Travel Tuesday: Thomasville, Georgia

Back in March, my mom and I decided to take a day trip over to Thomasville, Georgia, during my spring break.  It's about a 2 1/2 hour drive from here and only about 20 minutes north of Tallahassee, where my sister lives.  While she was in class, we explored Thomasville and then met up with her to shop and eat in the evening.

Thomasville is a picturesque south Georgia town.  Tiny, but charming.  The primary attraction of the city is its beautiful plantation home:  Pebble Hill.  This trip was my second visit to Pebble Hill, but it definitely won't be my last.  I love walking through the house and learning the history of the home, but, even more than that, I just enjoy walking the grounds and exploring the gardens, barn, and sprawling oak trees.

 View of the front of the house

 The back of the house

 Garden

 Stable and barn area -- they hold a lot of weddings here in the courtyard

 Collection of carriages

After we spent a few hours touring and meandering, we headed into town to grab a quick lunch.  We had already planned out exactly where we were going to eat, but, because we spent so much time at the plantation, we missed the 2:00 lunch time deadline for most of the downtown restaurants.  It was such a blessing in disguise, however, because we ended up eating at a place called George & Louie's.  It was complete perfection!

 Our appetizer:  fried green tomatoes

 Mom and I both ordered the fried shrimp with cheese grits

If you ever find yourself in southwest Georgia, I highly recommend stopping by Thomasville to look around.  There were also, what looked like, a few really cute downtown boutiques, but we didn't have a chance to visit any.  I'm planning another trip back really soon!

A Seersucker and Burlap Themed Baby Shower

This shower has been a long time coming.  I would say I've been planning for two months, but, honestly, the excitement has been building for years.  Ever since I knew my sweet friend Karen wanted to have another baby.  Her daughter, Emma, is almost five, and she is, by far, the coolest, most hilarious five year-old I have ever met.  She's seriously the best, and her "Auntie Suzanne" is completely obsessed with her.  I fully expect baby Jake to be no different, and I can't wait until July rolls around.  I want to smother him with hugs and kisses.  Okay, enough mushy stuff...let's get to the pictures.

Disclaimer:  I can't claim full credit for this shower.  I hosted along with two other lovely ladies that I grew up with in church.  I hadn't spent time with them in a while, so it was nice to share hosting duties.

Seersucker and Burlap

Sweet Emma and her Grandma

Olivia, Mom, and Nicole

Me, Mom, and Nicole

Three Generations:  My sister, my Mom, and my Grandma

"Kiddie" Table

How cute are these cookies??

Instead of playing games, we left these "Wishes for Baby" cards on the tables, along with pens, that the guests could fill out while they were sitting around.  I'm going to put all of the cards in a photo album and journal the gifts that each guest purchased off to the side of the card.  

Also, you may be wondering why I don't have any pictures of Karen posted.  Well, one of the other hostesses brought her camera, as well, and took a ton of group and candid shots of Karen throughout the shower.  I didn't want to bombard her, so I figured I would just steal a few of those photos once she had them posted.  I hoped she would put them up before this post, so that I could share them.  Unfortunately, that didn't happen.  Boo!

 These are a few of the things I got for Karen and baby Jake.  I painted the sign to hang in his nursery (it matches his bedding).  I can't wait to see how she decorates when everything is finally in place.

 This shower was SO MUCH FUN!  I can't wait until another friend is preggo, so that I can do it all over again!