The Phalen Family: February 2011

Monday, February 21, 2011

Some Randoms

Some things I'm loving right now:

Went for a walk the other day and saw hope in the trees! Little buds of life everywhere! I can't wait for Spring!

My boys make me so happy!

The parking spot closest to the apartment. I really hate having to park so far away and have to haul in groceries and my little boy all the way through the parking lot.

"oh man!" from my little man :)

Not being sick (which is going to be changing very soon for me. A week after we kicked the stomach flu's butt, Paul has a cold!).

I can't wait for these:

Some projects I'm contemplating:

You may think I'm crazy, but I've begun preparing for Christmas. This year I want to give each of my family members something homemade. I have a lot of family members and projects take a lot of time. I have planned what I will make for each person and have to complete 1-2 projects a month to be done by December. This way I can take advantage of the monthly Joann coupons, too! The thing that sort of stinks is that I won't be able to share these projects with you until after Christmas! I can share this with you though: [rubyloucover.jpg]

I am going to make a few of these for my cute little nieces! My sister is due in April so I'll have 4 pretty girls to make these dolls for. I'm really excited!

Another thing I'm super excited for is the celebration of the boys! A few bloggers have gotten together and are making strictly boy things! It's so refreshing to see so many little boy things being created. It seems like there are cute little girl projects everywhere, but boy stuff is hard to come by!

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Valentine's Day

I didn't have much time to plan Valentine's Day this year seeing how we were sick the week before.

I woke up to a card from my boys (James picked it out...he loves Mickey). Paul had left it before he went to work at 5:30. James was a good boy and let me sleep in until 8:00 before fussing.

James and I did a little craft for Daddy. He colored a bunch of paper and I cut the little hearts. I held his hand to write the letters (which he gets a kick out of). Isn't it so cute? Then we strung some hearts up on ribbons. He had such a blast. I let James pick out a balloon (he calls in Ribb, like ribbit).

I dipped strawberries for dessert.

Paul got out of class earlier than expected so we went and picked up some Macaroni Grill to go and brought it back home. We spent the evening watching Secretariat and even got to go on a walk. We also introduced James to shadow puppets. He had such a blast making little animals with his fingers on the wall. He literally laughed himself to sleep :)

I can't believe it's been 4 years since Paul and I first got together. Sometimes it seems shorter, sometimes it seems we've never been apart. We have been through a lot but we are better, stronger people for it.

I am so thankful that I get to spend the rest of forever with my sweetheart!

Monday, February 7, 2011

Not Much to Report

I realize it's been forever since I blogged. Sadly, as I look back on January the only thing that really happened was all of us catching a nasty cold and being holed up in the apartment due to freezing weather. I am very pleased that it's over.

UPDATE: just after I finished typing this James started throwing up. This went on for 10 hours. It was horrible to say the least. 5 loads of laundry, one blessing and a roll of paper towels later, he's back to his old self. He even managed to scribble on every wall in the apartment while I was in the bathroom this morning. Thank goodness for washable crayons!

James is growing up so fast! He finally got his glasses and is just so cute! He is pretty good about wearing them. After an hour or so he'll usually need a break since they are pretty snug (they have to be that way to stay on).

His language skills have just exploded over the past few weeks. He always has something to say and no matter what you say back to him, he'll always ask you why.