Zoo day///Vday

I love Valentine's Day. It's probably because I love my Valentine!

This year I got to sleep in a bit and then got breakfast in bed - always a winner, especially if you're a mom of 2 kids under 2! ;)

Having small children definitely changes things up a bit when it comes to celebrating anniversaries and Valentine's Day! Casey & I have always enjoyed celebrating these events in a big way and while some find it cheesy, or think it's Hallmark's way of getting some extra cash, I have always loved how special Casey makes the day for me! I always know it will be fun, and this year was no different, even though we celebrated with the kiddos. :) 

Casey took the day off and we went to the zoo!!! It was perfect weather and because it was February, the Dallas Zoo does something called "Penguin Days" where adult admission is only $5. So our entire family got into the zoo for only $10 since the kiddos are under 2, and therefore, free!! Yay! My grandma still gives me Valentine's (which I so appreciate!!) and this year she gave me $20 in my card. Guess how much we spent that day? $8 for parking, $10 on tickets, & $2 on a carousel ticket for Sawyer = $20. Awesome. ;)

Heehee, he's so cute! :)

We enjoyed a picnic lunch at the zoo!  

 

My cutie little Valentine decked out in pink! :)

Zoo fun!

After the zoo we all came home and took a good nap! We were worn out from our day of walking! Next up on the Valentine's Day agenda was a movie! Casey & I dropped Sawyer off at his sister's house in Sachse and then headed to AMC at Firewheel to use a gift card that we had (Thanks, Pruitts!). We saw Argo! Not at all a romantic comedy, but we loved it! I love movies that are historically based and mostly true. Good stuff. Most of the movies we've enjoyed lately have been similar…Zero Dark Thirty, Lincoln, etc. 

Here was our little Valentine setup, haha.

 The day before I had done a little craft with the kiddos for Casey…Paint EVERYWHERE. It is incredibly hard to open a newborn's hand for a handprint…now I know why they do footprints at the hospital!!

My beautiful bouquet of flowers from Casey!

 Here's a compilation of my sweet family on Valentine's Day!

I LOVE them! :) 

Happy 9th Valentine's Day to my hubby!

Valentine's Day (Our 8th and Sawyer's 1st)

This year we did Valentine's just a tad bit smaller due to the fact that money is a bit tighter with me staying home part time. I woke up to Casey making me muffins and with a bouquet of flowers and presents on the table in the kitchen. :)  Sawyer also had a few treats from us - nothing too much since she doesn't have a clue what Valentine's Day is, but nevertheless she got a rose and a card from her Daddy and a little pink sock monkey from me. She seemed happy about it. :) During the day I helped Sawyer make Valentine's for her Daddy and her Mimi & Poppy. Mimi and Grandmother came over that evening to keep her while Casey & I went out to dinner at Gloria's followed by seeing The Vow at the movies! It was a fun date! Here are some pictures from our 8th Valentine's together & Sawyer's 1st!

 

playing with her rose during breakfast:)

Don't worry…this card isn't as mean as it looks. The inside actually said, "I know you really put up with me" or something like that.

 

Us at the movies:) The light is always too bright for Casey. :)

Happy 8th Valentine's Day to my sweet sweet, hubby. I love you soooo much. And happy 1st Valentine's Day to my sweet sweet munchkin, Sawyer. We both love you soooo much. :)

Picture Catch Up!

I'm sooo behind on blogging about my precious little beauty, Sawyer. This post will be picture heavy with short captions! I figure that you guys are all okay with that, though, since she's so cute. ;)

SAWYER HAVING  FUN @ PLAYSCHOOL

 SAWYER  LEARNING   HOW   TO   USE  A   SIPPY   CUP

(Her hair looks so long and different here)

HAVING  FUN  IN  HER  HIGH  CHAIR

JUST  BEING  CUTE!!

STAYING  HOME  WITH  MOMMY

LUNCH  DATE @  LENNY'S

SLEEPY  GIRL

MORE  FUN  @ PLAYSCHOOL!

PLAYING  WITH  DADDY!

(She loves this car & even cried the first time we took her off of it!)

 

 

 

SAWYER  & DADDY

ROCKING  CHAIR  FUN!

(and a little fun with a hanger)

JUST  BEING  CUTE. . . 

SAWYER'S  1st  VALENTINE'S DAY!

(playing with her rose from daddy)

 

reading her card

 Instagram pic

Homemade Valentine for Daddy!

SAWYER  LEARNED  TO  SIT  UP  ON  HER  OWN

(and caught on camera! For the longest we would see her on her monitor sitting up, but she would be back down by the time we got in her room! So, I took a picture of the monitor!)

CREATIVE  WAYS  TO  HAVE  FUN!

HELLO?!

FIREMAN  DAY  @  PLAYSCHOOL!

(I'm on the back right!)

BOTTLE  HOLDING  PROOF

She CAN hold her bottle, but prefers not to. :)

WOW!  I'M  JUST  SO  DARN  CUTE!!!

(This is one of my Daddy's favorite outfits--he loves the shirt)

More blogging to come soon! I still have a lot of catching up to do on some major events and new things going on in the lives of the Coats Family!!

Stay tuned!