valentine's day

monday was a BEAUTIFUL day!
after mads got home from preschool we went on a walk and she
played outside on her little slide.
eric got home a little earlier then expected so we all went over to washington park
to play for a little bit.
that evening tys and his girlfriend came over to have some cheesecake for
his birthday then day before.

tuesday was valentine's day!

and as goofy as it sounds i absolutely LOVE valentine's day.
i love giving gifts and all the happiness in the air.
madyn had an awful night sleeping so with her cold kicking back into high gear
we decided to keep her home.

she loved opening her valentine gifts and taking it easy the rest of the day.

that evening the cowboys had a basketball game

so you guessed it- me and eric had a hot date at the AA.

it was a pretty rough game to watch...

i kinda even thought by the end they might pull it through.

yeah... they didnt.

poor little miss- by the end of the first half she had it.

and you could tell that she was starting to get a bit of a fever.

wednesday when she woke up she was all perked up ready to go back to school.

but with her fever and the cold that she has had i was certain 

that she must have an earache.

it was classic madyn signals.

so that morning we went into the doctor.

and low and behold her ears were fine... the doc said that her throat

looked awful so they checked her for strep but that came back negative too.

so we are just stuck with a nasty virus and trying to get over it.

so we went out for a little lunch date together at arbys :)

then for a walk and when eric got off of work we headed over

to the park and little miss got to ride her bike around.

seriously the weather has been super gorgeous lately.

it feels so nice getting out of the house for a few hours a day.

friday i woke up with the worst kinked neck that i have ever experienced!
it traveled down my neck to the bottom of my shoulder blade and up into my head
behind my ear and would make my hand go numb every once in awhile.
i had to have pinched a nerve and it was making me physically sick.
i had a parent teacher conference for mads that afternoon.
she is doing awesome at school. her teachers and her class all love her.
which is great because she adores all of them.
after i was able to schedule a chiropractor appointment to try and help my neck.
it definitely made a difference, but i was still pretty miserable.
so it was a pretty low key night at our house.
saturday i was up bright and early to get to a photography class that i signed up for.
my neck was a lot better but i was still pretty stiff and sore.
i had the best time at the workshop and learned a ton!
and madyn had the best day with her dad.
she told me about how the spent THREE HOURS at the park.
she was thrilled to have spent the day with him.
we ended the night all together watching a movie together.
i love those low key nights that we get to spend with each other.