Love, Love Here We Are

We try our best to celebrate the themes of Valentine’s day every day. We try to say I love you often. To leave kisses on cheeks and lips. To show our gratitude for one another in gestures big and small. So in a lot of ways, Valentine’s day feels like all the rest, except for a few extra red hearts.

Tyler completely surprised me Sunday, waking me up with a beautifully wrapped shoe box. In it was a cute pair of brown wedge heels I have had my eye on! Does he know me or what?! We dropped Aliyah off with her grandparents (after a wonderful valentine play-date at her friend Lilly's house) and Tyler took me shopping on the Plaza for a dress to match my new shoes - I'm.In.Heaven.

He then took me to Avenues Bistro in Brookside for dinner & dessert. It was fantastic and we both cannot wait to go back to celebrate our anniversary. We highly recommend this place to anyone in KC!

Yesterday I taught a valentine themed sign language class at a local preschool (I absolutely adore my new gig teaching again and sharing the benefits of American Sign Language. You can see more about what I do at withsign.com). My mom helped out by watching Aliyah so Tyler met us at my parent's house after work.

Tyler and I have created a tradition of eating Popeye's on Valentine's Day to avoid crowds - and who doesn't love fried chicken & champagne?! Well... no champagne for me this year. We all decided Popeye's sounded like a good idea and enjoyed dinner together. I wouldn't say it was romantic but it was special. We talked and laughed and ate.

The grand finale - pink cupcakes, ice cream and kisses for everyone. Aliyah gets the biggest smile whenever Tyler and I kiss in front of her. It seriously tickles her to no end. Who can blame her though, she comes by her love of smooching honestly.

Hope your Valentine’s day was just as sweet!