Charlotte's Blessing

We had lots of family here a few weeks ago. Both sets of grandparents, John and Becky, and my sisters, Abby and Chelsie came for the blessing. The kids loved all the extra attention. And of course the treats. Why can't grandmas come without treats?Neil's family
My family

Charlotte wore the same dress as Sadie. It was made by my aunt who also made my wedding dress and its style mimics my dress.
the blessing circle

We just had a ton of family in town and excepting the blessing day pics, these are the only photos I got. I really need to get my camera out more often.My cute sister Chelsie with my cute baby Charlotte and Grandpa Shoaf with said baby

Have you had your cute blond little boy fix today? Let me oblige you.

He won't eat the grapefruit but he will drink the juice. He says it "freezes" him.

Valentines

We had a lovely Valentine's Day and I have no pictures to show for it. The longer I'm a mother the fewer pictures I take. I find I'm just too busy managing kids and enjoying what we're doing to pull out the camera.

My mom watched the kids Friday night so that Neil and I could go out. We found a local Italian place called Mama Louisa's. It was divine! I've never had lasagna that good and the eggplant parmigiana was to die for! We are definitely going back soon. Then we went bowling. It was so much fun. The first game was hilarious. Neil kept getting gutter balls while I kept getting strikes. Our first game was 107-69. But he started to do better and won the second game, 114-74. I lost my strike streak but consistently got 7s and 8s and that's pretty good in my book.

On Monday morning my poor husband left before anyone else was awake. I am pretty sure I only half realized that he was leaving as he came to kiss me goodbye. (Gotta love seminary.) A while later Sadie came and crawled into bed with me and found something strange on her daddy's pillow. It was toffee from See's Candy! Yippee! My husband knows me all too well.

I made pink heart pancakes for breakfast and they were a big hit. Sadie took her homemade Valentines to school and came home with a bag full of goodies, including a cookie gram from her mom and dad. Grandma handed out Valentine cards and pink M&Ms, and Grandpa sent more cards from Indiana. And to finish the day off we had a festive dinner table with red tablecloth, white candles, and M&M covered plates thanks to Sadie. Oh, and Red Velvet Cake with cream cheese frosting for dessert. Yum!

This little stinkpot is sleeping in my bed right now. I am convinced that being so darn cute is a defense mechanism. That way I forget what a stinker she was last night once the sun comes up.