Happy Valentines Day

Our Valentines weekend was spent at home as a family. Will is recovering from another minor cold so he took 2 nice long naps each day and Craig and I used that time to get lots more productive work done around the house. Craig's been working on tiling around the new bathroom tub and repairing a wall in the nursery (a spot near the ceiling was damaged when the pipes froze). Will has been sleeping in the pack 'n play in his new room while the nursery's under repair. I painted in the nursery and today I got all the walls and furniture wiped down and put back into place. So the baby's room is as good as new and Will is back in the crib until we take the plunge and try out the big bed in his new room.

For Valentines Day, we cooked a nice steak dinner at home and Will "helped" me bake a berry kuchen for dessert. (He dumped the flour and brown sugar into the bowl and helped stir.) He liked standing up on the stool to see the action in the kitchen.

Will and I also made special Valentines last week for the babysitter and all his friends at the sitters. This one was for Lisa (the babysitter):



And here's a sample of the kids' Valentines. We used teddy grahams for a treat.



And we baked cupcakes that spelled out "B-E M-I-N-E" too.

Will also gave his daddy a special Valentine - the perfect treat for Craig...





We used a box of Nerds (Craig's favorite) and 2 peanut butter cups for the iPod and ear phones. I can't take credit for the ideas - I found them all in a magazine but they were pretty easy and I think they turned out cute!

Here's my littlest Valentine:







He's such a handsome little man. Cupid spoiled me twice with Craig & Will! They both stole my heart!

As of Friday, I'm 30 weeks. You know how on New Year's Eve when everyone starts counting backwards from 10 just before midnight? 10...9...8...7... and you're realizing that there's only seconds left of the current year and soon will begin a whole new one... 6...5...4... and you're excited but also sort of nostalgic of what is behind you and what is yet to come... 3...2...1...!!! That's what it feels like right now. Like the countdown to a big change is ringing in my mind and there's no slowing down the rush towards it. I'm so excited and definitely feeling more ready (though not "sick" of pregnancy yet), but can't really believe it's almost here.


Here's my Sophia-belly at 30 weeks. I'm up 21# now.