Valentine's Day Confessions... in April

Confession #1:  My blogging has taken a backseat to my life.  What can I say?  Life with a full time job, lengthy commute, two kids, a husband, pets, and housework is time consuming and by the time 8:30 PM arrives and the kiddos are nestled all snug in their beds, the last thing I want to do is sit down at the computer and blog.  Which is why today is April 2nd and I'm just now blogging about something that happened almost 2 months ago.

Confession #2:  I love Valentine's Day!!  WARNING:  If you're a hater who thinks it's only a Hallmark holiday then this post isn't for you.  I would be doing a HUGE injustice to my husband if I just glossed over this past Valentine's Day and went to talk about preparing for Easter.
 
Rob really went all out for Valentine's Day this year.  In the weeks and days leading up to February 14th, I hinted that I would really like flowers delivered to my office since last year he didn't do this (mind you, last year on Valentine's Day I was 9 months pregnant with his son).  He did have a bouquet waiting for me at home but all the ladies can agree that having them sent to the office so that your female co-workers can see how much your husband adores you is ideal.  High maintenance?  Perhaps. 
 
THE SURPRISE 
Valentine's Day was a Tuesday this year and around 11:15 AM the phone rang in my office.  It was Rob.  He said, "Not to ruin your surprise by the flower delivery guy just called me.  He's in the circle out front and isn't sure where to take your flowers.  Would you come down and get them please?"  I got irritated that the delivery guy wasn't sharp enough to figure out to take the flowers to the reception desk in the lobby but went down anyway.  As soon as I got into the lobby I looked outside but didn't see a delivery vehicle.  I looked down to the left and thought I saw a gray Saab SUV and said, "That looks like Rob's car."  Sure enough it was!  He had driven to IDA to hand-deliver my flowers!!  I should point out at this point that this was no small feat.  I don't live right next to work.  No no.  I work 54 miles from home.  That's right.  My awesome hubby drove 108 miles round trip to hand-deliver my flowers to me!!!!!  I am so loved! 
 
I gave Rob a big hug & kiss and he opened up the passenger door and I found 6 chocolate dipped strawberries from Wegman's.  Yum!  I asked him to park the car and come inside.  He had dressed up so he agreed.  I brought him inside and up to the 8th floor where we chatted with my co-workers before lunching in the IDA Cafe. 
 
Confession #3:  I hate red roses.  I don't think I always have but my disdain towards red roses has grown in the past several years.  Too cliche I suppose.  So Rob hit it out of the park this year by getting me a beautifully modern boquet of wild flowers:


The bouquet and strawberries from Rob

 Confession #4: Rob & I had originally planned to go to Bonefish for a romantic dinner but Alaina also loves Valentine's Day and we thought we would've been pretty crappy parents if we left her at home with a sitter on such a special night so we opted for Plan B.  Plan B was to get takeout from Bonefish and eat dinner as a family at home.  I went all out when decorating the kitchen:  red taper candles, Valentine's tablecloth, plates, cups, and cookies.  I even made Valentine's lollipops for the kids' daycare party and an two left over to use as our centerpiece. Of course the kids also got a little something as their Valentine's gift from Mommy & Daddy.  

our Valentine's Day table at home

It was a wonderfully fantastic day and won't be soon duplicated.