Mothers Day Abs woke up and 1 am but I got her back down and then wished Caroline a happy mothers day before we went back to sleep again. Abcde and I then got up at 5:30 local time but it still feels like 8:30am to us cause, ya know, Kentucky time. She watched Disney channel in español while I read a book until wife was ready to greet the day. We killed some time at the hotel, gave the monkey a shower, got soap in her eye, took 20 minutes to pick out a toy from the treasure chest behind the front desk, removed the car seat from the Hyundai and watched some HGTV. Katrina and Joel came to get us and our first stop was target. It had been decided that it was my ... read more

Away we go. Spending the night in a hotel beside the airport is the place to be. The first flight we had found was an early morning departure and so wanted to be nearby so Wife could sleep in as late as possible. That would be relative as we would catch the shuttle at 5am and so would have to wake up at 4. Caroline came home from work and we tried to eat the rest of the leftovers out of the fridge. I got the car loaded and at 7:30 we were on our way. Arriving at the hotel i realized that I had forgotten our compact stroller in the other car. Oh well, I will just have to get one there. We settled in as much as we could and by 11pm were in ... read more

We pulled into the drive minutes before the sun began to drop below the horizon. Tyler and I unpacked onto the lawn and dispersed all the baggage to its respectful owners. The take away: 1. Tyler needs a diaper and cranberry juice or pills, too many bathroom stops. 2. Speck needs to wear more sunscreen. 3. Abcde travels like a champ. 4. Wife needs to be the first through the bathroom each morning, not the last. 5. The Boucherie's 12 hour brisket with horseradish and onions was the best thing I ate the whole trip, closely followed by Muriel's goat cheese crepe with crawfish remoulade and Jack Ruby's butter steak sliders img=http://images.travelpod.com/users/thespeck/thumbnail.xlarge.18.1492043631.img_0834.jpg?1492720209Ariel shot of Jackson square . 6. If leaving after Caroline works a full day,... read more

We arrived at about 11pm and quickly got to our rooms. Vallery, Joyce and Tyler again had their go bags, Wife had squeezed our things into one of the suitcases so all in all it was much less to carry in. We had stopped to grab dinner at KFC and Tyler had walked across the parking lot to Jacks for a salad. KFC's Nashville Hot Chicken was ok, but really unimpressive if you have had the real thing. We cycled through the bathroom and soon were in our beds, or cribs, or couches, where ever we were going to get some sleep. Cross our fingers we will be on the road before 10am! ... read more

Abs and I were up early again. After Caroline awoke, I got the car from valet and zipped over to pre-check in Joe, Caroline's cousin. Joe and his son Ryan were coming in from Florida to spend the day with us and would leave on Sunday morning. After getting him squared away I found Tyler at breakfast and warned him that Joe may need to stash his bag in Tyler and Milliken's room if his room was not ready when he arrived. Tyler was cool with that and told me that he had lost his folding chair the previous night, left it outside a port a john. Bummer. Then I was back to my hotel to help Caroline and Abcde get ready for the day. Caroline, Abcde and I headed off to Jackson Square sans Vallery ... read more