Monday Morning again!!!

Did the weekend really have to end??? It ended up being a super fun weekend, even though it was super busy. We were very busy on Saturday, but it was a good Saturday. Charlee Kate really enjoyed playing with her cousins A LOT this weekend. She even woke up from her nap on Sunday saying "See Ella, See Ella". She really enjoys her play time with them. Saturday afternoon and night involved some fun shopping at the mall and eating at Nordstroms Cafe. It was so yummy and I was craving my favorite meal from there. Plus, Charlee Kate was the best shopper. Somehow, I have trained her right, LOL. Sunday we went to church and they had a great church service! We needed a "pool change" so we went to the pool with Brian, Jacki, and Mae at their pool area. The girls swam for almost 2.5 hours and loved it! I have pictures to post from our swim playdate. Those will come soon! Now it is time for another week, yet again! However, it is only a 4 day week and we are off to Orlando and Disney at the end of the week so I can't wait!!!!

Here are a couple of pictures of Jeremy showing Charlee Kate how to color, rather than eat the crayons. I had to take these with my phone, not sure how I left the house without my camera.

Even though it has been a MONTH, the lady at Neimans, finally sent me a few pictures that she took of the Fashion show. Here are a few more pictures from the Fashion Show in March. Charlee Kate is posing on the stage for this one, but of course, I had to be very near by!

Lovely face for the runway!!!

Can we say busy???

Each week just gets busier and crazier! I think I am going to have a chance to breathe and that just doesn't happen. It is all good though. There are so many good things happening in our house that I don't want to complain at all. Some days just get super busy and we are super tired, but that is part of the transition process.

This week my grandparents and aunt and uncle came to visit us one night. It was really good to see them. We all went to eat at IHOP, which turned out to be quite chaotic. You never know with these babies how the dinner will go. Some days they have no problems and are perfect little angels, but sometimes they are not quite so perfect, LOL. This was one of those times when they were NOT so perfect. By the time we left IHOP, we were exhausted. However, it was so good to see our family and have them in town, even if it was for such a short time.

Over the last few days we have had lots to do, things with Ella and Hunter, which Charlee Kate gets sooooo excited about, some play dates, Jeremy was gone most of the week, and preparing for what is ahead of us. There are lots of exciting events coming up though. We are taking Charlee Kate to Disney for the first time next week. We normally wouldn't take her "this early" but since we are moving and we have free tickets, we are going to go for a couple of days. We are 1 hour from Disney, we might as well take advantage of it 1 time before we leave. I can't wait to see how she likes it!!!

Well that is it for the week, thank goodness it is Friday. I just love the feeling of a Friday and a Friday afternoon is an even better feeling. Looking forward to a fabulous weekend!

Charlee Kate, Hunter, and Ella all with "Go-gles". They are so lucky to have their great-grandparents around that they get to know

These were pictures from last weekend when we went to eat at the "family owned and operated" restaurant. Enjoy how random they are, LOL

Cooking our yummy dessert

Eating a bite of the dessert that Jeremy loved and I thought I was going to love...based on the look on my face.... but did not like it after I ate it. Check out all the "crap" in the background. That is how this place was. Food was very very good though! Neat experience.

However, there was one dessert that we all shared and needless to say... we liked it!

Soaking it all in!

This means a lot.... we are still "soaking it in" that we are moving back home. I still receive lots of emails about it, we are so excited!!! We were also totally "soaking in" some sun this weekend. It was super hot here so we spent a lot of time at the pool. There were plenty of things that I could have been doing in the house, but we had such a great weekend at the pool and my little girl gets beside herself excited when I even mention the word "swimming pool". I just couldn't resist not taking her! We also headed to church, cooked out, went out with Kelly and Kevin (pictures to come soon) and the list goes on and on. It was a fabulous weekend!!!

On Saturday night, we went out to eat with Kelly and Kevin at this really unique restaurant in Tarpon Springs. This family owns it and they are the only ones who work there. The kids are ages 14 and 16 and they wait on the tables, the mom does the salads, and the dad is the chef. However, it has huge reviews all over Tampa and is very well known. It was so neat, but crazy to think that this is really their lives and what they do everyday. The food was very very good! Kelly and I both had fish and the guys had steak. It was super yummy!

More updates coming soon! Enjoy the pictures ; )

Charlee Kate loves to just jump in, go under, kick, anything! Last summer she LOVED the pool and wasn't afraid, but she was also a baby so I wasn't sure if she would still feel that way this summer. So far.... nothing has changed! She is like a little fish!

The big news....

