Spring Break

     SpRiNg BrEaK....was without a doubt an amazing, wonderful, much-needed week off!  

  
     First, Cammie and I started our spring break out on a mini shopping trip with Aunt Chrissie on Saturday!  The three of us headed to Old Navy in Oxmoor Mall first and then went to St. Matthew's for lunch at Chick-Fil-A (mom's favorite :), Forever 21 and The Children's Place.  Although spring weather was definitely in the air, I knew it wouldn't last for long...little Miss C. needed a few more pairs of pants, since she has grown out of most of her 6 month clothes.  We found some great deals on pants for her and loved browsing through the new, two-story Forever 21.  We ended our Saturday shopping trip with a surprise visit to see my grandpa.  Papaw has been waiting for Cammie to come see him for quite some time, so Chrissie and I surprised him with Cammie after shopping.

     Sunday Chris, Cammie and I traveled to Greensburg to visit our family.  Chris' dad's side of the family is quite large, so getting everyone together can sometimes be quite the feat.  Chris' cousin Michael was in town from Massachusettes, so Chris' uncle Tim and aunt Lisa invited everyone to their house for some yummy food and great company!

     Tuesday Chris, Cammie, Chrissie, Nick and I started our morning off at the zoo.  It was our first trip to the zoo of the year and it was a GORGEOUS day!  Cammie wasn't too impressed with the animals, but our little Nosy Nelly enjoyed all the people watching!  The five of us had such a great time and are so excited to take many more trips there this spring and summer!

Cammie's new favorite way to get around :)

Ready for the zoo!

The girlies... :)

Daddy and Cammie...she was definitely not interested in having her picture taken!



     After the zoo we headed to Five Guys for lunch (yummy....although ironically I eat a grilled cheese there, because I am not much of a burger person :), then separated from the boys as they golfed, picked up my mom and did a little more shopping.  Mom was looking for a stroller to use at her house to take Cammie for walks and Chrissie and I had a few returns/exchanges to do at Target and Kohls.  Once all the boys finished golfing, we ordered pizza and hung around the house for the rest of the evening (it really felt like a summer night...sooooo ready for those nights!!!).

     Thursday all the girls (Chrissie, Meghan, Maddie, Mom, Cammie and I) plus my dad headed to the outlet malls.  (Sidenote:  My dad is such a trooper....he has now driven us to the outlet malls twice to help with Cammie and offer larger trunk space than my car allows...Chris and I are in the process of looking for an SUV, but haven't found the perfect one yet...if we have an extremely good day at the outlets squeezing the stroller, bags and girls into the car can be a tight fit!  My dad is so awesome for offering (aka being begged) to drive and help out!)  Cammie was very well behaved at the outlets and was rewarded with a few things (she really needed nothing, but I am not able to resist :)  I found some great deals for Chris, but was really disappointed in the selection for me. :(  Chrissie and I live for outlet day so not finding too many deals can be super disappointing! :(  All of us were pretty exhausted after a day filled with shopping, but stopped at Cracker Barrel before heading home.  The girls were so stinkin' cute talking to each other at the table!  Although the big girls didn't have much luck finding things, we enjoyed a great day altogether! :)

Wonder what they are talking about??? :)

     We began Friday by meeting my grandpa for lunch at McAlisters.  He just loves his great granddaughter Cammie and she thinks he is pretty neat too!  I just love watching them look and interact with one another! So precious!  After lunch we headed to Babies "R" Us to buy a second convertible car seat (so frustrated that I researched and researched Camryn's convertible car seat, but didn't see that it can't be rear facing ANYWHERE in the description or reviews....ugh....still a little frustrated by that if you can't tell :) and then headed home for a small cookout with our neighbors and best friends.

Camryn was VERY excited about her lunch! :)

A few of her favorite guys! :)

     Saturday my mom and dad took Camryn on their trip to the country with my aunt and grandma to visit my grandma's sister.  I literally did not know what to do with myself!  It is a two hour trip each way, so I had most of the day to do anything I chose....I chose to run errands and go to the Y.  For the first time since Cammie was born I had an awesome workout!  I wasn't worried about rushing home or picking her up so I ran, rode the bike, did a cross trainer AND lifted weights!  Although I missed her, I definitely enjoyed the ME time!

     Finally, we ended spring break celebrating Chris' dad's birthday!  Chris' family came out to our house to celebrate with dinner and dessert.  It was a great way to end our break!

Although we were sad to see spring break come to an end we are DEFINITELY ready to begin the official countdown to summer!  Only 9 more Mondays to wake up.... :)