my loves

you know the saying it takes a village to raise a child....this valentine's day i am oh-so thankful for all the love our little village surrounds us with. when our work schedules overlap or our errands and to-do lists take over and we're pushed to the very limit...i go to my happy-crock-pot dinner-fresh gardenias-cozy living room- cheezy sing-along thoughts and i remember how much support i really do have all around me..... helping to shape samantha's childhood with warm memories and laughter and at the same time keeping me from falling apart . to know that when i'm not home sammy girl can be in such good hands...well this makes things a lot easier to swallow. thank you from the bottom of my heart to my uplifting little village....(i type this on a day that started with too many tears VERY EARLY this morning about having to have apple juice, a car that wouldn't start, cole mysteriously limping again and add on a training class that kept me from being home until 6:30. i asked for a do-over today, ha, but instead am positive tomorrow will be better)

so back on track....our valentine's weekend was full of love and candy hearts and red and pink lovey-dovey goodness. i was happily reminded of the true love tyler and i share....we made heart shaped pancakes together, went to church, exchanged our valentines over dinner and man do i love holding his hand. btw... go see that movie, VALENTINE'S DAy...sweet and funny and all kinds of great actors.

also loving how much i wanted to make valentine's day as special as possible for samantha. she is the face of our love. and to make her smile and make these moments shine...now thats a lovely feeling. xoxo

our homemade valentine's....sammy loved the glue stick and didn't want to give it up....

it was an ELMO kind of a valentine's with a very special elmo card and movie from her grammy and a new elmo book and cuddly stuffed elmo from her mimi and pop pop. gotta love elmo right?

giant valentines bear shows up around this time ever year...

our heart breakfast....there's just something about starting traditions and making things as special as possible for our sammy cakes. thank you tyler for being the wonderful husband that you are...always encouraging and wanting to be together.

notice her boo boo....big fall out of the car as she was playing around. lots of bruises to go with it...good thing she's tough.

home from church...

surprising daddy with his valentine just from her