Valentine's Day 2017

Happy Valentine's Day! What a sweet day! Literally! It's 9 pm and my kids are still on a sugar high from the treats I had for them earlier in the day! We had a good "Loving Day" as Noah likes to call it, here at home. I had our living room slightly decorated for them, we ate breakfast and afterwards I gave them a little candy gram =) Than I had to at least attempt to have a mini Valentines Day photoshoot with my boys and let's just say .... well, we got a few good shots! Oh and I cut their hair today , figured, might as well have them look nice while we're taking some cute pictures! ;)

I love this picture of the two of them! Since moving into our new place, these two have grown so close to one another! It's a brotherly bond and I absolutely love it! Noah is so nurturing to him! I can't wait for our third to be here and be a part of this bear club they've got going on!

And than there are these photos. Let's just say we got a taste of Expectation VS Reality haha

This was David and I yesterday. We got some alone time (doesn't happen much), I had a prenatal apt and we spent time together afterwards being out and about and talking without any interruptions! It was such a good little date and I loved it! 

Today, he really surprised me by coming home with a big red gift bag full of treats for me! He had a dozen beautiful roses, chocolates, a big Card, a beautiful butter dish that I'm in love with and Bibs for our new baby boy! He bought something for our boy! He really went all out for me and I cried, I was so happy.

We plan on spending more alone time tomorrow while our kids go to grandma's house and we go to another appointment. I can't wait !

oh and for our V-Day dinner, we got drive-thru Wendy's. haha . Hashtag parents of two toddlers life.

Took a giant belly selfie, 35 weeks tomorrow and feeling done. So done. It's large and in charge.

Some super duper exciting News! My Favorite cousin is now engaged! Oh my gosh our family is so freakin' excited for the two of you! We cannot wait for what's to come!

It was a great day! 

Our Valentine's Day 2015

Image found on pinterest : https://www.pinterest.com/pin/247768416975814790/

I love this "holiday!" All the love, the hearts, the pinks, reds and glitter! It's been a long while since we went out of our way to celebrate this fun day, but I took it upon myself to make it special because I love the day and I love my man! ;)

For breakfast I was so excited to start the morning out with fresh heart shaped pancakes and some pancakes I had seen on pinterest that had pink hearts in the center of a regular pancake....but, that was a fail. I did manage to make 1 heart shaped pancake and that was for Mr. Noah, who thoroughly enjoyed it! =) win!

eh? =) he loves the old fashioned pancakes I make
RECIPE

For lunch we enjoyed some sushi rolls from Cho Cho Sans thanks to my dad (who had stayed the night before and left us a little treat before he left on Saturday morning!)

Gettin curvy around here! 26 weeks baby! 

I was shocked at how well Noah was at the restaurant! He ate EVERYTHING we had ordered for him and sat still until we were done eating.

I haven't mentioned, he can officially sit on his own in a chair and eat from the table. This chair has a booster seat but even at home he does well eating on the table!
After lunch we went for a walk at the outdoor mall, let Noah play on the outdoors play gym. We window shopped, got rite aid ice cream and than it happened... Noah found a boob. Uh oh, I thought we were done!

Glad it wasn't mine! haha

Our real date started later that night, once Noah was asleep. I had a nice dinner planned and to our surprise, Noah stayed asleep from when I cooked it until we were done eating!

I made steak (for him) chicken (for me), with carrots asparagus and baked potato oh and a side of bread with butter. To drink, I had sparkling cider and he had a corona and we drank out of our wedding wine glasses. For dessert, I made a few heart shaped chocolate covered strawberries and regular ones as well.
We both even dressed nicely for dinner in our apartment (which was silly but so fun and exciting! And when I was done getting ready, David had set the table so beautifully and topped it off with lovely music on his pandora. As cheesy as it may sound, it really was a romantic night we needed, and we spent it well with one another.

We finished the night with Noah waking up, and we all gathered in our living room to watch The Blue Lagoon. It was a good night!

We Moved!!!!

