Vegas 11-11-11 The second day 11-10-11

Well....Remember...it was a late night last night...I have a cold...and I wasn't feeling fabulous, but it's Vegas...and we're getting married, so suck it up and enjoy the trip. :) We were up pretty early and got ready. Sara had actually spent the night up in Natalie and Jason's suite, so while Caitlyn was still sleeping, Ned and I got ready to head out for some breakfast. :) We had a delicious breakfast actually in the Miracle Mall at a little cafe called "Aromi d' Italia" We had fresh squeezed orange juice and sausage croissants. Delicious. :) After that we headed back up to the room and grabbed Caitlyn and headed out to do some errands. We had to take back our rental car and then get the marriage license over to Paris. After that we would be heading down to New York New York to meet up with Sara so the girls could ride the roller coaster. Taking back the rental car was a lot harder than it should have been. We were supposed to take it back up to the 8th floor of the Planet Hollywood parking garage and leave it where it was marked, however.....the 8th floor was closed for remodel, and no such signage on the 7th floor. I made a call to Hertz, and they said "Oh we thought it was marked better....well just leave it on the 7th floor in section B against the solid concrete wall." Guess what...no solid  concrete wall in section B...only section A.lol. Oh well...that's where we left it....and no extra charges...so it must have been ok.lol. Then we headed over to Paris where we checked out the Wedding Chapel and gave them the marriage license. It was amazing....so much better than the pictures online. :) I was so thrilled. Next it was off to New York, New York.

We met up with Natalie, Jason, Kylie, Sara, Ed & Valerie for the roller coaster at New York New York. :) Everyone loved it. Following that the girls spent a little time in the arcade where Sara and Kylie went on another fun little ride as you see here. :) We then started back to explore some more of Vegas. Like I said in the beginning...I was sick while in Vegas and the week before we left, but on the way back from New York, New York, I was wheezing so badly I could barely breathe, and ended up going into CVS pharmacy to the Minute Clinic. After about 60 minutes.lol.....I had some cough medicine and an inhaler, and I felt much better.

We then got a call from Melissa and Ray who were going down to the Stratosphere to go on the rides 1000 feet in the air, so we met up with them and rode the bus down to the Stratosphere.

The girls and Ray went on all the rides at the top of the Stratosphere. One of them was a free fall ride, another like a teeter totter off the side of the hotel, and the third was a claw like ride that extended off the side and spun. They were all terrifying to me just to watch, but the girls had a blast. :)

The view off the top of the stratosphere was amazing especially at night with all the lights. After the fun up in the sky, we headed back to Paris where my Mom and Julie had chosen a little restaurant for us to have a make shift rehearsal dinner. lol. We didn't really have a rehearsal, but a few of us got together and had dinner together.

We went to Le Cafe in Paris. We had a most fabulous dinner there. I had a spinach salad that was perfect. I even tried some escargot that my dad had there. It was actually delicious as well. Everyone that joined us is pictured below. Ned and Sara, Natalie and Caitlyn, Julie and Linda, Judy and Gary, Mike and Cindy, and Ed and Valerie. It was really nice to sit with everyone. I couldn't have asked it to be any better. Another perfect evening. :)

What another wonderful day....thus far. lol :) I did forget to tell you that while on top of the Stratosphere, I got a call from the place that had my dress and was steaming it and the bridesmaids dresses. The message was that it was 6:00p.m. and they were closing and the didn't know if I was in town and whether or not to deliver the dresses.....WHAT?????????????????????  I had talked to them that morning...and they knew we were in town...because I called to find out when they would bring the dress and wondered if I needed to be there. It was 6:20, but I called them back and they answered. They stated that they would deliver it now, as soon as the delivery guy came back. No big deal....right??? WRONG!!!!!! After we had dinner, we were heading out to gamble a little after getting the girls back to the room. Arriving in the room no dresses were found...and it's now 10:00p.m. What were we supposed to do???? Called the front desk...nope not there, the bell hop...nope not there....Planet Hollywood by mistake???...nope not there. :( Freak out time!!!!!!!!!!!! Balling crying, trying to figure what to do.  All of a sudden...I thought...absolutely nothing I can do tonight...so Ned helped me pull it together and we went to gamble. I did check the bell hop downstairs when we left, but alas it wasn't there. We then headed over to Planet Hollywood to meet up with my mom and gamble. I stopped at the valet desk there...and voila there they were. Wrong hotel...and no one knew where to take it. Aaaaah the mile trip back to our room carrying 30lbs of dresses.lol. But the feeling that we had them....ahhhhhhh. Then back down to the casino and gambled. That was the beginning of the addiction for Ned to the "Hangover" slot machine. It was just the beginning. :) Soooo fun.

It's after midnight now....and we are getting married tomorrow....back to the room for our beauty sleep...tomorrow morning would be the beginning of a perfect day. :)