Georgia on My Mind

Our trip to Georgia was wonderful. We spent a week there with family and friends. Not a lot on the agenda - which was great - relaxing even. We had 3 "big adventures."
#1: Gus tackles going through numerous boxes of old toys, memorabilia, etc. Wow - was there a lot! It was fun to get to see all of the toys he played with, all of the activities he was involved in, and all of the accomplishments he had made during his youth. We brought back one suitcase full and have two boxes to be shipped - and that's with A LOT of narrowing down!
#2: Dad and Kathy took us to Babies R Us!!! I never realized what a dilema I would be in when it came to baby bedding. I knew what I wanted in my mind - plaid with cream and tan and red and green and brown:

and it wasn't what I had registered for . . . and they wanted to buy our bedding for us . . . who would have thought that we'd find the perfect bedding set walking through the store that day! Gus and I both fell in love with it instantly, and all of the colors from my mind seemed to have spilled right into the decor on the quilt (in fact, the picture above is the backing of the quilt). We were more than spoiled on our Babies R Us excursion - and it made me feel like a princess then made me think about the saying "mommy's little prince." Gus thinks it's a wierd saying since he's used to hearing "daddy's little princess" so much more often, but there is no arguing - little Quadzilla is definitely going to be Our Little Prince - sleeping in his Tree Top decorated crib!

#3: We took a little trip to the Atlanta Zoo. It really wore me out more than I thought it would, but it was fun! The weather was overcast for the few hours we were there - perfect - and then sun beat down as we were leaving. It worked out wonderfully!!!
My favorites were the gorillas and the orangutans.


Then there were of course the Meer Cats (I think that's spelled correctly). Two in particular were odd looking - pictured below - but they did stand and stare just as expected!!!

And let's not forget the ELEPHANTS!!! They smelled pretty bad, but they are still amazing creatures!


Of course, we also got to see Amy (Gus' sister) since she just moved back to Atlanta, and all of Gus' closest buddies. It went by very quickly . . . but it's always nice to get to come back home too! Nothing beats the comfort of your own bed after a week away!!! So here we are - Georgia on our minds, but Texas in our hearts!