I haven't had a day quite like this in some time. It's Valentine's Day. I LOVE Valentine's Day. Maddox actually slept through the night last night, so I woke up completely refreshed and ready for the day. I felt like nothing could go wrong! HA! About an hour after Maddox woke up he started screaming! He is going through this stage that if I'm not with him, actually holding him, then he is NOT a happy camper. This, of course, doesn't work out so well for me. My day cannot consist of just holding him all day (although I wish I could. Cuddle time with Maddy is my favorite!) I hurried and got ready, and dropped Maddox off with a friend of mine so Mike and I could go to lunch. We had a little time to spare between dropping of Maddox and our reservation, so we headed to the mall to pick up our gifts for eachother. Mike wanted protien stuff. He has been on a real body building kick lately, and since the shakes and suppliments are so expensive he thought it would be a nice gift for himself. We picked me up a bottle of my perfume and we were off to lunch! I was so excited because we were going to a new restaurant for tempanyaki (Mike pronounces it TempanYUMMY. He is so goofy!) We got there, and the chef was messing pretty much everything up. It was delicious, but they forgot to get Mike's vegetables, then they forgot my shrimp. It seriously took us TWO HOURS. That's insane for some guy to cook up some lunch. Don't get me wrong, I loved spending time with my husband, but two hours at a table sitting with people you don't know can get a little old after a while. While we were at lunch our doctor called and said that he decided Maddox needed a prescription because his iron count was so low. (He had a wellness check up yesterday and they did a little blood sample). Awesome, just what we need is another prescription for Maddox. Needless to say our time together this afternoon was wonderful. It was nice to get away for a couple of hours just the two of us. I can't remember the last time we got to be alone for a while.
During our lunch date Mike informed me that the boys are throwing a little get together for our future brother in law tomorrow night. For those of you who haven't heard, my sister is getting married Saturday morning. She has been engaged since last fall, the wedding was set for August 16th after Austin (my sister's fiance) gets back from his military training, but plans have changed. Last Sunday (as in 4 days ago) my sister informed me that they had decided to get married THIS Saturday, before Austin leaves. That gave us 6 days to get everything together. After hearing that the boys were all getting together, it's only natural that the girls get together. Since I am the big sis, I guess it was my job to get a little something thrown together. So this afternoon I frantically called around to restaurants trying to find some sort of banquet room to hold a little girls night out/bridal shower/bachelorette party. Oh, ya. Plus I had to call all the family, friends, etc and invite them to tomorrow night, which was nearly impossible since it is Valentine's day and everyone is out with thier lovers, and get a head count for the restaraunt. Fortunately, it didnt take me all night to get this together. Most of it has been planned, I will finish the rest tomorrow afternoon I suppose.
We had a nice night together with the family. We had a little BBQ and hung out. My husband came home a little after everyone had arrived and when he walked through the door he said, "why is the black car outside running? and why are the keys locked inside?" Ya... you heard that right. I guess my sister had locked her keys in her car with it running! It had been in the driveway for over two hours! I guess her mind is so crazy right now trying to get ready for her wedding Saturday that she completely forgot to turn off the car! So over an hour later, after trying to break into the car to turn it off, Austin (her fiance) FINALLY got in! Ohman.... what a day!
Although it has seroiusly been one of the most insane days I have had in a LONG time.... it is still Valentine's Day. It's such a special day to really tell someone how much you love and appreciate them. I am SO grateful for my men. I love Mike and Maddox more than anything. They are both such a light to me. I love them so much. They mean the world to me.
