Valentine's Day Adventure + Cookies!

I decided to get the kids some yummy cookies from Eileen's Cookies (pretty much crack cocaine. Go get some!) and take them on a little adventure downtown. I made the rookie mistake of letting Blakely see the cookies before I was mentally prepared for the mess and she was so upset that she had to wait! So in some of these pics she looks a little mad... because she was! ;) 

I just love the holidays with my sweet babies. I don't have any idea where my intense love for these moments came from? But I am all about celebrating and making memories with my kiddies. Also, dressing these two is so much fun. I love when they "match". I will link everything below. Tons of holiday sales going on!

Tooth and I are always asking her for kisses and she says "NOOO!!" in a grumpy voice and turns her head! Little stinker! ;)

I mean... I can't handle her. Those dang pigtails get me every time!

Truly the BEST cookies! SO delish.

Obviously Ryder loves these cookies as much as mommy. ;)

Photography by Jenna Sparks

Kiddies Valentines Table

Just a few pics of my adorable babies at their Valentines Day table. I love decorating this little area in our kitchen/family room for the kiddies. They both love it and they just melt me. Look at Blakers in those glasses! LOL We've had this set up since a week or two after Christmas. It's so much fun! Blake has recently been wearing these glasses all afternoon and gets so upset when they fall off! Ha. She kills me with those ducky lips. I will link what I can below. But most of the decor stuff (for all holidays) comes from Target. Oh, and Blakers with her babies. #cutenessoverload

So hard to put these dang glasses on, mom!!!

Photos by Lisa Pummel Photography

See all the Target Valentines Day fun here.

Click arrows on either side to scroll through items. Click on images below to be taken to the site to shop. xo

Happy Valentines Day!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! These two just melt me. Ryder's starting to want to "play" with Blakes. She's always looking at him and smiling or laughing. He loves it! Sometimes he'll just lay by her and smile at her. Adorable!! If she cries he gets all worried and says, "mommy! Bwakewy sad. Give binki!" And it's just the sweetest. If we're in the car and I'm trying to get her to fall asleep I will cover her seat with a blanket so she's in the dark (she falls asleep and stays asleep longer if it's dark). He hates this and wants to be able to see her. "Mommy, take off! Can't see Bwakely!" :) 

Ryder is also going through a mommy phase. I have looked forward to this for two years! LOL He's always been a big fan of daddy and would prefer him often. Which I thought was so sweet (they have the best relationship!) but it also kinda broke my heart. Ha! Now when he sees us he will literally run past daddy to give mommy big hugs! "Mommy hold you." I LOOOOVE IT!!!!! LOL :) 

Ryder is still very into tools and balls. He is always carrying around a little collection of random toys. He doesn't like being dirty and says "clean up!" if he makes a mess or spills something. He screams, "GET WIPE!!!" if he gets food on his hands. He doesn't like long sleeves and will usually push them all the way up if he's wearing long sleeves. He hates wearing hoodies, sweaters, jackets. He has accepted that he has to wear them outside in the cold, otherwise he wants it OFF. He recently got interested in dinosaurs and remembers the names of them! He knows a few books from memory and will read them to himself VERBATIM and it's sooooo cute. And impressive! LOL He loves his brother and is always begging TJ to "carry you". Ryder loves playing peek-a-boo with TJ and laughs soooo hard. It's the cutest thing ever. He still loves being sung to at night before bed and begs "one more" at the end of each song (no matter how many I sing). He loves bath time and thinks he's "swimming" when he lays on his tummy in bath. He is very good at playing by himself and will "fix" our walls, the doors, etc with his tools and he's LOVING playing with his new tool bench from Christmas. 

Ok, wow. Random rant about Ryder. Ha! I just love him so much. He's the most fun little boy who is so sweet. Being a mommy is the best thing I've ever done and I'll never find the words to describe how I feel for them. Blakely's first Valentines day was a success!

"I put my arm around Bwakeay, mommy!" UGHHHH SO CUTE!

Goofy girl! She's getting closer to sitting up!

In his mind he was smiling "really big" here. Ha! Goof ball.

"ABC's on there!"

Baby toes make me ohhhh so happy!

That grin. I can't handle it! :)

Hope you all had a great day with your Valentine!