All My Bags Are Packed and I'm Ready To Go

Well, I have one week to go and I couldn't be more ready. I have a bag packed for Casey and I, Weston's bag is packed, the carseat, clothes, and the rest of the baby stuff is all washed and waiting, and I even have some meals frozen in the freezer for Casey to heat up if we need them. The only thing we have to do is decide on a name, but I think it will be easier when we know we have to decide. At my Dr's appt on Tuesday, the doctor said I was a "good 2" and it would be nice if he came this month since we already have one March baby and my birthday is on Thursday, but we'll see. Cross your fingers for us! I saw this commercial on TV the other day and was able to relate, especially since Casey always makes fun of me when I spill something on my belly. Enjoy!

A LOVE-ly Valentine's Day

We had a great Valentine's Day weekend. It started on Friday night when Casey got home. He sent Weston and I to get the mail because he said he had a headache and when we got home there was a trail of petals leading to the bathroom, which was decorated with flowers, candles, and candy. My book was sitting on the side of the tub with some sparkling cider, he had relaxing music playing, and I got to take a nice bubble bath while he made dinner and took care of Weston for a few hours. It was a very appreciated and much needed break for me. I love my husband! On Valentine's Day, I did my yearly tradition of hiding Valentine's Day cards where I knew Casey would find them throughout the day and as usual, I centered most of our celebration around food. Charity got to join us for dinner and dessert and then we watched the Olympics (which have been dominating a good majority of our time lately). We also gave Weston two little books about colors and one about the ABC's which he liked. All-in-all, it was a great weekend and I'm so glad that there is a special holiday set aside where I get to show my family I love them!

Breakfast. Egg in a hole, strawberries, and a strawberry-banana smoothie. Dinner. Chicken Piccata, asparagus, and sparkling cider.

Casey thought I should be in a picture with my dessert, so here it is. You can see the beautiful flowers I got and the candles from my relaxing night.

Dessert. These are called Chocolate Clouds and I found the recipe 8 years ago with the intention of making it for Valentine's Day someday. It was actually really simple, so I don't know why it took me so long to make. The hardest part was making the chocolate bowls because the water balloons kept popping, so I think I'll use regular balloons next time.

Weston enjoying his own bowl of chocolate mousse.

Monster Jam

At the end of January we went as a family to Monster Jam. It was the first time we've had the box all to ourselves and it was pretty nice. I wanted to go because my Dad used to take us when we were younger and I always had fun. I still remember one time when Grave Digger lost control jumping over some cars, lost a wheel, it rolled off into the wall, and made a big hole at Jack Murphy Stadium (now Qualcomm). Arco Arena didn't have as much space to work with, so it wasn't as cool as I remember it, but still fun. Weston loves trucks, so I thought he would like it too, which he did. He was a little frightened by the noise at first, but we kept the glass closed so it wasn't too loud and he was fine after a few minutes. Now he calls all of his bigger trucks "Digger" because we pointed out Grave Digger the most often.

Whenever he would watch, he would plaster his face to the glass like this.
Grave Digger. The star of the show.

Weston found the ice by the end of the night and was highly entertained by it as well.

Twinners

A few weeks ago we went on a walk one morning. It was pretty chilly, so we got all bundled up in our sweats, sweatshirts, etc. Weston had just gotten this outfit from Casey's dad and loves to wear his BYU beanie. Casey just happened to pick a very similar outfit, so they were my twinners for the morning :)

We have a nice little duck pond close to our apartment
Weston decided he was hungry while feeding the ducks. Luckily the bread we took wasn't too stale :)

Christmas

Merry Christmas! :) A little late, but that seems to be how I roll lately. It is one of my New Year's Resolutions to be on top of my blogging though, so I'm definately working on it little by little. We had a great Christmas up in Vancouver this year at Casey's Mom's house. I love Christmas and I especially love getting together with family and celebrating our Savior's birth, which we did a whole lot of. Thankfully, my husband was on top of picture taking this year, so we have pictures to document it. Thanks to everyone for our great presents and well wishes! I've seen that most of you had a great Christmas already, so I hope you enjoy the pics from ours :)

Our family picture. Actually getting our Christmas card out this year is another one of my new goals :)

Our family walk with a Humane Society Dog. Nate often takes them out for walks and gave us the idea to go as a family.
The kid's Christmas party put on by Grandma. They also made Christmas necklaces and ornaments.

Preparing the Christmas Eve meal together. We had an assortment of cheese, meat, crackers, fruit, veggies, and dip. It was delicious!

After dinner we acted out the Nativity Story. We drew names to find out our rolls and then picked out our outfits from Nate and Misty's dress up boxes. Weston was our little shepherd. I just love this video. As I mentioned above Weston was a shepherd and Casey's mom was a sheep, so naturally Weston felt the need to do some herding.

Everyone in their costumes. Casey was Joseph and I was a Wise Man.

Family bowling time. Charity gave up a lot of her turns to let the kids go.

For lunch one day we went to the Blueplate Diner. It was featured on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives, so of course I wanted to go. It was pretty good, but it was small and popular, so that meant a lot of people, little seating, and they actually ran out of their specials. When we got home we had Weston open a present that we didn't want to transport. It was a scuttle bug bike and you can tell from his reaction that he was excited.