The Maddiemobile!

Yes, that's right, we now have a Honda Odyssey minivan; "The Maddiemobile" as we have been lovingly calling it. We needed a new car and figured that now was as good a time as any to get a family car. We will now have plenty of room for Madison and ALL of her baby stuff. Even before we were pregnant, we packed everything other than the kitchen sink for trips, so it would stand to reason that when packing for a baby, we might just pack the kitchen sink too! It will be nice to have the extra room and ALL the awesome amenities of the van. Once we get over the initial dorkiness of it all, we think the Maddiemobile will be a perfect fit for the growing Davis family! Parenthood here we come! :)

Spring Break Getaway

Last week we took a spring break getaway to Sarasota to visit Gary's family and then to the Mountains in North Georgia with some friends of ours from church. While we were in Sarasota, in between visiting family, we went shopping to find the right stroller and playard and highchair and so on. It was quite funny. We had no idea how to open and close a stroller, get the carrier out of the stroller, how to dismantle the playard or anything. So, we're standing in Burlington Coat Factory in Sarasota tearing up the strollers and one of the salespeople, Madeline, came over to help. She could see that we had no clue as to what we were doing. I think she was a little afraid that we would completely destroy all of her displays too. She was wonderful and after showing us just how easy it was to actually use all the baby gear, we felt kind of stupid. Who knew that they put the release there :) We had a lot of fun though. Then, on Wednesday, we packed up our stuff and headed to a cabin in Blairsville, Georgia with Chris, Eureka, and Kylie. We stayed there until Sunday. While we were there, we went all over the place. Thursday we went to Dahlonega, and Babyland General Hospital in Cleveland where the cabbage patch dolls are born. Friday, we went to Dukes Creek Falls and on to Helen where we went to see a huge model train exhibit and went into all the little shops around the town and stopped at the Nora Mill Granary. From there we went to Mark of the Potter and the Old Sautee store. We ended the day with dinner at the Dillard house in Dillard, GA. The view from inside the restaurant was fabulous. On Saturday, we went to Brasstown Bald, the highest point in Georgia where we had to hike .6 mi up the mountain to get to the observation deck. None of us were prepared for that hike, but we made it. We had a great time, but we sure were glad to be back home Sunday night.