Hotlanta!!

We took the short 3 hour trip to Atlanta over the weekend to meet up with Aunt JoAnn(she lives in South Carolina and the ATL is about halfway).  We were planning on leaving Sat morning but ended up saying Friday afternoon..hey lets go now, so off we went.  Timing worked out well because it was Max's nap time and we stopped just as he woke for dinner.  He did good the rest of the way.  This was a test for our drive to FL later this month.  As we were driving we were talking about how often we like to go on trips and have realized in Max's short 10 months he has already been to 7 states, flown on 6 planes, rode in a taxi, on a subway train, and been in the ocean(just his toes when he was 3 mo old).  The way I figure it the more he is exposed the better he will be :)
We got to Atlanta right at Max's bedtime, so no adventures Friday night.  Sat morning we got up(well Scott and Max had more fun playing than getting ready) and went down to the lobby for breakfast.  We love a hampton inn, plus they always have a decent free breakfast.  Now Scott and I LOVE some frozen yogurt; if you were to look at our bank statement you would see why the workers at Sweet Cece's know our names; so of course the first thing we did we google for a frozen yogurt place.  We settled for Menchies, not quite as good as CeCe's but it was self serve, had 14 flavors, and mochi which I like!  After getting back to the hotel Aunt JoAnn arrived.  She brought Max a super cute bucket filled with a couple surprises.  He LOVED the cars.  This was the first time he has played with them and I guess it is just in a boys genes to love a car.  Once we regrouped we were off to do some shopping!

First stop was Atlantic Station.  This is an outdoor mall that has H&M.  while we were in NYC Scott and Max got a few great deals at H&M so we were quite excited to come here.  Sadly we were quite disappointed.  Not a single purchase.  The infant boys had a very small section and Scott could not find anything he liked(reminder: he is super picky...lol).  Just another reason why we need to go back to NYC.  After some yummy lunch it was off the the mecca of shopping.....IKEA!  Now I love an IKEA and Scott and I found a birthday present for Max there so off we went.  This was Aunt JoAnn's 1st time there and she was super excited.  Now if you have never been in an IKEA the store is huge and there are usually a ton of people there,  They don't have isles, just a pathway you are supposed to follow that leads you past everything in the store.  Max did good in his stroller as long as he was moving.  Aunt Joann got several great deals and we got Max his present(not telling you what it is yet....you will have to wait like he does).  Back to the hotel we went to get ready for dinner.  We ended up choosing a Mexican restaurant called The Prickly Pear.  The food was good and so was my Margarita!!  It was a bit loud and more bar'ish/club'ish than we thought but we went early enough that Max still has not had his first body shot experience.  After dinner we went back to the hotel so poor Max who spent most of the day in his stroller could play in the pool.  As always he had a blast!

Sunday was a tad disappointing. We had planned to go to Atlanta Underground but when we got there at 10:45 we realized it didn't open until 12.  We didn't want to pay to get into any attractions so we were left with nothing to do but head home.  I am so glad we could meet my Aunt and have a little fun!!!