Nashville here we come!!!

We are headed to Nashville for our first LPA National Conference!!! We left on Thursday at about 7p and drove to Cincinnati. We didn't get in until almost 1am and it was a LONG ride with 3 kids!!! They each picked a different time to melt down, so we ended up stopping even more than anticipated. They all slept well and we went to Kings Island for the day yesterday. It was a beautiful day and the kids had a great time! We met up with a colleague of Eric's and his family who live in the area. They have 3 boys and his wife is also a family doc so we had tons in common. Aiden and I rode The Beast, (ugh!! Wooden roller coaster-4+ minutes of torture being jostled around like a rag doll. I need major realignment now!!) The Vortex and The Racer (both in the front row!).
Emmi had a ball on all the Planet Snoopy rides. She smiled all day and no meltdowns!!!! She was awesome! It was a very long day and the kids were exhausted. We left the park around 8p and had pizza at Eric's friends home. Amazingly, the kids still had enough energy to jump around on their trampoline! We finally got back to our room at midnight and the kids fell into bed! Zzzzzzzzzzzz!

My plan was to be up and on our way this morning at 9am to be in Nashville around 1:30.... We didn't actually leave until 10:15 BUT we gain an hour on the drive so we are still right on schedule :-). I am looking so forward to seeing Sarah and Tessa! Tessa is about 15 months old now and she and Max will be able to play. Last time they were together Max wasn't crawling yet but now he is crawling and pulling up to stand on everything so I am excited to see them together! There are so many other families that I have met on Facebook that I am looking forward to meeting as well. I have over 60 POLP (parents of little people) friends on FB. It is such a great community! I will update with photos soon!!
1hr 47 minutes left by GPS..... Hope it goes quick. The natives are getting restless!!!