So we left Sunday for our 2nd family vacation that included just Austin, myself, and Colby. Our first one was when Colby was 1 and we went to San Antonio. We have been wanting to take another one for awhile. We decided on the mountains as our destination. We took Colby there when he was 8 months old along with both our families. It was a nice trip but we didn't get to do much since Colby was a baby and it was also a little more stressful with all the people. We knew now Colby would be able to enjoy it so we wanted to go back.
We left Sunday and decided we would only drive half way. We stopped in Birmingham/Hoover, Alabama. We took our time getting there Sunday. We dropped Allie off at Austin's parents house in Hattiesburg then drove to Merdian for lunch. We ate at Applebees there. After lunch we hit the road to Birmingham. We got to our hotel which was a 1 bedroom residence inn room. We unloaded and relaxed for a little while. We then set off to find a park so that Colby could run around. Several friends suggested Vulcan Park. The park was very pretty but wasn't a toddler friendly park we felt. There was not much to do other then running down the hills. We stayed about 30 min then decided to look for another place. The views were wonderful and it had great grassy areas for picnics but other then that I didn't see the big deal honestly. It took us another 30 min or more to find a park...strange after coming from New Orleans where there is literally a park every couple of miles. We finally ended up in a neighborhood where there was a playground. Technically I'm sure we weren't supossed to be on it but no one else was out there so we stayed for a little while. Colby enjoyed it but by that time it was getting late and he was starting to melt down. We stopped off at Jason's Deli though for dinner which he enjoyed eating his very first ice cream cone! After dinner we went back to the hotel to wind down. Since we were all in one room though it was difficult to get Colby settled until we went to bed. Finally at 10 we turned the lights off then he went to sleep. After waking up the next day we started our journey towards Tennessee.
We stopped at a Zaxby's for lunch and just took our time getting there. We arrived at our cabin late that afternoon. After getting everything unloaded Austin struck out to go grocery shopping. I felt best to keep Colby at the cabin so he could play and get used to the place. There was also a big storm coming so I didn't want to be out with him in that either. Once Austin got back we cooked spaghetti. The weather starting getting bad after dinner. Since we had a busy day we soon bathed Colby and put him to bed. We were looking forward to our first full day in TN!
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