Viva Las Vegas?

It is five days and counting until I leave my little boy behind for a week. Yes, we are leaving Friday for a week of fun in fabulous Las Vegas (YAY!), but I'm already getting sad about being away from Jackson for so long (and doing most of the work required to get ready to go!) . Don't get me wrong; I'm very excited for the trip. It's just that the days beforehand will leave me feeling blue before I even get on the plane. Wouldn't you be, too, if you got to look at this face sitting next to you at the dinner table but knew you'd be missing it for 7 straight days and nights?!

However, once we're taking off for a week of vacation - food, fun, sun (we hope), and no picking up a messy house or cleaning up the remains of a toddler's dinner - I know the blues will start to lift and I'll be anxiously anticipating the getaway! My parents gave me a week at their timeshare for a college graduation present and we hadn't used it, so when our friend Cody mentioned last year that he and his girlfriend, Sara, were thinking about going to Vegas, we said "Let's go!"

We'll have to wait and see how long I hold out on the actual tears this week... not counting the two I actually let fall today...

VIVA LAS VEGAS!!! I think!