"Chillaxing" and..... the Kitchen FINALLY!

What a great title... Chillaxing (my version of chilling and relaxing). That is basically what we have done since the holidays have been over. A lot of the reason is because after working all day, I just want to spend time with little Miss and Jeremy. I knew this would just be a "random" month. What I like to call "blah January"; however, it is has been a good time to just do nothing and the month is going by fast! Here are a few pictures of my lovey! Our days pretty much consist of coming home after school, playing all night until bedtime. That is why all of these pictures are when I caught her in the act of playing. We did take her to the Dunedin Market this morning, but I forgot my camera. IT seems like the next few weekends involve one of her grandparents coming to see her at some time or another so we are so excited about that! Enjoy all of our pictures!

My mom likes to teach her all of these gymnastic moves. She loves to flip and turn all the time

She loves to organize everything. I know this doesn't look organized at all, but if you could have seen the whole process she went through to get it right here, you can tell she was totally on a mission. I have no idea where she gets this organizing "thing"

At this point she was into things that she was not supposed to be getting into.

FINALLY here are pictures of her adorable adorable kitchen! I "invented this kitchen in my head" about 2 months ago. I just couldn't find any ANYWHERE that I loved and I kept thinking if Anthropologie had a child's kitchen what would it look like??? So this is what I came up with. I just never thought I could figure out how to make it work. Finding an old wooden kitchen is very very tough! Mom finally found one from a lady at her school; of course, it didn't look like this, it was very old, but was exactly what I needed. There is an amazing lady here in Tampa who can paint anything! I told her what I wanted and BAM she created it exactly like what I wanted! The next task was the knobs, I searched and searched, finally found those online, just got them in and now they are on! They are much cuter in person but match it perfectly and are distressed as well. The lamp is Kellys, but I am going to get something just like that b/c I like the color scheme and the Anthropologie look it all gives! Now I am trying to find old aluminum pieces to sit on top for her, but I was super excited with how it turned out. Thanks to mom and dad for "giving" this to her!!!

Rainy day shopping and play date...

I could get used to these Mondays off!!! I love having a Monday off. Today it was very much a monsoon outside, but we had already planned on a play date so we stuck with it. It got Charlee Kate out of the house and she was so much fun today!!! Here are a few pictures of Mae and Charlee Kate playing. They play well in stores together! All of these were taken with my phone so they aren't as great as my good camera, but its all I had.

Just when I think Charlee Kate is getting hair (which she is in the back) she looks so bald with Mae. I can't wait for her to have all this hair like Mae : )

Waiting in the car for a store to open. It was just pouring!

Happy Weekend...

Here are some very random thoughts, pictures, etc.... I hope you enjoy seeing what happens in our lives through my blog. It's our life and we love it.

Back to our routine we go. I know that I have been MIA this week. It has been a weird week, needless to say. Basically, without giving out TMI... my doctor got all my birth control straightened out from when I was nursing, etc... and I officially have my "cycle" back. YUCK! I haven't missed this at all! However, it did explain why I felt so "off". So, here is to a fabulous LONG week and what has happened in our lives....

* Looking forward to being off on Monday

* Looking forward to a very relaxing weekend!

* Jeremy is back to traveling some, I loved having him home. Charlee Kate really really misses him so he has to "face time" her on his i touch. She is a daddy's girl!

* My child loves to repeat lots of things that I say!!! It is really cute : ) I love to hear her just talk and talk, especially when she doesn't know I am listening.

* She gets so excited to go into Chick Fil A with me to get a Dr. Pepper. They call her the "Chick Fil A princess"

* CK cries a lot of times when I leave her at Martys. I definitely think it has NOTHING to do with Marty, but just me leaving her. Within 1 minute of me leaving, she is fine. My mom says this is payback BIG TIME since I cried up until 3rd grade, LOL

* I am super excited that half of January is over. If I had to pick a month of the year that was BLAH, this would be it. I just miss the holidays that is for sure.

* We have a gorgeous weekend ahead of us so I hope to have lots of pictures. I just love to take them even if my little girl doesn't want me to.

*As you will be able to tell from the next 8 pictures, my little lovey RUNS from the camera when I get it out; however, I refuse to give up. I will keep on trying. Here she is though and these are 2 of my most favorite outfits. If they made them in my size, I might have them, LOL!

She always wants to sit on the counter and watch me do whatever I am doing. I tell her all about it!

Jeremy put his socks on her feet. She thought this was so funny!

From time to time, I post little "Daily News" pictures of what my students have to say about me everyday. This week has been a Messy daily news week, but they still got the message on paper. I loved it! One day I had on cream colored dress and they said I was an angel.

Another day I had on a WILD skirt that is one of my favorites and I was the rainbow and swirly paint. This is why I do love this age and these kiddos!

