Jackson's 1st Vacation

We left last Thursday for a well deserved and needed get away. Due to Jackson's birth neither we nor Chad's parents went on a summer vacation so we ventured to the Great Smoky Mountains in Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg Tennessee. As you other Bama fans know our lives in the fall pretty much revolve around Alabama football. This was an off week for Bama (although Chad did keep up with all the other games via my cell phone's internet). We had never traveled anywhere for more than 2 days with Jackson so there was no way to know how he would do, but he was wonderful. We rented a chalet out in the woods (deep in the woods) and we really enjoyed spending time in the swing. Jackson was constantly looking around at all of the different scenery. The 1st day we went to Dollywood and Jackson was held by MeMaw for most of the day (something she loves to do) while Chad and I rode the rides there. And if you are going may I recommend the Mystery Mine if you like roller coasters.

The second day we went to the outlet mall and to the Apple Barn. While we were there he experienced his 1st taste of something besides milk and cereal. He got a taste of apple butter and some of the juice from the wonderful fried apples. And as you can tell from this picture I took shortly afterwards he liked them a lot.

We took this picture just before dinner at Damon's in Pigeon Forge.

The third day we drove over to Gatlinburg for the day. We walked the streets looking in the many little shops. We took Jackson's stroller for him to ride in but he really did not want any part of that stroller. As usual he wanted Mommy. So we strapped him in and headed down the street. Jackson really seemed to enjoy looking around at all the people and things.

Before dinner at The Peddler we changed Jackson into his Lucky Kid shirt. This was the 1st thing I allowed Chad to buy when I was pregnant. It looked like a shirt that could work for a boy or a girl so even before we knew what we were having we bought it. So when I noticed that both Chad and Jackson had on their Lucky shirts of course I had to get pictures! I love both of my boys so much!!