Krista Beautifully dressed for her Chior Concert!
I have been a horrible cousin and haven't been to visit in over 2 years, despite our best efforts, nothing has seemed to work out with us getting together. So when I found out they were open for lunch and a little shopping I was super excited!!
Ellie woke up at 6:30 am this morning!! This was way to early for my liking, especially since I have a pinched nerve in my back and I got VERY LITTLE sleep last night, so I told her it was still night night time. I was able to keep her in bed until about 8:00, so that was nice. Around 9:30 I told Ellie I was going to jump in the shower while she watched Dora. She said ok and I took off to my bathroom. The next thing I know, I turn around and Ellie is standing there with her shirt half off telling me that she was taking a shower too. HAHA!! I finally caved and let her take a shower with me, she thought it was the greatest thing. She just laughed and laughed as the shower sprinked her with water. It was really funny...but it actually made washing her hair much easier. hmmm....
Well we finally got out and got dressed and headed to the mall to meet Patty and Krista.... We met at California Pizza Kitchen for lunch. They had never eaten there before since there is not one in the Mobile area. We actually got Krista to try new foods and she liked them!!! So proud of her for venturing out of her comfort zone!! "Go Krista!!"
Ellie was really good considering how long we were there. I think we were in that booth for over an hour. Ellie played around a bit, but for the most part she was really well behaved. Patty took this picture of her from across the table.
She smiled so big for her Aunt Patty!!
After eating lunch we promised Ellie some ice cream so we headed to 32 degrees for yogurt. Ellie was begging for her standard "pink with gummies." That translates to Strawberry with gummy bears and fruit. She loves these new yogart bars!! After finishing her yogart, she and Krista played together really well...
Krista was so good with her!
Then we went out to do some shopping. Patty and Krista took us into Swoozies. We had never been there before, but if you have a little girl, Swoozies is a MUST!!! I'm not even a girlie girl but they had some cute stuff. They have more than just little girly stuff but that was what occupied most of the space. Super cute store!! Then on our way back we noticed that it was starting to rain so I ran and got the umbrellas. Patty and Krista needed to hit (something) Charlies and Ellie and I needed to exchange something at Gymboree so we split for just a second and I was going to meet them back at the Charlie store. Well on our way to Gymboree, we get caught up in some major rain. You see this mall we are at is on outdoor mall, so when your walking from store to store you are outside and they do not have canopies over the sidewalks. So it is throwing us a good rain, Ellie is walkine with her little, pink umbrella up and I have my super huge umbrella up (covering Ellie and I since Ellie moves her's so much she really doesn't keep herself covered) and we are walking slowly through the rain trying to stay dry. You can imagine the looks that we are getting, but we are doing the best we can. I really wish I had a picture of this because I can imagine that it was a sight to behold! (I would like to preface that it was not cold so getting a little damp was not going to hurt either of us.) I wish I knew a security guy at the mall so I could get a copy of their security video.... LOL We met back up with Patty and Krista for a few more minutes and then we needed to head back home. It was getting late and Ellie hadn't had a nap. This makes her a ticking time bomb that could go off at anytime!! We said goodbye and I can't wait till we had to Mobile in May!! I love spending time with Patty and crew!! I so miss them!!
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