Road Trip Extraordinaire (Part 4)

We drove on to Nashville, TN next where Bruce's extended family on his mom's side lives. Bruce spent a lot of time in Nashville (specifically Mt Juliet) growing up, so this brought back lots of memories which was fun to share with Elijah. Bruce's PePa used to buy, fix up and sell automobiles and moving trucks before he passed away 4 years ago -- and they are still trying to clear the 12 acres of land. Bruce did a lot of exploring to look at the old cars and trucks. We stayed with Grandma and had a lot of grandma's home cooked meals (yum!) We also got to see Bruce's aunt and uncles and their families. Cousin Milana turned 7 while we were there, so we got to go to her birthday party.

Updated: Able to add the pics, see below.

Bruce and Elijah on his PePa's property

Elijah and Dixie...loves dogs.

Uncle Jim is fixing up an old truck

Elijah and his great-grandmother

Pushing around a tractor

We got to see our friends Matt and Emily Bryant, who moved to Tennessee for Matt to go to Vanderbilt. Emily used to watch Elijah for me when I went to work for a couple hours. I think she loved seeing Elijah again. :)

We ate at this yummy restaurant Calypso Cafe - Elijah enjoyed the beans and rice (as you can see by his messy face)


SOME BIG NEWS: Elijah took his first steps in Nashville last week! Here's a video of his first 2 steps (re-enacted). By now he's up to 6 or 7 steps - he's gaining confidence in himself every day with practice. Updated Sunday 11/18: His new record is 20 steps by himself -- he's turning into quite the walker, especially when he's motivated!