Well I never ever ever thought this day would come that I could say, WE ARE MOVING BACK TO BIRMINGHAM FOR GOOD!!!!! Yes, you all heard it right, we are moving back home!!! (I bet some of you thought I was going to say I am preggo, LOL)

I have known this for QUITE some time now but did not want to post it immediately. I know I have said this before, but this time, it is happening and I couldn't be more excited! Since the first moment that I found out, I got super busy making sure all my "ducks were in a row". Charlee Kate was accepted to several schools; however, it was after Jeremy toured them and we were lucky that we hit them at the perfect registration time! Then I had the opportunity to have an interview with Homewood City Schools and was offered a position at Edgewood Elementary the very next day. WOW, to have a job and know where my baby girl is going at the beginning of March were two amazing ways I was already seeing God working in our lives. Now the ball is still rolling forward with us doing something with our house here and finding one in Birmingham. It has been a pretty peaceful process so far and I know it is because it is all working out how God would want it to work out.

I could go on and on about how this has all unfolded, but the most important part is we are moving home. I will miss a lot of things about Tampa. We have made some super great friends here and I love my shopping places, but the reasons were much stronger to go back to Bama. Here are some positives:

1. Family

2. Friends

3. WE WILL NOW have our SEASONS

4. We can go to more Alabama games

5. My favorite eating places are in the South, LOL

6. Churches and schools, I just feel like they are different back in Bama

7. Pastry Art cake bites, LOL

8. It is HOME!!!!

9. I have always wanted Charlee kate to be able to go to school in Birmingham and particularly Homewood, but I thought it would be tough to pray for a particular school system. Apparently not, because God knows all!!! Football is such a tradition in some school systems and I want her to live through that. High school football is so much fun!

Two requests if I could make them.... LOTS LOTS more Dunkin Donuts to pop up there! There are everywhere in Florida and.... my 2 favorite stores to appear in Birmingham, that is probably not going to happen though : (

So my posts will get more interesting as the weeks and months go by because there is a lot about to take place in the Wilson Family Household. Keep us in your prayers as we begin this transition process. I always knew the transition part would not be as fun, but it will all be worth it in the long run (I like to say "keeping my long term glasses on" instead of my "short term glasses").

These are just random pictures to go along with the big news, lol. This is one of Charlee Kate's new outfits, I just loved. I am NOT a Hello Kitty fan at all, but there was something about this outfit. It is very vintage looking, which is all me and when I found it at Nordstroms on my trip to South Florida, I just had to have it. I love love it on her!!!!

Look how thick that hair is getting in the back! It makes me so excited and it is definitely blonde!

Charlee Kate will not be able to walk and look for the alligators once we move back to Bama. She loves to look for the sandhill cranes, alligators, or any other creature. This is one of those days that she was a "WAL-MART baby". She had on bloomers, a random Minnie Mouse t-shirt that was mine when I was little, and her crocs. I can't believe I let her out of the house like that, but at this moment who cared. We were all walking and just enjoying a wonderful Sunday evening.

And I forgot....

I meant to add these pictures to my last post... these were pictures of my little lovey while I was gone! Be sure to check out the post under this one.

There is NO ONE like her.....

6 Years ago, I met one of my best friends. I met my friend Ashley in Tallahassee, when we both taught at Hartsfield. Those were 2 very interesting and very fun years together. Since then, we have never lost touch and always made it a point to get together. There is no one like Ashley. I always know that no matter what, I can be myself with her and I will ALWAYS get some good laughs in. She is probably the most honest person I know and she will tell me "straight up" how it is, but I love her for it. She is a great "Auntie Ashely" to Charlee Kate and knows Charlee Kate's style! LOL

On Friday afternoon, I drove to Ashley's house in Palm Beach. We went to our favorite place to eat Friday night... Bonefish.. and just laughed, talked, and played catch up. We can talk about anything from fashion, to cars, to parenthood, to teaching, to handbags, to anything. I love it because there is never a dull moment! Saturday, we headed out shopping all day and had lunch at the Grand Luxe Cafe. We were DEFINITELY in South Florida. You can tell because the shopping is amazing, but the people are very different, LOL. If you have never been to South Florida you don't know what I am talking about, but you are almost in the minority if you speak English. LOL. Its amazing how we just pick up where we left off every time. This is a true friendship and one to last a lifetime.

It was fun, too short of a trip, but I am so glad I went. I miss my friend Ashley!

It's Friday finally!

Yes this weekend is a well deserved one! It has been such a yucky rainy week and I am just ready for the weekend. We really did need the rain, which we are so thankful for, but the tornadoes we could do without. Being from Bama, I am used to tornado warnings, but we are not supposed to have them in Florida. So.... when we get them, it is very unusual and not very fun. However, we made it through them and it is a gorgeous Friday and a gorgeous weekend ahead.

I had breakfast with my little girl this morning. She has become very very attached to her mommy (and daddy too). She wants me to hold her from the minute I wake her up and it is hard not to because I just love this little angel. So sweet!!! I will leave you with a picture of her and will post again this weekend. I have new things to post but no time right now. Happy Friday!!!