The Zorio Family: Our Babymoon

When I was 5 months pregnant with Dawson, John and I decided to take a babymoon-one last trip, just the two of us, before we were a family of three. We had such a great time on our babymoon to Fort Lauderdale and Miami, that John promised that we would try to take a babymoon while expecting future kids, and of course, I was on board! About a month ago, we looked at our calendar and realized how busy the months were going to be between November and our Pea in the Pod's arrival in April. We decided to go ahead and take our babymoon a little early this time!

So last week, we drove to Tennessee to drop Dawson off. He got to stay with his Nana and Grandad, but he also got to see his Lolly, Pop, Aunt Emmie, Cousin Drew, and Great Mamaw which he was there. After getting Dawson settled in Tennessee, John and I headed to Lexington, Kentucky. In April 2007 we went with a big group of friends for AGR's formal to Keeneland in Lexington and had a blast. Since then we've always wanted to go back to Keeneland, and since they only race there in April and October this worked out perfectly.

We spent all day at the races on Wednesday and got to see all 9 races. We won on two races, a whopping $3.20 and then an even bigger win-$5.20! We thought that was pretty good considering we were only doing bets between ten cents and two dollars. We were not really there to gamble, but it makes watching the races more fun when you have a horse to cheer for. There are some little shops at Keeneland also, so in the 35 minutes between each race we browsed the shops. We came out with matching blue t-shirts for John and Dawson. They have a horse and jockey and say Keeneland. I have yet to get a picture, but Dawson is thrilled to have a shirt "just like Daddy."

We also had fun watching the horses in the paddock and all of the festivities between races. We dressed more casual on Wednesday than last time we went to the races (last time I was decked out-even with a hat), and we were relieved to see that the Fall Match seems to be more casual than Spring. There were even people there wearing jeans.

After a fun day at Keeneland we headed downtown to DeSha's for a yummy dinner. The next morning we went to Spalding's Bakery downtown for handmade donuts. It has been in Lexington since 1929, and the donuts were so good! We laughed about how we discovered the Dandee Donut Shop in Fort Lauderdale on our last babymoon and at there a few times!

Thursday we had planned to go back to the races, but it was raining. We decided to have a relaxing day of shopping. We went to a couple malls and two Targets (how can we travel to a new city and not visit at least one Target?!) haha! For dinner we found another good restaurant, Saul Good, and then went to see a movie.

Our time in Lexington went by very quickly, but by the end of the week we could not wait to get back to see Dawson. When we picked him up he asked us if we had been "in Tucky watchin' horses?" So sweet! Now we're back home, and getting settled back in after being out of town. I can't believe our babymoon is over, but we had a great time!