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Sickness has officially hit our house. Yesterday I was feeling pretty bad–which was really rough with kids to take care of. Actually, Desmond was the hardest to take care of. He was quite crabby and didn’t seem to be feeling well. I’m feeling better than yesterday but today Desmond has been down for the count. Poor guy only had a few ounces of formula since he woke up this morning and slept on and off the entire day. It’s always sad when your baby is sick but I did enjoy all the snuggles. Hopefully this passes quickly and doesn’t take down anyone else.
 
Anyway, I’m sure none of these pictures are too amazing by anyone else’s standards. Mostly spontaneous portraits. But pictures I wanted to remember. 
***edited to add–I just looked at this post through my phone and noticed a lot of weird coloration on photos even though they looked fine on my laptop. I have no idea what’s up with that. Sorry!
 
We missed the snow while Liam was in the hospital last month. But we did go outside a few days later when it was mostly melted. I made Liam sit down the whole time.
liam playing in snow

 

kingston playing in the snow

 

kai playing in the snow

 

The same night that we got home from the hospital, Liam lost his first tooth! Then about 10 days later he lost the one right next to it. It’s sad to see those baby teeth leaving and the “grown-up teeth” taking their place. Also, I hate everything about losing teeth so this is going to be a miserable stage for me haha.
baby teeth

 

The boys painted Valentine’s for their BFFs to give with the cookies.
valentines day water colors

 

valentines day watercoloring

 

valentines day water coloring

 

Desmond just wanted “one little drink” of coffee
desmond wants coffee

 

One of the only pictures I got from their cookie baking day. If you can’t see it, Evangeline has flour on her face.
kids baking cookies

 

excuse me while I get lost in those beautiful blue eyes. I’ve taken approximately 10,000 pictures of that beautiful face because his eyes always have me melting.
desmond 1

 

and those chubby hands!!
baby hands

 

this is a bit out of focus but it was just too sweet not to post. (also, Evangeline wears that Elsa dress about 98% of the time when we’re home)
cute siblings

 

kingston with a sock monkey
…speaking of beautiful blue eyes…
evangeline
kingston
(the only way I can ever get pictures of Kai is with a goofy face)
silly face
desmond 2
that face!!!
silly baby face
Recently I had the opportunity to team up with Nuby to try some of their new teethers that will be in store at Walmart in March. Desmond has loved trying them out and is very partial to this Beaver. Liam immediately named it “Justin Beaver” and I think that’s pretty hilarious. (also, that belly!!)
desmond with nuby baby teething toy

 

desmond with nuby baby teether toy

 

desmond chewing on nuby baby teething toy

 

We’re looking forward to spring and we’re officially counting down to our San Francisco vacation in April!!!
Have a good week!
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love is sweet (valentine’s day video)


It’s almost Valentine’s Day! I think it’s safe to say that for the most part, people usually love or hate Valentine’s Day. I say that, but I don’t fit into either category. We don’t go out on Valentine’s Day–who wants to deal with the crowds anyway! And we don’t do gifts. (Although, if he wants to buy me chocolate or ice cream, I won’t object 😉 hint, hint) But I do love spending the days leading up to Valentine’s Day by making it special for the kids–cutting their peanut butter and jelly sandwiches into hearts (which has turned into a year round event), using pink food coloring in all kinds of stuff, and just throwing in as much of the pink/red/heart stuff as possible.

This past week, I learned about Personal Capital. They’re a company all about helping people better manage their money with free financial tools and wanted to raise awareness about how to make someone feel special without breaking the bank. This is not a sponsored post but I did think it would be fun to join in because that’s exactly what we already aim to do–show our love without spending a ton of money to do it. 

I asked the kids what they thought about making cookies and Valentine’s cards for their BFFs and making a little video about it. They were super excited. What they loved best of all is that the video was going to show them doing everything “all by themselves.” And minus needing my help to measure a few things, they really did do it by themselves.

So hopefully this video shows you that you don’t need to spend a lot of money to make someone feel loved. Sometimes all it takes is a little thought and sugar 😉



(The music in the video is by my super talented husband, Don Roberts)