one week to go

Picture with the bachelorette. Check.

Picture with the bridal party (minus one). Check.

Picture of Stephanie working her new burlesque moves. Check.

Picture of the rest of the night. Fail.

One of Stephanie's friends was taking pictures all night with her SLR. I'm hoping to steal some picts from her. If I can get them, I will be doing another post because there is a lot of the night that I missed that can actually be blogged. : )

This just makes me laugh...

new rooms

My dad sent these wall decals for the boys today. Andrew was very, very excited and had very specific ideas on where to put them based on real scenarios from the game. : )

I heart you

I love today.

I love these little photo shoots... so cute, every time.

And our fun heart shaped breakfast. : )

and my fresh bouquet of tulips,

and heart shaped smores.

We delivered a couple smores to dad.

And ended the day with a candle lit dinner. : )

I seem to love all holidays, but Valentine's Day is for some reason, one of my favorites.

grandpa's heart

So sweet.

tricky

I walked into the bathroom and found Andrew with a cup full of water on his head. He's so tricky!

This is after Mason tried it. : )

we mustache you a question...

Grandmas & Grandpas, Aunts & Uncle, please be aware that I am spoiling your Valentine's Day card. But it's so rad, I can't resist! : )

As usual, this was not my idea... it was stolen fair and square from this blog (thanks to Pinterest). I LOVE IT!

The above picture is a scanned version of the card. Below is the stack, ready to go out on time. I love Pinterest because fun things just sort of end up on your to-do list. I have never sent out Valentine's Day cards before, but when I saw this, it just seemed like the right thing to do. : )

sometimes my job is kind of cool

Andrew and Mason drew me a picture to take into work with me today. I can't believe I've never put their art up at work before. I love it!

The reason I had to go into work (I don't usually work on Tuesdays) was to set up for our annual company meeting. I love driving around Seattle, there's always something awesome.

One of my stops was at the Museum of Flight to pick up some food. The directions to the pick up area included telling me to park "across from the shrink wrapped plane". Best directions ever!

My company recently finished renovating the IMAX theater at the Science Center and we lucked out and got to hold our meeting there. It was a pretty cool venue for a company meeting!

And after the meeting they played a movie for our group. I'd say we rocked the 3D glasses! : )

bridal shower

Stephanie's aunt hosted a wonderful bridal shower today at a wine bar owned by one of Stephanie's friends. If you're ever in the Kent area, I highly recommend Red's!

When I got home, I arrived to a super bowl party already in progress. What a delicious day! : )

go super bowl!

We hosted a little super bowl party at our house today. I didn't really get pictures of our friends, the delicious food or anything super bowl related, but here are a few cute pictures I did take...

can't wait to meet this baby girl!

Our friends are due to have their baby within the next month or so. Today was their shower - it was so great to be able to hang out and to finally see that adorable belly! I cannot wait to meet that baby girl!!

he did it

While I was taking a shower, Mason was busy getting himself dressed. He took off his pj's, picked out his clothes and got dressed. He even picked things that matched and put everything on correctly. It was the first time he's ever done that (and Andrew has yet to get himself dressed without me telling him he needed to) so it was a fun surprise. He was very proud of himself too!

I have also decided to take a break on potty training. It dawned on me today that I was only doing it because he asked for it, and since he has absolutely no interest in pooping in the toilet, we'll take a break until one of us is ready to try again.

sweet sunshine

We stopped at DQ on our way home from work yesterday. It was too sunny to not have ice cream!

I love February! For normal reasons like the beautiful sunrises and noticeably longer days and for silly reasons like Groundhog Day (which is also the date of our ultrasound where we found out Mason was a boy) and Valentine's Day.

This February is extra exciting because my friend Stephanie is getting married on the 25th so I have a bridal shower, bachelorette party and a wedding to add to the fun! And for added awesomeness, it's a leap year! : )

Mason was born...

...2 years, 7 months and 4 days ago.

How do I know? Because I'm a huge numbers/dates nerd and actually marked this day on my calendar. : ) Today, Mason is as old as Andrew was on the day he was born.

The picture on the left is Andrew, taken on 6/28/09, the other is Mason, taken today.

Below is a little collage of then and now mixed. It's hard for me to process seeing them side by side at the same age mixed in with some baby Mason pictures, but it was fun to do.

Wish you could see them in the same shirt? You're in luck! : )

Well, that was fun!

take it easy

{get well soon, grandpa Mel}

My father in law had a 7 bypass heart surgery today. Everything went well and he is working on recovering as I write this. I worry about him not knowing how to take it easy to allow a full recovery. If you read this blog and know Mel, remind him it's not a waste of time to let your heart heal... : )

We weren't able to be there with him so I figured our candy mustache picture would be the next best thing. Get well soon. We love you!

all the better to see you with

Today was Mason's follow up eye appointment. And today, the big bucks I pay for this appointment paid off! It was full of good news and it was fun to have such an obvious example of how much Mason's speech has improved (this appt was basically to make up for not being able to get much info out of the last one). He answered her questions - including telling her he saw two red lights!! The good news is his vision is 20/20, he can see 3D and the slight astigmatism he had in his right eye is gone!

3D vision check.

We do what we can to make it so Andrew doesn't have to sit through Mason's doctor appointments, but today it didn't work out. Luckily, his Leap Pad kept him occupied for the whole 2 hours we were there - not one ounce of complaint. It's a beautiful thing.