Love Day

If there is one thing my mom taught me it's to celebrate every chance you get and Valentine's day may be one of my favs...I love to express my love for all the awesome people in my life.  I am truly blessed in that way.  Today was full of crafts, presents, kisses and lots of love!

We started the night before and made Les his very first Valentines day Card....Eden worked really hard on it...

Then late last night I created our Valentine's presentation

What did I get my two favorite people to express my love....well, I got them some prescriptions...hello, I'm in pharmacy school!

Les' says: Miralax 1capful because I love the crap out of you!
Eden's says: Valium 10mg Take 1 tablet by mouth because you make me happy!!
I think they are hilarious and was very proud of myself.  Here's the sweet card Eden made her daddy.

And what's Valentine's day if not to eat pink eggs, pink apple sauce and a pink heart shaped pancake!

Grandma got Eden this adorable outfit and it matches her Minnie doll which is a big plus in her book! (p.s. She's smiling...not crying)

Eden and I spent our day delivering Valentines to our favorite friends and then we came home to be spoiled rotten by our favorite Aunt Jody. Cookies, doggie AND balloons...Jody you know Eden too well.  She LOVED them.

Then Les' parents came over for dinner and again spoiled Eden with gifts....could they find a bigger balloon?!

I love Valentines day and I have SOO many people I love.  I'm so spoiled by all the family and friends that love and support me...especially while I try to tackle this whole school situation.  I hope you all had a fabulous Valentines that was full of love and candy!

The Eagle has Landed

I'm not sure if you know this or not but my baby sister (a.k.a Eagle) turned the big 20.  Yes, it's true.  My mother now has 6 children all in their twenties....she's crazy.  Well, Eagle, as promised...an Ode to you!

For Tracy's birthday she asked for an enchanted forest themed party.  Full of elves and magic.  Not santa elves, but Lord of the Rings elves.  Well, we worked our Hutchison magic, and let's just say...Awesome was impressed yet again.

We decked out my mom's basement with all our christmas trees and we had the chick-lets color elves for us which we placed on the walls and in the trees.  We even had vines and garland hanging all over the basement.  To add the mystical touch we filled bowls full of dry ice and covered the floor with fog.  It was AWESOME.

This is Tracy seeing our magical basement for the first time. And what's an elf party without some elf ears....oh we went there! For Dinner we had her favorite, Chili's quesadilla salad and it was delic!

What did I get Tracy for her birthday?  Only the best present ever.  If you know Tracy, you know she's anti-jeans (see case above) and so I got her what any logical (and can I say awesome) sister would get the birthday girl....I present you....PAJAMA JEANS!

She was stoked!  My favorite logo from them is this..."Just because your busy, doesn't mean you can't look sharp!" They were on back order so I made her that fabulous card....

Well, my wingman....HAPPY FREAKING BIRTHDAY!  I love your face!

Playing Hard

Today we've been playing hard and it's been a blast.  Just look how happy she is...

I heart this little girl. 

Happy Valentines Day

A big post is on the way but I just wanted to say...
Happy Valentines Day!

totally stole this idea from my sister....nicely done Marcia, nicely done...

Duck...Duck...Boots!

This weekend Les has an ice fishing tournament and so Eden and I had the day to ourselves.  We started off by cleaning the house.  Eden LOVES to help me with the laundry.  It's probably her favorite chore.

Then we bundled up and went on a quest to find some birds/ducks to feed.  Eden is pretty much obsessed with the birds of flight.  Les told me about a place that is jammed packed with birds...well, it did not disappoint.  There were MASS amounts of birds/geese/ducks and goats...yes goats.  Eden was loving life.  She just kept squealing and clapping her hands.

We clearly did not bring enough bread.  I thought a slice or two would tide her over.  Well, we went through our bread in 1.2 seconds.  A man with his little boy was kind enough to split his loaf with us. I can't tell you how many birds were there.  It's was craziness.  Eden was having so much fun and when we ran out of bread she decided to feed them anything she could throw over the fence....like her glove...

Now we are minus a glove....There was no saving it.  Oh well, she had so much fun it was worth it. After our little adventure we stopped by my cousins house to pick up a sweet present my cousin got for Eden.  She works at The Children's Place and gets GREAT deals.  Well, we lucked out and she grabbed Eden some rain boots....All I can say is that Eden is in LOVE with her boots Nikki got her.  They are a little too big right now, but as soon as we got home she insisted (and by insisted, I mean she screamed BOOTS) until I put them on her.

I convinced her to take them off so she could take a bath, but you better believe she put them right back on as soon as she was dressed. 

I've had to try a new tactic when taken Eden's picture.  Every time I tell her to say "cheese" she runs to the fridge in search of cheese...so that didn't work.  I now tell her to show me her teeth and this is what I get... it's a work in progress.

Well, it's cold outside and I wish this winter would go away cuz I'm running out of ideas and this little one needs to be entertained.  Any ideas on what keeps a 1 year old busy...I'm happy to listen!  Happy Weekend.

First Blood

This morning was a morning of first.  After I got Eden out of her crib and layed her on my bed to change her bum she wouldn't hold still so I could put on her diaper.  Finally, I told her to "Stop It Please".  To which I go the reply "STOP IT MAMA!".  What a joy she is!

Then to top it off, while Eden was watching Mickey Mouse as I got ready, the hotdog song came on, and as you know, she had to get up and dance.  Well, this lead to face plant straight on my foot board, which was followed by screaming and lots of blood.  Les came running in the room and she wanted NOTHING to do with him...

After she discovered the joy of an ice cube wrapped in a wash cloth for her "owie" she was off to the races.  I'm glad the first blood wasn't a major one and only required some mama love and an ice cube.

Whatcha doing Crazy?

I just wanted to throw up a few pictures of Eden and my mommy daughter date to the Living Planet Aquarium. She seriously loves this place.  She just runs from exhibit to exhibit and just gabbers the whole time.  We spent a lot of time with the penguins.  She would even push kids off the blocks so she could get a better look. I was slightly horrified but mostly proud that she's not afraid to get what she wants....(I may regret that statement)

She also thought the frogs were pretty cool.  They were just her height!

 On Friday my father in law came down to watch Eden for the day.  The night before I got some things ready for him....when Les walked into the kitchen and said "Whatcha doing crazy?!"
What?  It's not normal to lay out everything you want your father in law to feed your child?

(yes those are measuring cups...) Doesn't everyone leave a detailed schedule of how your child's day will go down to the hour?  Doesn't everyone have a sheet of paper that states the proper portion sizes for a 1 year old?  (hence the measuring cups)

You may call it "crazy"...I call it ubber organized!

Today Les was fixing stuff around the house and Eden was having so much fun watching her dad work.  She thought he was so cool.  She was definitely daddy's helper today!

see how helpful she is?
I just want to end this post with some hilarious videos of Eden lately.  She is a crack up.
First, for those of you who don't know.  Eden is OBSESSED with Mickey Mouse.  When the hotdog song comes on she has to stand up and dance.

Here she is entertaining us while we watch TV tonight