Bye Bye May - Hello June, We are READY for you! (I think!)

And this is how we spent our weekend.....

And of course, baby Jonathan wanted to be part of the action...

Throwing the popcorn at him...

I guess he was surprised it all ended up in the floor....

8 small boxes, but the beginning of a JOURNEY for the Shelton Family!

These 2 upcoming months are going to be a rollercoaster. Buckle up, bc we are going fast my friends!!!!

I think I should ask the magic 8 ball....

Those of you who know me well, know that I am definitely a planner. A bit type A when it comes to scheduling everything and always updating my to do list.

I am not complaining, because I am happy about what is to come, but I can sincerely say, I am having a little bit of a hard time lately with the fact that there is SO MUCH in the air right now.
(more than anyone of you could even imagine. Sorry about being so ambiguous, but there's just so much going on in our lives that it would be hard to explain it all...)

I don't necessarily like waiting for answers. Well, who does anyways?

As of now, the only thing I know is that Jodi starts his new job on Monday. They are flying him to NC to start training. Yep! that is the only think I know right now! I don't even know when his return flight is! ugh!

I have so many things to figure out and without certain "somewhat" important details, it is very hard to come up with a plan.

Oh well...
Sooner or later all my ?'s will be answered....
For now, I will just have to resort to asking my magic 8 ball....

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OH!
By the way, I discovered I have a new talent!

Check out my new creation:

I have no idea what got into me.
I am calling it THERAPY! haha!

I started thinking about making bubu's bday cake @ home and next thing you know, I was sitting on the computer, watching tons of youtube videos on how to make homemade fondant, how to put frosty on the cake, how to make amazing fondant figurines, how to put the fondant on, etc, etc....

I ran to get the cake mix and fondant ingredients and started my creation.
Then I realized the morning after that the cake needed some sort of frosty layer on top, before putting the fondant on - AND - I still needed a bunch of other items to be able to continue my project - like, a rolling pin! Hello!
Yes, I am THAT naive when it comes to the kitchen - and I certainly DO NOT own any of these Martha Stewart friendly "tools"...

So anyways, I borrowed a little food coloring from my neighbor, bought the absolutely necessary things and continued with my little cake and next thing you know, the cutest white and blue cake, made by ME! was right in front of my eyes! I have to say, I was impressed! ;-)

Aaaaaaaaaand, I even posted pictures on my facebook and got all sorts of compliments on it!

So yea! that was good therapy! :-)

OH MY GOD!!!

I don't even know how to feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is this really happening?

About an hour ago Jodi called.
Well, he actually was calling all morning, but I couldn't find my phone again.
Anyways, yes, he called me to give me the news:

He got the offer!!!!!!!!!!

I kinda wanna cry though!

I am confused.
Shouldn't I be all happy, jumping up and down with excitement!
We are finally moving to South Carolina!

3 years in the making - it is finally going to happen!

This is what my husband wants.
This is what I want(ed?)

How and why am I so nervous and scared?

I am seriously holding back my tears!!


In the past year I have seriously come to love life like never before. Regardless of the challenges we faced, I really loved every day of it.
I have built a new life, with new friends and a perfect little new family.
I have felt complete!

Now I feel like I am leaving everything behind!
And it makes me want to cry!

Like I said in my previous blog, YES, I want to move to South Carolina where they will address me as Ma'am.


But this is SO SOON!

So Jodi's official offer is in the mail, but he already told them yes.

He starts working on June 1rst!
JUNE 1rst!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is in like, 11 days!!!!!!!!!

What about bubu's bday party?
What about our trip to South Carolina together?
Is he gonna be over there and Imma have to fly up by myself?

What about my trip to Puerto Rico in July?
Should I postpone this until we get settled?

Is he gonna come see us on the weekends?
When am I gonna go look for houses?
When do I get to officially move?

aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!

I see Mr. Stress coming to visit me VERY soon!
Wait!!!!




I hear knocking!




Hold on!



Yep, that's him.

He said he is gonna stay here for a while!

To not freak out, he just wanted to come join the party with Mr. Anxiety, Mr. Confusion, Miss Excitement & Mrs. Fear.
Anybody else think their invited?
Cause I don't recall inviting anyone!!!!



So, I am a "little" overwhelmed.

I have way to much on my mind right now.

Lemme go tend to my new guests....

Are you testing my patience?

Wednesday, nothing
Thursday, nothing
Friday, nothing

Course they r not gonna call or email with an answer on the weekend.

Monday, nothing
Tuesday, 3:54 pm, nothing! and chances are today we r not hearing from them either!!

