Happy Valentine's Day!

Better late than never with the Valentines day post!  The weather in Indianapolis has been so cold and snowy this winter and Valentines Day was no exception.  What was expected to be 1-2 inches ended up in about 5 inches!  Keaton spent the day with Gamma playing and cooking pink heart cakes and cupcakes.  They were so cute!!



Keaton wore his Mickey Mouse t-shirt and also make us a hand print drawing!  Adorable!!

My office ended up closing around 3:30 because of the snow and it took me an hour and half to get home.  As soon as I got home Drew and I turned around and tried to make our 6:00 reservation at Fleming's.  Luckily we made it and got our table right away.  The roads were so bad and traffic was horrible, but we were able to relax and enjoy our amazing dinner.  We had a gift card to Fleming's that was a Christmas present from my dad and step-mom and we definitely used it!  I had the Valentine's Day special dinner which started with a scallop over cheesy risotto, followed by a Cesar salad.  My main course was a petite filet and a lobster tail with cheesy jalapeno potatoes.  Drew had the bone-in ribeye and both steaks did not disappoint.  We shared the first few courses and the potatoes and had the cinnamon sugar donuts for dessert.  Dessert was really our only disappointment. The doughnuts were over cooked and not warm and soft.  Overall a wonderful dinner!  

Drew and I don't really buy each other gifts for holidays.  We usually like to spend our money on home improvement but this year Drew got me some flowers, a card, and one of my favorite candies...red vines. NOT Twizzlers...Twizzlers are like eating wax, but red vines are awesome!  I found some "coupons" on Pinterest and printed out a book of fun things for Drew.  The "love coupons" included a free weekend away, a back rub, dinner cooked by me, dessert night and a few others.  I found the coupons at this website http://www.iheartnaptime.net/printable-love-coupon-book/.  

We took a quick family picture before leaving for dinner. 

Valentine's Day 2014 was a success!



Fishy!

My mom bought Keaton a fish that feels real!  He wouldn't grab it and barely wants to touch it.  It is hilarious!

Takes after his mommy!! I'm sure he will love fishing someday and will probably try to get me to touch a slimmy fish.  I'll leave that to Drew!

Poor little sicky!

Keaton came down with a cold yesterday and it knocked him out.  He fell asleep while watching Sesame Street.  He loves his Mickey Mouse stuffed animal so much!  Carries it everywhere and especially loves cuddling him when he is falling asleep.  I hate seeing him sick, but luckily today he is feeling a little better.  We took him to the Dr. this morning and he has an ear infection but we did catch it early.  Poor little guy!

Gamma's in town!

My mom came into town last week and we've been having so much fun.  Keaton loves her so much and lights up when she is playing with him!  She is crazy about him and they have such a cute relationship.  I'm a little late on our weekend update but we had a good one!

Started Saturday morning going out to Cafe Patachou which is my mom's favorite breakfast place.  We all love the cinnamon toast.  It is served on this amazing sourdough bread with butter, cinnamon and sugar...yummy!  I had the chicken sausage broken yoke sandwich.  I should have taken a picture when I got it but I just started digging in.

After breakfast, Drew took Keaton home and my mom and I went shopping! So fun! We went to Old Navy, Carters, and Costco.  We bought Keaton a ton of spring/summer clothes from Carters.  I can't wait until it warms up a little bit and he can wear his new clothes.  We got a ton of colored shorts and cute polo shirts.  

We got home from shopping and Keaton was taking his nap.  After he woke up we spent most of the afternoon playing and Drew's mom and dad came over to hang out and go to dinner.  We went to El Rodeo, one of our favorite Mexican restaurants.  Keaton did so great eating the chicken nuggets.  I always used to laugh at the menu when I saw chicken nuggets and cheeseburgers, but now realize it is for the kids!  Although he pretty much devoured the guacamole.  Drew and I enjoyed the margarita's!

After dinner we all went back to our house and Keaton got his bath and some new dinosaur pj's.

We didn't do much on Sunday other than relax and play.  Gamma made a book tower and Keaton loved adding books to the top.  He would crack up after it would fall over.  Man, that Gamma is fun!

Keaton loves art!

I love that Keaton's school emails us pictures and the occasional video.  He is exposed to so many fun things especially in the art world.  They dug for toys in the snow, played with bags of shaving cream, done multiple finger paintings and much more.

I love seeing him sit at the table and do these activities! He is such a busy boy that it is nice to see him concentrating on something...even if it is only for a few minutes.

