My New Nephew-Austin Road Trip

My Older Brother and his wife had their first baby on January 8th, my first Nephew!! So since Ben had a 4-day weekend the following week we had to go down and meet Charlie! We packed up the car Friday morning and headed to Austin, we weren't even out of Dallas when Ben said "I have to go potty"~It never ceases to amaze me how long road trips can take with kiddos!! ;) We ate lunch at my favorite place in Waco (Cracker Barrel) then back on the road we went. We got to Austin around 4 and went straight over to see Mr. Charlie. What a cutie!! Ben & Emma thought he was just So cute!! Then we went out to dinner at a fun little restaurant, Hills Cafe, with my younger brother and a family friend. The place had a band playing in the bar area and Ben was SOOO excited (Ginny was not as thrilled)!! I guess he's learning all those drinking songs a little early. ;) After that we headed back to our hotel for the night.

Saturday morning, we went over to my younger brother Colin's house and got to meet 9 little puppies. They were too adorable, Ben and Emma thought that was the best thing they'd ever seen!! They were really cute, Chris was happy I didn't ask to bring one home (even though I did fall in love with one of them!!). Then Ginny & I went over to Shaun & Mandi's apartment to hang out with Charlie, my Mom & Mandi. Ginny got such a kick out of their dog, George. He would come over and lick her hand and she would laugh so hard!! It was so cute! And Chris & Colin took Ben & Emma to Zilker Park where they got to play on the playset, an old-fashioned Firetruck and ride a train~ They had a BLAST!! Then they took them to the Austin Children's Museum, they loved it and can't wait to go back. Next time Mommy wants to go too!! :) Then Colin, Chris & I and the kiddos went to a little pizza place over by his house for dinner then brought him back home. As we were heading back to our hotel my Mom called and invited us over to her hotel for dessert, the kids LOVED getting to check out her hotel and have popcorn and ice cream!!

Sunday we went over to Shaun & Mandi's before we left to say bye to them and the baby (cuz I had to snuggle him one more time!!) And on the way out of town we stopped at Colin's and said bye to him & the puppies. We had such a fun time, but we were so glad to be back home Sunday evening!!!