Anniversary Week

Eric and I had our 4th anniversary on June 16. We went to Natchez for a few days during the week to celebrate while our parents took turns taking care of Kaleb. It was really nice to be able to eat out without worrying about a fussy or loud baby who wants to get down and walk around. We went to the cemetaries in Natchez and there were some pretty old tombstones there. Most of them were from the Civil War time period, obviously. There weren't rows and rows of tombs in the city cemetary (there were in the national one that is reserved for military), instead it was more like square plots where families were. One gravesite was for a man who fought in the Revolutionary War and died in 1823. That's pretty unfathomable for me. Eric pointed out that if we went to Europe (YES PLEASE!) the tombs would be so much older than the ones we were looking at.
We also toured one of the old homes, Stanton Hall. It was only a thirty minute tour and covered the first two floors (out of five) and we weren't allowed to take pictures, so nothing to show there. It was pretty interesting though. They still had a lot of the original pieces of the house and made some replications of carpets and stuff so we could see what it was really like. It must've been HOT back in those days with no air. Can you imagine?
One cool thing about Natchez is that you can walk just about anywhere. We stayed at the Grand Hotel near the river and were able to walk to everywhere except the cemetaries. There were some cute little shops and restaurants and just a short drive to WalMart and a more commercialized area.
We ended up watching movies in the hotel for a good part of the day because it was so hot. Judge if you must, but when we go on vacation we want to relax, watch movies, and take it easy so that suited us just fine. Plus it was so hot outside that we didn't really feel like walking all day. Overall it was a fantastic trip and probably the last one we'll be able to take solo for awhile.