to Lake Tahoe we go

our adventure began when we left home. we plugged in the good old gps and went on our way. little did we know that matilda or Guenevere or whatever u might call her sent us thru a VERY BAD part of chicago. and keep in mind this is coming from a girl that grew up just outside of L.A. we were very glad to finally reach our destination - just after we stopped @ little caesar's for cheap pizza!

we made it and to kill some time i gave seth a bath in the sink at the hotel. i think this cramped his style a bit.

so this is what a hotel room looks like when you squeeze 7 people in a 4-person room. notice the porta-crib between the beds, and 2 sleeping bags on the floor. oh, and yes, we actually got permission to do this!

this is what our angel baby seth did for most of both flights to reno. in case you're wondering, we were in the air for about 6 hours. he fussed/cried maybe 15 min- which can feel like hours when you're on a plane. i said some serious prayers before this trip!

is ike a pre-teen or what. well, it didn't help that we had to be up by 4:30am to get to the airport by 5:30am, couldn't eat our regular breakfast of cereal so ike got sick and managed to throw-up in a trash can right by the gate. nice. i'm sure people were thrilled to be getting on the plane not only with a baby, but a kid that was throwing up. he didn't have the flu, but no one would've believed that if we tried to tell them. it made for an interesting beginning to our trip.