Austin, Texas

We loved Austin. It’s such a vibrant city. One of the things that Clayton and I both agree that we don’t like about Akron is how dated and old school it is. Austin was a breath of fresh air with it’s cool culture, new businesses popping up everywhere, and overall forward thinking vibe.  

We stayed with our friends the Clements. We met Kennedy and Wyatt when Wyatt was interning with Goodyear a couple of summers ago. We were instant friends and spent most days that summer together. We’ve kept in touch, and when we found out Clayton was going to be attending a 1.5 day conference for work in Austin, we called them up and planned a whole week with them. It was awesome.

On one of the days we toured the state capital building. It’s a few feet taller than the U.S. capital building in D.C. You know what they say, everything’s bigger in Texas!

We also made it a priority to try as many of Austin’s most well known restaurants as we could. It. Was. Amazing. The BBQ and Tex-mex were to die for.

My favorite part was the bat bridge. Austin is home to one of the largest bat populations in the world. A ton of them live under one bridge downtown, and every night at dusk they all fly out in a giant swarm! The picture below is the best I could get of them (unfortunately), those teeny tiny specks are all the bats. I love bats, they’re so cool. 

We had a blast hanging out with friends. We loved their ward. I even met a twin mom in the mothers room when I was nursing one of the girls. Of course it was an instant bond (twin mama’s unite!). 

We spent a lot of time out and about, which was hard for Ruby and Cora. I still haven’t figured out how to be out of the house without having two mega cranky babies once nap time hits. They also had a really hard time sleeping in a new place. We tried several sleeping arrangements, and finally figured out that one slept best in the bathroom and one could co sleep with me. Clayton slept on the couch. Poor Clayton.

 When we got home they both slept so well, I think they were relieved to be back. Cora has been sleeping through the night, and Ruby only wakes up once! It’s wonderful. 

I think Ruby and Cora want to be Texans :) I’d move to Austin in a heartbeat.