Valentines Day 2013

I love Valentines day, always have, even when I was single.
I love cookies, and chocolates, and flowers and seeing people share happiness.
It's even more fun now that I'm a mom.

Scott has class until 9 on Thursdays, and since Valentines fell on a Thursday this year I was prepared to spoil my little man all by myself! 

Scott and I have never celebrated Valentines day on the actual day.  Having worked in the food industry for all these years we never had a chance to celebrate on the 14th. 

One tradition we have is to buy half priced Valentines products the day after.  we get great chocolates and decorations for dirt cheap.  What can I say, we're poor and we we like to save money.

Here are a few pictures from mine and bubs Valentines day spectacular!!

 I started the week by baking this awesome red velvet bunt cake with cream cheese filling and cream cheese glaze.  I was 17 weeks on Tuesday and actually started feeling better.  I cooked and cleaned and baked.  It was glorious!!

 I surprised my guys with pink pancakes with Red raspberry syrup, and a small (and cheap) box of chocolates.  I also bought Rivers some Hot Wheels toy cars.  I like the give him a small gift every holiday, it's just fun.  My mom did it with me growing up and I think it's just fun.  Not day,hing ever cost more than $5.00 so it doesn't break the bank, and it's nice to know someone is thinking on you.

Rivers spent the morning driving his cars around and making car "trains" by lining them up end to end.  It made me happy to see him happy with his gift.

We spent the day doing the dishes (blah) and making cookies.  I had meant to do this the day before, but typical pregnancy symptoms made me low on motivation and a bit sick.  I still wasn't up to par on Valentines day, but I was so annoyed about feeling yucky I pretended I wasn't.  I did my hair, cleaned the kitchen, made cookies, went and visited daddy at school, went to the store, and got a pizza for dinner.  While at the store I picked up so fun Jones strawberry soda.  Me and Rivers spent the evening eating pizza and cookies, playing cars and watching Little Einsteins (his new favorite). 

Tonight Scott and I are going to the Ballet for our Valentines date, just the show case at the U, but still nice to go out with my hubby.  I also need to go buy some cheap chocolate.  Plus I have a doctors appointment today.  We also are going to drop off some cookies to our friends, better late than never right. 

I hope you all had a happy Valentines Day, I know I did :)

2 weeks until my Anatomy scan and hopefully baby shows us the goods so I can start shopping and planning :)