.let's celebrate.

i'm all about celebrating whenever someone has a birthday around here, and january 27th was J's birthday.  he's the most fun to celebrate with, in my humble opinion.  ;)  i wanted to take him to eat and get him a new outfit or something.  we've been wanting to try the oh so popular Max Brenner and i thought it was the perfect time to try it out.  so, i made reservations the week before and planned to go on the 26th since his birthday fell on a sunday this year. 

i was giddy, mostly because he had absolutely no clue where we were going.  he always guesses what we're going to do before we do it...ugh...so i was thrilled he couldn't get it right this time. 

we drove down, and by the time we got to caesars he knew what we were there for.  seriously, i'm sad he haven't been there before now.  it was so good.  so deliciously good.  i would have licked the plate if i could.  he had a brenner burger.  i had a sloppy joe type thing.  and we topped off dinner with a yummy "sharing" fondue.  SO good.  so so good. 

then we stopped over at h&m and got him a couple of button up shirts that he's been wanting.  and we followed up by running an errand - dropping the laptop off at best buy to get fixed (still not working).  and then headed for home.

such a great night.  we ended it with a little cup of hot chocolate with heart marshmallows, popcorn, and richie rich.  he's been wanting that movie for a while.  loved it as a little boy so he wanted to relive the memories.  he lovedd it!  score! 

birthday morning he had his requested breakfast, a few kisses from emma and mommy.  and a nice relaxing day at church with a couple of love notes.

 i wrote him a love note from emma and i on a heart shaped paper.  and emma made painted footprints in the shape of a heart on a paper with a note on the side that said "from the bottom of my heart to the tips of my toes, i love you.  happy birthday daddy".  super cute idea from pinterest. he loved it.

we had a nice couple of days together.  filled with new happy memories.  a big thanks to my dad for watching emma for us while we were able to have saturday to ourselves.  i don't know what i'd do without my family there for me.  for us.  they are the best.  :)  happy belated birthday lover boy.  and here's to many many more together.

.love day.

J and I decided that we would celebrate Valentines day by going on a nice date next week since he had a final on the 14th, and I had to work until 4.  So, we didn't plan on anything.  I got home from work, put Emma down for a quick little power nap, and then my mom took Emma and I to get her a big girl potty chair.  

.way excited about that by the way.

We got back to my house by about 8pm, and we walked into the kitchen and found J standing there with a beautiful bouquet of red roses, dinner made, dishes washed, and this cute sign on the floor.

okay, if I haven't already said he's a keeper....there you have it.  i really thought the plan was to have a day to ourselves next week.  but seriously, I really needed this nice surprise.  i didn't need it extravagant or anything, i just needed to feel the love for a day because we currently have SO much on our plates right now and it can be really overwhelming.  and I've been sick for about a week now.  this was perfect.

perfect dinner.  he made this enchilada recipe from scratch the first time he ever cooked for me.  sweet memories.

.even Emma enjoyed daddy's surprise.

 

 

 

 

.she got a light up necklace and bubbles for vday and had a great time...

..until bedtime.  no more bubbles = sad emma.

after we fed and put the baby down we enjoyed dinner and watched a movie.  i really needed to be with my sweetheart after a long hard week.  this was perfect.

 i'd post a pic of J and I.  he looked amazing as usual.  I was sick.  with no makeup. and a sloppy bun.  no thanks.  So enjoy Emma.  :)  And we still get to have our date next week!  so excited!  Happy love day everyone! 

.new.

I'm not a flake.  promise.  I just have really bad timing.  As soon as I decided I'm going to devote more time and energy into the blog, J decided it was time to take the computer in for repairs.  nice.  SO, a few weeks later, we have the laptop back...still doesn't work...and I'm going to try to upload as much as possible before he takes it back in.

Coming up later tonight on the blog:
*Love day. 
*New exciting stuff coming up for Emma bean.
*finals. finals. and more finals.
*craft night fun.

That's all I will promise to do tonight cause, let's face it...

i'm a flake.

Another flashback

I can't believe I never updated all these pictures.  I'm looking through album after album of pictures I had every intention of uploading, and never got around to.  So sad, especially since the memories are fading.
But here's one that melts me.  Jamison came home after a long day at school and wanted more than anything to cuddle with Emma bean before bedtime.  So he climbed right on in, and it took some serious maneuvering to get himself out of there!  They are so cute together.  :)

 

Hobo

Around April of last year Emma came down with a really bad rash all over her tummy and back, and it was so bad she was itchy all over and super fussy.  She was about 5 months old.  As a result of her discomfort, we continually gave her oatmeal baths, and dressed her in big baggy shirts courtesy of Uncle Benjamin.

  Seeing her in these baggy shirts gave J an idea...and he got a little creative....

 

 

 
                                         Always keeping it classy over here......  

Dying right now.

Going through old pictures tonight trying to decide which to upload on the blog for my BIG catch up, and I came across this one of her at 10 months.  Cracks. me. up.   I love her. 

I have like 9 posts that have been saved as drafts because I'm slow at uploading pictures....  but the posts are there, and we're finally getting lots of 2012 pictures uploaded so I'll have them up this weekend *hopefully*.  For my memory's sake, here's a list of posts that need uploading.
1. Valentines day 2012
2. Jamison's first Father's day
3. 4th of July
4. Thanksgiving
5. Emma update (months 1 thru 12 pictures up and stats).
6. Christmas
7. New Years
8. Work
9. House craft updates

Whew!  Lots to do.  I'm hoping to knock out 1 through 4 by tonight. And the rest by Monday.  Let's see how much catching up I can do.  I'd better get off the couch and get busy!

-Amy