NOLA Fun

I.  Am.  Tired.  I had a meeting in New Orleans on Friday, so we decided to all go down as a family and spend the weekend there.  Shelby was so excited to go back and visit "the place where she was born".  We got there super late Thursday night.  While I was at work on Friday, Jeremy took the girls to lunch, then drove them around a little and showed them things like our old house, the hospital where Shelby was born, etc.  That night we took the girls to the Hornets game.  I was positive I was going to end up spending the entire game walking around with Joey outside, but she actually did great!  Both girls were really into it and would cheer and clap when everyone else did.  Shelby would even randomly yell out "Go BEE-fence!" (even when we had the ball).

Once I spotted Will Ferrell and Jason Sudeikis though, I pretty much quit paying attention to the game and spent the entire time taking pictures of them.

Saturday morning we got up early and met Jeremy's mom and headed over to the Children's Museum.  Shelby wanted to take her time at each thing, but Joey had other plans.  I swear you'd think she had ADD the way she was running from one thing to the next.  Luckily Jeremy's mom was there to help us out so one of us could always be with Joey. 

(Hey, here's Shelby 4 years ago in the same place...)

(Ok, back to present day...)

After the Children's Museum and some lunch, we took a ride on the Creole Queen.  It took us down the river to the Chalmette Battlefield and the Chalmette Monument.  (By the way Brianne, if you are reading this, you were right.  Once we got there I totally remembered going with Grandma and Grandpa.  I don't know why I didn't remember that before.) 

The ride back was so windy and cold, and Joey was so tired, so she kind of had a meltdown.  Thankfully she fell asleep and took a pretty nice nap so we could enjoy a delicious dinner at Superior Grill.  (Seriously, I think I gained five pounds from all the food we ate on this trip.)  It was great to spend a whole day doing tourist-y things with Jeremy's mom (I guess we are technically tourists now!).  It made me remember that we need to do these kinds of things in Dallas.  You always take the tourist attractions for granted, then wish you had done them once you move!

On the way home on Sunday we got to stop at Brianne's house for a couple hours.  She made us a yummy lunch and the girls got to play.  Seriously, Brianne.  Move to Texas already.

Shelby's hair is killing me.  I can't wait the "bangs" she cut grow out so we can cut her hair and even it out.

All-in-all a great trip!  Can't wait to go back again...hopefully soon!