Happy Valentines

Our three cute little valentines had a wonderfully fun day today. It was complete with a great playdate in the morning, good naps for the younger 2, Applebee's for dinner, Culver's for dessert, a new Backyardigans tv show for Jack, a new show called Jake and the Neverland Pirates for Andy, and baths for all 3. Our day was filled with lots of "I love you's" and hugs and kisses, especially for Emily from the boys :) Tomorrow is Andy's Valentine's Day party at school. He wrote his name on all 15 of his valentines and attached a treat with a sticker. It was a fun little project. We hope everyone had a very happy Valentine's Day!
Here's the best picture I could get of all 3 of them this morning :)

Emily and Andy are happy, but Jack was ready to be done I guess...Hmmmm.. Does Andy love his baby sister?

Definitely!

Emily in her new Valentine's Day outfit from Grandma Graham... (she's getting so big! It was a 6-12 month outfit and fit her perfectly)

Andy trying to get Emmie to smile...

what a little lovebug, she's such a sweetheart...

Daddy and his little Valentine

Jack sometimes likes taking pictures, here's a smiley Jack with his baby sister (he's trying to put my headband in his hair).

Emily's First Crib Nap

Emily just successfully had her first nap in her crib upstairs today! She's been sleeping in there at night from Day 1 home from the hospital, so I don't know why I held off so long in having her nap up there. She's been napping in her carseat (which I'll have her continue to do if she falls asleep in the car) and in her swing mostly. But, little noises are starting to wake her up more, so it was time for a change. She fussed for about 5 minutes today and then fell asleep for about an hour and a half upstairs in her nice, dark, quiet room. Yay! If only she'd really start liking the solid foods, then we'd be making some big progress. So far she tolerates them once a day, but doesn't really gobble it up. On other nap news, Jack is pretty much done with his mid-day nap. He does great during the day now without a nap and then falls nicely to sleep around 7:30. Much better than having him nap during the day and then staying up until 9 or later! Happy Friday!!!

Staying Home

We're staying at home today - we've had enough of going out in the cold this week. Andy had a great week at school - it was "P" week, so he got to wear pajamas one day and made a pizza for lunch another day. Jack had a great day at school and had fun at library story time yesterday. We've got a playdate today and another on Monday. After a day of not wanting to nap yesterday, Emily slept from 7:15pm to 6am straight last night! Then went back to sleep until 8. So she is well rested for today. Chris has some travel coming up for work (just 1 night a couple of times) but I'm sure we'll be able to stay busy. This cold weather can't last forever!

Playing at Home

Nothing too exciting happened this week for us. We had a snow day on Wednesday, which I think both the boys and I were disappointed about! That's Jack's one school day for the week and he loves school. Andy missed show and tell day. And I missed my 2 hours of just Emily time :) But we kept busy enough at home and the kids liked staying in their jammies all day. The boys have been playing lots of legos and knights this week. Emily is rolling over more frequently and grabbing at things more with her hands (toys, blankets, my hair!). We did all go to the library for story time on Tuesday and signed up for a program where we read 100 books in February. It'll be a challenge for me to keep up with recording them in their logs!
Sitting on the bench playing legos with each other...

Emily ready to go out for the day

Here's a big smile

Jack wearing a Packers shirt that he picked out on Sunday. He keeps saying that he's rooting for 2 teams on Sunday. Andy is rooting for the Packers with me though for sure :) Jack is wearing a bucket on his head - his "football helmet" - maybe we need to get him a real one for his b-day!

A napping baby

Stretching out on her quilt before bed.

A cute picture from today that Andy took of Emily

This weekend we're looking forward to Great Grandpa Dickson's 80th B-Day party, playing outside in the snow, and watching the Superbowl! Pictures to come next week I'm sure...