Valentine's made

This year, for the first time, we embarked on the realm of homemade valentines.

It was a fun, 

crazy,

messy,

undertaking (that involved a bit of perseverance on all our parts.)

But we had a good result.

36 finished valentines!

 Today Peter got to pass out his valentines at preschool.

Abby & I got to join him for his class' Valentine party.

 He sang Skinny Marinky Dinky Dink...I Love You to me, 

shared a piece of his special cookie and gave me a sip of his lemonade (on his own initiative).  

It was so sweet!  

And this little man melted his mommy's heart.

I hope something melts your heart tomorrow!!

14 months

Today marks 14 months of this little gal in our family!

(okay and it marks a return to blogging for me.)

Abigail is as curious as ever and has quite a zest for life.

Right now she is on the move - walking more each day.  She loves saying "boo" and communicating "more" and "milk" with baby signs.  She is just learning to tickle daddy and give mommy kisses.  

Peter loves "reading" her books.  And Hannah delights in carrying her around.  

This past month is marked mainly by a lot of illness in our house.  In fact, this little one landed us in the ER twice in three days!!  (Not to mention, she timed it for the week that daddy was out of the country).

And hence, a lot of movie watching for all three. 

So I thought I'd share some brighter pictures from the past two months!

hanging out with her Auntie Lulu

getting her balance 

look no hands!!

Aunt Debbie makes the best cupcakes!!

Grandma makes me laugh!

late night snacking with mommy and daddy

She is now returned to full health (praise God) 

and I can't wait to see how much more her personality will continue to blossom!

 p.s. As much as I hated how sick she was this past month, I loved all the snuggles...