Ahh the South. Land of rain and ice and paralytic traffic on every road. Or at least since we've been down here.
At least the ride down was nice weather. Twelve hours down to Greensville is not nearly as rough as the full 16 it would've taken to get to Atlanta. And around 11 and a half Yuula decided she'd had enough of her carseat. She gave us her first ultimatum. Good thing we expected it.
First stop was Budd's. It was quick but effective, in the way that Budd got to hold Yuula and we go to listen to the Elf soundtrack about 9 times. Plus Budd's place has some great photo ops in the form of wall hangings. We snapped when he wasn't looking.
The next morning was a delightful ride thru the mountains into Jasper where we met Barb & Bill for a little meet the baby and a little Waffle House. It was here that we knew she was our baby by her reaction of unbridled joy and elation just being inside such a splendid place as the house of waffle. The waitresses could be less creepy tho.
From there we headed south towards our old home, the Canton Mill Lofts. When we lived there all the security gates were broken and it was easy to sneak in. Of course now that we want just wanted to literally take a walk down memory lane, the place is tighter than Fort Knox. And we couldn't remember the gate code.
Next on the stop list was the Fallon residence to see Kheli and her gigantic belly, so that Yuula can meet her future boyfriend. It's an arranged relationship. Kheli and her mother are at home waiting til her planned C-section, which is actually today at 3:15, so they welcomed some company to take their minds off the wait.
We planned to meet Jeff & Michelle but this is where the ice started coating the streets and Georgians are not equipped to deal with such a natural disaster. Mentally they don't have the salt. We postponed and headed to Acworth at 5mph to get some rest.
The next morning we went out to meet some of the old McEachern girls, Tiffany, Christian & Ashton. They all seemed to be quite happy in their current lives, as differing as the may be, and it's fun to think we all used to spend some good times skipping around a dirty gym to an Aphex Twin song.
Yuula met the Big Chicken.
We passed by the offices of Loud Security, the workplace of one Christina Smith. I played with the zen rock garden in the lobby and I finally realized what I want for Christmas. But full size, not the desk toy. Make it happen Santa.
We were feeling the effects of being in a car for almost 3 full days so we quick stopped by the enormous liquor store to buy some Taj Mahal Indian beer and then scurried back to the Krupp residence to introduce Yuula to Uncle Brian, Aunt Asriel, Aunt Theresa and cousins Madison and Charlotte over some French bread pizza. The rest of the family comes this weekend, but it's best in small doses.
stay tuned for more from Christmas South...
At least the ride down was nice weather. Twelve hours down to Greensville is not nearly as rough as the full 16 it would've taken to get to Atlanta. And around 11 and a half Yuula decided she'd had enough of her carseat. She gave us her first ultimatum. Good thing we expected it.
First stop was Budd's. It was quick but effective, in the way that Budd got to hold Yuula and we go to listen to the Elf soundtrack about 9 times. Plus Budd's place has some great photo ops in the form of wall hangings. We snapped when he wasn't looking.
The next morning was a delightful ride thru the mountains into Jasper where we met Barb & Bill for a little meet the baby and a little Waffle House. It was here that we knew she was our baby by her reaction of unbridled joy and elation just being inside such a splendid place as the house of waffle. The waitresses could be less creepy tho.
From there we headed south towards our old home, the Canton Mill Lofts. When we lived there all the security gates were broken and it was easy to sneak in. Of course now that we want just wanted to literally take a walk down memory lane, the place is tighter than Fort Knox. And we couldn't remember the gate code.
Next on the stop list was the Fallon residence to see Kheli and her gigantic belly, so that Yuula can meet her future boyfriend. It's an arranged relationship. Kheli and her mother are at home waiting til her planned C-section, which is actually today at 3:15, so they welcomed some company to take their minds off the wait.
We planned to meet Jeff & Michelle but this is where the ice started coating the streets and Georgians are not equipped to deal with such a natural disaster. Mentally they don't have the salt. We postponed and headed to Acworth at 5mph to get some rest.
The next morning we went out to meet some of the old McEachern girls, Tiffany, Christian & Ashton. They all seemed to be quite happy in their current lives, as differing as the may be, and it's fun to think we all used to spend some good times skipping around a dirty gym to an Aphex Twin song.
Yuula met the Big Chicken.
We passed by the offices of Loud Security, the workplace of one Christina Smith. I played with the zen rock garden in the lobby and I finally realized what I want for Christmas. But full size, not the desk toy. Make it happen Santa.
We were feeling the effects of being in a car for almost 3 full days so we quick stopped by the enormous liquor store to buy some Taj Mahal Indian beer and then scurried back to the Krupp residence to introduce Yuula to Uncle Brian, Aunt Asriel, Aunt Theresa and cousins Madison and Charlotte over some French bread pizza. The rest of the family comes this weekend, but it's best in small doses.
stay tuned for more from Christmas South...
2 comments:
so all the pics of Yuula are fantastic..takes after her mom with liking the picture taking...although maybe she realized this is going to be here life..so just get used to it and smile.everyone is happy then...lol
so a little confused...are there not 3 baby girls in the south;Madison and her little sister'and Charlotte is Theresa's..'yes or no..Charlotte is Madison's baby sister? who the hell does Charlotte belong to and where is the missing baby and what's her name?
Charlotte is Madisons little sister, Brian and Asriels daughter. Leanne is Bubba and Theresas and Yuula has smelly feet.
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