Saint Valentine's Day

Dearest Joshua David and Grace Elizabeth~

Happy St. Valentine's Day!  You two and daddy are my Valentines!  ;-)  This is Grace's first Valentine's Day.  I dressed you two in red for the occasion.  Grace, you had little hearts one.  ;-)  Also, it's only two weeks until Grace's first birthday!  Whoa!  You're getting old little lady!  Have you decided what you want for your birthday yet?  :-)

Grace, you woke up at 3:30am this morning all fussy.  I nursed you back to sleep around 4am, but I was wide awake until around 5am.  Ugh.  :-P

Kim was still out of town today so Joshua didn't have speech therapy.  Mary Beth was there, so he had occupational therapy this morning.  We made the appointment a little longer since we didn't have the second one right afterward.  You did well today little man!  You had shaving cream messy play.  You also practiced with a spoon and practiced your fine motor skills.  You also had some art time with some markers.

We did a quick Target run for milk for this week afterward.  We also got a few little things for the house.  We were home before lunch.  Then, we made some brownies for daddy.  We decorated with M&M's and spelled out 'Happy Love Day' .... but there wasn't a lot of room for the words, so it just looks like a colorful design.  ;-)  Then I prepared a veggie quiche for dinner as you two played.

I took some photos of you two playing upstairs.  We're working on new time lapse photo project.  :-)

Afterward, we had snack and playtime downstairs.  We baked our quiche and laid everything out on the kitchen island for when daddy got home.  We put out the quiche, the decorated brownies, a box of chocolates, and a Valentine's Day note.   :-)

Joshua, you fought your nap today.  You fell asleep after 4pm.  I nursed Grace and then read while holding her. 

Daddy was surprised by our box of chocolates, brownies, and quiche!  He surprised us with a cookie cake with flowers on it!  Best flowers ever!  ;-)  We finished watching the Grammy's this evening and relaxed.  :-)

Tomorrow is a work day, but you all will have a Daddy Day since Penny will be gone.  Our prayers still go out to her and her family for the loss of her sister.

Sleep tight little ones!

I love you both so much my little Valentines!  ;-)

~Mommy