Back to work...

Today was my first day back to work since Wednesday, December 17th. I needed more time off to recover from my time off! We took a mini vacation to Sevierville, TN to visit some of the sites in Gatlinburg, TN and to go to the new indoor waterpark at the hotel where we were staying, "Wilderness at the Smokies". We had a great time despite the attitude of the staff. The hotel staff was completely unaware of any of the waterpark details. You see...the grand opening was December 19th. We arrived the evening of December 18th so we'd be there for all the festivities. Haha...there weren't really any festivities, but it was fun. Along with out hotel stay we recieved 1 complimentary ticket to the Ripley's Aquarium and 2 other Ripley's attractions. We did go to the aquarium and the Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum, but we did not go to a third attraction. The entire weekend of fun was starting to take its toll on Gabe and he was not the happy little camper he normally is. We decided to call it a weekend and head home. It was perfect timing since it was just about nap time. Luckily, it was just a three hour car ride and Gabe slept for a little more than half of it. Here are a few pictures from the waterpark for your enjoyment. More pictures to come later.

So the trip to see Santa didn't go so well this year...

Thanksgiving Day

It sure it bright out...

Gabe wouldn't keep his sunglasses on but he was OK wearing Mommy's on the way to storytime where we saw the ducks on the frozen pond outside of the bookstore.

Santa Mail

We took Gabe to Macy's to mail a letter to Santa.

Sock Puppets

You're so silly. Everytime you see your socks you want to put them on your hands. We always play the game and eventually you let us put the socks on your feet where they belong.

Finally!

Yesterday Gabe finally said mama!! For a while there I thought he would never say mama. Yesterday he finally said it and didn't really stop jibber jabbering all day. He mostly went back and forth between saying mama and dada. He has also started giving kisses. They are wet but so special. We hope you all had a Happy Halloween. We took Gabe out to a few houses and then came back to our own to hand out candy. Yesterday we also went to Boyd's Orchard in Versailles, KY where we enjoyed a hay ride. Gabe loved the tractor that pulled the trailers.