Happy Valentine's Day!

Even though Aaron is away on a work trip, it is still Valentine's Day at the Boyer house! Aaron called super early in the morning and woke me up to say 'happy valentine's day', just so he could say that he said it first - because nothings more romantic than a little competition, right? Well being home alone without my valentine did NOT stop me from donning some festive attire, painting my nails pink, lighting a red-velvet-cupcake candle and decorating the house with hearts. Flying solo on Valentine's day is NO excuse to be a scrooge ;-)

There is actually a story behind all of those Vday cards. I bought one for each day that Aaron is gone on his trip, and the plan was to wake up early before he left town and sneak them into his suitcase. However, being the incredibly pregnant person that I am lately, I completely underestimated how difficult it would be to wake up at 4am, and therefore missed my window of opportunity before he left. Too bad so sad, right? Wrong. Every day Aaron has received a text message with a picture of one of the cards on his phone. Where there's a will there's a way <3

And as hard as he tried, Mr Boyer was unable to leave town without at least ONE Valentine-themed breakfast =)

Now if I wasn't so lazy pregnant, I would have signed up to work an extra-shift today instead of being home alone on Valentine's day, but those 12 hour shifts have really been kicking my butt lately. So instead I bribed invited over Aaron's mom and sister for some lunch and baby-prepping! We had an afternoon filled with Panera Bread takeout, banana smoothies and heart-shaped cookies =)

After lunch, Cindy and Nora generously offered to put together my playpen, bassinet and baby swing, which have been sitting by the front door in their cardboard boxes patiently waiting for someone to get off their ass and assemble them. I like to consider this my Valentine's gift to Aaron - not having to do it himself when he gets home <3

And can I just mention how completely obsessed I am with this swing?! The MomaRoo swing caught my eye on the target website because it looks like something off of the Jetsons and it is the bomb.com. Even Aaron was impressed when I showed him the tutorial video -strategically shown to him BEFORE the price tag ;-)

So even though my husband and my entire family are all out of state right now (my parents are visiting one of my brothers in North Carolina), my in-laws kept me company just fine and we were able to get the final baby-prepping steps completed. Now I have the rest of the evening to relax, take a nap, and spend some quality time with the little valentine in my belly <3