Atlanta trip and Meeting the quads!

Last Thursday, we headed up to Dallas at 6am to see one of my best friends, Suzanne, who had her quads the night before. The reason we had to go up so early was that we were flying to Atlanta to see Josh's family 11:00! I was so glad to see her and get to hug her neck before our trip. We had a really great time in Atlanta. When we got there we spent time with Josh's mom's side of the family at Aunt Allyson's house. We had a great meal, and I thoroughly enjoyed watching James interact with everyone. He really gets going when he's the center of attention! That night, we headed over to Josh's dad's house, where we spent the night 3/4 nights. Friday was jam-packed with fun! We went to the aquarium, which was INCREDIBLE!!! If you go, just expect a huge crowd. I was prepared by Kristy's blog, and that helped! We saw sharks, beluga whales, penguins, you name it. My favorite was the beluga whales. The are related to dolphins, so they're smiling, and they have really good vision, so you can see their eye sockets going up and down as they were checking everyone out. My other favorite part was watching James's face. He was fascinated by everything! When we walked outside afterward, we saw American Idol and radio tents. They were auditioning people to be the first people to try out for the Atlanta try-outs next week. They were also giving away free cokes, and I have to mention how incredible my drink was. I am a die hard diet coke fan. Never will touch most other soft drinks, but I decided to try Coke Zero with Vanilla and I LOVED it! It tasted like a diet coke float! So good! Anyways, back to the trip. Friday night, Josh's brother and family and sister and family spent the night with Josh's dad, and we had a blast talking, playing with the kids, and playing pretend Texas Hold'em. Saturday we drove to Gainesville, GA, north of Atlanta, to a cabin for the family reunion. That was really neat, getting to see extended family, some who I'd never seen before, and we enjoyed showing off our little guy. The kids had a great time playing outside, and James loved all of the attention he was getting from his cousins. I wish I'd gotten a picture, but James was letting Josie and Hannah hold his hands and walk him around for a little bit, which my Mr. Independent never lets us do for more than 5 seconds! Saturday night, we headed to Jo Anna's house and spent the night there. Sunday we got to go to Jo Anna and Charles's church, and Hannah was most excited about showing off her cousin to her friends! After church, we went back to Jo Anna's for some great sandwiches and dip prepared by chef Charles. He can even make sandwiches awesome! The rest of Josh's mom's side came over for the afternoon, and we had some great conversation! I also learned from Josh's 15 year old cousin what T9 texting was. I having been wanting to know that forever, and now I understand! I feel better now! Sunday night, we headed back to Josh's dad to spend our last night there. Monday, we flew home, just in time to make another visit to see the quads! Josh stayed at Suzanne and Joe's house with James so I could have a more relaxed visit with Suzanne. I enjoyed so much getting to just talk with Suzanne, who is doing excellent for just have 4 babies! The highlight though was seeing her 4 little wonders, lying in their beds and looking so healthy! It really was indescribable, so I won't even attempt to put it into words. We got in last night and are officially exhausted! Hopefully this will be a calm, easy week, so we can fully recuperate from all of our travels. I forgot to mention that James did not sleep very well this whole trip, so it felt SO good to be back in our bed last night, with James sound asleep in his bed! He seems to already be back to himself, though. Here are some pictures from the trip.


This fish was HUGE!!!
The beluga whale