Valentine's Day

We had a wonderful Valentine's Day this year. We went to church in the morning-(GREAT service)-and relaxed at home most of the day, but that night, as I got Caleb ready for bed, Bryan started cooking our dinner. He made a DELICIOUS 4 course meal for us...and he even MADE our menus on our new fancy schmancy printer...so sweet! We had bruschetta for an appetizer, caprese salads, seafood pasta, side salad, and my red velvet cake I made for dessert, along with chocolate dipped strawberries. We also had a Biltmore Winery Reisling wine...which is very special to us because we visited the Biltmore on our 1 year anniversary and did a wine tasting while there, and brought home a bottle. We rarely drink, so this was a nice treat...and SOOO good. Like I said, I made a red velvet cake--the Pioneer Woman recipe--and it TASTED incredible, but LOOKED horrible...I cried and cried. I must not have sprayed enough on the pan, because it fell apart as I was transfering it to the cake pan, and when I frosted it...well...it was bad.

After dinner, we watched "The Time Traveler's Wife"...which I had SO been looking forward to, but it was a little bit of a disappointment. I do want to read the book now, though. It was wonderful to just relax and enjoy the time with my wonderful husband. The "14 Days of Valentine's" this year was just incredible...and he topped it off with flowers, a huge balloon, an incredibly sweet book and card, and the promise of a new camera before our family vacation in May. (My camera's zoom is broken and I am just DONE with it!)

Here are some pics of the wonderful dinner and Caleb's little Valentine's Day goodies:

Bragging on the hubby time...

Ok, I just have to brag on my amazing husband today. Ever since Feb.1, Bryan has begun this "countdown to Valentine's Day" thing, where he writes me a little card and buys me a present each day leading up to the big day. The thing is, it's not just any random presents he's buying...it goes along with what he writes in the card. Each day in the card he has written about an attribute he loves about me, that first attracted him to me, in order...and the gift corresponds with the attribute. For example, one day he wrote that he loved my eyes...and my gift was new sunglasses. Another day was that he loved my thoughtfulness, and my gift was a movie I had randomly mentioned I would love to have one day ("The Ultimate Gift"). Yet another day he mentioned that he loved my love for God...and that since, as Christians, we are supposed to be the "aroma of Christ" to the world, he bought me a sweet smelling candle(I think that was my favorite!). He also bought me a giant Hershey kiss and some good tasting chapstick on the day he said he loved my lips (*blush*!). It's been so fun to have something new every day to look forward to, and to read his sweet words...I know I am VERY blessed. :) Just had to share!!!!

Another cute video

We went to Culver's this weekend to eat, and Caleb sat in a booster seat for the first time ever, like a big boy!!! He did really well. Bryan took this video of him dipping his food in ketchup-his new favorite thing to do. He really looks big to me here!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CGVkO1RFmo