I haven’t kept up with the blog very well lately because, well, we never leave our home! Since my car accident back in November, I’ve been too terrified to drive myself anywhere (plus we are down to just one car). We usually only leave the house for my Wednesday night doctor’s appointments and for church on Sunday—both of which Austin drives us to. We also occasionally go with Austin to run errands once a week, but only then if the weather is clear and there is no snow or ice anywhere close to the roads! There’s really not much to blog about when you stay home all day every day! : )
However, I made a point to take pictures of Valentine’s Day festivities just so we could have SOME new pictures on the blog—I’m getting tired of seeing those same ole pictures from January every time I open my blog! : D
The kids woke up Valentine’s Day morning to find a gift from their Dad at the table.
A yummy Reeses’ heart!
And body pillows:
I asked Austin why he chose to get them pillows for Valentine’s Day—it seemed like a really random gift to me. He said he didn’t know but he bet the kids would like them. And he was right! They LOVE their pillows and have had a lot of fun laying on them to read books or just cuddling up with them!
I have to admit, I was pretty jealous of both of those gifts! I want a body pillow to cuddle up with and maybe ease some of these pregnancy aches and pains! I also want a giant Reeses’ heart—darn this gestational diabetes! The kids were very happy with their surprises from Daddy and they seemed just as appreciative of the simple card I made each of them.
They also opened up a surprise from Grandma Becky. Mr. Max loved his new Superman cape and eye mask!
He said we could call him “Superman” or “SuperMax” haha. He cracks me up. I call him our “class clown” because he loves doing things to make other people laugh! We definitely laughed at him with his silly super hero poses!
Makenna got sticker pads that she uses to accessorize pictures of girls. She has loved adding fancy nails, earrings, necklaces, etc. to the pictures to make the girls “fancy.”
She has also enjoyed taking turns wearing the super hero cape and becoming “Super Girl.”
The kids had so much fun Valentine’s Day morning playing super hero and cuddling up with their new pillows. It made for a really nice morning!
Makenna also had fun giving everyone the cards she made the day before. On the 13th, Makenna came to me and said, “Tomorrow is February 14th and that is Valentine’s Day so we need to make Valentine’s Day cards.” Can you tell she REALLY likes looking at the calendar? : ) Anyway, so she made cards for everyone and spent a lot of time working on them. Max, however, said he was ONLY going to make a card for DADDY!
So on Valentine’s Day I was happy to see the sweet card she made me. In fact, I may have teared up a bit. : )
I was in a pretty sad mood all day Valentine’s Day, but I perked up when we had a delivery at the door:
Every time we see an Edible Arrangements commercial or pass the store or see the delivery truck out and about, I mention, “Oh I would love one of those!” Well apparently Austin has listened to my casual comments! Because of the gestational diabetes, I’m not supposed to eat a lot of things, but fruit is allowed as a snack so this was perfect! Last night I had one of the chocolate hearts (which are chocolate covered pineapples) and it was FANTASTIC! Love it!
For dinner that night we had Subway (thanks for the giftcard Grandma!) on festive heart plates and cups and napkins and the kids were especially thrilled with their Valentine’s Day dinner.
All in all, it ended up being a great day!
