Virginia Part One

Jackson's new way of riding in the shopping cart. Backwards standing up in his carseat. He loves it!! All smiles and giggles and he thinks he is so big! We were holding on tight to him don't worry and yes I know that we have started something!

He had lots of people talking to him it was too cute.

Our trip has been great so far! We got to Petersburg Virginia on Friday at about 5 p.m. after driving over night. We left home at about 10:15 p.m. Thursday night. It wasn't a bad trip at all. We didn't get into any traffic until we got to Richmond, and that only lasted a little bit. Jackson slept all the way to Nashville and only woke up because we stopped. That was our first stop, so we were doing good. Overall I think he slept for about 75% of the trip. After Nashville we stopped quite a bit for coffee, bathroom, or to get Jacks out to stretch his little chubby legs! So anyway Jeremy was waiting outside when we got here! Jackson was so surprised to see him. It was too cute, he dozed off right before we pulled up and Jeremy got him out of his car seat when we pulled up. He just stared at his daddy and grinned. So sweet! Since then he has been so playful and happy with Jeremy especially. I am so glad we came out here.

Once we got in the room and settled in all of us took naps! Luckily Jeremy was out of class that night so he was free to hang out with us. We woke up at 9 p.m. and went to Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner. It was good! Jeremy didn't realize we have one in Hot Springs :) There is a town called Colonial Heights right outside of Petersburg, like 2 miles. We like that town because it has everything. On Saturday after resting in the hotel, we went to Uno Chicago Grill for dinner. Another new restaurant for us all. It was also pretty good. Their dessert menu looked awesome but we didn't order any. After dinner we went to the mall (hello Macy's I missed you!) Sunday was filled with Washington DC! We got back and were SO TIRED! We saw the pentagon, Washington Monument, and the Arlington National Cemetery. We walked all around the cemetery and saw where JFK and his wife are buried and the tomb of the unknown soldier. You just can't comprehend how many men and women are buried at that cemetery. It is unbelievable. Today (Monday) Jeremy had to go back to school but he was out by 4:30. We got lucky today because he normally isn't out until 9:30. We went to a local Mexican restaurant for dinner and hit up Target for about 2 hours. Of course I took a lot of pictures and I have plenty to post...but for now I wanted to document everything we have done so far before I forget! I took over 200 pics yesterday and I plan on posting a lot of them.