Valentine's Day.

We had a cute Valentine's Day. I had the kids pose with the hearts to give to the grandparents.

 

We also had a Valentine's Day party. The kids decorated boxes and exchanged valentines.

 

All week the kids made valentines for the family and we put them in a box. On Valentine's Day we opened the box and passed out the valentines. The kids loved giving and receiving them.

 

I made them a special pink heart shaped breakfast. It was a very loving day.

30th Birthday

 

I had a great 30th birthday this year! We started out by going out to a teppanyaki grill for dinner. The kids really enjoyed watching them cook the food.

 

 

Graham threw me a birthday party. I knew I was having a party, but I didn't know anything about it. It was amazing! He spent so much time and put so much thought into it. I really appreciated it. He created a birthday video for me. He had people who couldn't be there submit videos. I cried throughout the whole video.

 

 

 

On my birthday we had a lot of family and friends over. He had everyone bring me balloons. This is something that I had mentioned to him in the past. I ended up with 76 balloons! We had lots of great food and dessert. I really appreciate everyone who came and contributed to the video. Thank you for making my birthday a special one.

I had a lot of family come from out of town to visit. We went out to lunch to celebrate. My "birthday month" was extra special this year with all of the celebrations. 

And of course I had my annual delicious ice cream cake. 

Snow Fun

 

 

 

We were lucky enough to get some snow at our house. We went out with our sleds and cruised around the neighborhood.

Liam made snow angels. 

We got to tromp around the field and build snowmen. 

We took the kids ice skating over winter break. They both enjoyed it.

 

Even Brielle got the hang of it.

Since our kids enjoyed the snow at our house so much we decided to drive an hour to a fun sledding area. When we got there Brielle wanted NOTHING to do with it. She refused to put on her snow clothes and get out of the car. After sitting with her for 1/2 hour I forced her to put on her clothes and captured this lovely picture. 

We then had her try sledding down the hill which resulted with her throwing off her gloves, shoes, hat etc... We then sat in the car for the rest of the time.

 

Liam on the other hand loved it. He spent 2 hours exploring snow tunnels, sledding and building snowmen. So, I am happy the drive paid off for at least 1 kid.

Christmas

 

On Christmas Eve we made gingerbread cookies for Santa. Each kid got to decorate their own tray of cookies.

 

We spent Christmas Eve at Grandma and Grandpa's house. The kids opened presents and we enjoyed a nice dinner together.

 

We came home and got ready for Santa. We put out his milk and cookies. We also put out some carrots for the reindeer.

 

Christmas morning was amazing. The kids screamed every time they opened a present. Liam got Prep and Landing Christmas Elf Gear and Brielle got a doll crib and Candyland Book.  

 

Later in the day our families came over to continue the Christmas fun. We shared an amazing meal together.

Here is what our floor looked like after all of the fun!

Christmas Preparations

We have had a lot of fun this December with all of the Christmas preparations. We kicked off the season by visiting Santa.

 

 

Brielle would only shake his hand. Liam hopped right up there and told him everything he wanted.

 

Next we went and picked out a Christmas tree. We decided to go big.

A little too big...

We swear it wasn't this wide at the Christmas tree farm. 

Graham had to trim the bottom, the top and the back. It was so big when we got it in there. Graham and I couldn't stop laughing. It took up half of our living room. It felt like the forest.

I love this picture. Liam loves his Santa costume.

After getting the tree all trimmed we realized most of our light strands didn't work, so I had to go get new ones before we could decorate. We had to use Liam's grabber toy to get lights and decorations on the top of the tree. 

Liam chose to put on the Superman ornament first. 

 

Brielle chose a My Little Pony ornament.

 

We went to several parades around town.

We play Santa and elves almost every day. 

Even Liberty has a festive Christmas costume. 

We baked gingerbread cookies. Liam made and decorated these all by himself.

We also made our annual gingerbread houses. Mine is the one covered in candy. 

 

I got my hair and makeup done at a salon party. It was fun getting all dolled up.

 

They can be so loving sometimes.

 

We went to a Santa party. This is my favorite picture of Liam and Santa.

And FINALLY Brielle sat on Santa's lap. She hopped right up there and told him that she wanted a "Candy Land Book." 

So It's a ........

We had our gender reveal/Christmas Party last night. The only person who knew what we were having was Graham. These are some of the party favors we made. They say "He & She" on them.

 

 

 

 

We had everyone take their best guess and vote for what they thought we were having. The vote was Girl 12 & Boy 11.



Then we cut the cake and saw the frosting in the middle that told us we are having a

BOY!!!!

He is due May 17!