Playing Catch Up

Love this!

See ya later Mom and Dad...

Testing out the playgrounds

V-day party at school

The past couple of weeks have gone by in a blur. Our weekends have been fairly laid back with just the right amount of activities and events to attend. I started the weekend off early last week by going to Luke's Valentine Party at school. I think he had downed 2 juice boxes by the time I got there. Since we do not normally give him juice he was flying high by the time the party was over. The fact that everything the kids ate, besides the fruit I sent, was sugar, sugar, sugar did not help matters any. Luke has moved up the the 2-year old room now. It was strange to see him as the smallest one in the class. He also does not talk as much in this room. I guess because he can not get a word in among all the other kids.

Saturday we spent the morning cleaning and doing errands. That night Paul and I enjoyed our Valentine's out while Nonna kept Luke. We went to eat at California Pizza Kitchen. We stopped fighting fancy Valentine destination restaurants years ago. We walked in, sat at the bar, ate some yummy food and were on our way to the symphony in less than an hour. Jim Brickman was the special guest with the Nashville Symphony. The show was amazing! I just love the symphony. It is wonderful that Nashville has such an amazing venue to enjoy. When we got home after 11 Mom told us that Luke had fallen asleep shortly after 7 which is really early for him.

Luke coughed a lot after we got home which kept Paul and I awake a lot of the night. He slept in the next morning and we did not think he was feeling too good so we decided not to go to church. Once he was up and going he did not cough at all anymore. We wanted to get away for a little while so we headed to Franklin. I was craving bbq at Puckett's. We got there about 11:15 and there was a line out the door to get in! It was too cold to wait outside so we found a nice little meat and 3 off the square which was just as good. We also made a stop by USA Baby to look at playgrounds. We still haven't made a decision about what to do though. We had a wonderful weekend together!

Super Bowl Weekend

Lauren and Luke help Nana
celebrate her birthday!

Luke doing a little dance for everyone.

The first weekend in February was a great weekend for us. Andrew and Mandi were in town from Florida and we spent all day with them at Nonna's. Somehow we did not take a single picture that day! Luke learned to say "Andrew" which made Andrew's whole trip worth it! It sounds more like "Andooo" but it is cute. Andrew and Mandi spoiled him for the day which was fine by me. Aunt Mandi even got him to take a nap with her in a big bed which allowed me to take a nap...yay!

On Super Bowl Sunday we went to the Troutts to celebrate Nana's birthday and to watch the game. We had so much fun. We had all the usual football tailgate food and enjoyed watching the game and commercials with everyone. Luke made it through the entire game but was fast asleep before we were out of the driveway. Luke enjoyed a lot of attention that day, too. Luke has a new favorite friend in Uncle Jon's girlfriend, Kristen. He just loved her that night. He started calling her "Meme". We really do not have a clue where that name came from. I don't think Kristen minded though. Luke insisted on trying to brush her teeth, comb her hair and tickle her face!

The big news we shared with our families that weekend is that we are expecting!!! We are due in August. After our first ultrasound the end of January we decided to wait and tell both of our families in person. Since we knew Andrew and Mandi would be in town and that all the Troutts would be getting together the same weekend we thought it would be perfect. Everyone is very excited. I have to admit it has not completely sunk in with me yet. Luke knows there is a baby in my belly and likes to talk to it. He also thinks it lives in my belly button...very cute!

Fun in the Snow

Not sure what to think about this

Middle Tennessee has had more snow "events" this season than I remember in a long time. We have had 3 measurable snow falls so far this year. We got out and played in one of the last ones. Luke really did not seem too impressed. He liked to call the snow, "ice". He would not get on the sled and did not want to make snow angels. I actually do not blame him for that--it is too cold to lay in the wet snow. He did like to stomp around in it. I took advantage of the snow and did a little sledding down our driveway. We really had a good time playing in it!