* Yes I know it's two weeks late but I wanted to document the day so here you go*

I've never been a huge Valentine's Day celebrator. Partly because I was an awkward teenage girl and never had any boyfriends and partly because my birthday is five days later and if you know me at all, I LOVE to celebrate my birthday.  I do like to acknowledge the day though and Jason and I always give each other cards and find some way to celebrate.

With that said, I couldn't wait for Valentine's Day this year! I was so excited to start traditions and be together as a family and celebrate this day of love!

Thursday morning I went over to my friend's house, Mandy, and we took pictures of our two girls in their love shirts. These girls are 3 days apart so I think they will be spending tons of time together as the years go by.








Jason has Thursday afternoons off and so we spent the afternoon together as a family. Jason gave E a single rose and cute monkey sock stuffed animal for Valentine's Day. That monkey is one of her favorite toys now =)



We went to Starbucks as a family and enjoyed each other's company. It was good way to spend Valentine's Day without going to a restaurant with a ridiculous long wait.





We then came home and had a photo shoot of our little munchkin. I proceeded to take 238 pictures but here are the highlights!

I had such a fun weekend. Last Tuesday was my 30th birthday (gasp!) and so on Saturday, I had 15 of my closest friends come and eat at Cheesecake Factory to celebrate with me. My mom came into town to watch E (thanks Mom!) and we had an enjoyable lunch catching up and having lots of laughs.



Cheesecake Factory sang me the birthday song while I tried to brave it until it was over =)








I didn't get a picture with everyone (fail!) but I'm so glad that they could all make it!

When I got home I took pictures with the little miss so she could be part of the celebration. She was really interested in the balloons. The rest of the weekend was spent hanging out with my mom and relaxing. Sadly I didn't get any pictures with her but I will fix that when she and my dad come and visit in a few weeks.


Oh and I have to brag on the hubs - he got me a Pandora bracelet for my birthday. I LOVE IT! I think I mentioned several months ago that I thought it would be fun to have a charm bracelet and be able to wear something that reminds me of certain events all the time and he remembered! Right now it has a love charm, a little girl, and a purple charm on it. It was such a great 30th birthday gift. He is the best!

All in all, turning 30 wasn't too terribly bad, and I'm looking forward to this new decade and making so many fantastic memories!

On Friday, E sat in the shopping cart for the first time at Target. (Where else?) I kind of cried inside as I realized she has reached  another milestone of getting bigger.



She sat in the shopping cart at BuyBuy Baby too.

Saturday:

We had Starbucks Saturday (my way of getting Starbucks at least once a week) and had a lazy morning.


Then I worked on a little project for E's Valentine's Day outfit. I'm so excited to show it to you later this week.



I also went to Barnes and Noble to get E's Valentine's Day gift and picked up this gem as well. I officially have everything I need to start solids with our little girl.


E was dressed so cute on Saturday so I tried to do a little photo shoot. She was way more interested in the blanket I had used for a backdrop than smiling for the camera.









Do you see her cowboy boots? So cute!!


Sunday was spent grocery shopping and cleaning the house. Along with catching these two watching Praise Baby together.

Dear evil viruses, you need to get out of our house. With E having croup the past two weeks, me getting sick with 100 degree fever this week and now Jason sounding like a pack a day smoker, we are done. You are not welcome here any longer.

Dear solicitors, stop coming to my door. I don't want what your selling. You make my dog go crazy and you always seem to come during nap time. You made me so mad this week that I made this sign for our door. You have been warned.



Dear weekend, I'm so glad you are here!! I have big plans for you so please stick around for as long as possible.

Dear Jason, thank you so much for being a wonderful husband and dad. Thank you for staying home for a day this week so I could get over whatever it was I had. I'm sorry you are getting sick now but hopefully it won't get too bad.

Dear Valentines Day, I'm glad you are almost here. I'm excited to celebrate with Jason and E and start traditions as a family. Plus I have a lot of fun things I want to bake. Thanks Pinterest!

Dear Jason's co-workers, get ready for treats to be sent to work with my husband. As much as I love to bake I don't need it all in my house.  I hope you like chocolate!

To see other Friday letters go here

I saw this on a one of the fun blogs I read every day and thought it would be fun to do one myself. I always like to read these on others to learn more stuff about them (and because I'm nosy). So to the five people who read my blog here you go:

Age: 29 but only for a few more weeks ::sniff::

Bed size: Queen. Our room isn't big enough for a king

Chore I hate: Washing dishes and cleaning up the kitchen after cooking/baking; cleaning the toilet

Dogs: One dog, Lucye a fun and slightly eccentric miniature dachshund

Essential start to my day: I always turn on and watch the Today show.

Favorite color: purple

Gold or silver: silver

Height: 5 feet 2 1/2 inches. That half inch is important

Instruments you play: none sadly. But I can sing so that is kind of an instrument

Job title: I was a pediatric physical therapist but now I'm a stay at home mom and I love it!

Kids: One little girl, E, five months old


Live: I live in the DFW metroplex

Married: yes, to my best friend for 5.5 years



Nicknames: Liz, Lizard, E-Beth

Overnight stays in the hospital: Just for the birth of my daughter
Pet peeve: I have a lot sadly. Ones that come to mind: stupid drivers and rude people

Righty or lefty: Righty

Siblings: One younger brother, John

Time you wake up: Between 7-7:15 every morning

University you attended: Hardin Simmons University

Vegetables you dislike: green peas and green beans

What makes you run late: Thinking I have more time to get ready or do one more thing at the house than I actually do

X-rays you've had:  several for my foot for my stress fracture, several for my hip and even had to do one where they insert dye into the joint, several chest x-rays, several knee x-rays because of my years in  soccer

Yummy food: cakes, cookies, Italian food, Chick Fil A,

Zoo animal favorites: definitely the penguins!

You should do this too and I will come read them!

• E and I wore red on Friday in support of heart health awareness month. We did it for our Papa/my Dad!