How is it possible...

That I'm mailing out invitations for Finn's first birthday party today?

That I only have four pictures left to take for this weekly photo project I never thought I'd finish?

That my baby looks so grown up?

That I'm a few short weeks away from saying goodbye to pumping at work?  (But hopefully not to nursing completely.)

That one year ago today I looked like this:

Finn's birthday is still a month away, but for some reason this is all really hitting me now!  Where the heck is the pause button on my baby?

My baby is a musical genius!

or at least he was for twenty seconds until he decided trying to eat his foot was a better use of his time.

Happy Heart Day!

I hope yours is full of love and high fructose corn syrup too!

 (I may or may not have eaten this for breakfast.)

As promised, here is 2012's Valentine's mix CD song list...

Past versions can be found here:
2011
2010
2009
(Heck yes I break out the candy heart font every year.)

Weekend

What a fabulous weekend.  I recently changed up my work schedule so that I (almost) never work on the weekends, and it's like a whole new world over here.  On Saturday Hubs gave me the gift of getting up with Finn at 6 am which is pretty much the best gift there is.  After I nursed the little guy I went back to sleep for a couple of hours and woke to sounds of the two of them eating breakfast downstairs.  Finn's latest trick is attempting the spoon:



We had friends over for dinner on Saturday night which was wonderful.  I made this for dessert and highly recommend it if you're looking for a last minute and super easy Valentine's treat.  I may or may not have eaten a slice for breakfast on Sunday morning.

Source: bettycrocker.com via Emily on Pinterest

I'm excited for Valentine's Day even though we don't have any super exciting plans. We do have a date night planned for Friday, which is long overdue! Tomorrow I'll post this year's Valentine's Day Mix CD list. A big thanks to my husband for downloading music all year round that I can steal for my yearly mix. That way I can pretend I know what's going on musically, and when everyone's talking about Bon Iver after the Grammy Awards I already have them on my Valentine's CD Mix. The same thing happened a few years ago with Vampire Weekend. Thanks for making me look good, husband :)

One last thing... Charlie Banana cloth diapers are on Zulily today again. Not all of them are the one sized diapers (the ones we like best), but there are a few on there!

Have a great week, everyone!