Louisville, Kentucky!

We finally made it to Louisville! Matt wanted to go there for his birthday but we haven't had the funds. So we went a little later than his birthday. :) We made it a President's Day extravaganza!!! JK We only stayed over one night but we had lots of fun!

We drove up Sunday morning and went to the Louisville Slugger Museum/Factory. At first I wasn't really excited to go there, but I knew that Matt really wanted to. So we went and it was actually pretty cool. They have a small museum where we got to see the bats that The Giants use since they won the last World Series. :) And Matt got to hold a bat from a famous player from years ago. (I can't remember who though) The coolest part was the factory tour. Unfortunately, you cannot take pictures in there but it was pretty cool to see the machines they use to make the bats. The really cool one is the bats they make for the MLB. If a player has a contract with them then they get to design their own bat. So they have the measurements down to perfection. It takes about a minute or so for the machine to turn out one of those bats. Crazy cool!

 This is Matt holding the "famous" bat. :)

 Pablo, Buster, and Hunter GO GIANTS!

 He is so adorable!

 This is "The Big Bat" that is outside the museum. Matt thought it would be fun to lay on the ground and take a picture looking up.

 This is the "big glove". It is made out of granite. The floor around it is super soft so that the kids can climb on it.

The glove again. 

Sunday night we stayed in a outside just outside of the city. It was a pretty nice hotel. I booked a room that had a separate bedroom from the "living room" so that we could put Will to bed and not have to be super quiet. Unfortunately, I am a dork and forgot his pajamas. So poor kiddo didn't sleep well. I think being cold and in a weird place was too much for him. :(

Monday we went to the science museum. It was pretty cool. Although I was disappointed because it was like $26 for Matt and I and a lot of the exhibits didn't work. :( If they are going to charge that much then I think they should have had working exhibits. But the really fun part was "the kids zone". That is where we spent most of our time. They had this water area where the kids could play and learn different things how water works. They had things that you could make a dam and see how spickets work and lots of stuff. Will just had fun playing, although the water was pretty cold. :( They also had an "airplane" that you could play on and it had a fat slide that Will loved! 

 This is an "ambulance" that they had for the kids to play. It sang a song and had a siren. :) Will played while Matt and I went potty. LOL

 He loved the animals that they had to play in the water. :)

 They had ice in the thing on the wall and he found a chunk on the floor. He was trying to give it to me. :)

 Boats are pretty awesome!

 This was a construction area where they could play with trucks and stuff. The circle on the wall is a "cement mixer". :)

 Matt was trying to dry Will off. I thought his hair looked funny. LOL

 "It's my firetruck"

 This is the airplane cockpit. Lots of buttons! :)

The slide! We had to go down a couple of times. Will probably could have done it all day. 

After the museum we went to the Hard Rock Cafe and had lunch. It was pretty fun. Will loved the music and started dancing. He is really into that lately. :) After that we headed home. Will was super tired and there was a huge storm coming in so we wanted to get home. It was pretty bad, we had to drive into the wind and Matt was having a hard time because it was so strong. But we made it with no problems and had a fun couple of days to celebrate Matt. Next stop is hopefully Gatlinburg, TN! But first we will be spending Easter at the Nashville Zoo with some friends. Pics to come!