Happy Valentine's Day!!

"We love because God first loved us" John 4:19

I never knew how special a day Valentine's Day could be until Aubrey came into our lives. I was always my dad's Valentine and I am still each year, but until now I had no idea what the twinkle in his eye was when he gave me a gift and card each year. I had no idea until I glimpsed it this Valentine's Day. How sweet it is to overflow with love for another, how wonderful it is to overflow with love for your own flesh; for one that was "knit together" just for you.

We had a great Valentine's Day! Her daddy was her #1 Valentine. He surprised her with very festive pants in the morning and she surprised him with kisses ALL DAY LONG! We had Evan's parents and Grandmother over for lunch and Aubrey and I visited my parents in the evening. Here are a few pics from our day:

Aubrey in her dad's special outfit for the day. The bow in her hair was made of a ribbon that was around one of her baby shower gifts. I saved about 7 ribbons and a friend of ours made them into bows for Aubrey. ISN'T SHE BEAUTIFUL!! :D

Aubrey reading with Nana

Aubrey loves bubbles! Grandpa was blowing them for her to catch and then she tried to blow them also. It is really incredible to see how much wonder and joy a few bubbles create.

We had pork, ribs, rice, mashed potatoes, green beans, and asparagus

For dessert we had chocolate and MANY items to dip

Aubrey thought the strawberries in chocolate were the best!

At my mom's there is a large bookcase that has "figurines" inside of it. Aubrey, since she could crawl, has "ooohhhed and aahhhhed" while looking inside.

"enjoying" dinner, she got sick about an hour later :(

She puked a few times and was then put on a 24 hour cracker and juice diet.

PRETTY bow

Practicing blowing kisses with MiMi. I must say she is somewhat of a pro at this now.

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