Traveling with two isn't easy..

We went up to Tennessee for Labor Day weekend and it was quite a trip. We had a lot of fun but it takes A LOT of stuff to travel with two little ones! Clay started packing the weekend before we left and we were still throwing stuff in the car at the last minute.

We left Friday morning and for the first time ever, let Audrey ride in her PJ's. I tell y'all, that was the highlight of the day for her! She loved being able to leave the house and actually go inside McDonald's in her pajamas. Inititally, we were only going to let her ride in them until we had breakfast (about an hour or so from our house) but she was enjoying herself so much that she ended up wearing them for most of the day.

It seems like anytime we travel, it takes us twice as long to get where we are going as it should. We always stop about every hour or so to give the girls some time out of their carseats. One of our favorite spots to stop on the way the mountains is the Cumberland Mountain State Park. It has nice restrooms, great shady picnic spots and most importantly- fun playgrounds.

Even Shelby Claire go to enjoy the playground. Notice her holding her little lip in her mouth. She's been doing that a lot lately. It is super cute!!

Once we finally made it to the cabin, both girls were ready for some serious playtime. We took off in the gator and four-wheeler and went to a creek that is in the neighborhood. It has a concrete crossing that was made for horses to easily cross the water but it is the perfect spot for our girls to get some outdoor play in!

We stayed at the creek for a good long time before heading back to the cabin to play there. This picture of Shelby Claire cracks me up because it is the perfect picture of the kind of play we do while we are there-- laid back and easy. No stress!

 This is the first time we've been to the mountains since we had Shelby Claire so we had to do some creative thinking in regards to how everyone was going to sleep. The cabin has one bedroom with a king size bed and a queen size sleeper sofa. Both beds are super comfy but we had to figure out how to sleep with the girls being in the same room with us.

We ended up putting Shelby Claire in the closet in her pack-n-play. It was perfect. Mrs. Watts got Audrey a cute little cot with princess bedding and she was good to go!

The first night, Clay slept in the bedroom with the girls and I slept on the sleeper sofa. Audrey couldn't quite take that though and climbed into the bed with Clay- if you've ever slept with a child you know that it isn't easy! She ended up sleeping on his head (no joke) the majority of the night. The second night, we both slept on the sleeper and the third night, I slept with the girls.

That's all for now, the next post will be about the cave and ATV riding. Good stuff!