Getting out and About

It's hard to believe that we've already been here a week! Since we have been in Atlanta, Trent and Ella's sleep schedules have adapted nicely from 8:30pm-7:30am to 10:30pm-9:00am. The past several nights, I've looked at the clock in the car when we pull into the driveway and it amazes me to read 10:00pm and then realize that Ella is still 'chipper' and Trent is still awake. I hadn't intended for there to be such a change in schedule, but it has proven to work out very well...especially for night's like tonight when we will be out until 11:00/11:30 at the Braves game. And I must admit that it has been very nice getting the extra sleep in the morning.

This morning was a little different since Aunt Hazel was not here. The past few mornings breakfast has taken a little longer than usual because we spend time talking with Auntie and figuring out what we are going to do for the day...mostly, trying to arrange our schedule around the threat of rain (do we go to the pool, do we stay inside, is it going to rain this morning, is it going to rain this afternoon, is it going to get hotter, and so forth). Well, today I was able to listen to the weather during breakfast and found out that the threat of showers was small, so we decided to hop in the car and drive over to the park. It was just a short car ride (5 minutes) and the equipment was terrific. It reminded me a lot of Longwood at home but with more kids and a great wooden fence around the perimeter to keep everyone wrangled inside. We spent about 1 & 1/2 hours playing (Trent found a group of boys to play with) and then decided that it was getting too hot for our liking so we came home and ate lunch.

Tonight we are going to go to the Braves game to see Tim Hudson pitch. Hopefully, this series with the Cardinals will be better than the last 3 games with the Reds. It seems that yesterday's 15 inning game ended with the Reds winning and a terrible traffic jam with fans trying to get out during rush hour. Even though I'm still bummed that Trent didn't get to see Smoltz pitch, I'm relieved that I wasn't in that mess with 2 kids! I have patience, but not that much. And Trent was happy because Pops bought him a pack of baseball cards last night while we were out, so he didn't miss out on much.

Tomorrow night we are still planning on going to Stone Mountain for the laser show. Since Auntie is flying back home Sunday morning, we are going to try to go to "The World of Coke" on Saturday with her, and then do the Aquarium on Sunday after we drop off Auntie at the airport. We will have to see about the Braves game Sunday night.

I will definitely have pictures tomorrow from tonight's game so check back. Remember to leave us comments...Trent keeps checking to see if anyone is reading what we wrote.