Move to Georgia Day 8 (July 25th)

We started out our wonderful day in Birmingham by going to Chick-Fil-A for chicken biscuits. Mmmmm! Then we headed to my very much missed friend Amy's house. In some ways it seemed like so long since we had seen her and her family, but in other ways it seemed just like yesterday. The kids reconnected just like they saw each other the week before and I felt right at home at Amy's. Their kids had goodies for our kids and that was a big treat. Will took the van to go and see some of his old friends and then there was a knock on the door and I was so excited to see Shannan and her kids too!

Jude and Cody

Baylee and Laney

Cody, Jude and Zane (who was only 5 weeks old when we left)

Sadie didn't know what to do outside in 90 degree heat and Amy graciously let her come inside. And Shannan was sitting beside me and didn't mind even though she is allergic to dogs.

Later, Jennifer came over with her kids and I was able to see baby Elijah for the very first time. What a cute baby he is. And she brought us one of her, amazing, utterly delicious and magical cakes for our anniversary!! Her cakes are the best I have ever had and we had missed them soooooooo much while we were in Washington.

We didn't plan on being there more than a couple of hours, but the day flew and Amy fed us--thank you!

I couldn't wait to have some of that cake!

Her we all are trying to look as if we were eating it daintily, but that only lasted for the picture. That cake was everything I imagined and more. I just can't explain it. Jennifer's cakes make the whole world seem better.

Amy thought this was so funny, and I guess it was. 2600 miles worth of bugs.

Zane had just woken up and we had to leave.

Will took this photo while we weren't posing and I love it!!

On the way back to the hotel we stopped at Baylee's friend Lauren's house and were able to see her for a few minutes. Baylee is 10 days older than her, but you'd never know it and they have been friends since First grade. They have both grown so much.

Next we took Baylee to her friend Merry Katheryn's house to spend the night, which was a spur of the moment treat on their part. And we took Cody and Sadie to Shannan's house and Will and I went out for an anniversary dinner at our favorite restaurant Stix!!! We hadn't been without kids or dog for a while, so it was absolutely fabulous to have some time just for the two of us, and something we weren't expecting. Thank you sooooooo much Shannan.

It was one of the best days I had in a very long time. I felt like we had been lost for two years and now we were home.

Tomorrow we would head for North Georgia