We had a pretty exciting Valentine's Day at our house!
Here were the highlights:
Shelby's first pigtails!
Valentine Exchange Party with sweet playgroup friends
Shelby looking through all of her Valentine's Day loot after the party--a bag full of Valentines from her friends & a new book from Mommy & Daddy.
Shelby ate her first PBJ for lunch!
I know this may not seem like a big deal to most people, but it is a BIG deal in these parts! :) She ate the entire half sandwich that I made for her.
Lots of walking by Shelby-girl!
She has always loved to throw her balls and crawl after them. Well, Valentine's Day was the first day that she was walking around to chase the balls! Way to go, Shelby!!
And the final highlight of the day was a date night for Derek & me!
Although, the date didn't go quite as we had planned! We didn't want to do anything too fancy for Valentine's Day..just having a babysitter and getting out of the house together is exciting enough..ha! So we had planned on going to dinner at Longhorn (since it's all the way out in Gulfport, we never go there..so it was going to be a treat!) & to see a movie. Right before our babysitter arrived, we called Longhorn to take advantage of their call-ahead seating. We ended up leaving the house right on time, which I was pretty proud of b/c I have a tendency to ramble on and on to babysitters telling them about 1.5 million more things than they'll ever need to know about Shelby..ha! Anyhow, we left right on time....but we were not prepared for the bridge over the back bay being closed. Ugh! Well, as you can imagine...there are only so many ways to get over the bay, and it was dinnertime on Valentine's Day. Cue the second traffic jam** I've ever seen on the Gulf Coast. Needless to say, we got to Gulfport much later than expected, and we had to make a game-time decision. There was no way we could eat dinner at Longhorn and make it to the movie on time, so we quickly decided that the movie was more important and opted to eat a quick dinner at Raising Cane's {this was my first time dining there, and it is shockingly similar to Zaxby's}. We managed to get to the movie theater with about ten minutes to spare, so I was thrilled that we made it! Until we got up to the ticket window, and the movie was sold out...ugh! After pouting for a few minutes, we decided to salvage the night. We wandered around Old Navy {a new skirt for me & St. Patty's Day shirt for Miss Shelby} & Shoe Carnival {new tennis shoes for me!}, drove through the parking lot of two dealerships to look at trucks for Derek {we just recently sold his, so we are in the market for a new one}, and devoured some ice cream from Marble Slab. It was not at all how we envisioned the evening, but we were thrilled with the outcome b/c we so rarely have alone time together with nothing on the agenda! It was an unexpected Valentine's treat!
Shelby's first pigtails!
Valentine Exchange Party with sweet playgroup friends
Shelby looking through all of her Valentine's Day loot after the party--a bag full of Valentines from her friends & a new book from Mommy & Daddy.
Shelby ate her first PBJ for lunch!
I know this may not seem like a big deal to most people, but it is a BIG deal in these parts! :) She ate the entire half sandwich that I made for her.
Lots of walking by Shelby-girl!
She has always loved to throw her balls and crawl after them. Well, Valentine's Day was the first day that she was walking around to chase the balls! Way to go, Shelby!!
And the final highlight of the day was a date night for Derek & me!
Although, the date didn't go quite as we had planned! We didn't want to do anything too fancy for Valentine's Day..just having a babysitter and getting out of the house together is exciting enough..ha! So we had planned on going to dinner at Longhorn (since it's all the way out in Gulfport, we never go there..so it was going to be a treat!) & to see a movie. Right before our babysitter arrived, we called Longhorn to take advantage of their call-ahead seating. We ended up leaving the house right on time, which I was pretty proud of b/c I have a tendency to ramble on and on to babysitters telling them about 1.5 million more things than they'll ever need to know about Shelby..ha! Anyhow, we left right on time....but we were not prepared for the bridge over the back bay being closed. Ugh! Well, as you can imagine...there are only so many ways to get over the bay, and it was dinnertime on Valentine's Day. Cue the second traffic jam** I've ever seen on the Gulf Coast. Needless to say, we got to Gulfport much later than expected, and we had to make a game-time decision. There was no way we could eat dinner at Longhorn and make it to the movie on time, so we quickly decided that the movie was more important and opted to eat a quick dinner at Raising Cane's {this was my first time dining there, and it is shockingly similar to Zaxby's}. We managed to get to the movie theater with about ten minutes to spare, so I was thrilled that we made it! Until we got up to the ticket window, and the movie was sold out...ugh! After pouting for a few minutes, we decided to salvage the night. We wandered around Old Navy {a new skirt for me & St. Patty's Day shirt for Miss Shelby} & Shoe Carnival {new tennis shoes for me!}, drove through the parking lot of two dealerships to look at trucks for Derek {we just recently sold his, so we are in the market for a new one}, and devoured some ice cream from Marble Slab. It was not at all how we envisioned the evening, but we were thrilled with the outcome b/c we so rarely have alone time together with nothing on the agenda! It was an unexpected Valentine's treat!
**I'm not sure if I've blogged about this before, but shortly after we moved here we were in D'Iberville (where our closest nice shopping center is located..aka the biggest intersection in the Biloxi area). We were leaving the Target side of the shopping center and crossing the street to go over to the Wal-Mart side. The intersection is pretty big & congested, but the traffic lights keep it flowing well. On this particular day though, we saw the traffic was barely moving through the intersection. Then we heard sirens, and fire trucks started pulling up. We assumed the worst had happened. After about ten minutes of sitting in traffic, we finally got through the intersection and over to the other side of the shopping center. Later that night, we had the news on at home. The top news story of the night was none other than the traffic jam in D'Iberville...we were shocked that it was the top story! We immediately thought the accident must have been worse than we thought. Then we heard the cause of the traffic: a truck carrying a load of fruit had overturned, and there were watermelons all over the road. Welcome to life in Biloxi. We love it!
Love Shelby's little pigtails!
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