Babyfest 2007

I am a SLACKER and am just now getting around to blogging about our cabin weekend (two weekends ago, for the UT/Georgia game!)! We had a blast! We stayed at this cabin, which I would highly recommend! There were six couples there and FIVE babies ranging in age from 10 months to 21 months. What a full house! It was so much fun! The babies all played together well, and they all slept well both nights, too, which was a huge surprise with all the activity going on. We did have a few wake-ups on Friday evening because all the grownups were playing cards and catching up rather loudly :)

On Saturday, John Michael, Addie, Lynn, Kris, Holland and I went to campus to join JM's parents for their tailgate. Our friends Alan & Cindy and Travis & Stacy and Nate & Misha offered to keep the babies, but we wanted them to experience UT at its finest :) We had a blast, but after about 30 minutes at the tailgate, Lynn and I decided we had had enough of trying to chase the kiddos in the heat, so we took them into the Communications building and let them run off some energy in the air conditioning. Then we decided to head out (JM and Kris were going to the game - had decided all along that we didn't want to attempt the game with the babies - a.k.a., we didn't want to pay for tickets for them :)). Our timing was perfect, and we ended up walking down Neyland Drive right as the band was coming in! The security guards let us bring the strollers in front of the barricades, so we literally got front row seats. It was AWESOME! Addie and Holland were thrilled, and clapped along to Rocky Top just like the rest of us :)

We had quite an adventure getting back to the car (I'll sum it up by saying that it was HOT and stupid Andy Holt garage has independent levels and doors without handles and stupid, stupid stairwells...use your imagination), but were cracking up so it was fun :) Then, we stopped at Sawyer's, which is always a treat...

By the time we got back to the cabin, we were exhausted, but were SO excited to watch the game on tv. And, JM and Kris had a BLAST at the game, so we were happy they had gotten to go. The whole group had a good time that evening watching even more football. I'm pretty sure JM and I went to bed at about 10 p.m. that night (yes, that is 9 p.m. Central time) - it was a long day! And keeping up with 5 babies is exhausting, even when you have 12 adults!!!!

We said our goodbyes on Sunday - I think we're all really looking forward to next year! It was a great group with old friends and new friends!


Here's one pic - I have more that I will upload later (I'm at school right now):

From left to right:
Travis with Madison (10 months)
Stacy (pregnant with baby girl #2!!!! - yes, her girls will be less than 13 months apart!)
Alan (JM's roommate)
Cindy with Jacob (21 months)
Lynn
Kris with Holland (16 months)
Me with Addie (17 months)
[JM is taking the picture]
Misha with Sophie (12 months)
Christie
Nick (JM's roommate)
Nate (Nicks brother, Misha's husband, Sophie's dad)

PHEW! :)