long time gone...

wow!! baby bird and i are pretty exhausted. we have been traveling so much.. and we still are not home. in fact i am typing now from a haunted hotel. yes, you heard or rather read it right i am staying in a haunted hotel! why, you might ask? 1. i didnt know that it was haunted until i was awoken  the night before last with a feeling of someone in my room and then saw someone walk across my room 2. its the only hotel in sistersville 3. daddy is staying here while working and we wanted to visit him since we havent seen him in a long time! last wednesday baby bird and i packed up the car and hit the road with a good friend of ours. we had a jam packed 6 days! actually i think we did more in our 6 days than most people do in 6 months!! our first stop was ruby falls in chattanooga tennesse. this was purely by accident, as we hadnt planned to stop by we couldnt resist it after seeing billboards starting 150 miles away. i am so glad that their advertisting worked because it was beautiful and a nice break from our car ride.

we hiked a mile throught the cave and finally ended at the falls.

the reflection pool.. one of my favorites

ruby falls!

after the falls it was back in the car for the rest of the day. we pulled into new orleans, checked into our room and immediatly went to sleep! we had an amazing hotel in the french quater, or french tota as baby bird called it. if ever in new orleans, i highly recommend the maison dupuy. it was beautiful, clean and the staff was wonderful! baby bird liked exploring the french tota, jackson square, cafe du monde and a carriage ride around town! it was fun, and im already planning a trip back, minus baby bird :)

sitting on our balcony!

jackson square

beignets!!

after spending the day exploring new orleans we jumped back in the car and headed toward houston! we would have made it there sooner but we sat in traffic for 3 1/2 hours beause of this mess..

wreck on I-10

seriously, what are the odds?

we finally made it to houston and got some much needed rest before continuning on with our adventure which included the childrens museum, san antonio, seaworld and the steelers vs. texans game! we had such an amazing time! i forgot how hot it is in texas, but baby bird didnt seem to mind!

very focused!

she LOVED painting her face

baby chicks!

seaworld!

baby bird loved the sea lions, they are super cute!

waiting to see "that whale"

probably not the best idea.. we were sitting in the very last row of the splash zone thinking we would get a little wet. we were drenched! baby bird was livid! she still tells me that "that whale in big trouble"

shamu

san antonio river walk

the alamo

ice cream!

as you can see from the pictures, we had a lot on our plate! by satuday night we were SO exhausted. sunday finally came and it was time for the main event...

GOOO STEELERS!

 

we didnt win the game :( but we had so much fun!

after the game we got in the car and started heading home! our plan was to drive to memphis, stay the night and tour graceland in the morning and then finally go home! we almost made it to memphis, we were so tired that we stopped an hour outside of memphis, got some sleep then got up early to go to graceland.

baby bird and i agree... we need this car!

i love elvis!!

we had such an amazing time, but its good to be home.. well almost! we are leaving the haunted hotel soon and heading to our house for one day before heading to the pumpkin festival! this post has been ridiclously long so if you are reading this... thanks for following!! i could have posted SOO many more pictures, this was the abbreviated version!!