 

Snowmen smocked dress! I love it

Charlee Kate wore one of my favorite little smocked dresses to church on Sunday. She looked so cute, but I didn't get to take any good pictures. I had to go a few places after we went to breakfast so I ask Jeremy to take some for me when they got home. He did as I ask but.... she didn't really pose for the pictures, but at least he took some.

So now it is Monday...back to school I go. It wasn't very easy leaving her that is for sure! I hope to have some more pictures this week. I will definitely be posting some of her new kitchen that I created in my mind and it turned out super cute! Can't wait to show it off. Happy Monday!

Here are the last few "random" pictures from Bama that I never did post for some reason. I did not have a hat for Charlee Kate one day when she went walking with Nana, so Nana put this hat on her. It looked so cute!

Heading back to Bama, we had 30 seats to ourselves on the back of the plane. Charlee Kate sat and played with her horsie and pig.

The gorgeous, gorgeous tree at The Classic! It was sooooo beautiful. Gosh how I love Christmas decorations.

Here we go!

2011 here we go! Time to make it the best ever. Here are a few pictures of my little lovey in her new Juicy outfit from Auntie Ashley. It was so cute and Auntie Ashley knows what I love! On this day... Charlee Kate stayed with Marty for a little while Jeremy and I did a few things we needed to do in Tampa. The best part was lunch at Wrights... yummy!!!! Now just time to get started again. Here we go : )

She loves to go walking in her wagon, stroller, or just out walking. She has become a big time "daddy's girl"

I love this picture... she is singing, which is something she does alllll the time. She is singing "Good Morning" and this is the "OR" part in morning. LOL

OH.... and just for the record, NEVER is a very very strong word, but I feel like I can use it safely here. I will NEVER be one of those people that says "I am bored and ready to go back to work", LOL.

Time to wrap it up...

Our family meal at Bonefish when my parents were in Florida...

So 2010 is officially over and here are the last few pictures and excitements from our trip home in Bama. The January "blues" are about to set in now that our holidays are over, but hopefully they won't be too depressing. We have so many fun things ahead of us that just getting back into our daily routine will be good for us. So I was HORRIBLE with picture taking the last few days in Bama. Not sure why, but we were just enjoying relaxing and doing whatever we wanted. Here is what has happened:

** Tuesday night we went to eat at my MOST FAVORITE place ever for my birthday. I had some yummy tuna, strawberry salad, and several desserts

** Wednesday was my birthday, Dec. 29th. WOW, the big 3-2. How has that happened?? I enjoyed the day with a good run. Then all my grandparents and my uncle (Dad's brother) came over for dinner at mom and dad's. It was so good to see them and let Charlee Kate show off all her tricks!

** Thursday.... Jeremy and I took off for Atlanta. Mom and dad had Charlee Kate and we took 2 days to go shopping and out to eat for my birthday. It was so odd being able to shop at ALL MY FAVORITE stores and never have to look at my watch. I found some good deals and had fun. Jeremy is always a great partner to shop with! He is so good to help me and just do whatever. That night we had a yummy dinner at Ruth Chris.

** Friday.... we shopped more and more in Atlanta then met up with our high school friends for a very late lunch. We love seeing them and this was our first time to meet their little 2 year old. We love to talk about the past and all our fun we have had together. We haven't seen them for 2 years, yet we pick up like we saw them yesterday. Those are true friends!!!

** For New Years Eve, we planned to stay in Atlanta, but then at the last minute drove back to Birmingham. We went to see Lindsay, Todd, and Mary Florence. Boy do I miss them!!! It was way to short, but we got to spend some time with them. Then off to hang out with Jennifer and Michael. We laughed, laughed, and laughed more. It was great

** New Years Day: Watched an AWESOME Bama game with my parents, played, low key, then off to my aunt's to eat a great New Years Day meal with all my cousins, grandparents, and family. Then mom and I found a great deal on a new 9 foot Christmas tree. Now we have to figure out how to get it to Tampa, but I have 11 months before I need it.

** Sunday: just relaxed with our family. Had to pack up for Florida and figure out how to get home with all the stuff. Oh... and a tan! I do love that mom can spray me!

**Monday...we made it back home safely and had the best flight! CK was in the best mood and just loved to sing to everyone. Have I mentioned how much she loves to sing? She has done this since birth, but sings songs you recognize now. Not sure where this talent comes from, LOL

Now it is time to get back into a routine. This was probably one of the best Christmas's I have ever had! I wish K&K and the kids would have been here with us, but I know they were loving Pittsburgh cold weather. I hate to see this time of the year end, but it is time for a brand new year and I am looking forward to it! My little "lovey" is getting to be so much fun! I will post a video my mom took with her phone. It is sideways (sorry), but so cute. This was taken when we were in Atlanta. Happy New Year!

My grandparents... the kids call them "Gogles"

My dad's dad and my Uncle Tim, not sure how he is an Auburn fan. My granddad says he must have gotten hit in the head with a brick as a child

Sorting out all her cherrios

She loved for Granddaddy to throw her up in the air

Here is the video that I just love! Sorry it is sideways