Gatlinburg

We have just returned from Gatlinburg for the Cox Family Vacation. We had a great time. We drove up on Tuesday. It rained the entire drive up ... we followed Tropical Storm Ida all the way up there. Brady did wonderful. You never know traveling with a 21 month old how it will go, but 90% of the time, you wouldn't have even known he was in the vehicle. He was a trooper the whole vacation. He is definitely off schedule as far as bed time, naps, etc. Some days his only nap was 30/45 minutes in the car. Wednesday was still a nasty drizzly day, so me, Jason & Brady went on our own and went on a ride through some of the state park (while Brady napped) and went to the aquarium. I have to say the shark tank was amazing and my favorite.
We had reservations at Dixie Stampede for 8:30. We were nervous about that, since at home he would be going to bed at that time. But he did fantastic, he loved watching the "horsies". That was a fun time. Tayler was chosen to chase the chickens for the South and Bryan played horse shoes for the South, they both did great and got a Win for their teams. You couldn't use flash photography, so the pictures I got where not to good. We also went to Cades Cove for a picnic and to see the wildlife. We saw lots of deer and turkey this time. We had a great time and can't wait for next years trip. Bryan & Jennifer, will have another little with us then!

Brady loved this "car-car" ... Every time we would pass it on the strip, he would have to ride it. His daddy showed him how to stall it out and he thought that was funny to shift it from low to high real quick, which would make it and the music stop for a second. It was only .25 cents per ride ... he definitely got a dollars worth and enjoyed every minute of it.