The DeLorme Family: Vacation Time

Our vacation to Phoenix was wonderful! Ashlyn had a great time! She got to do so many new and wonderful things! I was very worried about how the flight would go. On the way out while we were waiting to take off Ashlyn fell asleep. She slept for the first 20 minutes or so. When she woke up she was just as happy as ever. She did not cry one time. I was a little nervous for landing. I fed her before we landed and I really do not even think that she noticed. I think she loved being able to move around and eat and be held when she wanted to. It was definitely much better than the car trip!!!!

We did so much while we were in Phoenix. Ashlyn got to spend a lot of time with her Great Grandma. She really enjoyed it! We got to go swimming 3 times. It was an outdoor pool and the water was the perfect temperature. We bought Ashlyn a blow up car to float in and she had the time of her life! Another neat thing we did was go to the train park. This is a park that I went to when I was growing up. It is one of the neatest parks in the world! Ashlyn got to ride the carousel. I rode on a horse with her and she loved it! They have a train that you can ride that goes around the entire park. We did that too. She liked it but not as well as the carousel. I definitely want to make it a tradition to go to the train park every time we are down there.

While we were down there I also go to see my friend, Jen who I had not seen in years. Jen has 3 kids. Her youngest son, Kosten, is 6 weeks younger than Ashyln. Jen came over with Kosten and we had a great visit. Ashlyn really liked Kosten. We laid them both down on the grass and they held hands. Then she pulled his hair and he cried! It was too cute!

We ate out a lot. Ashlyn was a good girl everywhere we went. We went to a flea market. We also went to Ikea where we spent about 2 hours. Ashlyn also got to go miniature golfing. She decided it was not too fun at this age! We did a lot of other things while we were down there. Ashlyn just had such a good time. She loved wearing all of her summer clothes. She really likes not wearing shoes or socks so she can suck on her toes. The flight back went really well. She was asleep again for takeoff. She woke up and was perfectly happy again. She ate during landing.

It feels good to be back. Vacation is never long enough! Ashlyn was a happy girl to sleep in her bed again. In 3 weeks we head to New York. Ashlyn is one traveling girl! Below is a picture overload! They are totally out of order, but you can still enjoy them!