Valentine's Day!

These were the gifts that my sweet husband got for me, and for baby Keown. In a casual conversation with my husband last week, I told him that I needed to get a liner to go inside my North Face jacket (shell). Little did I know as we were on our way into town, that he had actually listened to what I said. Normally, things like that are processed as "she wants to spend money, change the conversation". But he listened. We walked into the outdoor store thinking (me anyway) we were looking for my old boss. As I veered right, my husband headed towards the guy at the counter and I heard "Are you Brad?" WHAT?! So, he introduces himself and the guy hands him this beautiful pink and dark purple jacket, and Josh tells me to take my jacket off and zips it in. It's beautiful, and OH so warm! After we left, I thanked him about a million times, even though he asked if it would fit around my belly... I am NOT that big! haha. So we were having a discussion about what we wanted to do for dinner. I don't think I'm the 'average' wife. I don't expect anything for Valentine's day. To me, it is a bunch of hype and broken expectations of what women think that men SHOULD do for them. It's not fair to put that kind of pressure on a spouse or significant other, to me. And I personally think that showing love unexpectedly on normal, non-love holidays is more romantic anyway. So, we are having the discussion about where to eat and I see the most beautiful sign... CHIC-FIL-A. BINGO! It took me about a mile to talk Josh into turning around and going to Chic-Fil-A for Valentine's. BUT, I am the pregnant one, so guess who won! Yep! Me! So, we walk in to Chic-Fil-A and it's SO cute. They had heart shaped balloons and pink balloons, and gave us both a free brownie, I got a carnation, and we got to sit in a special "Sweetheart Dinner" section. It was SO PRECIOUS! I enjoyed that so much more than I would have waiting in a line for an hour or so to eat a mediocre steak, that I could have done at home. This trip to Chic-Fil-A was by far, more special to me. So much so, I told Josh that we needed to go there every year for Valentine's day! So sweet.
So we get home kind of late, after going out to get my jacket, and then to eat. So after showers I went to crawl in the bed and when I pulled the covers back, there was this pair of THE MOST precious hiking boots in the bed! I think that we laid there for a good thirty minutes just in amazement of these little tiny boots that will, in time, be on OUR babies feet. We took pictures of them, we played with them, we pondered about the baby being able to walk in them. It was so sweet!

I think I had the best Valentine's Day ever yesterday. I sure do love my husband!