I ~Heart~ February

February turned out to be a super busy month :) 

We have officially started saving for our first trip to Disney!  At the beginning of the year I posted a weekly savings plan to Facebook, where you basically put back the same $ amount as the week (Week 1: $1, Week 33:$33, etc.)  It is early on, but so far we have been successfully putting it back each week.  Actually we do it by a 2 week period b/c of the way we are paid.  So, for example, out of Bobby's 1st check for March we put back $20 to cover week #'s 9 and 10 of the year.  We hope to keep this going as long as we can, obviously weeks 20+ will be very difficult, but we can at least put back something :) Also, all of our loose change goes into this bucket.  It will take us 2-3 yrs to save up the $ needed for the family to go Disney, but it is a start and we are really excited about it - especially Aylin!

I have also spent the last couple of weeks getting all of Aylin's old clothes ready for a consignment sale coming up in March.  I had saved everything she has ever had just in case we had another girl, but since Bobby says we are done after this 3rd baby I am clearing out space - lol!  I have sold quite a bit online and have entered around 350 items to the sale.  The picture above shows Aylin's preemie clothes - awe!-we actually donated these to the NICU unit along with a few of her blankets.  The $ from her clothes' sales will either go to the Disney fund, vehicle repairs, or towards her new bedroom in a few years when the boys will room together.

So, YES, you heard that right, baby #3 is going to be a boy!  We found out on Valentine's Day while in Gatlinburg for a marriage retreat.  We are still finalizing his name.  Aylin was very mad at first, but has come around to the idea.  Especially, when she found out she would eventually be getting a new room and she could paint it purple and pink!  LOL!  That is still a couple of years away, but she has already decided she wants a loft be, pink and purple walls, and all of her GIRL toys!

 

While we are talking about Aylin, I thought I would show these works of art she has came home from preK with :)  Recently she has started writing her name backwards sometimes, she says it is "soooo funny" when she does that!?

We celebrated Valentine's Day with the kids early because we would be out of town for the marriage retreat on actual Valentine's day.  It was the first time we would both be away from them for longer than a night and I was very nervous about it, but BIG THANKS to my momma who took vacation from work and stayed here at our house with them while we were gone, took them to all of their little appointments and such, and so much more.  It would have been much more difficult on everybody if they had to have been in a different place all that time.  They both had some nervous tummy trouble for the entirety of our trip and it stopped immediately after Bobby and I got back home with them.  We did have an amazing time on the marriage retreat!  Heard some wonderful lessons, saw beautiful snow, shopped some great deals, and spent some great quality time just the 2 of us (well and some other friends here and there).

Louie really missed us while we were gone too!

 Just a couple of play shots from the month, including Hilton's 1st fall on our playground :)

Aylin gave me a big scare and decided to cut her own hair!  You can really only tell when her hair is pulled up in a ponytail.

and that is a recap of the love month :)