Valentines and Huntsville

Per usual, Derek had to work the holiday weekend. So I loaded up the kiddos and went to the parents house! Before we left, Derek and I had a date night to celebrate Valentine's early. I think this is the 1st year in many we've gone out to dinner and not made a special dinner at home. We went early enough to avoid the crowds. We went to our favorite, Garden and Galley, and it didn't disappoint! It's was our 12th Valentines together, ahh. We've always skipped the gifts and all and just have a nice dinner...food is the best gift for this girl ;) Colin had a cute card exchange at school. Like every other holiday, he was oblivious to V day and was focused on convincing us to take him out in the woods :) Exactly how I hope it stays, love my simple boy!
 

My life valentine, LOVE him!!

Sweet craft Colin did at school!

 

We had a fun time in Huntsville! We relaxed a lot, went shopping, did the park, and played with pets. Colin is funny in Huntsville because he remembers his favorite toys at each grandparents house and has a big agenda on what he wants to do.  It was nice to watch movies with the parents at night and just hang out...cooking, cleaning, and laundry done for me (lucky me!). Thank goodness Connor did much better sleeping this trip and only woke up once the 2nd and 3rd night! That's a huge improvement from last trip when he had to sleep in bed with me! This was the first trip Colin slept in a big bed too and he did awesome. He loved his "big, big bed" (a queen bed) and hopped right in with a book and fell asleep easy every time. He's really such a good nugget.
 

Mom and I locked ourselves out of the car at Costco and ate our groceries while we waited for OnStar to unlock. Always an adventure with this one ;)

 

This boy needs a dog. ASAP daddy! He giggled so cute when Brady licked his face!

 

Sweet thing drug his body all over the house trying to get to the dog and cats :) He only got a couple handfuls of fur...

I got lucky with 3 sweet Valentines this year! We missed Daddy!

 

Colin's thumbs up for Aunt Jessie rocking her 1st half marathon Sunday!!

Big boy! He goes from sitting to laying down on his own now and basically is ready to move out of the house....

 

Snuggly boy!

 

Connor trying to steal Colin's bar...and Connor's face when he didn't get it. Priceless!!

Wild hair boy and wild man going after the cat again...

 

Monday evening we went to Doozie and Nana's house to play and eat pizza.  It was a short trip due to Mr. Drool Man ready for bed, but I'm glad we got to squeeze in a visit before we headed back home the next morning.

 

Colin entertaining anyone by dancing around and "falling down", over and over again :)

Super glad to be back home with my love and have a few days off together with these 2 boys! I hope they always think their mom is funny :)