at least, was in better spirits just yapping his head off.

What a way to make this trip even more memorable. As is, I ended up taking Fiona's car into a local car wash to get the interior (as well as exterior) cleaned out.