Valentine's and Other Things

Happy Valentine's Day (late)! Boy, was it a good one! Craig and I were able to go to a nice restaurant on Friday night while our wonderful neighbors watched Ella. Charlottesville is pretty unique in that it is packed with lots of local restaurants... there are many local upscale places ... so Craig and I decided that we should try some of these out when we have the urge to splurge. We went to a place called Duners. It was pretty surprising when we drove up to the place and it looked like an old BBQ joint from the outside... and the inside wasn't much more impressive. But when they handed us the menu, I knew it was going to be good. And it was... it was delicious. I ordered veal over their hand made fettuccine, in an orange caper sauce. So good! If you are in Charlottesville, then go local! Also, for v-day Craig got me an hour massage!!!! Isn't he the greatest?! I am a lucky girl! I cannot wait to use it!

I love you, Craig!

Craig and Ella of Valentine's Day

Ella got a Valentine in the mail from her dear friend, Jack, from Utah! She was so excited because she just misses him so much. They were born just 5 days apart.

Here is Ella making a card for Craig

Ella LOVES wearing things on her head. I feel like she looks like a big kid in this picture!

This next one needs a little introduction. My good friend, Maddy and I got together a few weeks ago to have a little playdate with our little ones. We were just talking on the couch as Ella and Britton played behind us. Things got pretty quiet, so we looked behind us to see what was going on... this is what we saw

Oh no! It was so funny because we were like "What are you two doing?!" and they just looked at us and then stayed like that for a while. haha. Maybe this photo will come in handy in the future :)

We bought Ella and magnidoodle for Valentine's Day... she loves it... and so do we! It is pretty funny because Craig and I both have a drawing that we loved to do when we were little. Craig would draw Homer Simpson because his brother Scott did, so he thought it was cool. I used to draw Garfield a lot because my brother, Gibbs, did... and I just thought he was the best artist ever. I would look at his drawings and try to copy them... this became my favorite character to draw, because it was the only one I could kind of do. Gibbs now works for EA Games as one of their animators. He just finished the 1st Littlest Pet Shop game for Wii and Playstation (everything that you see on the game, he drew). He is now working on the 2nd one. His wife is also an amazing animator and has done the animation for that crazy show Yo Gabba Gabba and some stuff for The Watchmen on iTunes. So I just wanted to brag about them for a little bit.