Chattanooga

A few weeks ago we made a day trip down to Chattanooga to pick up a mountain bike Sam had found on craigslist that was a steal of a deal. After we got the bike, we found a city park nearby, next to the river and decided to hang out for a bit. It was the cutest park! They had some fields, a little art market going on with live music, a splash pad, an indoor carousel, plus lots of boutiques and cafes just up the road. We got way more than we bargained for with our $1 parking fee (we were downtown so I was certain it would cost more but I guess it's not a busy enough city to care).. It was so fun to watch the river boats go past and listen to the local music.. We headed over to the splash pad thinking Ivy would be in heaven but she was pretty timid about the whole experience. She was also pretty nervous about the carousel (also cheap, only $1 per ride!) but quickly learned how fun it was to ride on a horse... It turned out to be a really fun afternoon. We became big fans of the little city. 

It was a Saturday afternoon and this place wasn't busy at all.. it was prefect. Any place like this in Houston is normally a ZOO, just crawling with too many people. I'm not sure if that's just the difference between ginormous cities and smaller ones? or if this is just not a very popular park (which I doubt)? Not sure what the deal was but we were loving every minute of it..

Lets just say, Ivy was more comfortable watching the fountains from the nearby statues. She would splash in the puddles but got pretty nervous when she got too near the fountains. haha silly girl..

Loving her "horsey"

Happy 6 Years!

At the beginning of this month, Sam and I celebrated our 6 year anniversary! A good friend of ours came over to watch Ivy so we could go out for dinner and it was perfect. I am so proud of Sam and how well he has been doing this past year with school. It is certainly not easy and he puts in a lot of hard work while still finding a balance with us at home. Thanks babe, for being such a great (and hot!) husband and an awesome dad to Ivy!

Ivy in dance

Ivy had her last dance class last week and we are so sad to be losing our awesome teacher Brittany this semester! They are moving for her husband to start rotations with med school. Anyways, we've been going for the past few months and it has been really fun. Ivy isn't too keen on following directions very well yet but she does enjoy moving and marching around and being hyper for a while with other little girls her age. Plus she just looked oh so cute in the leotard and ballet shoes she'd wear. 

Not sure what we are gonna do next year without our amazing teacher! We'll miss you Brittany! Thanks for  being so fun and caring with our class!