For Our Moms....

So, I honestly don't expect anyone to care about this post except our moms.  Both have requested that I send some pictures of our yard and especially of my flower pots.  Flowers do very well in the humid climate of Georgia.  

 The trailing petunias were overtaking everything in the pots, so I ended up tearing some of them out.  Here is what the pots looked like before I thinned the petunias.

 The Creeping Myrtle reached over three feet long before I cut it back.

 Everyone here uses pine straw as a ground cover.  It's much cheaper than bark, and keeps the weeds back.  I wasn't a big fan of pine straw at first, but it's growing on me.

 There you go mother(s).

20 week shot....

So, I've gotten some lip from people about not posting any pictures this pregnancy.  My poor son is going to feel bad that I have not documented this pregnancy nearly as well Lucy's.  For the record, I am now 20 weeks along and no longer puking.  My sciatica is just is bad, if not worse, then when I was pregnant with Lucy.  I guess this time around I was fully expecting it, so it's not coming as a surprise.  I'm just not as interested in posting pictures of my ever-expanding body.  How's that for grumpy?

"Stay-cation".....

Since moving to Atlanta, Jordan hasn't been able to do much of anything but, well......work.  Lucy and I have explored quite a bit, but Jordan hasn't been able to join us much.  After a long, dragged out busy season, Jordan decided to take a week off.  We talked about some fun road trips we could take, but then decided it would be nice to stay home and show Jordan around.  We had a fabulous "stay-cation," and we're sad to see Jordan go back to work tomorrow.  In fact, every time Lucy said her prayers this week she would say, "Thanks that Daddy could be home."  Too cute.  Here are some of the fun things we did this week.  Unfortunately, many of these pictures were taken on my phone so they're not the best quality.

Georgia Aquarium:

Lunch at the CNN Center:

Food Truck Park:

Atlanta is known for it's AMAZING food trucks.  Many of them have been highlighted on Food Network.  They just opened this great Food Truck Park where many of the food trucks park and set up tables.  So many great food choices!!  This is definitely a place we will frequent.

We had some Sweet Auburn BBQ for lunch.

Then a popsicle from the "King of Pops" cart.

Jordan got the chocolate sea salt popsicle and....

I got the vanilla pear popsicle.  Lucy opted for the banana pudding popsicle with Nilla wafers.  Oh so good.

Swimming at the pool:

In case you've never been to Atlanta, it is hot, hot hot!!  Most of the neighborhoods here have pools that you can buy memberships to.  We joined a neighborhood pool with several other families from our ward and have been going almost every day.

Buford Highway Farmer's Market:

We heard about a great farmer's market from some friends and decided to check it out.  The place was HUGE!  They had food/produce/baked goods from all over the world.  We got some delicious produce and some yummy treats from here.  Here are some of the cool things we saw there.  

Ugli fruit.

Sugar cane.

Mini bananas.

New Zealand melons.

Cactus.

Can't remember what these were called, but they were huge.

Catch Air Playplace:

Huge indoor playplace.

Zoo Atlanta:

Atlantic Station Food Truck Friday:

Yeah, so we went back for more.  This time we went to the food trucks parked at Atlantic Station.  We ate the Asian Beef burritos with spicy cheese sauce from Yumbi's.  Oh. my. goodness.  

Dessert:  Yum Yum cupcake with a graham cracker crust, marshmallow center, and a fluffy vanilla buttercream.  

Lucy's First Movie in a Theater:

We took Lucy to her first movie in a movie theater.  I was a little apprehensive, because she can get anxious in places with loud noises.  We chose "The Lorax" at the dollar theater in case she freaked out. She is familiar with the book so we thought she might like it.  Turns out, she LOVED the movie and did great.  A little popcorn and an Icee go a long way.  The theater was packed, and she wasn't always good at whispering but overall it was really fun.  I can't believe how big she is getting.

What a good week.  Lucy and I are headed to Utah on Thursday.  We'll be there two weeks before Jordan joins us for an additional two weeks.  We are SO excited to see everyone.  Lucy and I have been counting down the "sleeps" until Utah.  Four more sleeps.