What a busy February!

This month has been filled with so much! We found out that we’re having another boy! We’re so excited and I’m pretty sure God knew that I couldn’t handle a girl. 😉

At the beginning of the month, Bart’s sister, Sterlynn, invited us to a charity BBQ at the Central Florida Zoo. She got some free tickets and we got to spend a fun day with Aunt Sterl! The zoo is a little smaller than our local one, so we were finished early and had lots of free time before the BBQ. Out come our phones to find local entertainment and we were soon off to the local arcade. And just in time because it started raining. The arcade was lots of fun. It was Blake’s first time with all of those cool games. We all had a blast and he was such a champ (especially since he didn’t nap all day!).

The following weekend was the annual auto show. My dad and I go every year and dream {drool} over what we would like to have if our budgets were unlimited. Last year we left Blake home, but this year I knew that at 2 1/2 he would really love to go. He’s ALL BOY and loves anything with an engine. We started off our trip with a short detour to get a double stroller for the new baby and Blake. We met at Starbucks and while we waited for the seller to show, Blake had his first Starbucks – a hot chocolate. I think he enjoyed it, though he didn’t finish it. At the car show we all had fun. I didn’t get to see the cars like I usually do, but that’s okay. Blake had so much fun going in and out of the cars. I kept him out of the more expensive ones since he was just playing around and made him behave in the other cars. I think his favorite was a Nissan (gasp!), but only because they had the ignition turned on and he could touch the radio controls that lit up to change stations. He definitely loved the trucks though and spent a lot of time sitting in those drivers seats.

For Valentine’s Day I had planned on making a fun breakfast, but the night before Bart said he wanted me to sleep in. He and Blake were going to make me breakfast in bed. No arguing there! I’m so blessed to have such a thoughtful husband and that he’s passing it onto our son. At lunch we had Blake’s favorite, mac & cheese, and I made sugar cookies so he could decorate one for lunch.

The next weekend was President’s Day weekend. The fort, Castillo de San Marcos, was free to enter, so we went to check it out. Toddlers have such a short attention span, so we don’t dare pay for some stuff when he won’t spend much time there. We met some friends downtown for breakfast that morning and set off with our kids for some history. It was a good time and Blake thought the cannon firing was “pretty cool, mom.”

A few days ago we decided that it would be a good time to take Blake camping. The last time we went camping was when I was 6 months pregnant with Blake. We figured we’d go locally so that it would be quick and easy and only for one night. We set up our tent and then picked up Blake from school. He thought the tent was his big fort and loved being outside all night. We cooked hot dogs on sticks and had smores later. Blake didn’t want me to squish the marshmallow and ate his on top of the graham cracker, not “smooshed.” We stayed up really late and he finally fell asleep between us around 10:30-11 (very late for him). The next morning we got up and had muffins and grapes for breakfast. Blake got pretty upset when I started to take down the tent. “No take down my fort!” followed by crying. I felt so bad and tried to explain we had to go home before the rain came. He got over it eventually and we got it all taken down just as the rain started.