Furcon 2010/Atlanta trip

Have you ever secretly wished to dress up like a furry creature? Have you ever had the desire to become a fuzzy dragon, furry fox or cuddly cat? Have you ever wanted to meet others who share your love of all things furry? We have NOT. But somehow, call it luck if you will, we ended up at the furriest of all conventions around. If this is what you are looking for then by all means next March book yourself a room at the downtown Atlanta Hilton and you will be sure to be surrounded with the creepiest of creatures. This is one of those things that you really had to be there for...

I am kicking my self in the tail for not taking pictures of these guys. Borrowed this from my friend's facebook. This shows a little of what our hotel looked like for the week.

Mark had a dental conference in Atlanta this past week and we decided to make a family vacation out of it. Like I said, at our hotel Furcon 2010 was taking place. I find it sad and a little funny that Sadie probably now thinks that it is completely normal to share an elevator with a Fox or Lemur. Hey, even I started to think it was completely normal. It made for some good laughs and great memories. Atlanta was a lot of fun and a lot of work. Many times we uttered the words "last road trip." It was a long week with the girls. I wouldn't be surprised if I woke up next week and I had gray hair. They really were good on the trip. I'm just having such a hard time juggling everything. It really is crazy I sometimes don't have time to eat or go to the bathroom because I am trying to juggle so many things. I guess it comes with having to kids so close in age. It is a lot easier at home of course. But vacations with kids... whew. Whole new world.

While Mark was the Dental Conference I took the girls to the Georgia Aquarium. Way awesome! This one blows the DC aquarium way out of the water. I love aquariums.

Sadie has a thing for dressed up character people . So imagine how stoked she was for all the Furcons. (She in fact uttered that she wanted to dress up like animals.) We told her that is for weird people. Anyways, she saw this whale from way far away and really wanted to go see him. She has no fear of these creatures. I thought it was really cute how she just went and stood by him and waited for me to take a picture. Last known picture of beloved Blankie. Or what was left of her. This I will save for another post... Heartbroken! When Mark wasn't at the conference we went with our friends the Frandsens who also were in Atlanta with us to The World of Coca-Cola. We spent most of our time testing 64 different types of sodas from all around the world. Some good ones and some nasty ones. Seems like all the South American ones were extra sugary.

Frandsens, London's future in-laws. Getting ready to watch some crazy 4-d Coke movie. London and Will chickened out and left at the beginning. I think they just needed some alone time.

London was all about impressing her boyfriend Will with all her sweet new skills. Like sitting up. She was really excited to show Will how it was done. So they had a sit off...

This one is their engagement picture. Everywhere we went people thought they were twins. Remember they are 2 days apart. Such a cute couple!!

Don't ask me why, but Mark watched some Hot Dog documentary on TV once and he said it was his life long dream to eat at the famous Varsity where they are known for their hot dogs. So Marks dream came true and we had a feast at the Varsity. Now we are true Atlantan's. I'd actually never heard of the joint before but Mark told me it is all the rage.

Hot dogs with coleslaw, chilli and cheese... Yum Yum

London at the hotel looking cute...

This is a little of what our 6 hour drive home from Atlanta looked like. Frequent potty brakes. Here is Sadie somewhere in the middle of Alabama. You know, when you just can't hold it til the next gas station...

We also took a little trip to see Mark's Aunt and her family who live an hour past Atlanta. No pics, just fond mem's!

I also loved that I was able to go shopping and out to eat at all the places that are not down here in Fort Walton Beach. Cheesecake Factory, you and your avocado egg roles were truly missed. Till next time. XOXO

Best friends

Sisters, sisters there were never such devoted sisters... Name that movie?? This makes me happy...

I love how much these two love each other. They are going to have so much fun growing up together. London thinks that Sadie is hilarious. I swear London is so cranky when Sadie is taking a nap and once Sadie is awake London is all grins. And when London is fussy and sometimes I don't get to her pronto like I should Sadie tells me over and over again to take care of London. They look out for each other. I hope it lasts.

Copy Cat

This is how it started: London scratched herself with one of her claws. It wouldn't stop bleeding, so we prescribed her one band-aid. Strictly for medical reasons, to promote platelet adhesion, clotting, and eventual healing.

Needless to say, Sadie came up with an injury of her own: I like to say that she got bit by the Copy Cat.

This is not her first instance of behavior modeling, or "copying". We find her copying our every move, the way we stand, the things we say, etc. This copy cat is one ferocious feline.