Hello!!!!!!!!

Can we get an answer?

The clock keeps ticking over here!!!





Are they unaware that



yea yea, whatever!

I guess I will have to keep repeating it over and over again...
patience is a virtue
patience is a virtue
patience is a virtue


AHHHH!!!!!

Okay I needed to vent!

But if by tomorrow, this time, I still don't know anything

Tic. Toc. Tic. Toc. again....

If I remember well, I think it was about this time last year that we were trying to decide whether to move up to South Carolina or stay here in Florida...

I was sitting down on my computer (just like I have yesterday and today) looking at homes for rent in Mount Pleasant, my favorite and probably the only city I would move to over there.

Jodi just got an offer from another mattress company.
We picked a beautiful, brand new 3 story (3 story!?!!! WHAT THE HECK was I thinking??!!!) townhouse. Applied for it and got accepted.
I had everthing, the lease, deposit, and all the additional paperwork, ready to be sent in the mail.
Everything was happening too fast and I was just 1 month away from delivering my sweet baby Jonathan.

I was nervous. And SCARED!


Too much was happening and the puzzle pieces didn't seem to be fitting perfectly.
It just did not seem RIGHT!

So we opted to STAY, which we still believe was the best decision.

Jodi had a GREAT job at the time, we were expecting our perfect baby and we already lived in a beautiful little villa that I have come to love and call home.
So we continued with our Wonderful Life here in Florida.
(Our wonderful life!! wink wink!)

Fast Forward one year (if you, ahem, "FORGOT", what that symbol stands for...)

Here I am, again, looking at homes for rent. Again asking myself, could this be it? Again thinking, what about my friends down here, my family, my life???

This time is different. TOTALLY different.

Do I want to move to SC eventually?
YES, OF COURSE!!!
I still want to work on planning the most beautiful weddings over there, just like mine!
I still want to find a beautiful home for me and my 2 babies (no, I am not pregnant). Of course, with a big fenced yard for my crazy dog! (and maybe even another dog, if I could ever convince Jodi! HA!)
I still want to live closer to some loved ones in NC (In-Laws, best friends...)
I still want to live in a city where everyone is SO nice and so cute...
Where you see the mommies walking around with their babies in their strollers...
The daddy's with their kids behind their bicycles in their little attached chairs.
You pass the tennis courts and see the cute couples playing each other.
You pass the pool and hear the laughter and the kids screaming and playing...
Everybody drives normal, not like they are all in a hurry, like down here unfortunately.
People say thank you when u let them pass you and wave hello and open doors...
Good Morning! How are you? - is what I want to hear when I leave my house and go somewhere in the mornings...

I want to live there! yes I do!

But right NOW??

I now feel like I am so much over here too.


I never thought I would have met such a special group of friends in so little time and I just think I am going to have a hard time finding people like them anywhere else. They are fun, loving, sincere, giving and just a bunch of GREAT GIRLS!!! And it breaks my heart just the thought of not having any more playdates with all of our babies...

My father, my stepmom and Jonathan's Godmother, my sister and her husband, my old neighbors, my old friends....

My mom comes to Florida almost every other month to see me, Jonathan, Jesly (sister) and the rest of the clan. Roberto, (mom's bf for 20 yrs) has an apartment in Miami and it is so convenient for them to stay there if I have a full house....

I can go on and on and on about the great things I have here, but I will leave it at that....


It NOW terrifies me to know that I could be leaving this all behind.

SO YES, I AM SCARED AGAIN.
YES, I am CONFUSED
YES, I want to move to SC
BUT YES, I want to stay here in FLORIDA, where I am happy too!

soooo, what now?

As always, PRAY


This time I will not pray for it to happen.
This time I will not pray for it to not happen.

This time I will completely leave it in God's hands.

And I will pray that whatever happens, and whatever offer they make him (HOPEFULLY SOON, BECAUSE I AM DYING OVER HERE IN SUSPENSE), is for the BETTER.



.... and while I do that, I will continue (just out of curiosity) to look for nice lil homes over there!

Although, I think I found THE ONE already... and shhhhh!!! I haven't even told Jodi. Check out my new patio! (hehe)

So yes, Tic. Toc. Tic. Toc. Again for us.

I guess only time will tell if I am going to be changing my driver's license to a SC one or we get to stay here for a "little" bit longer!!!


**** and if you are wondering, bc I know I didn't even give any details, Jodi did interview with a company for a job in South Carolina yesterday and they told him that they will be sending him an offer package soon ****
(no idea how long soon means to them)
Ohhhhh, how I love to be kept in suspense!