Fondue Party

Have you ever noticed that when you do something one year your kids can dub it a "tradition" by the next year. That's what happened last night. As I was tucking the kids in bed each one whispered in my ear about how excited they were about Valentines Day tomorrow and that they couldn't wait to see what the big surprise from Dad and I would be.

Hmmmm..... Surprise..... For tomorrow.... Right.

In years past it has been heart attacking their rooms, sending flowers or balloons to school, or filling their bedrooms with 100's of pink and red balloons. But this year I thought I would just take a break. Honestly I didn't have anything planned and I didn't really think they would notice. Boy was I wrong.

So after everyone was in bed, and now knowing their expectations, I got to work. I made each one of them an invitation to a Valentines fondue party to be held when they arrived home from school. Then while they were at school I was able to set this up for a little Valentines Day Surprise.

They had a lot of fun and it seems like I passed for this year anyway...Until next year :)

Crushes

Alaina came home from school today and I asked how her Valentines Day was?

She said," it was okay."

I asked, "why just okay?"

She said, "well Kendra was sitting next to the boy I kind of have a crush on today in one of her classes and she heard him say that he has a crush on a different girl, so I was sad. But then I got to thinking there's a long time between now and when I'm 16 (the age she can date) and things can always change between now and then."

My only thought was hunny... things can change by 6th period :)

My little Gummy Bear

The one good thing about having a high risk pregnancy is that you get to have weekly ultrasounds. With all of the miscarriages I've had in the past, getting to see the baby each week really helps settle my mind and nerves. I can see that our baby is progressing, growing, developing and has a super strong heart beat. These "good ultrasounds" have been an awesome reward for having to endure so many bad ones over the last 3 years.

Here's a pic from today's ultrasound.

This could probably be my most favorite ultrasound picture of all time :)

9 weeks and growing!!!!!!!!!