1st Family Vacation! Gatlinburg, TN

We just got back from our 1st vacation and it went great! We went to Gatlinburg, TN to the Great Smokey Mountains from Thursday to Sunday! We stayed in a beautiful cabin up in the Smokey's with a spectacular view! Kaylee did just wonderful on the long car rides and sleeping in a new place! The first night was a bit rough for her but we figured out that she was in fact cold so once we got the temp adjusted she was out! After that she slept the next two nights ALL night! We had a hot tub on the balcony that was quite relaxing and a jacuzzi in the cabin that we all enjoyed! We put kaylee in the jacuzzi for a bath and blow up her turtle turned the jets on and let her play for a bit and then we all played in it! It was so funny! We did so much walking/hiking the three days and boy was it much harder with a stoller! :)HA HA HA Of course all the trails were uphill so we got us a good workout those days! Our first trail we did led to a waterfall called Laural Falls, it was uphill but not too bad of a hike really. When we got there we put kaylee's little feet in the water and she loved that! It was quite hot so I'm sure it felt great to her! We did this trail twice cause it was stoller friendly! HA HA Kaylee is to big for the chest carrier now, we tried it and both about died! HA HA So we got to get a back carrier for future vacations! Anyway the second trip up I got in the water and my gosh it was cold but kaylee again loved having her feet put in it! The waterfall was very pretty! I guess Gatlinburg hasn't had much rainfall because there wasn't alot of water coming over like in past years we've been there! Then the second trail we did was straight up(I mean straight too) and I thought Jason and I were gonna pass out going up but we made it! However Jason ended up holding Kaylee on the hike up while I pushed an empty stoller......O YA!!! Really it was much easier that way for ALL us! We went through Cades Cove which is where most of the wildlife viewing is and were able to see several sets of momma bears with 1-3cubs and O MY were they cute! Of course Kaylee was interested in all the people not animals......HA HA HA In a few years we will go back when she can remember things! So all in all we saw several bears, deer and some wild turkey.....not to bad I'd say! So our 1st family vacation was a great success and a wonderful time! It was great to get away for a few days! We might go to Colorado this fall for a longer vacation, this trip was our tester and it passed..........so we'll see! O I almost forgot, Kaylee also got her fourth top tooth in, pretty much mastered the sippy cup and got up on her knees while on vacation! So she offically has six teeth now, that should be it for several months! THANKFULLY! Teething has been so rough and she's been teething since about 3-4months old poor girl! Just 1 weeks until Kaylee is 9months old! Be back then!