February was a cold month here in Charlotte. We were freezing for most of it! The weather would warm up to the 50's and we had a promise of Spring time coming, but then drop down to the 30's for a few days. It made our days very long because we couldn't play outside consistently. We went to the library a lot and also Discovery Kids Place (a fun children's museum). I really tried to keep the girls entertained, but dang, it was hard getting out the door with all the coat on and off routine that I just wouldn't leave the house. SO MUCH WORK! Put your coat on to go to the car, but then take it off to ride in the car, put coat back on to go inside, take coat off. And then of course the hooks were too high for the girls to put their own coats away so I had to do it, plus taking Owen in and out. So so exhausting. I gotta find a better way to do the coat dance by next winter. Here are some fun pictures from our last month!
Brinley and Grandpa taking the dogs for a walk. Brinley loves taking care of the dogs. She has gotten very confident and helpful with the dogs. Her and Ellie usually feed the dogs and they to help get them suited up to go for walks. Penny has been doing so well with the kids. Remember she is the one who has a record of biting children? We've realized that Penny doesn't really like the 5 and under kids because they're so loud and spazzy. She really likes Brinley now, but she still growls when Ellie and Owen are around. Penny spends most of the day behind a baby gate in the room off of the kitchen and whenever we are out of the house or upstairs, she comes out and has her freedom to roam the house. We have all been much more careful when she is out around the kids and so far, no one has even come close to getting bit. Hope it continues!
I have LOVED having Trader Joe's close by. It is about a 25 minute drive from my parents but it is so worth it. I took Ryan a few weeks ago for his first trip ever and he had so much fun. 
Ryan loves to spoil us on Valentine's day. He made us breakfast Valentine's day morning and got us each our own bouquet of roses. Mine lasted almost 10 days!
There are moments when I feel like I'm pretty far down on the totem poll of coolness, so when these girls come and sit with me, it makes me feel so good. The girls have loved being so close to Grandma and Grandpa, but there are times when I'm like, HEY you never give me hugs that tight! They sure love their grandparents.
Owen LOVES being outside! Especially when there isn't any humidity! Charlotte will definitely get hot this summer, but we are soaking in these mid 60 degree days!
We met up with my friend Greta a few weeks ago. I met Greta 8 years ago when I started nannying for her 2 daughters (2 and a baby at the time) and now we are back in Charlotte, I have 3 kids of my own and they added another to their family too! Life is crazy that way! I never thought we would get back to Charlotte and I'm so grateful that Greta and I have stayed friends throughout the years and now we will be in the same ward!
This must have been a cold day...we finished every puzzle we own haha
Our new grocery store has the same carts as our old Publix racing cars! It has helped to have some familiar things for these girls.
We joined some of our new friends at the Library in Uptown Charlotte. It was quite an adventure! We had so much fun watching a puppet show and being in Uptown. After we were there for awhile, we decided to eat lunch in the car on the way to visit Ryan at work!
It was so much fun to see Ryan! This is his building. I'm still pretty intimidated driving into Uptown, but I'm getting more familiar with the area around his building.
When we got home from the library, I was immediately hit with the stomach bug. I texted Ryan and he left work to come and help with the kids. I was pretty incoherent for the next 24 hours, and at about 10:30pm that night, Brinley got hit with it. She got hit harder than I did, but thankfully the bug only got us. For the next 5 days we pretty much weren't around haha Between getting sick and recovering, it wiped us out! I hadn't been that sick in a long time and I definitely don't need to experience that again any time soon! But I did lose 2 pounds! :-)
We were all SO relieved to be feeling better by Monday. And thankfully, the weather warmed up and we were able to play a lot outside! It has been bikes, and plant watering, and chalk every day since.
We have 2 Easter Egg hunts planned and plans to move into our new house in the next 2 weeks. It should be a busy March, but we are so excited!
