you, me, and the cards...

The Princess...

The Joker...

The Edible Valentine's Card...

Wow...There is Heart on my card...

The Valentine Cookie

I have never seen Maggie turn down a Cookie...but this was a first! She did not like it...not sure if it was the icing, the sprinkles, or the cookie, but whatever was wrong...it was ALL WRONG! On the other hand, James devoured it and Maggie's leftover...he could have eaten a dozen if I had let him. These two never cease to amaze me!!!

Snow...in the SOUTH?!?!?!?!

UGH!!! Look who is back...

The Ornery CAT!!!

All by myself!!!!

Maggie is notorious for taking off her shoes; we put her shoes on more in one day than most people do in a week. Well, tonight I kept reminding her that we needed to keep on our shoes...off they came. I give up...so, she decided she could put on her shoes all by herself. She loosened the velcro and stood up and carefully put on each shoe, and then closed the velcro. Other than being on the wrong foot and the tongue shoved into the toe area, she did an EXCELLENT JOB!! They learn so much so fast!

These were the only two good photos from tonight...neither wanted to look at the camera, however they both wanted to pull on the strap, the lens cap, close the flash and anything else they could get their hands on. Maybe tomorrow I can get a better photo...definitely need some cute ones for their valentines cards!

Maggie and her "what-do-you-mean-I-cannot-have-it" look!

Post It Note Tuesday!

QOTW- What's in a Name!

We were able to pick names for James and Maggie with ease and had a lot of comfort in our decision!

• Did you stick with family names? Yes! Maggie is named after Our Grandmothers and James is named after My Grandfather and also each of our Dads!
• How do you feel about "matchy" names? They are okay for some people, but we were not real keen on them. I was more worried about them matching there last name...since it is long and unique beautiful!
• Did you worry about their names "coordinating?" Not really, since we were having a Boy and a Girl...just wanted them to be gender specific.
• Did you name your babies before you met them, or wait until you saw them to assign names? Definitely before we met them...I always wanted to call their name in prayer...so they were named once we new what we were having.
• What were your second choices? Katherine Elise was the alternate girls name...and the boy alternate...well, the boys name was always changing!
• Did you consider the popularity of a name as a deciding factor? No, I was pretty much set on the girl having an adult name for when she out grows the cute nickname...and the boy was not going to have a nickname...his name is James and he is called James!

This was an exciting time in my pregnancy...names are important, they tend to establish who you are or who you have the potential to become!! It is all in a name!