Flowers for Cadence (among other things)

Well, Chris came home last week (before V-day) with some flowers for me.  Yes, I know- my husband is the bomb.  When he walked in the door Cadence saw him and got really happy and said, "Yay Daddy!  My flowers!"  We laughed and I thought that was really sweet.  I love how she's becoming really girly.  I love it except when she's raiding (breaking) my jewelry :)  I'm about to invest in some dress up clothes and jewelry! So I went out to the store the next day and let her pick out some "flowers" (fake ones).  She picked the pink ones that looked just like mommy's at home.   She has carried them around ever since and I took this pic because she kept holding them up to mine and saying "My flowers, Mommy's flowers."  So now Chris will have to come home with two surprises when he wants to surprise Mommy :)  I appreciate having a husband that demonstrates that kind of standard for his son and daughter.  I want Cadence to know and expect nothing less so when she's having suitors tripping over themselves (when she's like 30) for her affections she will know her value and how she is to be treated.  Our children will be such a tremendous blessing for their future husbands/wives.  We pray for them even now, even though it's hard for me to even think about that right now!

In other news, this mommy and daddy enjoyed a wonderful quick getaway together this week.  Not even 24 hours, but one of the best times we've spent together in 8 years of marriage.  We had been talking about it for a long time, but I just decided to do it and surprise Chris.  He's been wonderful to help so much during all of these trainings I've had, and our pace has been so maddening- we both needed/deserved a break.   Finished up the V-day weekend with us both getting to talk about sex in church this morning!  How many times do you get to do that?! We had a lot of fun (even though I felt myself blushing several times and I'm pretty sure I saw a lot of sweating in the seats), and we believe that God moved in a powerful way to bring restoration and healing in the area of intimacy.  

Life is coming at us very quickly these days- if you blink you might miss us!  In a typical day we go through a gamut of emotions and experiences.  Cadence is particularly extreme right now, one moment frustrating us to no end with potty training (still going so-so but not amazing) or temper tantrums and the next doing something like the flower story to manifest her undeniable cuteness.  Addison is a little more even keel, but he has his moments.  

I'm very frustrated because we shot a cute little clip yesterday to put on here for V-day, and I've tried like 20 times to load it on here to no avail.  I will keep trying, but who knows.  Oh well-Just imagine two cute little kids saying "Happy Valentines Day" and kissing the computer screen.