Atlanta

Dan had a conference for work in Atlanta from Thursday to Tuesday, so Noah and I decided we would tag along instead of staying home alone all that time. This was our first time traveling with Noah so we were a little nervous about having everything we would need and how Noah would do. Of course, Noah had the biggest suitcase out of all of us! He did great on the way down - he slept for about 3 hours, and then we stopped to feed him. He was awake the rest of the way, but did pretty well. He started to melt down as we were turning into the hotel, but I hopped out with him quick and he settled down as soon as he was out in the fresh air. We got settled with all of our stuff and Noah loved checking out the hotel room.

 Here he is looking out the window at all the buildings. He absolutely loved this! He is so curious and loves to take everything in!

 Thursday night, we went on a little family date. We went out to eat and then to get a cupcake. Here is Dan and Noah outside the cupcake shop.

On Friday, Dan headed to his conference and Noah and I headed to the hotel pool. There was hardly anybody there so it was really nice. Noah loved it! We went in the water some and sat on the lounge chairs some too!

Once again, Noah loved taking everything in. There was a guy swimming laps and Noah sat for a long time just watching him swim back and forth.

 Then it was time to get his wiggles out! Such a happy boy!

 Dan had asked me to come pick him up from the conference to save on the taxi fare. It was only 6 miles away, so I figured no big deal. Well, it was a big deal!! It took me almost 45 minutes to get there because the traffic was so bad. To make matters even worse, Noah screamed for the first half of the trip. I am not an aggressive driver and I do not like traffic. So I made Dan drive back and I told him I would NOT be coming to get him for the rest of the week. Check out this Atlanta traffic...I don't know how people drive in this everyday!!

 On Saturday, Noah and I hung out in the hotel room in the morning. Here is a cute one of Noah in the hotel chair.

 Then we headed to Roswell to visit Aunt Charlene and Uncle Kyle. They have 2 dogs and Noah has never really been around dogs, so I was interested to see what he thought of the dogs and what they thought of him! Noah wasn't really phased too much by them, he liked to watch them. Lilly was very interested in Noah at first, but soon lost interest - I think because she realized he took priority over her! Gus on the other hand was very jealous! He was even trying to nudge Noah out of Aunt Charlene's lap! It was pretty funny. Here is Charlene with all the "babies"

Noah and I had a great day with Kyle and Charlene - thanks again for hosting us for the day!

 When we got back to the hotel, Dan was still eating with some other people that were attending the conference. Noah was a little fussy, so him and I walked around the gardens at the hotel. Once again, he loved just looking all around and taking it all in. His favorite was this fountain. I love the look on his face!

 On Monday, there were some storms that ruled out walking or visiting the pool, so Noah and I just relaxed in the room for the day. I did some knitting and Noah and I did a lot of playing and cuddling. Here are a few cute pictures from the day.

Noah did great on the ride home too. We had to make one pit stop because he was a little sick of being in the car seat, but for most of the trip he was either sleeping or pretty happy. Our first trip as a family was a success!