Day 4 World of Coke

On Monday we used the city pass to go to the World of Coke. It was really cold that morning and the wind made it colder. I had forgotten about the line that you had to wait in outside and didnt really dress Tyson as warm as I would have. Luckily Jason had on a zip up hoodie so he stuck Tyson in it to keep him warm which was so sweet. Thanks Jason.


Once we got in they have you go into a room where they talk about all the coke memorabilia. Of course Tyson wasnt interested but did find the huge coke machine next to him interesting. He kept hitting it and screaming at it at the top of his lungs.

I was so excited to see that they had the coke bear there to take pictures with. They were so sweet to take a bunch of pics of Tyson with him. I thought Tyson would be scared of him but he kept staring at him and when they tried to take a picture of him on his lap Tyson would turn his whole body around to look at him. We got an awesome picture of Tyson kissing his nose and of the 3 of us with the bear. Of course we had to pay an arm and a leg for the pics but it was worth it. Once I get home I will scan them to upload.






They also had a cool 4D movie that we went to in there before we went for the tasting part of the tour. They had a sampling of gingerbread coke that was the most amazing drink ever. We are going to try it out next year for some holiday parties.

Day 3

Atlanta has a really cool opportunity to buy a "City Pass" to the most popular tourist attractions for about 1/2 the price that you would pay to get into each place. So we started Sunday off by going to the Botanical Gardens. Even though a lot of the outdoor flowers werent in bloom anymore it was still beautiful. They had the most beautiful orchids and so many different varieties of orchids. They also had a cute childrens train that would go around the main court. Tyson loved the train and was doing his excited yell for most of the ride.







After the gardens we went to The Varsity which is a cool burger and chili dog joint that Haas' parents went to all the time when they were growing up. We made Tyson were the Varsity hat and even picked up a few extras to take back to Haas' dad. We also decided to take a drive around Haas' grandparents old neighborhood. I was so amazed at how big the homes were. Their neighborhood was so amazing. Then it was back to the house for some movie time!!!

Our Atlanta Christmas

We decided that we were going to teach Tyson from his first Christmas on that Christmas is not about the presents but about spending time as a family and making memories instead of receiving gifts. So for his first Christmas we decided that we would be Atlanta bound to see his Aunt Erin and Uncle Jason!!! It was a bonus too that his Aunt Christi and Uncle Steve and cousins from Pittsburgh would be in Atlanta while we were there too.
Christmas morning we woke up early and headed to the airport. The plane that we were supposed to be on ended up having to head to Hawaii instead so they ended up changing us to a smaller plane which meant that they didnt have room for everyone on our flight so they asked for volunteers to catch the next flight out. I wasnt wanting too at first but they offered us each a $400 voucher to go anywhere within the next year!!! We decided not to pass up that opportunity. People were being so rude about the flight that when Haas went up to volunteer our seats they bumped us up to first class!!! First class rocks!!!!
I was really worried about how Tyson would do on the plane and if the pressure would hurt his ears but he did great and was so excited. He kept staring out the window and jabbering. All the flight attendents kept commenting on how well he was doing which made me proud of him for not being the screaming baby!!!

We got to Atlanta about 2 hours after our original flight and finally got to catch up with Erin and Jason. Tyson found a new friend in their dogs Shorty and Lola. We also finally got to see the fun Harry Potter room that is in their house. Tyson loves it and it is just his size

when it snows its a blizzard

Our shower has had a slow drip for a couple weeks and Haas said that he would fix it. So by the time that we buckle down and decide to fix it it has now become 3 big steady streams of water coming out of the tub faucet. Haas' dad came out to try to help fix it and in the process of 2 guys hanging out in the bathtub beerless the pipe broke and started leaking water behind the shower enclosure. So we get ready to turn the water off and what do you know the water leaked enough to start leaking through the ceiling of our living room. Maybe if there was beer involved in the process it wouldnt have been so stressful.
So we shut the water off for about 3 hours and we got a plumber out he quoted us $600 to fix the shower. since we wont have the money for a few months we had the guy cap off the lines to our bathroom and we will be using our other bathrooms now. I love how stuff like this happens when everything is already going bad and you dont have the money to fix things. If this had happened in the summer we would probably already have everything fixed. Oh well. I just took an Ambien and ready to sleep this stress off for tonight. Hopefully tomorrow will be better when Haas and I go on a date to see New Moon then go out to eat dinner

Day 6

Its been 6 days now since Haas was laid off and I feel my blood boiling. If there is another day of video game playing I just might blow up!!!! Thats really all I have to say. Who ever made the xbox 360 can go jump off a cliff

Boo for winters

Well it happened on monday. Haas got the call that he was being laid off for the winter. He didnt get laid off last year so we figured that we were in the clear this year but they didnt have enough projects that could continue for the winter so now I have my husband home all winter. Yesterday we were kinda depressed about it so we stayed in our pjs all day and watched tv. Today we had to take Haas' work truck back which really made him depressed. It was sad when we got home and his truck wasnt parked in his spot : ( Haas is pretty sure that we will be fine this winter just really tight. He filed his unemployment and starting next week will work 6 days a week at tracks.
Although it will be tough it was nice to have Haas home all day today. I woke up with the worst migraine that actually made me sick from pounding so hard. It was so nice to have him get up with Tyson and hang out with him all day long while I slept the migraine off.
We decided to let him try spaghetti by himself and it was so funny here are some fun pics.

Kids Baca party

For those of you that dont know Haas is a member of Baca (Bikers against child abuse) and last night was the annual kids party. Baca is contacted when a child in the area has been abused and Baca steps in to "adopt" the children to offer hope, strength, courage, and support for the children. They are there for children who will testify against their abusers and help then to feel safe again in the community. When Baca is contacted 2 members are assigned a child to "adopt" and are their primary contact. For the party we had the children past and present that had been "adopted" by Baca and we took them bowling and had Santa come in for them. We also got a ton of gift donations so that we could make sure that each child got a present for Christmas. Everyone had such a great time at the party and the kids loved seeing Santa.
We were sitting right by Santa and Haas overheard a child ask Santa for a new family that would treat them better. If that isnt heartbreaking I dont know what is. I had already decided to start the process to become a Baca member and as soon as I got home I filled out my application. It will be a long process but Im excited that I will have to opportunity to be there for a child in need and be able to help out in any way that I can.
For privacy purposes we did not take any pictures of the children at the party but I did get some cute pics of Tyson, Emma, and Taylor.
Haas with Taylor

Troy with Tyson and Haas

Tyson with Santa

Emma