Atlanta for the Weekend

This weekend we went to Atlanta for a brief getaway for our anniversary, although our trip to Costa  Rica was our real anniversary celebration, I figured a couple days away from the house wouldn't be too bad. Of course Drew would probably disagree after working a month of 12 hours shifts and Saturday being opening day of gun season! Tuesday will be our actual 2 year anniversary and I cannot believe how fast it has gone by and how truly amazing these past 2 years have been!

We left Friday morning and went through Macon on our way to Atlanta. We stopped by Bass Pro Shop in Macon and Tanger Outlets in Locust Grove. I got a few sweaters for winter and Drew got himself a pair of 'city' shoes which are pictured below. Note: this is a big deal because in the 6 years I've never seem him in anything but boots and the occasional flip flops. We went to the world of Coca Cola on Friday as well and I must admit it was a bust (to me at least) but then again I'm not a big fan of crowds.

Outside of the world of Coca Cola.

We ate dinner at a restaurant near the hotel called Piola. They specialized in authentic Italian pizza and was pretty dang delicious but way too much food!

On Saturday we tracked down an IHOP and had breakfast before heading to Six Flags. Both Drew and I haven't been to Six Flags since high school so we were both pretty excited about going. We purchased the Flash Pass which pretty much all but eliminated waiting in line to ride the roller coasters and we both agree it was well worth money. The only problem with the Flash Pass is that since we didn't really have any 'recovery time' between rides we were on the verge of being severely sick after the 5th or 6th ride! Oh how times have changed!

We left Six Flags and went to Lenox Mall to do a little shopping. Drew and I were both unaware that people however do not shop at Lenox Mall anymore. Apparently the goal at Lenox is to just walk around, buy nothing and do your very best to get in my way! We were both missing our small town life at this point (and out dogs of course!).

Six Flags!

Drew's "city" shoes..

All in all it was a fun trip but city living is definitely no lifestyle for the two of us! :)

Baby Brigham!

On Sunday I was fortunate enough to get to spend some time with baby Brigham and his parents. He is such a sweet boy and was a real trooper during his pictures! I visited Brigham at the hospital the day after he was born and in the week between that time and the time until we coordinated to take the pictures he had changed so much already! Here are a few of my favorite pictures:

Such a good looking little fella!

Fast Food Smörgåsbord

Drew and I have discussed in the past how great (and sickening)  it would be if we drove around to all of the different fast food restaurants and got 1 menu item from each and compiled a gloriously fatty meal to end all meals. So tonight, while Drew ate Popeye's and I had a bowl of cereal, I decided to make out the list of our fast food desires. I googled 'top 10 fast food restaurants in US' and here were the results (ranking based on number of establishments):

1) Subway, 2) McDonald's,  3) Starbucks, 4) Pizza Hut, 5) Burger King, 6) Dunkin' Donuts, 7) Wendy's, 8) Dairy Queen, 9) Taco Bell, 10) Sonic.

Here is Drew's List:

 Here is my list:

I would also like to add a cinnamon roll from Cinnabon and orange chicken from the Chinese place in the Augusta Mall. :)

What would you pick??

Reagan-Roo has the flu!

Well, not really the flu but nothing else rhymes with Roo! But sweet baby is sick...
Friday evening I started noticing that Reagan was acting peculiar but I just chalked it up to her being overly tired from being out in the woods most of the day. Saturday morning she was feeling even worse; just lying around and sticking close to my side. Sunday morning she was having a hard time getting up and down and stopped eating and drinking all together. I loaded her in the car a little after 9 and headed to St. Francis Animal Hospital in Augusta. Little did I know I was going to be there for almost 5 hours and end up spending $473! I was very impressed with their facility and the fact that they are open 24 hours (might switch them to this vet permanently). After running a few tests and taking xrays they diagnosed her with having pancreatitis, a herniated disc and severe constipation (lovely!). They gave her fluids and medication through an IV and a good ol' fashion enema and sent me home with some additional antibiotics and steroids for her. As of this morning I could really tell that she was starting to feel a lot better, hopefully she will have a full recovery very soon!

Pouting that I tricked her into going to the vet! 

This is going to be horrible! Maybe if I lay really still that won't see me!

Riding home after being violated! 

St Francis Animal Hospital

Kackleberry Farms

This morning I met Kim and Parker at Kackleberry Farm. This was my first trip to Kackleberry Farm, but Parker and Kim were seasoned professionals. Parker was still a little too young for some of the attractions but by the time we left we were all covered in sweat! I was disappointed in the pumpkin patch though I was thinking they grew their own pumpkins and had a huge field full of them (which would have worked out for some awesome picture moments!) but it was just an over grown field with a few pumpkins they purchased and placed around. Here are some of the highlights and a few of Parker's favorite attractions!

Getting excited about the bunnies!

Tetherball was a hit! (literally). 

Tractor seesaw!

