Christmas Travels, Part 3

Yes, I'm still talking about our Christmas break. Last blog post about it, sorry! :)

 

We traveled to Johnson City, TN to see Greg's family on January 2nd. We were greeted by Mum Mum, Granddaddy, Aunt Gena, and Greg's favorite - Ripley! (Please note that Ripley is a dog and Greg is NOT a dog lover, so I was being sarcastic :)

 

 

 On our way into town, we stopped at our favorite burger place, Pal's! This has become an annual tradition and our whole family looks forward to it! They have the best cheeseburgers, frenchie fries, and strawberry milkshakes....

Nate was looking forward to playing the Wii as soon as we got there, and Aunt Gena was a good sport and played game after game after game with him....

 ....while Miss Priss found a friend & a comfy chair to watch :)

 The Givens had shipped all of their Christmas gifts to our house ahead of time, so we were able to open them up on Christmas Day. The kids were spoiled with lots of games, arts & crafts projects, and books.

However, we brought our presents for Aunt Gena, Mum Mum, and Granddaddy to TN, so there was a very brief gift exchange :)

Then while Granddaddy was cooking up a Shrimp Creole dinner feast, the kids roped Aunt Gena into playing more games....Jenga, Mastermind, Uno, and Battleship to name a few. She is a saint, I tell ya!

Click here to watch a quick video of Abby being hyper.....dancing and doing sign language!?

Greg's BFF

Right before bed, we had a little excitement....Nate's fifth tooth came out! (Must have been that delicious chocolate cake that did the trick :)

 He was sharing a room with Abby & Aunt Gena that night, and I didn't want the "Tooth Fairy" to disturb them all, so we told Nate to leave his tooth out in the living room, on top of his bookbag that says NATE on top. We didn't want the Tooth Fairy to get confused since it wasn't the house she is used to coming to :) Worked like a charm!

 

 

 We had to head to Atlanta, GA the next morning, for a friend's baby shower. So it was a quick trip to TN, but a good one!

 

 

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One of my college roommates, Natalie, lives out in Los Angeles but was in ATL visiting her in-laws over New Year's. She is pregnant with her first child, and we were lucky enough to be able to drop in on her baby shower!!!

 

 

Yes, I know she's gorgeous. I'd hate her if she wasn't so nice :)

 

 

Her cute little family came from Pinehurst, NC

Nat's sweet sister-in-law, Jenn. Crazy story about her....In Murfreesboro, our neighbor
was Jenn's sister!! Small world!

Nat & Scott are waiting to find out the gender, so the shower was all greens and yellows and grays and elephants. So cute!

The Fortes and the Givens

And thus, our Christmas travels came to an end. Not without a little excitement though....as we were nearing T-Town, we heard that there was a tornado watch and sirens were going off. Two of my neighbors were texting me and telling me they were hiding in their closets!! So scary! This was about 15 minutes before we got home, but luckily it passed quickly and one never touched down in Tuscaloosa. (One did in the neighboring city though!)

 

Needless to say, when we finally pulled into our driveway, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. It was a fun 9 days, but it's also nice to be at HOME SWEET HOME.