SURPRISE TOOTIE....

We are in DALLAS!!  We were driving home from our Tuesday lunch date....post in itself but Tuesdays are Tenderloin Tuesdays for lunch (not for me but I go!).  I told builder we still needed to plan our trip to Dallas.  He says well what about this weekend.  He covers our plans for the rest of the summer and this weekend it would be.  Since it was Tuesday already I thought we would surprise Tootie.  So DONE just like that we were headed to Dallas on Friday and Tootie had no idea.

We could not have planned this trip more perfectly.  (I pretty sure that is not good english, but oh well!)  Tootie was having a long week and our visit was just what the doc ordered.  I could not believe that A was also going to be in Dallas.  That never happens.  So A was in on the surprise and we were all set.

Movie Time

Olly was a hit the whole way

The travel was not bad at all.  The little pea did great!  She kept with her routine, play, sleep, eat and then repeat.  She also had to watch a little movie on the computer to stay calm, very funny!!  All I had was Break Up with Brad Pitt.  She loved it.  So the drive into Dallas was about 9 hours.  When we arrived Tootie was inside napping and we planned with A to ring the bell.

I have never seen a more surprised face!!  We are here!!  Then the fun begins!!  We had the best time shopping, haning out, eating, and being with Tootie and A.  With A we of course did a photo shoot and they are the cutest pictures ever!  I was so proud of my packing.  I actually packed us all very light...I am smart!  We had to have room for the shopping purchases.  We of course went to Ikea and you can never leave there without a car full.

Walk to Starbucks ...of course!

Tootie slept like this -3 nights

Poppy Smile ...no eyes!! LOVE

Etta Kate had so much fun in the Big D! She came home with a whole new wardrobe!  Got to have the style and they have it best in the Dallas.  I told Builder we will now have to have a Back to School shopping trip to Dallas each year..Tootie won't complain either.  We found the best Consignment Shop on Saturday while the boys (Wiz and Builder) went to the new Dallas Dome for a soccer game.  This is 2 posts in itself but in a short summary they sat in traffic for 2 hours and saw 20 minutes of the game.  Terrible...Wiz was so bummed but happy to see some of the game.  Builder knows nothing about soccer and got a gas station hot dog so he was set.  He did say the dome (not sure what it is called) is very cool, tv over the field is just huge. So back to the consignment shop.  This was the best ever.  They had all name brands, smocked clothing, they just had it all.  This was our last stop but of course we were all so excited.  The pile of stuff we were getting was growing and so was the temp in this place.  It was over 100 outside but the AC did not seem to be working.  After a little train wreck (trying to feed in a store!) we made our decisions and found some awesome steals! We will be going here every visit and will have Tootie check in regularly! Also on our Saturday shopping we bought a sling...I knew she would love one but never knew which one and online is hard.  She loves it!  We used it all day and all day on Sunday!  Sunday we hit up North Park Mall.  Builder was quite a hit with the ladies while wearing Pea in the sling.  He got lots of attention!!  It was a great visit and we look forward to going back!!  Maybe next time it won't be well over 100 degrees and we can hang outside.  Lots more picture posts to come!!

Lots of LOVE to our TOOTIE in the Big D!