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Valentines Day, 2011

any excuse to have a day to celebrate the ones we love is a-ok in my books.. I know we are supposed to “celebrate it all year round” but between teething babies.. and going to work.. it can be hard.. so I will gladly take a day where I get giant chocolate hearts that sky rocket my diabetes through the roof.. and where I get to pull out construction paper and crayons.. and scissors that cut zig zags.. 

and of coures.. the only thing Dust asks for every year.. 

isn’t it crazy what sprinkles can do to something.. 

we celebrated our dinner last night with some good old Mexican food.. but Olives day is today.. and we will go and eat our heart shaped pizza.. and open some treats that are waiting outside her door as we speak.. now all she has to do is get out of bed!

this was the face of a girl who wanted to go out with her parents.. 

this was us before we left her.. and the screaming started.. and the “no mel” i go to work with mama and dadda.. I know I need to stop telling her we are going to work.. but its the only thing she gets.. me telling her “a valentines day dinner” is where we’re headed.. doesn’t really resonate..  I went in to check on her when I got home.. and she popped open her eyes..

no more dinner!

ok.. maybe she gets more than I think ;)

as a gift to each other this year.. we got the flip camera.. and couldn’t be happier..

I went to purchase this the first fathers day after olive was born.. and it had the most crap-tastic reviews.. and so I went with another camera.. (which ended up being even crappier).. filmed in yellow.. grainy.. and now it only works when the battery cord is plugged into it.. but now.. they are everywhere.. they are in HD.. and it is sitting on my kitchen table as we speak.. and we already have ten videos :0  everyday Dustin would say.. “we are missing out on moments”.. “this needs to be on film”.. and so we finally purchased it.. and we are in love.. it is perfect for us.. its small.. plugs directly into your computer.. films crystal clear.. and just the little segments we want to capture.. because who are we kidding.. no one wants to sit and watch a picture of kids swinging no swing sets for 15 full minutes.. 

on a different note.. I just finished reading Portia de Rossi’s Unbearable lightness.. and it was good.. no.. it was great..  and hearing her justify things was wild.. as some of those have run through my head before.. nothing as extreme .. but just the being so hard on yourself.. and than looking back 5 years later and realizing how good I looked and felt.. yet at that time.. I wanted to lose 5 more.. 5 more.. (which I never did.. ever).. it wasn’t possible for my body frame.. never being satisfied with a certain body part.. or believing that I would truly be happy and my world would be perfect if only.. if only.. 

needless to say.. the book came at a perfect time.. because pregnancy is the one time where you need to be kind to your self.. things are stretching and moving.. and shakin ;)

time to love..