January 31

Tonight was cheesy couples game night with my fellow newlyweds/soon-to-be-weds, and let me tell you, this group was FUN! Can you tell they're doing a "fake" action shot for my picture of the day? I know, it's shocking. It looks SO realistic.

We played Balderdash and it was a blast. This is a creative group!!

Oh, and I just had to throw in this sweet little shot I got of Rylan looking at his daddy:

January 30

This is how we spend most of our nights. He's in his chair, on his laptop, I'm on the couch on mine. We're watching some TV show or movie, quietly enjoying each others' company.

Tonight was wonderful - After Jack got home, we went to Outback steakhouse, where I had steak and lobster (I can safely say I canceled out that 10 miles I rode on the bike earlier in the day). Then, we rented our first Blu-Ray movie, The Dark Knight. It was a lovely evening!

January 29

Tonight Christina, Christelle, Rylan and I had a girls night (I know, Rylan's a boy. We were okay with that). Christina and her mom held Rylan, who cooed, smiled, and cuddled. As soon as they handed him off to me, he made this face:

...and screamed his little head off.

Here are a few more pictures from the evening.

I never get pictures of Christelle! I suppose she's probably getting used to being ignored with that kiddo around!

Me and Christina hang out with Rylan.

January 28

I got another half-day off because of the ice, so when I got up this morning, I made us breakfast. Eggs with biscuits and gravy! Mmm!

While we were eating, Jack started picking through the candy hearts on our table (don't worry, guests, I'm about to replace them anyway because they're getting hard), looking at each one until he found one he liked. Then he gave it to me:

January 27

I got sent home early from work today because it was wet and freezing, and my company is really good about taking care of its employees. Even better, Jack was off work too! So I came home at 2 p.m., took a nice long nap, we ordered pizza for dinner, and we've been enjoying staying underneath our blankets and laptops all afternoon. Life is good on an ice day!

Tonight we went outside to check everything out and our sidewalks are all iced-over. That was the extent of the adventuring we did today.

January 26

Before I left for work this morning, I brewed a pot of coffee for Jack and me. We love having coffee together in the mornings, and I was excited to try the new Starbucks Sumatra blend. It was very nice!! Unfortunately, since I was running late, I had to take mine to go, but I got to take it in my favorite new to-go tumbler - the "make-your-own tumbler" from Starbucks. Jack got it for me for Christmas and I have it decorated for Valentine's Day!!

January 25

Today was the day! Jack has been saving for months to be able to buy a Playstation 3, and last night he told me that he was finally ready to buy it. So, today after church, we headed to Best Buy and he got his PS3 and a new game to play on it. He was so excited about it!!
He was so cute, sitting on the floor, setting it up, and then asking me several times during the day whether he could play his new video game again! (Of course, I said yes!)