1st Annual Mother/Daughter Trip

When I found out I was having a daughter, I knew I wanted to start a tradition of an annual Mother/Daughter trip when she was old enough. She is now! Yea! So we kept it simple and left on Friday when baby Bro went down for a nap and we headed to Atlanta. Got to our hotel and after having fun around the room etc...we hit the pool. It was way more fun now that she's enjoying the water more! We had planned for my friend, Julie, (aka "aunt Julie") to meet us there for our girls weekend. She arrived in time for dinner. So it was just us girls having a fun dinner at Zoe's Kitchen. It took a while for Claire to settle down with all the excitement but we all slept hard. The next morning was fun to have breakfast at the hotel. Soon we headed to Piedmont Parkwhere we had fun on 2 playgrounds and a splash pad (See the video for how CLaire enjoyed the Splash pad!) After we were tired and hot from that we head back to the hotel to pack up and check out and head for Cumberland mall for lunch and shopping. It's not a girls trip without shopping right!?! So we found ourselves with new sunglasses, flipflops and a shirt for July 4! Also got a "happy" for Joel too! It was a fun time even building up to the trip - her telling teachers and friends and packing her bag etc...It was sweet watching Claire in these new fun environments and what she takes in and how she responds...what her ideas are and listening to what she likes and doesn't like etc...It was fun to focus on her and enjoy her this way. We missed our boys and couldn't wait to get home to them...We came home to a feverish Joel, who I took to pediatrician on Sun morning to discover he had an ear infection! I guess he missed us too! THanks Jeff for supporting our girl time! Thanks Aunt Julie for taking time out to come play with us! You are a refreshing friend! Hey Claire, wonder what we'll do next year? Can't wait!

2014 June Mom/Dtr Trip ATL - Video Maker