Knoxville

Adam and I didn't have to work Friday due to it being Fair Day for the schools. He got up early and headed to the farm while I stayed back and played with the kiddos. In between playing and putting Landon down for his morning nap, I cleaned and packed for our weekend in Knoxville. Casey is a Freshman at UT and it was Family Weekend so we had planned for this trip for a while now. Since we didn't have to work, we were able to leave early in the day. We left around 12:45, right before the kids nap time! We timed it perfectly. Sweet Landon fell asleep almost immediately and Adalyn stayed awake watching some movies. She specifically told me, "I'm not tired. I'm not going to sleep." I just laughed and said ok. After a while, Landon woke up and watched whatever movie was in the DVD player. Thank goodness for those things is all I have to say. My kids were perfectly content the entire time watching Winnie the Pooh, Mickey, Bambi, and Landon's sign language video. After a couple of videos, Adalyn was getting really tired and decided to give up on her sleep strike. She was just so excited about going to see Casey she was determined to stay awake the entire trip. She dozed off and Landon ate some snacks and continued watching his video. When she did wake up, we were pulling into campus. We picked up Casey and went straight to his dorm. He is in a new, co-ed dorm which was really nice! Once we got that tour, we headed out to walk around the campus. It was a beautiful day for it, too! Landon relaxed in his stroller and Adalyn walked happily beside us. She did go from Adam's shoulder's to Casey's shoulders from time to time, but pretty much walked the entire campus. She was a trooper and kept up with our pace!

Landon fell asleep for a bit while we were walking. He slept through people talking, being in the book store, and going over bumps and stairs in the stroller. That's my boy. When he did wake up, we were still walking around. We stopped at a store on campus and got some water and some applesauce for the kids then just rested for a bit. Landon wanted to walk around and explore the place. Who knows, maybe he will be walking there one day for school!?

By that time, we were getting hungry and my uncle, aunt and Autumn were almost there. We walked a little more then headed back to his dorm. (My parents and granddad were on their way. They had to work so they weren't able to leave early.) As soon as we got back to his dorm, they were parking. We helped them unload some things they had gotten for Casey then we walked downtown.

We ate at a hole in the wall hamburger and deli joint and it was delicious! Landon ate some fries then threw everything else we gave him on the floor so we just let him roam around. My parents and granddad finally arrived as we were eating and Adalyn and Landon were so excited to see them! We hung around for a bit then headed back to campus so Casey could give them the "grand" tour of his dorm room then we walked a little more around campus.

Once we were done for the night, we made our way to our hotel. My parents got a suite so there was plenty of space for us which was so nice! When you travel with kids, even if it is for 1 night, you still have to pack a lot. We gave the kids a quick bath right when we got there, put their pj's on and gave them both some milk. Landon was wore out. Adalyn was still hyper and jumping on the bed. Landon went right to sleep and we put his pack n play in the kitchen area away from everyone and we didn't hear a peep out of him until 6:45 the next morning. There was a pull out couch but we had an air mattress instead to sleep on. Adalyn slept with my parents and she finally gave it up around 10:30. The next morning, after Landon had his bottle, we went downstairs for breakfast. We didn't want to wake Adalyn or my parents, so we figured we would go eat even though we were meeting my granddad, uncle, aunt, casey and autumn at 10 at Cracker Barrel. Landon drew quite a crowd while we were eating. He kept smiling and waving at everybody and starring at all the lights. He ate sausage, biscuit, cheerios, and some fruit. Once we were done, we all got ready to head out. Once we arrived at Cracker Barrel, we had a 25 minute wait. The weather was awesome so it was nice waiting outside.

Landon fell asleep while we were waiting and slept through most of breakfast. Once he woke up, he ate some more sausage and about half of my hash brown casserole plate. After eating and shopping, (you can't go to Cracker Barrel and not buy anything!) we headed downtown to walk around. Once we finally parked, we went to a bookstore and bought some TN shirts. I'll have to make one for Adalyn, they didn't have any in her size. After walking and shopping, we decided to go ahead and leave. Everyone else stayed for the football game that night, but being at a football game with a 2 1/2 year old and a 1 year old doesn't sound real appealing to us. We had made plans to go to the fair that evening anyway with Adam's family so Adalyn was ok with leaving.

I love Adalyn's personality. It's the best! We had a WONDERFUL time and can't wait to visit again!