I'm am beyond excited to share that our little family has moved once again and for the better! Man it feels so so so good to be on our own two feet again and have a place we can call home. As most of you know, we had moved in with David's parents last June to save some money because David was going to join the Airforce. Well, that didn't happened, we stayed living with his parents probably longer than we should have and even though it really helped us out and gave us a head start, I'm so thankful that God provided us with a lovely 2 bedroom apartment in beautiful Camarillo, CA.

Valentine's Day  2014, was an adventure for the McDaniels'! Thursday the 13th, we prepared by calling in a Uhaul truck and packed all our belongings in it and stayed up past 2am just to be ready for the following day. Friday, Valentine's Day was moving day for us! David had to work a half day and me and Noah spent the day cleaning, emptying out our room and driving down to meet with David at the new place. I was actually hit with the second cold within the month while doing all of this. I probably got sick a lot because I was so stressed out and wanted to move so bad I just kept going and going. So even though we didn't get to do much of a romantic thing this year, I still loved that this Valentine's Day memory was of us moving in to our new home.
So here it is, our little apartment Before.

When you walkin this this what you see, the living room and to the left is the dining area and kitchen. 

The Kitchen. Noah helped me put food in the fridge.

Dining area. ( not our table)

bathroom

Bedroom

Noah's room

So there ya have it! It's small, but perfect for us. It's vintage and has character and I love it! It looks very different now that we've added our touch to it. We've had to get new and used furniture since we had only our bedroom to deal with. When we moved out of our last apartment we gave away a lot of furniture to friends and family that needed it. But it's been fun finding things on Craiglist and than making it our own. I will be posting before and after photos real soon!

=)

Weekend Fun!

This weekend was awesome! On Valentine's day David had to work so we got to celebrate on Friday. I was woken up to pretty pink and white flowers from David, along with Dove chocolates and my favorite bottle of wine. =) For dinner, we went to BJ's Restaurant where I got to finally enjoy a yummy margarita! I only had one and man you bet that's all I needed lol.
Noah was awesome, he slept in his carseat while we enjoyed our food and then woke up when we were all done.

I tell David to smile and this is what I get... ay...

I got my usual BBQ salad

And David got this huge BBQ pulled pork sandwich! Dang boy!

To top it all off we got a Pizookie for desert! YUM!!!

Afterwards, we walked around the town center with Noah, but then he got fussy so we headed home at around 8pm. 

On Saturday I met up with my mom and we headed to Santa Barbara to take Noah to see his great Grandma! Oh she loved being able to hold him close and love on him! It was a good time! 

Yesterday we finally got to take Noah to church for the first time ( I totally forgot to take some pics) but my gosh was he the talk of the town! Such a lady magnet! He did good during service but we did take him to the parent room so that he could eat and burp comfortably. The sermon was absolutely perfect for our first Sunday back with our new baby. It was about Raising Your Children Under God. My favorite verse from it was: 

" Train children how to live right, and when they are old, they will not change." Proverbs 22:6

The key points were on Mentoring them:

1. Mentally - "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction." Proverbs 1:7
2. Physically- "Carefully walk a straight path, and all your ways will be secure. Do not lean to the right or to the left. Walk away from evil." Proverbs 4:26-27
3. Spiritually- "All have sinned and are not good enough for God's glory, and all need to be made right with God by his grace, which is a free gift. They need to be made free from sin through Jesus Christ." Romans 3:23-24
4. "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength." the second command is this: "Love your neighbor as you love yourself." There are no commands more important than these. " Mark 12:30-31

After Church we went to visit my sister in law and her husband, man they loved seeing Noah! I think Noah got just a bit too comfortable because he ended up peeing on his uncle's pants! 

We got home just in time to go for a nice little walk while the sun was going down. That easily put Noah to sleep for a few hours. 

While he slept, I took advantage and cooked a healthy dinner.

Stuffed Bellpeppers. Here's what I stuffed them with:

-Boiled, shredded chircken
-Sliced Carrot
-Cilantro
-White rice
-Green Onions
-Chopped Bellpeppers (the tops of the bellpeppers I stuffed)

I sauteed the ingredients and then set the oven to 400 degrees. Stuffed the bellpeppers with the ingredients and topped them off with mozzerella cheese. Baked for 15 min and wala! Delish!

Well that's my weekend, Today Noah and I are enjoying the day at my mom's house. How was your weekend?