AZ, one week later

I was in Arizona just long enough to realize how dumb I was to ever leave. I had no idea that life with a baby could be so easy but with perfect weather, with my hyperactive siblings who entertained and wore out Jack everyday, with my parents who watched Jack while I exercised and got ready for the day and took naps in the afternoon, with wide open space to play in at my parent's house, with friends' babies to play with, and with bobas anytime I wanted, life was pretty amazing. Jack was in heaven all week long.

And now, in no particular order, a (most likely boring to you but not to me) list of things we did in AZ with a ridiculous amount of pictures to go with it:

• Jack went on a date with baby Kelsie. Rumor has it she has lots of AZ boyfriends so we tried to win her over with bobas. 

• We played outside a lot

• I went running in the mornings and we went on walks. **Running tangent** I can never decide if I enjoy running in AZ or not. I love that my mom watches Jack while I go and I love that keeping track of milage is easy, but I get so bored on the long flat straightaways. However, it was definitely more enjoyable than the two times I attempted to run in high altitude, snowy Utah.

We went to the back of Alicia's house to see her new puppy and it almost convinced me that I wanted a dog. Almost.

• We went to the zoo. 

Out of all of the awesome animals at the zoo, Jack loved the goats and chasing the pigeons the best.

I'm pretty sure Jack is making a goat face right here.

• We went to Freestone Park. I was a little disappointed though because last time we went back in March, we we witnessed a wedding and a proposal all in one five minute train ride. It was impossible to beat that excitement and drama. 

• We went on a tiny, maybe two mile hike and I was so so sore the next day because that baby carrier was a lot more difficult to carry than I thought it would be.

• I got to see a lot of friends and two of them had their babies less than a week after I saw them!

Hawaii, Alabama, and England friends reunited for the first time in a long long time.

• When I was little, I would stand on my dad's hands all of the time. Now, Jack is standing on my dad's hands and I really hope he appreciates it because Isaac's children will not have that opportunity as my dad will most likely be in a wheelchair by then.

 

• Since we didn't dance enough in Utah, we made up for it in Arizona. Here, Elizabeth is attempting the moon walk and she thought baggies on her feet would improve her dance skills.

The end.