Nashville, TN

We spent Memorial Day Weekend in Nashville. It was nice to get away for a few days and Jason was able to relax some.


Jason found a hotel right by the Nashville Airport. Our room was right in front of the approach runway, so Daddy and Jaxon spent a lot of their time watching for airplanes out the window.


This is Jaxon's surprise face when he sees or hears an airplane.


Watching for airplanes.



He must see one coming.







We went to the Nashville Zoo on Saturday. It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed Jaxon's first trip to a (real) zoo. The zoo grounds are beautiful and there is a great history about the current location of the zoo. It's only been in this location about 10 years, so there are many plans to enhance it in the next few years.




After awhile, Jaxon got tired of riding in the stroller, so we let him get out to walk. He walked quite a bit, then finally got tired of that and rode in the stroller the rest of the way. Many of the exhibits are very spread out, so we did a lot of walking that day.



Jaxon and Daddy watching the elephants.



About halfway through the zoo, Jaxon tuckered out!



An anteater. I had never seen one of these in person before. What an interesting looking animal.



Jaxon woke up just in time for the petting zoo inside the zoo. He was fascinated by the goat and she was very patient to let him "pet" her. Everything at the zoo was a doo-gie!



He LOVED the baby goat. She was just his size and he would bend-over and try to "kiss" (lick) her.



Back at the hotel and ready to go out to dinner in the Opryland Mall. I was trying to snap a picture of this cute outfit, but Jax wouldn't turn around!




Having fun with Daddy back at the hotel that night. We brought a few toys with us to entertain him in the hotel room. Daddy would push him, then pull him back real fast. Jaxon would laugh every time.



Mr. Mischief trying to figure out how to get into the chair.



Playing inside the suitcase full of clothes I had just folded!



We couldn't go to Nashville without a stop at Trevecca. The entrance to the campus is beautiful, but as you drive toward the back of campus, the buildings seem a little mismatched. Sorry to any TNU alumni, but we think MNU is the prettiest Nazarene campus we've been on.



On Sunday we went to this cool science center, called The Adventure Science Center, for kids. Jason and I had a blast learning about different aspects of science. They had a toddler area where Jaxon had fun building with blocks, "driving" a train, and playing with balls.



Learning about gravity with Daddy.



Concentrating on building with blocks in the toddler area.



Look at that cutie riding on the Magical School Bus.



An old ambulance in the middle of the human body section was open for kids to run through and push the buttons.



Here's Jaxon driving the ambulance and working the siren at the same time.



We went to dinner on Sunday night at The Old Spaghetti Factory. We used to have one in Kansas City, but it went out of business several years ago. Yummy Italian food and all dinners come with spumoni ice cream for dessert.



The cable car inside the restaurant where our table was!




Inside the cable car! The only problem with this being our dinner table was, Jaxon was right next to the window, and there was a table just outside his window. When he gets done with eating food, he will throw it onto the floor. Do you know where this is going? Well, I think a few pieces of bread may have landed on the lady below his window.




Our suger-deprived child experienced his first donut hole Monday morning from Dunkin Donuts. Here's his little sugar face after eating it.



Yummy!