Nashville

As a Vandy grad, Nick hold a special place in his heart for Nashville. Never can we talk about or visit Nashville without love and nostalgia filling his heart. We are lucky to live so close, and we try to go periodically just for him to get his fill and then we can turn around and come on home to Birmingham. This past weekend was one of those. He and his college friends (and spouses) had a reunion of sorts. And this time, the babies joined in the fun (well, not all of it). Nana and Tata drove down from Ohio to help with Z (which was so generous!). So, we got to enjoy the best of both worlds! We were soooo lucky!

We arrived Friday afternoon and all three of us took a nap. Z exhibited a newly learned skill: climbing out of the pack 'n play, which was totally weird, because he sat in there for a while, then right before I went into our room (we stayed in a rental home), he opened the door and walked out into the hall. So with some gently back rubbing, he went right to sleep and didn't do that again (that day). Then, we got up and met Nana and Tata at Dragon Park. Between the giant dragon and the really cool tunnel, he was having the best time. We left and went to the store, where he proceeded to shout "Gah-goot!" the whole time he was there. So, we made sure to get him some yogurt and feed it to him when we got home. Side note, he started saying "I WANT IT!" after he asks for something, like "milk?" "I WANT IT!" Sheesh, demanding much?! Anyway, here are the park pics.

He was pretty exhausted after all the fun, so he ate and we left him to go to dinner. We had sooo much fun at dinner! We had the whole back room of the Sunset Grill, which is a favorite of the Vandy crew, and it was so fun catching up with everybody and having a break from the little ones! Saturday, we got up (took Z for a haircut, which was badly needed as you can tell), and went to brunch at one of the guy's parent's house to meet up with everyone and babies! It was awesome to see them together! We had a blast and got this great group pic!

That afternoon we went to tailgate for a bit and to the Vandy/GA game. Because of our "connections," a.k.a. 2 former players (the 2 guys on the far right of the pic), we were on the 50 yard line in the FIRST ROW! Now, Vandy stadium is not that big, but it was still pretty awesome. They didn't pull out the win, but it was an exciting game nonetheless. Meanwhile, Z went back to the park and got popsicles at Las Paletas with Nana and Tata. We went "out" that night, which is exceedingly rare, but we had an awesome time!

On Sunday, we hung out on Vandy's campus, so Nick could fill up on said love and nostalgia and got some great pics of  Z who was loving roaming freely with us and Nana and Tata.