We had such an eventful and fun weekend! On Friday morning Michael and I went and toured Calvary to see Patrick's new school and classroom! He will be starting in August and we will be sending baby #2 to Margaret's to take his place! I had a tough time getting him in somewhere which is crazy since I applied in October 2010! Full time spots are hard to come by in this area of town!
On Friday night Patrick went to dinner with Michael, Nana, Susan, Matthew and Mark while I went to eat with my family. I think they had a great time because I got this picture of Patrick and his uncle Matt!
We decided last minute (on Thursday!) to take a trip to Chattanooga, since it is the last weekend I can travel. We thought it might be fun for us to do something with Patrick before his little brother arrives! We headed to Chattanooga very early Saturday morning. We almost decided to cancel the trip since Patrick was up from 1-4am that night with teething pains. But he doesn't require much sleep anyway, so we decided to go for it! Surprisingly, he did not sleep on the way to Chattanooga but watched Thomas the whole time!
We had planned to go and ride the train right when we got there, but we were running a few minutes late so we went to the aquarium first. We had told Patrick we were going to Chattanooga to ride Choo Choo's so he repeatedly said "choo choo" over and over again while we were at the aquarium. He didn't care much for the fish, but he did like the sturgeons and the sting rays. Mostly because he thought it was fun to do what the other big kids did and try and pet the fish (i.e. splash his hand around in the water). There was a snake available to pet and we went up to the snake, but Patrick was too scared to touch it. Maybe next time. Sadly, I think his favorite part of the aquarium was the escalator. Oh well, Michael and I had fun seeing everything.
Pointing at the Sturgeons
Trying to pet the sturgeons
Scary looking catfish!
Sting Rays
Penguins- I loved them! They were so cute, but they didn't hold Patrick's attention very long!
Michael, trying to show Patrick the sharks. Patrick thought it was more fun that he got to climb up into a little area and could care less about the sharks!
Then we picked up some lunch and headed to the hotel hoping Patrick would take a short nap. We should have known better. No nap for this little one! So we headed to our next destination, the Tennessee Valley Railroad and Museum.
There were tons of trains and Patrick was amazed!
Waiting on the train to arrive so we could ride! The train was late, so he got really restless waiting on the train. Unfortunately, it was freezing and slightly snowing outside, so we could only look at all of the trains from the inside.
A little video of the train arriving. It was freezing and really windy outside and Patrick's lips were quivering (the weather report said it was supposed to be 45 degrees and we did not dress appropriately for 30 degrees!) but he didn't care one bit!
We rode the train from Grand Junction station to East Chattanooga station. He sat still until he fell asleep on the train. We were sort of bummed since I know he would have loved it! I can't blame him though, it was 4pm and way past nap time!
When we arrived at East Chattanooga station we got out of the train to see them turn the whole train around. It was actually pretty cool and unfortunately Patrick missed the whole thing! There was also a tour of the repair shop, but since Patrick was asleep we decided to go and sit back on the train instead of take the tour.
Our sweet little family of three (and my very pregnant belly!) outside one of the trains
Next we headed to the Chattanooga Choo Choo hotel. I wished we could have spent more time outside, but it was really really cold at this point and we could only stop to take a quick picture!
Part of the model train museum inside the hotel. Michael and I had a little higher expectations, but I think it was Patrick's favorite part of the whole trip. He cried hysterically when we left. He LOVED it!
Then we headed out to dinner. Every restaurant we tried was packed!! So unfortunately we had to pick a random one that wasn't very crowded. Maybe next time we will plan ahead!
After dinner we headed back to the hotel to change and play for a few minutes. Patrick is playing hide and go seek underneath the pillows in the picture below.
Then we changed and headed to the indoor pool. Patrick LOVED it! He had the best time swimming with Michael. The pool was so crowded that they could barely move in it, but Patrick had a huge grin the entire hour they swam. He would squat all the way to the floor and then launch himself into the pool at Michael. We had to drag him out kicking and screaming when it was time to get ready for bed. I have a feeling we will be doing lots of swimming this summer in our pool!
We headed back early Sunday morning after breakfast. It was such a fun trip with my boys! I think Patrick had a great time. It was also his first time staying in a hotel, which he thought was pretty cool too! I think we are all sad for the weekend to end!
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