Tommy's First Roadtrip: Day 1

We realized in undertaking this trip to Nashville, that Tommy has never been out of the state of Indiana.  Well here we go then! So Friday, we got Tommy up and sent him off to a half day of school.  

He got a new backpack since his new class requires one.  Yay frogs! 

 While Tommy was at school, we packed up our stuff and got ready for the trip.  I had read on a few different sites to wrap up "new" toys for toddlers to unwrap on the trip.  I figured I would give it a try.  I had some leftover wrapping paper from Andrew's birthday.  I bought a few new toys and books and wrapped them up. I also got some Cars stickers from the dollar store.

 When we picked up Tommy, it was nap time. So the first part of the trip, he spent napping.  That helped a lot.

 Then it came time for presents.  Or as Tommy sees it, something to do!

A new animal book! That kept him busy for awhile.

 We crossed the Ohio River and Tommy was in his first new state! Welcome to Kentucky, Tommy T!

 We stopped in a scary Louisville Burger King for a snack.  Burger King has an allergy menu! He  can have the chicken nuggets but not the chicken strips.  What's the difference? I have no clue.  Probably shouldn't be eating either of them. ;)

 For about a half hour in Kentucky, Tommy played the "Where's Tommy?" game.  He was loving it.  Look at that smile!

 Welcome to Tennessee, Tommy T!!

 Nashville came up quite quick! You can see the skyline here.

 We got to our Aloft hotel. Tommy enjoyed sitting on the desk so he could view the... parking lot. :)
I'm glad we chose the "allergy free" room.  They allow dogs in the hotel on a regular basis.  There was even dog hair in front of the elevators on our floor.

Tommy LOVED his new home for the weekend.

Glovers got into town around the same time so we went out to dinner with them at Jonathan's.   Thank goodness it was loud in there (it's a sports bar).  Our boys had been in the car too long and they were ROWDY! We had to take them outside for a little bit.

 They were SO CUTE together.  Jack and Tommy, best of friends!

Boy was it hard catching a still shot! This is what most of my pictures looked like.

 They were so funny running around the parking lot.  They had a lot of pent up energy.

 When we got back, Tommy decided to chill a little bit and watch TV.

 Then it was time to SWIM! We had the hotel pool all to ourselves.

 Tommy jumped in like a big boy! Or maybe he just squatted and scooted in.  Still a big boy though!

He LOVED dada tossing him in the air.  

 After swimming, it was time for GIRLS NIGHT! Meeghan came and met us at the hotel bar.  We did a shot for my birthday.  It was chocolate covered pretzel.  It was actually very tasty! The bartender suggested it.

 So after lots of mixed drinks and a shot, Raymond came and picked up Meeghan up (took this pic of the 3 M's) and we all went back to our rooms to get ready for the next day.  This all happened before 1 am.

The first day of our road trip was a huge success! Day 2 and 3 are still to come! (Don't worry, there will be plenty of pictures.  I only took 250.  Jeez, Morgan.)