Happy Valentine's Day!

Brooks and Audrey enjoyed a laid-back Valentine's Day at home today. Audrey wore her special Valentine's Day pink dress with hearts on it and looked like quite the little lady. Aunt Pammy and Cousin Jocelyn came by in the afternoon with balloons, which are always a big hit. The kids loved playing with them and opening their Valentine cards and gifts. Grammie sent cards and stickers, and Brooks got a new Lightning McQueen cup, sunglasses, and an Elmo book from Mommy and Daddy. He is really into the "Cars" movie right now so anything Lightning McQueen is totally fascinating. Audrey liked her card from Mommy and Daddy because it was a Teddy Bear that plays Peek-a-boo by opening and closing its paws. That's definitely her favorite game!

Tracy made me a nice steak dinner by candlelight for Valentine's Day. Pretty good for a guy who thinks its a "made-up holiday!"

Ut-Oh

Audrey learned a new word in the last few days- "Ut-oh". She enjoys throwing her cheerios or her sippy cup off her tray, then saying "ut-oh." She also seems to look around to see if I'll notice. Silly girl :-)

I could swear she took a step toward me at the Lee Center this week, too. She's getting closer! I predict she'll be off and running in no time soon.

Brooks and I went to see Disney on Ice on Thursday. He enjoyed seeing Mickey Mouse and some of the animal costumes. He wanted to go down to the ice to touch it and see how it felt. I imagine the crowds were pretty overwhelming for him but he did great and stayed closed to Mommy. Afterwards he kept saying, "there's lots of people walking" so it must have made an impression. We had a great time!