More Fun

It has been a big week at our house! I already told you about our adventure to the mall on Monday! On Tuesday, EJ and I met up with our friends MJ, Grayson, Melissa and Grant at the Baby Movie while Anderson was at preschool! I don't think I have told you about Baby Movie Day yet but every Tuesday at the Drafthouse, the first showing of the day is Baby Movie, which means that you are free to bring your babies...they keep the lights up a little in the theater and everyone else has kids there too so it is not a big deal if your kiddos make noise! Moms are used to the noise so they can still enjoy the movie and order lunch if they would like! Everyone knows what they are in for going into it because it is promoted with posters of crying children on them! We usually make it about once a month...it is SO nice to get out of the house, get some adult interaction and catch up on the girly movies that our husbands would rather not see anyway! This week we saw He's Just Not That Into You! In the past we have seen The Women and Nights in Rodanthe! Aaron does not care if I spend money there every month as long as I don't drag him to see these movies! Let us know if you would like to join us sometime at the movies, or at any of our other playdates...we usually try to get together about once a week and do something to get out of the house while our hubbies are working! You know Anderson and I go stir crazy if we are in the house too much!

On Wednesday, EJ started crawling officially! He has been doing his inch worm crawl for awhile now and I had suspected that he was ready for a real crawl but could not catch him in the act because he never had very far to go! He would take a few steps and stop and other times he would get somewhere really fast without me seeing him in action! So Wednesday morning I decided to entice him with the remote and sure enough, he crawled all the way down the hall and across our room! I will try to catch it on video and post it for you soon!

Later that morning...EJ, Anderson and I met up with Grant and Melissa at the Austin Zoo so that Grant could test out the petting zoo to see if he was up to having one at his 1st birthday party! The boys had a blast seeing all the animals...but if you ever decide to go there, don't expect it to be like a typical zoo or else you will be disappointed! It is more like a farm with a bunch of animals in pins...and these animals are rescues, which is pretty cool! I forgot to bring my camera or I would have posted some pictures with the animals! The zoo did not take long so we went to lunch at Waterloo Icehouse afterwards, one of my new favorite spots! The food is good and inexpensive...plus there is a playground to keep the kids entertained while you eat! We met Rebecca and Brock there several weeks ago...both experiences were great!

Today, Anderson had a Valentine's party at preschool! He got to eat pizza and M&Ms...and give/get Valentine's! He gave out cool sports Valentine's that had baseball, basketball, football and soccer on them! He got alot of fun stuff in return!

Tomorrow, Anderson and I get to go to the Little Gym again...I will try to take some pictures this time so that Granddaddy does not hassle me about it! And then tomorrow night, Amy comes to visit again...we have alot of fun stuff planned for the weekend...I will post about those next week!

In the meantime...Happy Valentine's Day! I LOVE this holiday and I hope you have a special weekend celebrating with loved ones! Take time to tell those special people how much you care about them and let's not forget our one true love...

"Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins." (1 John 4: 7-10)

By the way...I HIGHLY recommend the movie Fireproof, it is a MUST see! Watch it with your husband or significant other if you have not already seen it!