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Over the weekend, we took Fenn on his first road trip. Oh..... my..... goodness!! You need an enormous amount of stuff when traveling with an infant!...as anyone with kids already knows all too well. Take a look at our car! Baby... check! Pack 'n Play... check! Formula, bottles... check! Diapers and wipes... check! Toys and books... check! Lots of other unnecessary, "just in case" things.... check! It's Friday morning, and we're finally ready to head out. Initially, we thought we would be doing pretty good if we could get on the road by 10:00 a.m. (although we really wanted to be on the road earlier). Well, in reality it was 11:12 a.m. when we were pulling out of the drivew
ay. Lesson #1 when traveling with a child: Pick an estimated departure time, then assume it will be at least an hour later. Right off the bat, Fenn fell asleep in the car. Our first stop was to pick up some lunch for Dan and me. We stopped in Athens, TN at Steak n' Shake and then ate in the car because Fenn was asleep. Next up was Fenn's lunch time, so we stopped at the Georgia rest area. I wish we had gotten a picture of Fenn in front of the Welcome to Georgia sign, but the photo at the rest area will have to do. While Dan was fe
eding Fenn, I decided it was a good time for a potty break. After Fenn finished his bottle, it was Dan's turn for a potty break. We walked from our picnic table, past our car, to the welcome center building. Once inside, in true "new mom" fashion, it suddenly dawned on me that we might just need to change Fenn's diaper. So Dan stayed with Fenn and I walked back to the car to get my diaper bag. Poor little guy! But it turned out to be a good thing that we didn't think of it earlier. Fenn had a big 'ole poopy while sitting there with daddy. If that poopy had happened a little later in the car, we would have had a mess! It was baaaaaad. So in one stop, Fenn filled his belly and we all got a potty break. And it was smooth sailing after that. We made it through Atlanta pretty quickly. We made one more potty break stop (for mommy) in LaGrange. Then before going to my parents' house, we stopped off at Charter Bank in West Point to see some of my friends ~ 4 of the 6 Cabin Divas: Donna, Phyllis, Barbara, and Amanda. (If you don't know, I used to work with all of them. The 6th diva is Linda, who works in the Auburn, AL office. Every year, we go on our cabin trip to Waynesville and Balsam Mtn., NC. Donna's family has a cabin on Balsam Mtn. and she has invited us all there every year for the past 10 years. We shop, eat, drink, shop some more, eat some more, and sometimes we even walk the mountain. It's something I look forward to for months in advance.) Anyway, we stopped because both Donna and Phyllis were going to be out of town for the weekend, and this was the only opportunity we had for them to meet Fenn. Afterward, we headed to my parents' house. Fenn had not see
n his G-ma since he was 2 weeks old. And he had not met his G-dad yet. Needless to say, they were very excited to see Fenn, and I know Fenn was glad to see them, too. I'm going to speed this story along now. We visited for a while, and then headed to our favorite mexican restaurant, El Rio Grande, for dinner with some old friends from high school: Gina, Kelli, and Wendy. It was really great to see all of them along with spouses and some of their kids. (Keep in mind they all have teenaged kids!...not infants like me.) On Saturday, we visited with the G-parents some more. We also had lunch at Cabin Diva Barbara's house. And on Saturday night, we had dinner with some more friends. Dan's longtime friends, Julie and Skip, had us over for dinner. We got to see our friends, Kama and Jim, and also some old friends of Dan's, James and Wendy. On Sunday morning, we met the G-parents for breakfast at Cracker Barrel before heading out. By the way, many thanks to Sharon for letting us stay at her house while she was out of town. We wish Fenn could have met you! But he enjoyed meeting your cats. It's Sunday afternoon, and we finally made it to Dan's parents' house in Sautee, GA. It had been only a couple of months since they had seen Fenn, but they 
were equally as excited and eager to see Fenn. This part of our trip was a lot more quiet and relaxing because there are no old friends or family to visit in Sautee. So we spent most of our time just hanging out and relaxing. For some reason, whenever we visit them, we both become very lethargic. Must be something about those north Georgia mountains. We headed out early on Tuesday morning because Fenn had his 4-month checkup later that day. The trip home was good... once again Fenn slept most of the way. So we can say our first family road trip was a success. My only regret is that I didn't take more pictures! But, we were kinda busy.
