So, on Friday June 22, 2012, Mary had to fly back to Illinois. Charlotte and I got up and took her to Atlanta that morning to catch her flight. We got home around lunch time. We had enough time to pack and get ready for our weekend away in Nashville, TN. Since I was turning 30 and I couldn't do anything crazy and I didn't have family or friends to celebrate with, Alex and I decided we should go to Nashville for the weekend.
Alex got home from work at 6:30 pm and we got the car loaded, showers taken, and we were on our way! We hit rain on the drive multiple times. Alex drove to South of Chattanooga then I took over and finished the drive. Alex had called to make sure the Embassy Suites had our room set and ready. Turns out they messed up our reservation so we had to scramble to get a room. We finally found a room at the Bedbug Inn... I mean the Guest House Inn and Suites... Alex booked it at 12:30 am and we pulled into the parking lot at 1 am. We went STRAIGHT to bed. I didn't sleep well bc there was a mattress pad underneath the sheet with nubbies on it...they kept scratching my skin. I kept waking up thinking bugs were crawling below the sheet. UGH!!! (I fixed this problem for the second night. The hotel was pretty clean however... I am just a picky hotel brat... I require ALOT in a hotel.
On Saturday, June 23, our little human alarm clock woke us up at 7 am and was ready to get the day started. So we started our "vacation" day with Cracker Barrel (Becky Weber was so proud!). Charlotte was so excited to have crayons.
She enjoyed her breakfast...and like a true Southern girl, she loved her some grits!
After breakfast, we went to Bass Pro shop to look around and to let Charlotte see the stuffed wild life and the big fish tank. She was so excited! She loved the "ish" and she stood next to a HUGE bear. We then loaded back into the car and drove to downtown Nashville. Charlotte fell asleep on the drive so we drove around a bit then parked. We woke our favorite crazy girl up and started our adventure in downtown Nashville. We walked down to the river and then all around downtown. It was hotter than the hubs of hell but we made due. (The temp was supposed to be 101.)
For lunch, we went to BB Kings in downtown. Alex and I were so excited about it. We went there on our "honeymoon" and we drunkinly had the best nachos EVER there. So we went there for some birthday deliciousness.
My fabulous hubster surprised me with a dozen hot pink roses (with glitter on them) at BB Kings. AWWW!!!!
Charlotte may not have liked her Mac N Cheese but she sure ate the heck out of the shredded cheese on Alex's salad.
These nachos are amazing. I recommend them to all. Just try it.
After nacho time, Alex surprised me with MORE FATTY FOOD and they brought me one of my all time favorite desserts... brownies and ice cream. Charlotte ate a TON of this and was wired. HILARIOUS.
Look at her. She was worried Alex wasn't going to give her some.
My big birthday surprise that Alex thought of all on his own was this.
He got us a limo tour of country stars' homes. Such a good idea!!! He knows I love the Kardashian girls so he said this is his way of getting me to be a Kardashian for a day :)
How many 16 month olds have been in a limo for 3 hours straight??? Yep, my crazy kid has. And she was not calm about it. She took every napkin out of every glass. She had to play in the ice in the cooler and mess with everything she saw. She was soaking wet from the ice.
I love this picture of her...trying to figure out what is going on with this driver guy...while trying to sneakily turn on the tv.
Here is Dunn from Brookes and Dunn's house. I got a few creepy pictures of the property but this is all I am going to post. I don't want to seem like a stalker.
Someone needs to take a nap... and she did... on my lap... for over an hour.
Here is Alan Jackson's old house... he sold it for lots of millions not too long ago. Again, I took a bunch of creepy pictures of the property but I won't post them.
The way a limo looks with a kid in it.
We saw a bunch of different places including Dolly Parton's house and Little Jimmy's house. We saw the entrance to a bunch of neighborhoods where the big daddy's live. It was relaxing and fun.
Charlotte loved this ride :)
Afterwards, we went to Tootsies to see Jake Maurer play with his Jake and the Naked Truth but it was a bit rowdy in Tootsies for the stroller, the 16 month old, and the pregnant woman so we didn't go in. Jake came out and talked to us for a bit. I introduced him to Alex and Charlotte. It was good to see him. (I went to high school with him.) Then we finished our walk around the city back to the car.
I love how Charlotte and I have similar expressions in these next few pics.
Her face is so funny.
The kid loves a microphone.
It was such a fabulous day in downtown Nashville. We walked back to the Tahoe in the heat with the stroller and the hills of Tennessee. We headed back to the BedBug Inn/the hotel and got ready to see one of my bestest friends of all time and her fiance :)
Alex, BRAVO my friend. Great idea with limo, the roses, the fatty brownies. LOVED IT ALL :)
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