Valentine's Week

Clara decided to celebrate Valentine's week by getting pink eye! Who knew she could come up with so many ways to "wear" pink in honor of this wonderful holiday! This is how she looked most of the week: Sleeping and having her hands cover her eyes. This little girl would sleep for 14 hours a night, be awake for 3 hours, sleep for 4 more hours, be awake again for 3, and then be ready for bed for the night.

I was so glad when she started getting back to her old self. She still has a cough, but at least she is willing to play by herself and doesn't need mom to just hold her all day.

I love how Clara doesn't take her toys off the shelf to play with them. Instead, she kneels in front of the shelf and just plays with them there. Oh how she makes me laugh.So Clara was putting her 2 hands together forming a roof to a house. So I started singing "The Wise Man and the Foolish Man." It's a song she sings at church about a wise man building his house upon a rock and a foolish man building his house upon the sand. It's taken from the scripture story found in Matthew 7:24 - 27. Anyway, as I started singing that song, Jeremy joined in. We were doing the actions along with Clara and when the song was over she said, "Good job guys, good job." Oh how I love the praise of a 2 year old! :)

We were also able to celebrate Valentine's week by attending the sealing of my old roommate Keri and her family. I used to baby sit Keri's little girl every day. She now gets to work from home, so I don't get to watch her little girls as often. But I was still so excited to be able to see that family sealed for time and all eternity. It was such a special day, and I'm so grateful that they invited me to share that day with them. As soon as Addi saw me, she tried to run right over to me. Then, she tried to follow me out of the sealing room as I was leaving! I'm also glad to know she still likes me! :) Congrats again Banbury family. I'm so pleased you finally made it! I know it's been a long and hard journey, but hopefully you can now understand how much it was worth!I was also able to attend a baby shower for a dear friend who moved to Wyoming a little less than a year ago. I miss her, and was so excited that she made a trip back to UT so we could have a baby shower for her! It was great to see you again Steph and Ty!Jeremy and I decided to keep Valentine's Day simple this year. We both were needing some things that were somewhat pricey, so we gave those to each other. Since they were practical gifts, we still wanted to get something fun for each other, but it had to be something little. Jeremy made my day by getting me my favorite kind of chocolate and a small rose! Thanks Jeremy!I also want to just thank him for how wonderful he is. I am so grateful that in almost everything he does, he thinks of me. My happiness is truly his first priority. I am so grateful that he takes care of me. I know he's not perfect, but he has such a good heart that I can't help but over look anything negative that he does and I only see the good. I was talking to a friend on Valentine's Day and she is having some marital problems. At one point she asked me if I considered my marriage to truly be "blissful." I felt so grateful that I could honestly answer yes. Thanks, Jeremy, for always giving 100% of yourself to me. It means a lot to me and I'm sorry I take you for granted sometimes. I do love you more than I love anything else!