Jumping on the giant air-filled pillow! 

 

I think this was his favorite activity.

Drew-Baby turns 27!

This past Sunday was Drew's 27th birthday! It wasn't an exceptionally special day unfortunately because he had to work! We had pizza and piggy-sticks for dinner and then opened presents! Plus our fall shows were starting so we got some quality laying-around-being lazy-over eating-time in.. and it was glorious!

Dinner celebration for 2!

Opening his bday presents!

5th Annual Bird Dog Breakaway

Today was Waynesboro's 5th Annual Bird Dog Breakaway 5k. The race started off at the park and circled around the Burkehaven neighborhood. There was a huge turned out and everyone that participated got a free t-shirt (granted they are florescent green and partially blinding to look at). Lori, Kathryn and I signed in at 7:45 and the race started a little after 8. We met up with Caroline too but she walked with the big team Delta pulled together. Earlier this year we participated in the Save-the-Lake 5k and we were the winners of the walkers then. Through a unanimous vote (from the 3 of us) and several disqualifications (also given out by the three of us) - we are pretty sure we were the winners of the walkers again this time! Oddly, they didn't recognize us with a trophy like those dang runners!

Productive Saturday

Last night I ventured up to Drew's man-room to take a look around to see if there was anything he needed for his birthday. Unfortunately it was in such disarray that I couldn't imagine adding anything else to this clutter. So when Drew left this morning for work I took it upon myself to do a little organizing. I'm pretty satisfied with the results but I'm not too confident it will stay like this for long! ... Fingers crossed!

Before:

After! 

Parker came for a visit this afternoon and we quickly moved through a few fun activities!

Played on the hay...

Caught and ate bubbles!

Then we got a hold of the water hose!

Drinking from the hose; such a little man now!

Watered the flowers for Aunt Bean.

Bucket-o-water

After stripping himself naked he returned to the bucket for the next 30 minutes or so until 

we had to go eat dinner! 

--Looking forward to a lazy Sunday. 1st week of the outage officially down. 3-4 more to go.. :(

Outage Week 1

The fall outage officially started back last weekend; poor Drew-baby is having to work 12 hour shifts everyday with the exception of Tuesdays. He leaves the house at 6am and has been getting home a little after 8. What is the worst part about the outage you ask (in my opinion of course)? I have to cook dinner every night and it is HORRIBLE. Since I have a lot of free time on my hands, especially on weekends while Drew is working, one would think that I would be doing something constructive and productive (like writing papers for school) but no, I'm just hanging out and doing semi-fun stuff! Here are some highlights from the past week or so:

I made Sweet and Sour Chicken (a recipe Kristin found on Pinterest). It was amazing but I made such a mess in the process! Here is the recipe for anyone interested: http://madeitateitlovedit.blogspot.com/2012/03/sweet-and-sour-chicken.html
I used Splenda instead of sugar and it still turned out great.

                                          Finished product!                  What a messy process though!

My fun-filled Friday night involved cleaning windows while I waited on Drew to get home. Drew snapped this lovely picture of my weird cleaning habits and my monochromatic outfit when he got home. We tried to watch a movie this night, but we both ended up falling asleep!

Drew sent flowers to work on on Tuesday for no special reason (or he may have been guilted into it; I got flowers and that is all matters!) ;) Tuesday night me and mama met Kim and Parker at the Mexican restaurant in Louisville but I forgot to take a picture. :(

Pretty!

I washed Drew's NASTY truck on Sunday. It took me almost 2 hours just to clean the outside! I did not even attempt to start on the inside. I'm convinced that was the first time it was washed since he bought it 2 years ago! Shameful!

I also baked Drew-baby cookies on Sunday. 

I have finished stocking up on deco-mesh for Christmas... Yes, I over did it.. go figure..

Last night I met Kristin and West for dinner at Burke Perk and got Drew something to-go so I did not have to cook anything! Win!

Courtney's Maternity Pictures

On Saturday afternoon our friends Courtney and Bobby came to the house so that I could take maternity pictures before Brigham arrives! Courtney is due in just a couple of weeks! It had stopped raining and the sun came out just a few minutes before they arrived (so you can imagine how muggy it was outside!). They were both good sports about the weather and we had a lot of fun taking the pictures. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from Saturday:

We are looking forward to meeting Brigham very soon! Courtney also asked me to come to the hospital and take his newborn pictures when he gets here! So excited!

Parker and the Beach

We took Parker down to Tybee Island for a few hours on Friday for his first beach trip! He was cautious about the water at first but by the time we were ready to leave he was really enjoying himself. He also was a fan of all the pretty girls that were around! Even offering up his sippy cup to a bikini-clad high school gal!

Oh my gosh! The BEACH!!

 

JUMP!

Being silly with Mommy!

Enjoying his strawberry ice cream!

Sharing his ice cream with his 3rd cousin Max (visiting from NY!).

Quick beach trip for Parker = Success!