Happy Valentine's Day!

I sure love my Valentine. He surprised me this morning with a beautiful perennial rose plant. I am going to do my best to keep it alive for another month or so until it;s warm enough to plant it outside :-)

Speaking of valentines, Kylee and I had fun making valentines for her friends. I downloaded this bag topper - "You're a GEM Valentine!" What kid doesn't like ring pops? :-) Kylee took care of the gluing and writing the names on the valentines.

We've had a couple warmer days, so we went on a family walk to deliver Kylee's valentines. I love how she also drew a picture of our family on our walk!

Two Years!

Matt and I celebrated our two year anniversary last week... and I can't believe how blessed we've been in the past two years! It has gone by quickly, but at the same time, we've accomplished so much. We were definitely happy on that special day two years ago, but I can tell you that I am even happier and more in love today. My life feels so much fuller. I feel so blessed that we get to share our lives together and that we have two beautiful children to brighten our days. I love you Matt!

Look at Me Grow!

Tyler weighed in last week at 8 pounds, 2 ounces!  He is doing so well and is generally a pretty happy baby. Even though he is growing, he's still pretty small.  Keep in mind that he just hit 8 pounds at 2 1/2 months old! But check out the comparison above. The picture on the left was taken mid-December, so Tyler was less than 5 pounds. The picture on the right was taken just this week. A lot of people want their babies to stay tiny... and I might want him to stay little at some point, but for now I love that he is getting bigger!

Monster Magnets

Kylee loves the "Monster Magnets" that she got for Christmas.  She will spend forever creating new monsters.  She made these monsters on Monday and wanted me to take a picture of each one!

One other thing I wanted to record... It doesn't really go with this post, but oh well!  I love the cute things Kylee says, especially when she mixes up the real words.  Recently she's told me that she did a "plant face"... meaning face plant!  Haha, I love it!

Preschool, Puppets and Pedicures

I know I've blogged a lot about Tyler lately, but I've also been enjoying my extra time at home with Kylee! She is such a social butterfly, I was worried that she would miss her play time with other kids at my mom's and Matt's mom's house. To help with that, we've added one more day of preschool a week, so she's now going every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and she's loving it! We have her practice her letters or math almost daily at home. She knows all of her letters, can write them all, and knows the sounds they make, so we play little games by asking her to identify words that start with a certain letter (i.e. "tell me a word that starts with D") or we will tell her a word and ask her to tell us the letter that it starts with. She tried to sound out whole words. A couple weeks ago, she excitedly asked me to go into her playroom to see what she had written on her whiteboard.  She had written "PONE" (pony). She was thrilled with herself! Another example - the other day we were driving in the car, and she said, "Look mom, the birds are making a V" (as she pointed to the birds flying in the sky).

But it's not all work and no play at our house! I've set up weekly play dates with her friend Laura from church, and she has other friends over as I can schedule them with their parents. Kylee didn't have any friends over today, but we had a good time making puppets and doing pedicures! I painted Kylee's toenails and she painted mine! I sure love my sweet girl.