*** Gatlinburg Tennessee with the Malones ***

Now on to Tennessee- OH WHAT FUN! We seriously had such a blast!!!! It was so so good to see the Malone’s too! I honestly can say we had the best time! Noah had such a great time too, and so did lil man! We got there last Wednesday in the evening around 5pm and Malone’s came a bit later! Eli did absolutely wonderful in the car on the way there and the way home! He definitely doesn't mind to travel one bit- we had fun being silly in the car for sure!!! When we got there- at first lil man didn’t understand where we were and was getting lost running around in this cabin trying to figure out where everything was awww. He loved the living room- it was this big ole room with a TV and this fire place stage that he owned for the weekend haha! We did have to hide the fake plants though- lil man has this “I like to take my baseball bat and beat things” in his head since he is a pure boy and he kept hitting the fake plants with his bat so we just hid them haha! The last thing I wanted to do was replace fake plants because my son was beating them hahaha! He is getting to beating things and throwing balls so hard I am beginning to get a lil scared of him haha and flinch for my life when he goes to throw a ball at me if the ball is harder than others he has! We are definitely working with him on this though! It’s ok to hit a ball with a bat and what not, and it is especially okay for him to do that in his room- but to try and hit people and throw balls hard at people is what we are working on- especially with this lil baby that’s gunna be here so soon! I know lil man is just a lil guy and likes baseball so much and is a pure boy and it is cute to see him love to hit balls and stuff with his bat and all for sure… but we don’t wunna get too rough and hurt someone/something :]

But anyway- I got on a rant haha! The first night once Malone’s got there we went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner and then went and got groceries for breakfast, lunch and to grill out etc for the rest of the weekend! It was so fun and Eli did so good for as late as he was up. We actually fed him dinner before hand and he fell asleep for a bit- but then woke up in a great mood. He slept soooo good all weekend too and never fought us! We brought his pak n play in case him sleeping in our bed with us didn’t work out all that much since he is a bed hog haha and he slept soooo good in his pak n play. I did take a nap with him on my birthday in our bed and it was so wonderful! I love sleeping with him soooo much!!! He just gets Noah going when he sleeps too long with us because he kicks the crud out of us on accident hahaha! Awwww :] But I am so proud for how good he did and how well he slept for sure! On Thursday while he napped I went with the girls and we did a lil shopping and ate lunch. I bought nothing for myself because I am too huge to buy any clothes right now ha and bought Eli a lil motorcycle toy and Woody doll from the Disney store :] I also bought Noah a shirt from the Harley store too! I had a good time with the girls- we went out for ice cream too and just had so many laughs and good times for sure! When we got back, lil man had been awake for a bit, and then Noah and Andy went golfing! They had a good time as well!!! It was such good bonding time for the 3 of us and to hang out with Malone’s too! It was soooo relaxing and much needed for all of us to be together! All of us but Eli stayed up til between 1am and 2am the whole time- but it was worth it no matter how tired I was the last day we were there haha!

Eli got into saying CHEESE to the camera when we were in Tennessee as well. It was so cute and funny- any time the camera would be turned on him he would say cheeeeese and have his eyes all squinty and face scrunched. You will see so yourself in some pics haha but it was so darn cute and made me smile! He also loooooved the creek! The rocks were way too slippery for Melinda and I to get in with our preggoness but the guys took Eli in and we got some cute cute pics! Eli would just point at the water all the time and say “waaaaater” over and over. It was too cute! He was a good lil boy… he was tired a lot poor buddy but he did so good! I was very proud of him for sure :]

My birthday was Friday while we were there- woo hoo the big 25! It was sooo cute! Eli woke up every morning saying Mamaaa and then Dadaaaa and the morning of my birthday him and Noah had cards for me and it was so cute to see Eli watch me open them up! He kept sayin “Ohhh Mama” over and over and givin me hug! How dang precious he is and how wonderful he is to us too! Every lil thing he does- even if it is just saying Mama makes my day instantly!!!! :] Noah got me a sweet card and he got me money for my nose piercing I want to have done after the baby is born!!!! I told him not to get me a thing b/c him and Eli do soooo much for me every single day and are the reason I am who I am and I love that so much and he did this anyway the lil stinker! I am so excited to have it done… My Dr wont let me while preggo- but I do plan to once I have him!!! Then Eli gave me a cute Mommy card from him and Zacary saying their #1 fan is me! TEARY EYED- how stinkin precious! I LOVE my family so so so much! Then Malones got me tooooo much too and it was so sweet of them! They got me flip flops, slippers, PJ pants, a toy for Zacary, and a polka dot and flip flop glass that is awesome! They also bought me a cookie cake- how darn sweet! I had a great birthday for sure- I don’t need the gifts though… I am already a lucky blessed girl as it is :]

To the Malones- thank you so so so much again for inviting us on this trip. We still talk about how much fun it was and how we loved to be with you guys. You guys are the best friends ever and we love all 3 of you so much (well soon to be 4 hehe) I can’t wait to watch our kids play and be good friends just the same way we are. We had some funny funny times and lots of laughter for sure and I just loved it. Thanks sooooo much and for making my birthday so special too- it was a great great time! WE LOVE YOU and definitely can’t wait to see you guys again :]

I have a slideshow of pics for you to enjoy- there are way toooo many to post them seperate on this blog haha! Hope you like them- and I also have them on FB too of course :] The 2 addicts of my life hahaha!