The teachers taped off the floor and they all took turns trying to jump into the middle of the circles.  His teachers also sent a video of this but I didn't end up saving it before it was deleted from the archives...darn it!  I love seeing him interact with other kids his age.  We are so lucky that my mother-in-law watches Keaton two days a week, but I also know the interaction with other kids is so great for him!  (the interaction with other kids germs is another story, but I'll just focus on the good that comes from going to school...haha!)

Waterlouge App

I am loving the waterlouge app for IPhone/IPad.  I've been seeing a ton of these pictures on Facebook and blogs I follow so I thought I'd check it out.  It does not disapoint!  You basically upload any photo to the app and it does it's magic and turns it into a photo that looks like it was water colored.  Amazing!

This is a picture of us flying to California.  Keaton is sitting on Drew's lap and they are looking out at the mountains below.  So precious!

 

 

 

Some of them don't turn out exactly right. Take this one for example...Keaton's eye's look a little too possessed!

 

Before

After

I love this one of Keaton concentrating so hard on his coloring at school! 

 

 

I can't wait to find some more fun pictures do turn into water color. Happy Monday!

 





 

Shhh...let's sneak up on Daddy!

My new favorite thing to do with Keaton is tell him that we are going to sneak up on daddy.  He bends over to sneak and and does the shhhh sign.  It is adorable!

We are trying to sneak up on cookie monster in this video!

January recap

January was incredibily cold and snowy!  We had multiple days of negative degree weather so we were cooped up inside for most of the month!  We had a few snow days so we were able to spend more time at home with Keaton.  It is incredible just how much he is learning and doing every day.  He is starting to imitate our words and is really trying to talk.  He isn't quite there yet, but can say a few words.  He has really been into giving kisses this month and let's mommy kiss him on the lips and even puckers up when I say "give mommy kisses!"  We are already wishing for spring and can't wait until we can go outside and play. 

Keaton has started climbing into his high chair when we tell him it is dinner or snack time.  He climbs everything in sight!  He also has started squealing when he gets really excited.  We were giving him a ride in his jeep around the house and when we would go really fast he would start screaming and laughing!  He is a dare devil already.  He has started saying ROAR when he looks at bears and tigers and still LOVES everything about Elmo!

Time flies...

What a difference a year makes!  I love looking at pictures from this time last year.  I can't wait to continue to add to these comparison photos.   Keaton didn't love Santa this year, but he also didn't cry that hard.  It was more of a whine and wanting me to get him off this strangers lap!

Keaton and his GREAT Nana! I am so happy that Keaton will get to know Nana!  I have such a special relationship with her and I am sad that we don't live closer so they can spend more time together.  I know he is going to love playing at her house as he gets older!

Radio Shack rocks!

I think my favorite commercial last night was the Radio Shack commercial.  It was hilarious to see all the 80's references and it brought back a ton of memories when Alf made his appearance.   I may have to pop into the store the next time I need some electronics!  Job well done Radio Shack!

The past few weekends we have stayed cooped up in our house because it was so cold, but not this weekend!  We had so much fun at cousin Caroline's birthday party.  I love Todd and Julie's house so much!  All of their finishes and furniture are amazing and I would choose the same type of things if we ever build a house!  Keaton is usually pretty shy, but he jumped right in and started playing with all the little kids.  Happy birthday Caroline!!

We got our cute fire truck raincoat on to go to the party.

The party was catered by the Copper Kettle and the food was so yummy.  Fried chicken, mashed potatoes and more!  Perfect for a cold winter day.  Keaton got to stay up a little past his bedtime of 7:00 and I was hoping that meant he would sleep in, but no luck.  6:00 a.m wake up call (really 5:45) came all too quickly.

Anytime I ask Keaton a question that starts with the word "what" or "where" he has started putting his hands up in an "I don't know" position.  I think he's been watching us pretty closely and it is adorable!
 

On Sunday we went to the neighbors house for a super bowl party and Keaton was so hyper.  I'm not sure what he is doing in this video, but it cracked me up.  I think he repeated this about 20 times before we left for the neighbors house.

I made bean dip to bring and of course found my inspiration on Pinterest.  I tried to make it look like a football field.  The layers are beans, sour cream, salsa, shredded cheese, and guacamole.  I put some sour cream into a zip lock and made it into a pipping bag to draw the field lines.

It was a fun filled weekend that went way too fast!