last minute vacay....

Last Wednesday night we were suppose to be headed to North Carolina for a beach wedding... but a little thing called "Hurricaine Irene" decided to happen! Both of us had already taken the days of from work so we decided, hey, let's just go somewhere else! That night we decided that we would head to Nashville! We went to the Opryland Hotel and that place is wonderful if you have small children. You never even have to leave ..... just put them in the stroller and walk! Plenty of shops, activities and places to eat. Here are a few pics from our fun family time together! :)
For a while we felt weird with such a huge stroller but we finally found someone who had one bigger than us!

We spent one day hanging out at the pool..... so relaxing......

Claire even decided to make a place for a nap....no, she never went to sleep but she did rest...

We went to one of the gardens one morning to take some pictures... taking pictures of a two year old is quite an event! She either does a really big smile or says "cheese"... but I'm pretty sure the person who invented "saying cheese" for a camera meant for you to hold out the cheeeeeeeeeeeese part. When Claire takes pictures she holds out the cccccccccccccccccccccccccchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhheese party and it results in pokey lips. Oh well! I did get one cute picture w/ a normal smile!

Oh yes, and silly faces are also part of every photo session.....

the result of holding out the "ch" in cheese................

or "big fake smile"..................

on our trip, someone actually said, "Now the baby looks like mommy!"

Rob sporting the double stoller.... aren't we the coolest 28 year olds ever???

Our Sweet Girl.....

Claire called the hotel, "The Big 'ol House" She also said that they had "cool pillows." I guess she is going to like fancy things! :)

We had a great trip and the most important thing is that we survived yet another road trip with two kids. We did NOT take the DVD player this time..... Claire just read books and talked to us. This is much better than getting stuck listening to the same things over and over again in the car! :)