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Happy 2nd Valentine's Day Katelyn!

We picked up Katelyn around 4:30 and then came home to a bunch of balloons that my mom had left for us (and chocolate and McDonald's gift card and she fixed the cushions...and...and...). I knew she would have a ball with the balloons, so I decided to take some pics and a video.

Happy Valentine's Day

We went to St. Augustine for Friday night/Saturday. We stayed at the Bayfront Marin Inn, it was a nice little Bed and Breakfast right over the bridge from the water. It had a double jacuzzi tub, electric fireplace and we upgraded to the Breakfast in Bed. First we went shopping at the Outlets (I forgot to bring my dress pants, so needed to find some). We did all kinds of shopping there. Even got me some new sunglasses so that I don't have to wear my Ozzy ones from Halloween anymore. We went out to dinner (like my bright lipstick?) at the Riverside Inn, David had the Filet and I had the Mahi Mahi. There was no room in me for dessert, so we stopped at Publix and bought some chocolate covered strawberries and Snickers Cheesecake for later. Today we went to Ripley's Believe it or Not, which was quite interesting! I missed Katelyn a few times, but tried to turn up the radio or think of something else so that I could survive :) I will post some pictures/video of tonight with her next.

Tender Moments

She usually puts herself back to sleep….so my first reaction when I heard my little Katelyn crying at 3:30am was to sigh as I lifted the warm covers off me and headed to the bathroom. I listened for a while to see if she would stop, but the crying ensued, so I went to the kitchen to make her some warm milk. When she heard the microwave she began to cry more intensely as she realized someone who could help her was near. At first she pushed the milk away and just wanted to cry and cry. I began to hold her close to me and just rock her back and forth. It was a very tender moment for me. She doesn’t allow me to do that much anymore, so instead of being “inconvenienced”, I decided to live in the moment. I thought about how there would come a day when she would be all grown up and not need me anymore, especially not to rock her. I just smiled and even teared up as I continued to rock her. She eventually took the milk, drank it down like lightning, in fact. Then she just cuddled with me. I wish I had a camera next to me so that I could capture the moment forever. She looked up at me and let out a cute little sound and I’m sure she was saying something to me, but I’ve not yet graduated to understanding her just yet. Maybe it was “thank you”. I just laid with her for a while and then she started to gently rub her eyes and suck her thumb and I knew that I needed to put her down. I psyched myself up for it because I knew she would cry at first. I put her down and she began to sob, and I almost gave in, but she was quiet within five minutes. It was such an amazing experience to be able to hold her like that again. Motherhood….wow.

Nineteen Eighty What?

For those of you not on Facebook, this photo was uploaded by a friend of mine. Good times.

More proof of Kate's cuteness

Did you really need proof?

Katelyn Facebook before the game

Thanks JoAnn for the bow!