Valentine's Day 2012

Our Valentine's Day in pictures...

 The girls' Valentines for daycare

 Lily and Avery making Daddy a very special Valentine

 Avery wanting to help out...or just eat the glue :)

 Opening up their gifts from mom and dad

 Not sure why Avery was so mad!

 Notice the change in Avery's outfit...she choked on a chip and puked all over herself:(

 Of course they got their very own heart shaped cheese pizza...made with love by mommy!

 Daddy's Valentine from the girls...Lily made it all by herself!

 Some cute little Valentine animals...(Pinterest idea :))

Love Bugs!

They also got Valentine's from Grandma Romaine and Grandpa Eddie, Aunt Trina, Uncle John, Justin, Rachel and Mitchell, and from GaGa and PaPa.  Lily helped me bake some pink heart shaped cookies, but we don't have a picture of those....Daddy took some to work and Lily didn't even want to eat any.  We had fun baking and making fun little crafts.  We sent their daycare Valentines on Monday since they weren't there yesterday for the party.  The girls got their own little cheese pizza and Jason and I made one with all the fixins.  It was a nice little night at home with our girls.  We hope everyone enjoyed the day!

Baby It's Cold...INSIDE!

When I got home from work on Sunday morning I found this...(see below)...

I said to her, "Oh, did you and daddy go get donuts this morning," and then I looked on the couch and saw Jason all bundled up in his coat and stocking hat.  I didn't feel how cold it was yet because I had just come in from outside and I still had my coat on.  He was probably thinking, "NO STUPID WE DIDN'T GO GET DONUTS...IT'S COLD as @#%* IN HERE!"  Lily was still snuggled up in bed so it hadn't bothered her yet.  Jason said he woke up freezing around 4am, and had been up ever since trying to fix the problem.  He had called all of his brothers trying to troubleshoot what was wrong and trying to avoid a very expensive Sunday visit by the heating and air conditioning service man. 

Nothing was fixing the heater so he called A1 Heating and Cooling.  The very nice guy told him that it was probably the fuse and to save $145 to go out and buy a new one.  Jason went to 3 different places before finding what he needed.  He got home, replaced the fuse, and NOTHING!  I was crabby by now because it was 10:00am, I had been up all night at work and I had to work again that night.  He called the service guy back and he would be here in an hour because he was in Council Bluffs.  He called back a few minutes later and told Jason to put the door back on because there was a door switch...VOILA...it worked...we had heat again!  I am so thankful that the service man was kind enough to walk Jason through everything on the phone and that $145 ended up only costing $4 for a fuse!

The Sicky Ickys

We had a bout of the sicky ickies in our house last week.  It..was...awful!  When Lily got home from daycare on Monday I could tell she was getting a cold and her voice was a little hoarse.  She was okay most of Tuesday, but by Tuesday night she had a low grade fever.  She woke up Wednesday morning with a temp and nasty cough.  She was pretty miserable throughout the day.  After the Motrin and in between fever spikes she was back to playing and doing okay...as they usually are.  We kept her home from Church on Wednesday night and she was up all night long coughing.  She would cough so hard she would wake herself up (and everybody else) and just cry and cry.  She told me that her chest hurt and her throat hurt...great.  Same thing for the next 2 days...fever, cough and yucky nose.  For 3 days straight she coughed so hard she puked...same spot everyday...in the kitchen.  At least I finally got my kitchen floor mopped:).  I usually try to hold off taking them into the peds office until the 4-5th day.  If they still have a fever and aren't feeling well I will take them in, but it is always the same thing...a virus that has to run its course and a lot of money! 

Avery started out Thursday night with a low grade fever and woke up Friday morning with a temp, cough, and yucky nose.  She was tugging at her ear a bit too.  They were both better by Saturday and pretty much all better on Sunday except for runny noses.  I did not take them in to see the Dr. and I'm thankful that it has ended and that they are on the mend!  I'm thankful that I was off for the 4 days they were sick so I could be with them, but I'm not gonna lie...I was worn out by the end of it!  I was pretty cranky...Jason can verify that! 

 Fiery red cheekies

 Snuggling up with bunny



Dad Turns 32!

Last Thursday was Jason's 32nd birthday.  The girls and I made him a cake while he was gone at work and then Ma and Pa Mike watched the girls for a quick hour that night so we could go out to dinner.  The girls were in the middle of their few days of not feeling well, so we didn't want to stay out long.  We enjoyed a delicious dinner at the new Kobe steakhouse in Village Pointe.  Happy Birthday Daddy!

SnOwDaY!

We have been waiting for a SNOWDAY pretty much all winter, and we FINALLY got one!  Last Wednesday and Thursday we had record highs in the 60's.  On Friday we had rain and on Saturday we had snow.  If that isn't true Nebraska weather then I don't know what is!  This is only the 2nd day this winter that it has snowed...we have been pretty bummed about that!  We LOVE the snow!  Lily wasn't supposed to get to play in the snow on Saturday because she was in trouble for hitting Avery in the face with a Barbie doll the day before (that is a whole other story), but I broke down and let her play.  After all, we may not get anymore snow.  We all got bundled up and headed out to help Daddy shovel the driveway...who am I kidding the girls and I had no intentions of helping Dad...we were going out to PLAY!  Jason was lucky because our very nice neighbor had just finished snowblowing his driveway and offered up his snowblower to Jason...SCORE!  I drug the girls around on their sled through the open lot next to our house.  The sled tipped over and Avery fell off face first into the snow.  She was pretty much done after this.  We didn't stay out for very long because for some reason the girls didn't want to play for long...maybe it was too cold? 

 When Jason got home from work on Monday he bundled them up and they all built a snowman (pictured above).  I worked Sunday and Monday night and I snapped a few pics of the trees on my way home from work Monday morning.  They were so pretty...I took them on my phone so I don't have any pics to post.  Of course by now everything is wet and melting and yucky dirty.  I hope we get some more snow, but I'm not very hopeful!

The 14 Days of Valentine's

Thanks to the wonderful website of Pinterest, I have found some really neat ideas and fun things to do with the girls.  I made them each a Valentine mailbox and each day from now until Valentine's Day the mailman comes and delivers a special treat to them in their mailbox.  They both get excited and know to look in their mailbox each day to see what they got...except for on Sundays because we all know there is no mail on Sundays! :)  Avery is so cute because she knows where her mailbox is and she gets it down, but then she gets so mad because she can't get it open!

Avery eating one of her treats.  So far they have gotten little candies, ring pops, necklaces, fruit snacks, fingernail polish (Lily) and toothpaste (Avery...she is obsessed with it!)

Just Like Mommy

Last weekend we made a trip up to Sioux City for Jason's brother's (Lonnie) 40th birthday party.  Lily wanted her haired curled "like Mommy's."  Her hair is naturally wavy and I don't curl it very often, but I must say she did look beautiful!

Two of my sister in laws and I at a martini bar in Sioux City.  I had a pineapple upside down cake martini and it was YUMMY!  Trina on the left and Terri on the right.