lots of love.

this valentine's day was exceptionally fantastic.

it started with a little early arrival from cupid this weekend when my mom and dad were here for a visit.

they brought with them lots of valentines, the cutest new duds for junie bear, a sweet charm for her charm bracelet, some yummy and adorable cookies for andy and i and the best new knick knack for our newly finished front room.

AND.

they brought the sweetest package from julia and lucy (get a blog girl!) filled with the best goodies for mommy.

love you two.

monday mornig we woke up to this aadorable face and these gorgeous tulips from our andy.

this girl wishes she could wake up to flowers everyday.

it was perfect.

by far my favorite picture yet.

she's pretty cute huh?

we got dressed in our valentine tutu from precious and headed to meet our valentine for a delicious brunch at our fav little diner.

it was so yummy and so is this little girl. . . we eat her up all day long.

i loved wearing my bloom from the girls all day.

so very cute, just love it.

while junie bear was taking a good long nap i got the party scene ready for our valentine's arrival afer work.

 it was fun to throw something together that i hoped would make andy feel so very special and loved.

and woo-hoo, it did!

he loved everything.

i'm a firm believer that love is in the details, people.

 we had lots of yummy treats, sweet cards and little treat bags for my dearest loves.

i know your mouth must be watering at the sight of those strawberries.

mine sure are and i'm so sad i've already eaten all of them.

they were more than delicious.

thank you my valentine.

call me crazy. . . but what party isn't complete without a little heart bunting.

how fun is this pizza?

don't you wish they had pizzas like this for every occasion.

life would be better with fun shaped pizzas, ha!

after andy opened up his little gifts he showed our girl what cupid brought her.

she was kinda confused and thought it was christmas again.

:)

first valentine's, i admit i went a little overboard.

i loved this valentine's day just so much.

first one with our little love. . . she made it so sweet.

i felt reminded all day of how much i have to love and how very well loved i am.

sure hope you felt the same.

xoxo.

love drunk.

 these are some all time favorites of me and my forever valentine.

i found these recently and absolutely died.

we were just little dating lovebirds when we took these silly things on a boring, perfect night in abilene.

i love these memories just like i love him.

happy valentine's day to you blog loves!

snowed in.

on our snow days we did a whole lot of nothin'.

we didn't leave our house for four days.

by the end of the fourth day i went crazy and andy demanded that he take us out and about.

whew! i don't know what i would do if i had to survive through an entire real winter.

allright, enough whining about the cold.

look at our cutie!

 we did manage to bust out our craft box and made some little clippies for our girl's little round head.

we also made a variation of these for our little valentine buddies.

cannot wait to put them in the mail!

 and would you look at her go?!?

she did it.

she mastered the art of swallowing and now loves her rice cereal.

 little miss messy marvin.

don't our eyes look a little brighter?

this was after our venture out on our fourth day.

it's truly amazing what dinner out and a target trip will do for these two girls.

kinda pathetic.

:)

our girl.

i can't forget these moments.

here are a few pictures over the past few weeks that i want to make certain don't fall by the wayside.

 she was so excited to be in her jegs and her new turtle tee from tootie. . . try saying that five times fast.

we were on our way to our first ladies class tuesday morning at church.

she was pumped.

the little robeez on her feet i bought for her way before she was born and her jeans tootie gave to her way before she was born.

i hadn't put either on her yet, not sure why, but loved how grown up she looked in her wide legs.

andy thought she was a teenager before our eyes.

 just a mother-daughter shot.

i sure love her so much.

 she was telling me all about her time at dinner, when she didn't make a peep and sat like a big girl in her carseat the entire time.

which explains her nappy hair.

but seriously, i know you're not looking at her hair. . . it's those chipmunk cheeks that steal the show.

first time in babylegs and goodness gracious they were so cute.

i want a million pairs now.

her daddy had her giggling so uncontrolably.

she looks a little crazy eyed but i couldn't resist that smile and she couldn't resist her daddy's funny ways.

our days are brighter and better because of that smile.

who wouldn't love our junie bear?

taco diner birthday!

weeks ago we all got together. . .

 ashley, brandon and sweet savannah.

 jessica, jeremy and baby boy epps.

you know us.

brad, kelly and adorable mallory.

to celebrate this guy and his big big birthday!

get it. . . the boys with all their babies?

we're so clever, i know.

it was a great night.

great food.

great fun.

great friends!

winter blast!

who is so glad that the sun is out today?

who is so sad that the forecast is calling for more snow and ice tomorrow.

clearly, i was not meant to live up north and am so over all of this cold and wet and stuck in the house day after day after day weather.

but for old times sake i knew that we had to get some family shots in the winter wonderland that was our very own backyard.

we love living thirteen doors down from our cousins, especially on snow days!

they came down saturday morning and had a snowball fight with andy and then very sweetly ceased fire when june and i came out to play.

don't worry.

your eyes are just fine. . . yes we are still in our pjs.

our sweet snowbunny in her very first winter coat.

and our other sweet snowbunny in her pink cowgirl boots.

seriously cute eden!

i love this picture of team brooks and be sure to check out payton's 'new' smile.

the kid is beyond hysterical and sure did ask andy to review this picture because he wanted to check out his 'new' smile.

he's the cutie smack dab in the middle.

so studly.

so mr. winter. . . please don't return tonight.

we've got alot of things planned for this week and need safe roads that we can rock and roll on.

i'm not holding my breath.

around & about.

this weekend was fabulously perfect. . . i take that back. . . sunday was fabulously perfect. andy had to attend a conference for work on saturday and we missed him so. i seriously can't imagine him working on the weekends or ever traveling, we would be miserable. so sunday meant that we had to soak him all up and that's just what we did! we had a couple little projects to tackle around the house. it makes me so happy when we check things off our to do list!


this little chest used to be green, then an awful turquoise blue and now this lovely shade of gray. i love it so, it's just what our living room needed and it makes me smile everytime i look at it.



this little cutie just hung out while daddy and i picked up the sea of leaves in our backyard. oh the joys of being homeowners.



we finished our busy day with a little run to home depot for another project that's in the works that i cannot wait to tell you about. there are so many things to look forward to in these next few weeks. . . papa's in town for business and is staying with us, super bowl party, home projects, playdates with new friends and valentine treats to finish and deliver! life is so good!


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