VACATION

black friday shopping

christmas card attempt @28

happy turkey day

date with the Cantrell's

The Peabody Ducks

The week of Thanksgiving was Chad's week of vacation! We are home now needing a vacation from vacation... needless to say, we were BUSY!!!
Ellie & I left on Friday morning to go watch Marie & the lady govs play in the OVC volleyball tournament in Morehead, Kentucky. It was a long drive, but we made it & they won the tourney~ YAY, NCAA tournament here they come!! Congratulations to Marie & the govs! We got in to Nashville late on Saturday night. Chad drove his own car in to town & he met up with us on Sunday!

We watched the Titans game with my in-laws, then went to visit his aunts before meeting Cara & Ann @ Outback for dinner! It was so good catching up with Cara before she had her tonsils talken out the next morning. Monday, we met my cousins wife, Olivia @ Centennial Park for family pictures. It was a BEAUTIFUL day & she got some great shots! So, if you are looking for an affordable photographer in the Nashville area ~ OI photography! We met my dad for lunch before driving to Memphis! I decided that since we weren't able to visit Ken in Florida this week that I at least wanted to drive to Memphis for the day & see some friends ... so we did! We met Emily & her family for dinner in Cordova then headed downtown to our hotel. Chad went back out to visit with Aron, a med school buddy, while me & Ellie went to bed. Tuesday morning we went out for breakfast & then went to the Peabody to see the Christmas decor & the DUCKS! I felt like since we don't live there anymore, we could be like tourists ;) hehe~ Amanda met us for lunch in Germantown & I finally got to meet Preston! He is such a precious baby & Miss Kate was such a good girl! Her & Ellie were checking each other out ~ they were so cute in their turkey shirts! Amanda took me on a tour of the new Methodist Germantown women's&childrens hospital ~ very nice!! Then we said our goodbye's & drove back east. I miss my MEmphis friends so much!! We did stop in Jackson to visit Rachel Morris & her fam in their nice, new, BIG house!! Once we got back to Nashville, it was time for Thanksgiving dinner @ Ann's house with friends! MUCH FUN!

Wednesday we just had a lazy day before dinner with the Sutton's ~ all the girls played while we ate chili & caught up! Thursday was THANKSGIVING!! We sure do have a lot to be thankful for this year ~ Our little Ellie is such a blessing! I give thanks to God everyday for her & the presence she is in all our lives! She is such a sweet baby & we love her so much!! She is crawling all over the place & pulling up on any/everything! She can wave byebye, give kisses & say mamama. Before we left last week, her top two teeth came through ... she is growing up too fast!

But, back to Thanksgiving ... we ate lunch @ The Moss' & dinner @ The Mullins'. We had a good day & we were SO stuffed!

Friday ~ Black Friday, was of course our shopping day & Ellie's first one!! We didn't get out @ 4am or anything, but we did make an afternoon of it! Marie had to go back to APSU, so it was me, ellie, mom, ann, ellen, & maggie! We ate lunch at one of my favs... J Alexander's, yummmy!

Saturday was dinner with my mom's side & Sunday Chad had to come back home :( but since we had two cars, I stayed over an extra couple days. We found out Sunday afternoon that not only Marie's team would be in the NCAA tournament but Ellen's team would be as well. The UT Lady Vols got an 11 seed overall~AWESONE!! They won;t have to play each other thank goodness!! GOOD LUCK to both of you!!

Chad was on call his first day back, so me & Ellie stayed in Nashville & went to the Baptist Christmas Ornamental Party! It was so nice to see some old work friends! We drove back Tuesday morning & I feel like I am still recovering. Ellie had a pretty rough week because she did not sleep very well in the pack 'n play. Most nights she ended up in bed with us. When we are in Nashville next time (the week after Christmas) we will do one thing different ... not change sleeping locations every night!! It was just too hard going back & forth every night. Next time we are staying put a little more often!

Happy Christmas Season to you all~