What a fabulous way to wake up!!! Our whole family sleeping in the same room...Sawyer and I in one bed, Charlotte and Alex in the other. Charlotte woke up at about 6 am demanding a donut and juice. She was a HOT MESS. I ended up getting in bed with her and Alex and she finally settled down and went back to sleep until about 8 pm...thankfully. Once Niki texted and said they were up, we opened the door adjoining our rooms and away they went :) Gavin and Charlotte were so happy to have woken up in the same state, city, HOTEL.
We loved our balcony. Hotels don't really do that anymore... esp in a city like this. It was an old hotel that had been renovated. The kids LOVED the balcony. (Alex was a nervous nelly with the kids on the balcony)
Daddies and babies.
The kids LOVED the luggage cart. Loved it. It was the best game ever.
After we got our rooms all packed up and quardruple checked to make sure we had all of our belongings, we were on our way to the Atlanta Zoo. We had to drive through some of the seedy parts of Atlanta to get there but we finally made it.
Our first stop was.....
The ELEPHANTS!!! (The Yayas)
She. Was. Amazed.
The main thing Charlotte took away from our trip to the zoo... the "yayas butts". You ask her what she saw, she states..."Umm Yayas... eats 'nacks...yayas butts....him butts"
How cute this is elephant statue??? And the smile on here face???
(Sawyer was dead asleep during this pic)
How pretty are those tigers???? They were even licking each other. SO SWEET.
Someone woke up to say "hey"!!
Check out the monkey thing looking at Charlotte. This was the other thing she talked about. She beats her fists on her chest and goes "ahhhhh". She talked about how the monkey/gorilla ate "nacks" and then "he runs!!!" (He ran across the little grass area)
Charlotte loves Parker :)
Love this picture :)
Daddies and babies.
Our wonderful friends.
"What's that?"
One more good family picture for the road.
She is so happy. She LOVES animals. In her head this was the best day ever.
CHEESE!!!!
Finally, a family picture!!!!
A kiss goodbye :( They left before we did. Gavin and Parker were ready for naps and they had a bit longer of a drive than we did.
Just taking it all in.
Right before we left, we ran into this crazy creature guy. Who knows what he was. Charlotte was a bit freaked.
"Goodbye, Lion."
We left the zoo after this. Charlotte needed a nap and we wanted to get home at a good time. I drove both kids in the Tahoe and Alex drove his car behind us. Charlotte slept the entire way and Sawyer fussed a bit but ended up doing fine and sleeping the rest of the drive.
I got some mommy time/talk on the phone time. It was good.
Thank you, Midgetts, for an AMAZING weekend. You are one-of-a-kind friends. I don't know what we would do with you. Thank you for meeting us for a weekend of fun in Atlanta. Our kids needed it. I hate that we are both in areas where we have no family or friends. I would be fine without friends or family if we at least lived near you. We need to do it all again. Can't wait until our next adventure.
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