Day 2

We spent the night in Elizabethtown, KY. Here the kiddos are just chillin in the hotel room…

My lil’ slugger! We were going to the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory this day, so I thought how appropriate, he can wear his “slugger” outfit. Of course he pooed all over it before we ever got there! Oh well, he had another cute baseball outfit to wear. . Funny story there…Daniel had not pooed in a few hours and we were on the guided tour in the factory when I heard him do his business. There’s no mistaking that sweet breastmilk poo smell or the warm sensation against your body. (I guess I should have mentioned first that I was carrying him in his snugli.) Well, a couple of minutes later I rubbed his oh so soft baby legs, and before I could even think about my reaction it was, “Wipe! Patrick, wipe!” At least we were at the back of the line and it was so noisy in the factory that I don’t think anyone noticed. So, apparently he was bound and determined to get some poo on both of his baseball outfits that day!

On the way to Louisville...

Only my husband has the nerve to walk up to the guard and ask the following questions: 1. Do ya’ll give tours? and 2. Do ya’ll give away any free samples? The guard did not laugh.

It was very cool to be this close to so much money, I must admit.

We went to the Kentucky Derby Museum and Churchill Downs. I must admit that I know absolutely nothing about horse racing or the significance of the Kentucky Derby, but I still found it very interesting and learned a lot. I’m a nerd, I know. But to me a vacation isn’t just lying on a beach, which can be nice, but to go to new places and learn new things. We love museums and history and all that kind of fun stuff! We’re wild people, I know.

Caroline in front of the wall of hats. It’s a tradition that women wear these crazy big hats to the KY Derby every year.

Caroline giving the horse a kiss.

Watching a race with daddy.

This is one of my favorite pictures from the trip.

Caroline decided that she wanted to run in the fifth race of the day. We looked up and she had run out on the track….she came in fourth in the race, not bad for a 21 month old.

Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory

I thought this was neat. They had every baseball that each president from Roosevelt to Bush had thrown at a MLB game. They also had each of these president’s names on a jersey either red or blue, and the number of his presidency. What was amazing to me, was that Clinton had just dropped out of the race like 3 days before and they already had Obama’s jersey made.

Patrick and kids in front of the largest baseball in the world.

Look at those BIG blue eyes!

Caroline overlooking the Ohio river.