February, You’re my Little Valentine…
Well, another week has passed and I am growing ever closer to be a mom of two. This past week Aiden turned 2 years old. We had his party on the 6th so his actual birthday was very low key. We had pigs in a blanket with tator tots for dinner and then we cut into his Glauss cake. My mom and her beau came and had some cake with us.
Wednesday Aiden had his 2 year check up. He was in the 50th percentile for weight and 10th percentile on height…I don’t always believe the height measurements because he may not have stretched all the way or stood up straight enough. His weight was around the 28 lb. mark and his height was about 34 1/4 inches.
Thursday was my 32 appt. at the obgyn. As of today my due date is 7 weeks away and Lucas will likely make his entrance (helped out by the doc) on April 2nd. Just a little over 6 1/2 weeks away…My appointment went well. My blood pressure continues to be good and the baby is still head down. The best thing was that Lucas had the hiccups when the doc was listening to his heart so I was able to hear beat, beat, beat, pause, beat, beat, beat, pause, every time he had a hiccup. I am still measuring 1 1/2 centimeters big as well. I also gained 3 lbs. in 2 weeks thanks to lots of birthday cake and ice cream…I am trying to take it easier on the sweets, I really only want to gain like 1 lb. a week until Lucas is born.
Friday we had big plans to ride front runner (because it was free) to Ogden for dinner and then ride it back. Well, we missed our earlier train and by the time we got to Ogden it was like 6:40 and we wanted to be on the 7:07 or 7:37 train back south. That didn’t really leave a lot of time for much of anything. It was also dark by the time we arrived and the place where we were originally planning to eat was of course closed. We ended up just wandering around until we found somewhere that I could use the restroom and then we got food at Subway. This Subway managed to ear a great big FAIL from us while we were there too. They were out of meatballs, tuscan chicken, one kind of bread, one kind of cheese, chocolate chip cookies and yogurt for the kids meal. Hello! You are in the business of FOOD, your job is to HAVE IT. Oi. (We also took their last chocolate milk for Aiden.) All in all our trip was a bust but we did see an old friend and had a nice chat with him on the train on the way towards Ogden.
Saturday was the day that Brandon and I went on our Valentine’s date. We had a gift certificate for Sugarhouse Barbecue as well as for one pedicure each that we had received for Christmas. We sent Aiden off to my aunt’s to be tended (Thanks Vicky and Neal!) and went on our way to lunch. Holy cow was it TASTY! I got the pulled pork and put bbq sauce on it. Yum! Brandon got the buffalo chicken. Then we got a sheet cake sundae for dessert. Tasty! All we can say is that we both highly recommend treating your taste buds to the food at this restaurant. It gets four thumbs up. Thanks Torren! After lunch we had wonderful, relaxing pedicures (Thanks mom!) and then made the mistake of going to See’s chocolates the day before Valentine’s. We were so close though we just HAD to stop and luckily they were prepared for the rush with plenty of staff. Mmmm, those were some delicious chocolates. My hubby also gave me these beautiful roses with a vase from Ikea. We plan to use the vase for my paper roses that he made once the live ones wilt. In the afternoon we took Aiden to get his two year pics. taken. The staff was wonderful and very accommodating when we told them our budget. We were able to get everything we wanted and then some. He is just the most photogenic kid that it is hard to choose what to keep and what to discard!
Sunday we kept Aiden home from nursery due extreme runny nose and abundant coughing. Brandon stayed with him while I went to Relief Society and then I came home and picked them both up for sacrament. We had a delicious breakfast of chocolate, strawberry, cream cheese stuffed french toast and later in the day I gave Brandon a note, some candy, and a little salt dough heart that Aiden and I had made. We gave Aiden a book and a chocolate. In the evening we ate manicotti for dinner and then headed over to my aunt’s for family night and cookie decorating. Well, that is our week. Thanks for reading!
P.S. I realized I didn’t mention our veggie adventure this week. The vegetable of the week was squash. We had grilled acorn squash which was ok but not something we are eager to try again. Later in the week we made butternut dumplings. They tasted similar to french fries because they were boiled and then fried. Neither of us were really able to form an opinion on them and we have extra dough so we figure we will try them again and if we like them we will freeze the extra dough and if not we will discard the extra dough. This week our veggie is turnips! I will let you know what we think in our end of the week news…