It's a love story, baby just say YES.

Valentine's day has me feeling mushy.  Mushier than usual which is really saying something.  I woke up super happy, ready to face the day and looking forward to whatever it brought.  It brought goodness in the form of a health fair that allowed me to interact with willing patients and in between each one I had a nice break to pick up my book and read away.  They asked me about my kids, I willingly and happily presented them with pictures and they agreed that indeed I have a few things to love on this the day of love.

I love this place we are in right now.  Right in the middle of content and headed to look and see what comes.  It's all about the present, smiling at the past and not worrying or wondering about the future.  I am no longer worried about having babies.  I worried for a year before we became pregnant with Riley and for over a year before we got pregnant with Lyssi lu lu.  It was not fun always having getting pregnant on the back of my mind and now I am just reveling in the goodness that is 2 babies (or not so much babies) and everything they are, filling my day with diapers and dinner fights.  It's not always pretty and it's not always easy but it's mine.

I have a husband who makes marriage so dang easy.  Seriously easy.  After just over 10.5 years together we love, we hug, we kiss goodnight and we call each other numerous times each day.  We talk, we laugh, we sleep and we do it all over again.  I am a lucky lady.  So lucky that I finally joined the ranks of the 21st century with a smartphone.  Be.like.whoa.  D is happy to have me off of his and I am loving everything about it.  Plus I am way less teased about my pre-historic purple toilet phone who lasted a few years too long.  Toilet only because Riley dropped it in there and it spent 3 days in a bag of rice heroically turning on after the hiatus and working once again.  Best v-day present for me was getting the whole house's carpet cleaned. I walked in today and was in awe at how fresh and perky the carpet looked.  Like before the dog matted it all down with his long lazy naps and before 2 babies puked and drooled all over it.  It's purdy and clean.

Love is all about the here and now today.  So here is my two children who have a hard time sitting still for anything these days and this is the best I could do.  Cute idea but way hard to execute.  I get to spend all weekend with these two little loves sans Daddy and I am excited.  It presents the challenges of tiredness and exhaustion but it begs for fun and adventure.  By adventure I mean glow-in-the-dark-hide-and-go-seek and a playdate but for me on my own that is adventurous!

Sister is tired of pics, not nearly as tired as I am after this little session though!

Happy Valentine's Day and may we all find ways to be more lovey dovey everyday!