Vacation Day 6- Babyland General Hospital

On our last day we stopped at Mommy's favorite
part of vacation- The Cabbage Patch hospital.
I had a cabbage patch doll when I was little so I
wanted to share my love for them with the kids...
wished Avery would have been older but we will
go back again. When you walk in you immediatly
recognize the baby powder scent (which on a side
note... i think I may be allegeric too). The kids
both seemed to have a good time and we adopted
a baby doll for Avery as her birthday present
while we were there.













We thought this doll looked
freakishly like my mom but with
brown hair-- kinda made me jump
when I turned around



Looking for the perfect baby to adopt


"which one do I want?"



We found the perfect one! and named her
Anna Lynn Gaines born 11-22-11

Vacation Day 6- Babyland General Hospital Continued

Every 20 minutes at the hospital
you can witness a birth from the
cabbage patch tree-- our "doctor"
was a teenage guy who was less
than thrilled it seemed to be there-
I think if they had someone to really
be into it -- it would have been alot
better for the kids


The tree about to give birth


Its a BOY!


Checkin him out in the nursery


Aaron was the first to hold him

** On a side note-- you can purchase all the
babies born at the hospital-- for $200!!! we
selected a more inexpensive baby that was born
in china for $50 :)**

Vacation Day 5- To the top of the Mountain!

The highlight of our time at
Stone Mountain was the journey
to the top! They take you to the
top in a lift-- which is hanging
from some wires-- mommy wasn't
impressed with the ride up but Aaron
loved it!


Ready to ride-- not scared at
all


Avery is well... happy at the moment



Made it to the top!



Me and Avery sat at the top while the boys
ventured toward the edge-- this is also where
I noticed something was wrong with Avery's leg

Vacation Day 5- Riding the train

Activity #2 was riding the train
around the base of stone mountain-
both kids fell asleep-- and honestly
I was about to as well-- there wasn't
much to see

Vacation Day 5-- Riding the Ducks

Our first activity after a short
lunch was to ride the ducks-- which
if you have never seen a "duck"-- its
a truck that drives on land and water.


boarding the "duck"


Avery was NOT impressed with
her life jacket



They handed out these
extremely annoying quackers-
thankfully Aaron couldn't figure
out how to make it quack until
the end-- to bad all of the other
kids on board figured it out


Avery sleeping


Aaron was able to drive the duck

Vacation Day 5- Stone Mountain

After the zoo we headed about an hour away
to Stone Mountain Park. It was a beautiful place-
but it was hot and avery was cranky (who wouldn't
be with a bum leg)... so we picked 3 of the
activities to do-- Riding the Ducks, Scenic
Railroad, and the Skylift.

The scene of the incident

I snapped this picture moments
before Avery fell off... keep in mind that
the next 2 days of posts we toted
her around unknowingly with a
broken leg.... apparently she
has Andrew's high tolerance for
pain.

Vacation Day 5- Atlanta Zoo

Vacation Day 4- Fernbank Natural History Museum

After the World of Coke we didnt want to head
back to the hotel so we went to another museum.
There newest exhibit was called "The scoop on
Poop"-- it was rather interesting. They were about
to close so we didnt stay to long.

Vacation Day 4- World of Coke

After the aquarium we visited

the World of Coke. This was a little

boring for the kids but Aaron loved

tasting the different cokes from

around the world.

going inside the "vault" where

they keep the secret recipe

getting a taste--personally

I thought they were all yucky

At the end of tour before the gift

shop of course they gave you

a bottle of coke in a glass bottle

Vacation Day 4- Georgia Aquarium

On Day 4 we were up bright and
early thanks to Avery who doesn't
sleep well in other beds. Our first
stop was the Georgia Aquarium-
we are a zoo and aquarium people so
this was definitly the one of the highlights
of the trip. Avery LOVED it! she
would point and giggle at the fish!





Avery up close and personal with
the tank


look at this one mommy!



Avery did ALOT of sleeping on our trip-- she
had an ear infection too so that could have
been alot of the reason-- here she is napping
on mommy in the nice, cool dark aquarium.


One of the key features of the Georgia Aquarium
was the 4 whale sharks they have on display--
this is the largest fish in the ocean-- it was
very impressive to see

Vacation Day 3- Legoland Discovery Center

Our first stop in Atlanta was
the Legoland Discovery Center.
It was a neat place but over priced.
There were 2 rides and lots of tubes
of legos... I think if the kids were
a little older then they would have
enjoyed it more.

A daddy ride


"I just want to eat all of these!"


After Legoland we ate at
Johnny Rockets- a 50s themed
place.. thought it was cute and the
burgers were good

Vacation Day 2- Visit in Cartersville

On day 2 of our vacation we
traveled to Cartersville, GA
to visit with Uncle Trey, Aunt Beth,
Margaret, and Meredith-- and Gram
was visiting as well so we go to
see her too. It was a short visit
but we had a great time. Aaron
was very excited that we were going
to be spending the night-- I think
this was actually his favorite part
of vacation.

Riding the camel

The Birmingham Zoo also offered
camel rides... and much to our
suprise Aaron wanted to ride. I was
thinking that as soon as he got on
he would start freaking out but
he did so great!