our little sweetheart!

Little B was too sick for school on valentines day. Her sweet teacher brought by her basket full of Valentines and it sure made her happy. We decided since it is still the month of LOVE she could still go all decked out with hearts. She wore her cute little red shirt with teeny tiny hearts on them and her shoes with hearts.

Then we made heart pig tails tied with heart Ribbon. The perfect look for my little sweetheart!

TO MY VALENTINE.......

I ADORE YOU!!!!!

Valentines Day

I decorated the table the night before Valentines day so the kids could wake up to a fun surprize.

Each child got a box of chocolates with a picture that fits their intrests.

although I will never understand it...little B loves cats. hahah. So the was the purrrfect valentine for her.

this pirate valentine just screamed J-man to me. I sure do treasure him.

Ky guy has been begging for a dog for years. So when I saw this I knew it was the one for him. He sure does have a big spot in my heart.

It's kind of hard to tell in the picture but we ate cute heart shaped bacon. The boys LOVED them. Unfortunately little B had a really bad night and never even made it to the table on Valentines day. It's just so sad to see her suffer. Ryan and his friend gave her a blessing though and it was after that we started to see some major improvement.

Ry and I were going to go to the temple during preschool and out to lunch to celebrate but little B was too sick to go, plus Ry got called into court. He sent me these pretty flowers

and spoiled me with this cricut cartridge I have had my eye on for quite a while.

I was going to have little B make some super cute valentines for her class, but she just wasn't up to it this year so we just gave them the store bough M&M treats. For her teacher I made this ABC, I LOVE U card. I do love her teacher. Not only as an amazing teacher but one of the most genuine kindest people I know. She text to see how Becca was feeling and I told her that her and I were not doing so well. She told me that her hubby was sick too. Then not even 10 minutes later she showed up at my door with some yummy dinner and snacks for the kids. I was touched by her thoughtfulness espeically with sickness in her house too.

Although it wasn't a valentines day that one would think was too exciting, it was definately one of the sweetest. I knew without a doubt that I am loved and cared for and what more could you ask for. I am so very very blessed!

F-I-V-E!

You would never guess by looking at these pictures that little B was soooo sick on her birthday. She seriously spent the entire day sleeping on the couch or my bed. Her fever finally broke and she felt well enough to decorate her cake about 6pm.

What a big girl, she is finally 5.

When I asked her what color cake she wanted she said white. I was really surprized. I thought for sure it would be pink or purple. She did the M&M's on the edge and I did the 5 in the middle

I saw this cute heart cake idea on pintrest so we did that. A white heart. She loved it.

Next we did presents. She was so out of it in the morning and didn't feel like opening presents before Ry left for work so we did it at night with the boys instead. She LOVED each and every present. Thank you!!!

Next, she made a wish and blew out the candles. After this picture was taken she went back to not feeling well and broke out with another fever. It's no fun being sick but especially on your birthday, darn. She was so sweet the entire day though and I hope she feels better soon.

Happy Birthday Sweet little B. You bring so much laughter and happiness into our home. We love you to pieces!!!!

SOOOOO excited!!!

Here is the Valentine we sent out to all our peeps.

We found out the day before Christmas Eve. I am now well into my 2nd trimester. 14 1/2 weeks. We had an untrasound last tuesday and everything looks great. The baby was sooooo wiggly. My friend Staci offered to watch little B so Ryan could come with me to the ultra sound. I'm glad he was there. The baby was sooooo wiggly. I don't remember seeing such an active little ultrasound. It sure was exciting!!!

Little B is convinced it is a girl. She said all the white stuff is loooon hair like Rapunzel. haha. :)

Weekly update

I heard:
--Happy Birthday being sung to little B. Can't believe she is already 5.
--Little B ask Dad to "cancel work" every single day. She is definately a daddy's girl and I love it!
--The babys fast strong heartbeat

I smelled:
--lots of baked goods coming from our oven. Birthday and valentines day treats. Mmmm...

I saw:
--an active tiny little baby wiggle all over the place during the ultrasound. Adorable!!!!
--14 little friends having fun at little B's birthday party. It was a success.

I tasted:
--banana splits at the end of our date night. We decided instead of going out for icecream we'd buy some toppings and take them home to share with the kids. They were so excited, I'm glad we did it.
--birthday cake and icecream

felt:
--Blessed and humbled to know that I get to be a mom again, and happy the secret is out to everybody now.
--exhausted after staying up late braiding lots of strands of yarn for little B's party. It was so worth it tho to see the excitement on the little girls faces.
--like an administrative assistant as I work on or budget and new chore chart system for the kids. I do love a having an organized system in place so it'll totally be worth it.

I struggled:
--with my sewing machine. I for the life of me could not get the leather for the flynn rider satchels to run thru my machine. It finally worked, but was very frusterating for a day or two.
--with watching my birthday girl feel so miserable on her actual birthday. Glad she was fine for her party tho.

I accomplished:
--a fun Rapunzel birthday party for 14 of little B's friends.
--keeping up on the laundry and getting it all put away.

I am looking forward to:
--scrapbooking day and getting more pages complete
--getting over this cough and cold, it's wiping me out

Rapunzel Party

Today we had a fun Rapunzel party for our little Birthday girl.

I made a big tower for the kids to play in and to get pictures in.
Each little girl that came got a LONG braid to wear.

The boys all went home with a satchel. I was a little worried if they would think it looked like a purse, but I'd say they were the hit of the party. The boys LOVED them and that made me soooo glad I took the time to make them. I got the pattern off of the Supermommomnets blog.

Here are some of the girls inside the tower.

As the guest arrived they got to draw their favorite part of the Tangeld movie on the drive way. I LOVED this cute Rapunzel with the floating lanterns. Too cute!

We did Maximus horse races. I loved that most of the kids just held the horse instead of putting it between the legs and galloping like I pictured. haha.

We did a donut eating contest with a hanging donut and the kids had to eat it without using their hands. It was hilarious to watch.

These to were a riot. This was after they had been trying awhile. The donuts kept rolling around. If you look close you can see the powder on their cute cheeks. :)

Next we played pin the fry pan on Flynn.

The kids thought this was funny.

My boys were such great helpers. J-man helped us play a fishing game in the tower.

Everyone got a pascal the chameleon party blower.

Next we Tangled up the kids in Rapunzel's hair (yellow streamers) and had them see if they could work together and walk across the yard to the dads and back without breaking the hair.

They had to work together and did a really great job with it. Then of course the fun part. They got to get untangled. :)

Next we opened presents. Each guest got a tangled sticker when they gave the Birthday girl her gift. That made it easy to see who had already gone and helped keep the kids sitting down.

I knew I wanted to make a tower cake, but it seemed really intimidating to me. It actually ended up being the easiest cake ever, but it's probably because the tower is not edible. haha. I just made a 13X9 cake. Frosted it green for the grass and then decorated a pringles can for the tower. If you look close you can see the vines in green going up the tower. Rapunzel is a pez candy holder the birthday girl got from aunt Christy and I braided some craft floss for the braid. We got lots of ohhh and ahhhh from parents and kids. I loved it!!!

Soooo excited....Dads lighting the candles.

One cute boy blew out her candles while they were singing to her. We almost had tears but Dad was on it and re-lit them quick. shew....no crying at your own party. haha

There we go!!! She got them all by herself this time. It's parties like this that make me so glad I do these for my kids. Every single one of the kids was adorable and so cute about each and every little detail. It makes all the hard work all worth it to see the magic in their eyes. We are soooo lucky to have out sweet little birthday girl in our home, she is a pure joy. I hope all her birthday cake wishes come true!!!!!