carrots and chocolate: vacation?

Well, we took a vacation for a family reunion this last weekend. We went to Gatlinburg and stayed in a chalet. We toured Dollywood (saw Dolly-which is another story in itself), ate at Dixie Stampede and other great places, rode rides, went window shopping, talked and visited with lots of people, and I have to say, it is really nice to be home. For the most part we had an ok time but I don't know if Skylar could say the same.. Dont get me wrong, if Skylar had been happy, we would have been happy, but sometimes things just don't work out that way. "Vacations" just aren't the same anymore. Skylar got tired of the carseat after about 2 hours or so- and we had another 3 to go. She didn't sleep on the trip there. She didn't sleep when we got there. And she didn't sleep that night. Sounds normal for some people I know, but when you typically have a baby that takes regular naps and then sleeps for 12 hours straight at night, this seemed like the world was ending for us. She slept for maybe 6 hours that first night and was up for good by 4am (which was 3am our time). There were people all around us so we were just trying to keep her quiet all night, and stressed out of our minds.

However, the next night she did better- only because she was just worn out from the day before. I think she doesn't like travelling right now. She is a homebody. A peaceful, sensitive, homebody...happy to stay at HER home, sleep in HER bed, walk around HER neighborhood, read HER books, and just be with mommy and daddy. Oh did I mention she was also cutting her SECOND tooth at the time. (Yep, 2 teeth in 2 weeks, and I think I feel one coming in on the top too).

Now she is much happier. She is back to her normal self on her normal schedule while her parents are still trying to recover from the "vacation".

We did manage to get a few good shots along the way-