Over the weekend, we took Fenn on his first road trip. Oh..... my..... goodness!! You need an enormous amount of stuff when traveling with an infant!...as anyone with kids already knows all too well. Take a look at our car! Baby... check! Pack 'n Play... check! Formula, bottles... check! Diapers and wipes... check! Toys and books... check! Lots of other unnecessary, "just in case" things.... check! It's Friday morning, and we're finally ready to head out. Initially, we thought we would be doing pretty good if we could get on the road by 10:00 a.m. (although we really wanted to be on the road earlier). Well, in reality it was 11:12 a.m. when we were pulling out of the drivew
ay. Lesson #1 when traveling with a child: Pick an estimated departure time, then assume it will be at least an hour later. Right off the bat, Fenn fell asleep in the car. Our first stop was to pick up some lunch for Dan and me. We stopped in Athens, TN at Steak n' Shake and then ate in the car because Fenn was asleep. Next up was Fenn's lunch time, so we stopped at the Georgia rest area. I wish we had gotten a picture of Fenn in front of the Welcome to Georgia sign, but the photo at the rest area will have to do. While Dan was fe
eding Fenn, I decided it was a good time for a potty break. After Fenn finished his bottle, it was Dan's turn for a potty break. We walked from our picnic table, past our car, to the welcome center building. Once inside, in true "new mom" fashion, it suddenly dawned on me that we might just need to change Fenn's diaper. So Dan stayed with Fenn and I walked back to the car to get my diaper bag. Poor little guy! But it turned out to be a good thing that we didn't think of it earlier. Fenn had a big 'ole poopy while sitting there with daddy. If that poopy had happened a little later in the car, we would have had a mess! It was baaaaaad. So in one stop, Fenn filled his belly and we all got a potty break. And it was smooth sailing after that. We made it through Atlanta pretty quickly. We made one more potty break stop (for mommy) in LaGrange. Then before going to my parents' house, we stopped off at Charter Bank in West Point to see some of my friends ~ 4 of the 6 Cabin Divas: Donna, Phyllis, Barbara, and Amanda. (If you don't know, I used to work with all of them. The 6th diva is Linda, who works in the Auburn, AL office. Every year, we go on our cabin trip to Waynesville and Balsam Mtn., NC. Donna's family has a cabin on Balsam Mtn. and she has invited us all there every year for the past 10 years. We shop, eat, drink, shop some more, eat some more, and sometimes we even walk the mountain. It's something I look forward to for months in advance.) Anyway, we stopped because both Donna and Phyllis were going to be out of town for the weekend, and this was the only opportunity we had for them to meet Fenn. Afterward, we headed to my parents' house. Fenn had not see
n his G-ma since he was 2 weeks old. And he had not met his G-dad yet. Needless to say, they were very excited to see Fenn, and I know Fenn was glad to see them, too. I'm going to speed this story along now. We visited for a while, and then headed to our favorite mexican restaurant, El Rio Grande, for dinner with some old friends from high school: Gina, Kelli, and Wendy. It was really great to see all of them along with spouses and some of their kids. (Keep in mind they all have teenaged kids!...not infants like me.) On Saturday, we visited with the G-parents some more. We also had lunch at Cabin Diva Barbara's house. And on Saturday night, we had dinner with some more friends. Dan's longtime friends, Julie and Skip, had us over for dinner. We got to see our friends, Kama and Jim, and also some old friends of Dan's, James and Wendy. On Sunday morning, we met the G-parents for breakfast at Cracker Barrel before heading out. By the way, many thanks to Sharon for letting us stay at her house while she was out of town. We wish Fenn could have met you! But he enjoyed meeting your cats. It's Sunday afternoon, and we finally made it to Dan's parents' house in Sautee, GA. It had been only a couple of months since they had seen Fenn, but they 
were equally as excited and eager to see Fenn. This part of our trip was a lot more quiet and relaxing because there are no old friends or family to visit in Sautee. So we spent most of our time just hanging out and relaxing. For some reason, whenever we visit them, we both become very lethargic. Must be something about those north Georgia mountains. We headed out early on Tuesday morning because Fenn had his 4-month checkup later that day. The trip home was good... once again Fenn slept most of the way. So we can say our first family road trip was a success. My only regret is that I didn't take more pictures! But, we were kinda busy.
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