First Overnight Trip!

We took our first overnight trip with Hudson this weekend. It was so much fun. Hudson is very adaptable. He just went with the flow and did fine. He was passed around a million times and was held all weekend. I think we are paying for that right now as I write this...he's screaming! Oh well, everyone enjoyed seeing him and that is all that matters! He never slept so well either. After Hudson slept through the night on Mother's Day, we seemed to regress. He woke up several nights in a row at 2:30 am and he had not done that in a while. I was so mad! But, starting Thursday night, we seemed to have turned the corner. The past three nights have been awesome! He has slept until almost 8 every morning and it is all we can do to keep him up until 9:30 at night. We are thrilled to finally be catching up on some much needed sleep!

We went up to Mentone Friday night and spent the night at my parent's cabin. They have purchased a new lot up there so they took us over to see it. The cabin that they have now has a great view, but the view from the new lot is spectacular. I don't know when they will start building on it, but Joel and I are hoping soon! It is amazing. We took a few pictures of it below.

After going up to see the lot, we went to dinner at the Wildflower Cafe. My parents go up to Mentone just about every weekend. They have made so many friends up there. Mentone is a very artistic little town, which is right up my dad's alley. He has gotten involved with the art council up there, and my mom has started making jewelry and is selling it in stores up there. They have really gotten to know everyone up there. We walked into the Wildflower Cafe on Friday night and they knew everyone in there! Joel and I quickly understood why they love to go to Mentone. There is just something about being in a small town where everyone knows everyone. It was great. They had a man playing the guitar and singing all the good songs that everyone knows...and the food, wow, the food was incredible. There is going to be an article in Southern Living soon about this restaurant. It was fabulous. We had such a fun time enjoying wine and the food (you have to take your own wine by the way...and you have to hide it under the table because it is not allowed!). Saturday, we woke up and went and ate breakfast at the Desoto State Park and then went to the Rhododendrum Festival in Mentone. It was interesting to say the least. There were a bunch of booths that people had set up and were selling things...all sorts of things (not really anything you would want to buy!). It was fun to see what all they had though.

We then left Mentone and headed for Weiss Lake to spend the rest of the weekend with Joel's family. Joel's grandfather Papa John was getting honored by the Boy Scouts Saturday night at a fund raiser held in Centre, Alabama. Gene Stallings was the guest speaker. Of course, being an Auburn fan, we weren't too excited about going to see Coach Stallings. But, let me tell you, his speech was great. He is a very interesting man and I'm so glad that I got the opportunity to hear him talk. Hudson did great during the dinner. He got a little fussy at the end, but we had been there for a long time so it was not a surprise. It was way past his bedtime! Below are a few pictures from the lake. The weather was pretty nasty up there all weekend, so we didn't take many pictures.

We are headed down to the beach on Thursday morning for some much needed rest and relaxation. We can't wait to put Hudson's little feet in the ocean for the first time!