Amelia Louise

Last Sunday was such an exciting day, Clay and Elissa's third baby was born! I have been so excited for this birth....it is probably the combination of Clay and Elissa living here as well as me being pregnant myself. On Sunday, Ben and I woke up and headed over to my parents to hang out with the kids (Margaret and William). We got to play with them most of the day and then had the honor of meeting the beautiful little girl! Below are pictures of the kids at grandma and papas and everyone meeting Amelia for the first time.

Valentine's Day

A just for me post :).....Well I am a little behind on my post but as I mentioned last week there were three post worth events so I am spreading them out. Last Saturday, Ben and I celebrated Valentine's Day. We decided to not get gifts and just have a nice day together. Ben always plans Valentines which is fun because I am surprised and do not know what we are going to do. He always does a great job and it was another fantastic surprise.

So here was our agenda:

• Wake up and go to Body Flow (well I did and Ben did a cardio cross-train workout)
• Go and paint pottery. We had not been in forever and it was so fun. We get to go and pick up our pieces in about 2 hours and I can not wait!
• Come home and get ready
• Go to Savor to eat. It was a new restaurant that I had never heard of. It was a little pricey but the food was amazing. We are already talking about when we can go back!
• After dinner we came home and watched part of a movie while I fell asleep on the couch (some things never change) :)

It was a wonderful day!

Dad's 56th

It was a big weekend for our family. Friday was dad's birthday, Saturday was Ben and I's Valentine's celebration, and Sunday my beautiful new niece was welcomed to the world (Valentines and Amelia coming in later posts). It is funny how I don't post forever and then there are three events that are worthy of writing about.

For dad's birthday our family went over to mom and dad's for dinner. We had a chance to give Margaret and William their Valentine's present, give dad gifts for his birthday, and enjoy a wonderful meal together. I say it all of the time but I feel so blessed by a wonderful family.

Some of my cutest pictures look horrible because I should have had the flash on (that's what I get for trying to take the pictures).