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!

C+L=5

Casey & I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary on December 29, 2012! In the past we have gone out of town or stayed in a hotel in Dallas for a few days to celebrate, but being that we had a 9-day-old baby this year we stayed home. ;) Casey's parents came over to watch Sawyer while Casey, Dayton, & I went to The Cheesecake Factory for dinner and dessert! We love their chicken nachos and get them every time along with their 35th Anniversary cheesecake! Yum!!! I also like to get their cafe mocha coffee. It's $5, but so worth it! We had a great little date and Dayton slept through the entire thing.  ;)

It was the perfect way to celebrate our anniversary a little low-key this year.

Before heading out to dinner!

 

Our 3rd wheel ;)

 

We look tired because we are tired.

9 straight days of being up throughout the night with a newborn and worn out during the day by a toddler! ;)

Happy 5 year anniversary to the love of my life! :)

A Very Blessed Christmas {2012 Edition}

This Christmas was extra special because we had the sweet new addition of our new baby boy! It was also really fun because Sawyer was into it and knew how to open her presents! She also really enjoyed her gifts--lots of fun! The big hits this year were LOL Elmo, the Magnadoodle, her many dolls and accessories, and her tricycle! 

I already know next year will be even better with 2 kids that know what's going on. :) I also can't wait to play with our new Fisher Price Nativity Set next year and teach Sawyer & Dayton what Christmas is all about. 

Just a little Christmas Eve photo session…Sawyer changed clothes 3 times…a girl just can't have too many Christmas outfits ;)

(Notice that Sawyer's first shirt is a cat in a stocking - I will buy any kitty-cat clothes I can find for her, haha).

  

 

 We went to the Christmas Eve service at c|Life and Dayton was only 4 days old!!  

 Christmas Eve PJ's!!!

Christmas morning!

 Dayton's 1st stocking! (He got some cool socks, haha)

Sawyer opening her stocking :) 

 

 Present time :) 

 

 

 

 Christmas morning at Mimi & Poppy's!

Listening to Mimi read the Christmas story

 

5 fun cousins :)

Our stockings at Mimi & Poppy's house! 

   

 

 

 

Christmas afternoon at Momma Sheila & Pappa Donnie's!

 You can't see it here, but it started to snow, and by the time we got home everything was white!!

Sawyer playing with her new doll and cradle! She loves baby dolls.

 

 

Dayton just chilled most of the day ;)

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 When I got home I decided to lay out all the presents from us, Mimi & Poppy, G-Momma, Momma Sheila, etc. and take a picture! Way too much stuff!!!

Here is Sawyer's stash:

 Here is Dayton's stash (and this is pretty incredible for such short notice--he was only 5 days old and wasn't due til the 27th!):

 Both kiddo's stuff together: 

And, see, our house was white when we got home! The next day was a fun snow day!!! Sawyer loved it!

We had a wonderful Christmas with 2 kiddos. We are very blessed.