Atlanta

I took so many pictures while in Atlanta that I decided it needed it's own post. We went because Randy needed to attend a conference to get CE hours. We tossed around the idea if him going to something alone, but that didn't seem like much fun. And Jacob really wanted to fly on an airplane (he doesn't remember his only other plane ride to Louisville because he was only 15 months old). However, I really wasn't looking forward to taking Hannah (and all of the stuff you need for a 9/10 month old) on the plane. So, Memaw agreed to watch her while we went. Jacob had so much fun and was even better behaved than I had hoped!

I already showed some of the pictures of the plane ride up there, so I'll pick up from there.

Memaw does a good job of keeping me informed on what she and Hannah are doing. Here, mom is trying to check her email, with Hannah's help.



And this was Friday morning. She tried to convince me that they had too much fun the night before and were in jail. With Hannah, I'd believe it!


First thing we did on Friday morning was hit up the Atlanta Aquarium. It's the largest in the world and was pretty cool. Jacob liked it but it wasn't his favorite.





Watching the sea lions. It was quite crowded for a Friday morning.



Learning about the animals with Daddy.


Sharks! He did like these a lot.


A grouper fish (that he called Mr. Grouper from Bubble Guppies).


Fun at the gift shop.


They had a huge play thing that he just made the cut (height wise) for.


Watching the turtles...





Jellyfish.


More pictures!! He was over taking pictures at this point.


This was a tunnel to the other side of an aquarium. It looks cute but I didn't get any fish in the picture to prove this was an aquarium!


Hanging out with the alligator.


More fun in the gift shop, of course.








After the aquarium, we found a park and played. He had fun, but it wasn't his favorite.


Then we had lunch.


Back home, Hannah enjoyed some scrambled eggs.


And had her toe nails painted. NOT an easy job!!


That night, we found a parking lot carnival and played a little. He liked this, as he does a parking lot carnivals, but not his favorite.














Saturday was Hannah's 10 month birthday. We cheated a little and took this before we left on Thursday.


Back in Atlanta, we went on a big Ferris wheel/gondola thing called Skyview. It was almost 200 feet tall and you could see a lot. Randy was a little scared but Jacob and I thought it was cool.





Olympic park (from the 1996 summer games) was right across the street.


See, Randy was scared and would not let me move around...any.


Jacob was fine.


Some views of the city.








Jacob and the huge Christmas tree in Olympic Park.


Then we stumbled upon a Veteran's Day parade. Jacob liked the motorcycles, but they weren't his favorite.


And, we did the Atlanta Children's Museum, which he liked and was almost his favorite.








Last, we rode a train called the Pink Pig.


Meanwhile, Hannah was back home getting spoiled and rocked to sleep for her nap.


If you look closely at this picture, you can see Jacob napping. He was exhausted and was even able to nap in the same room as Randy watching an Aggie football game.


So, what was his favorite part? If you ask him, even today, his favorite part of the entire trip was wearing an astronaut helmet, in the Houston airport, on our way to collect our bags. He only wore it for 5 seconds but he is STILL talking about it. Crazy kid!!

~Nancy

Friday iPhone Dump #30

As I mentioned last week, Hannah was pretty sick starting on Thursday (Halloween). She was perking up and looking better on Saturday when the same thing hit Jacob. He was miserable until Tuesday! Glad they are better now.

When we were kids and got sick, my parents always made us a bed on the floor to watch tv and stuff. So, I got out Jacob's air bed and they had fun. I know he doesn't look real sick here, but this is shortly after we discovered his fever and gave him a dose of Advil. Hannah just loved hanging out with him.


Here is what I saw for about 3 days...blank stare at tv with his favorite blankie.


Popsicles helped a little.


She was feeling much better by Sunday night!


They played so much on that air bed. This is their favorite game where Jacob hides and Hannah tries to pull the blanket off to find him.


Although he didn't make it to school on Tuesday, we did have to go up there to pick up his school pictures. Once again, I loved them!






We are now in Atlanta for Randy's continuing education conference. Jacob did so great on the plane yesterday.

Here we are leaving Houston.



We parked a long way from the airport so Jacob got a ride.





Did you know this will happen to an unopened bag if chips on the plane? I didn't.


This is what he did for about an hour if the trip.


I'm sure we'll take a lot more pictures today so be ready next week for ATL overload.

~Nancy