Anderson Road Fitness Trail

Or, our first "hike" as a family of four! We are now a family of four! Yay!! It's been amazing and wonderful and I can't believe our little family has grown by one.

Now that our family has grown, and I can walk more than ten feet without feeling exhausted, we really want to make an effort to get outdoors more. Hiking, camping, biking, I want to do it all!

In order to start off easy for this recovering mama, we chose the Anderson Road Fitness Trail which is paved and just over a mile.  While I would probably never visit this trail again, I'm so glad this is the first one we chose because when we passed the 1/2 mile marker, I felt like we had already walked five miles... who knows what would have happened if we had gone on a real hike!

STUD!

Brenden wrangled Kian and Nova while I had sweet girl in the baby sling.

 When you look at the map, most of the trail goes right along  Percy Priest Lake, but in reality you don't have much of a view because of all the trees.  They do have several cut offs with benches where you can go to sit and stare.

After the 1 mile marker, you walk on the road back to the parking lot.  Not ideal with a dog and a stroller. But we made it or more specifically, I did it! I walked a whole mile without taking a break..what an accomplishment ;) This is just the start though, I can't wait to get out there more and push myself. 

Some Big News!

Kian had some big news to share! We're so excited for our new addition, and to see Kian in his new role as a big brother. We are already trying to teach him about the baby and working on sharing, which is quite difficult with a toddler but he is always learning!

A Little Visit

We celebrated Christmas a little bit early with my mom and stepsister. We were so happy they were able to come and visit us and Kian was extra happy because he had extra people to read to him!

A Little Bit of Family Time

Shuckles Corn Maze

We love Shuckles! I happened upon Shuckles while looking for a pumpkin patch to visit and I'm so glad I did because it was awesome! It is not a pumpkin patch but a corn maze with a ton of fun activities for kids that Brenden and I took full advantage of! We have a video coming soon that shows even more of what they had to offer. Honestly we loved it.  We were there for three hours and didn't even go in the corn maze!

Kian's 1st Birthday!

My baby is one and his love for cake is true!

Still can't believe he's one now but I am so happy that we were able to celebrate this huge accomplishment with all of his grandparents and with a plethora of gifts.  He is very loved.