Valentines Day Weekend

So now that it’s over, I can talk about my Valentine’s Day weekend. Awhile ago, Jase and I went to Wendover just for a day to get away from things. For Valentine’s Day, I decided it would be fun to go again, except I didn’t tell Jase we were going. I booked a room for Friday night and told Jase we had dinner reservations. In the meantime, I packed a bag for us and had everything ready to go. To make it more fun, I made a coupon for a reservation at our hotel and put it in a cute envelope for him to open. I got on the freeway to “go to dinner” and handed him the envelope. I figured that eventually he would figure out we weren’t going to dinner and an hour and a half drive is a bit long to keep it a secret.

Because our bedroom set was being delivered on Saturday, I had to come up with a reason we wouldn’t be home for the delivery. So I told him we had something planned for Saturday. He opened the letter and read the coupon and said “Oh, we’re going to Wendover tomorrow?” I laughed and told him we were going right then! He was so surprised, and it was really cute! When we got to Wendover, we checked into our room and went to have some dinner. I was a little annoyed at that point because my debit card wouldn’t work to pay for the hotel and I had only brought cash for gambling, but luckily the ATM was allowing me to take more cash out.

We had a little struggle deciding what to have for dinner. The buffets are always nice because it’s cheaper and Jase can eat as much as he wants (which is A LOT!), but Friday apparently is Seafood night. I’m not a huge fan of most seafood and some of what I do like, I can’t eat due to being pregnant. We looked around the buffet and there was Salmon and some Mexican food that I could eat, but we decided to bag it. $24.95 a person for me to eat Salmon and refried beans was hardly worth it. So we ended up at a regular restaurant and had a nice dinner.

We stayed overnight and did some gambling and overall, we had a really good time. When we got home, we arrived to our new bedroom set all put together. It’s just gorgeous and I love it! At first I was a little weirded out because it’s larger than our old one, but it’s growing on me. I hate to say it, but it makes me feel a little more posh having all matching furniture in my room haha. As a thank you for hanging at my house waiting for our furniture, we took my mom to dinner. She also did my dishes, a few loads of my laundry and tidy’d up my family room so it was the least we could do. Wonderful Valentine’s Day weekend!

Thursday before last, we had Killian’s assessment done. It was a very interesting process. When we first arrived, we had to fill out some paperwork and sit through an orientation. The orientation basically went through the whole process, what kinds of therapy they offer and I really learned a lot. Next we met our therapist, Michelle. She was very nice and I think I will really grow to like her. We went into her office and while Killian played with her toys, she asked Jase and I a ton of questions. We went through everything such as why we’re there, what his family history is, and she even talked to us about adoption. I felt it was necessary to admit I’m not Killian’s biological mom, although sometimes it really bothers to me to do it. I really love being his mom, and it’s a little hard for me to hand part of his history over to Jen. When we started talking about Jen, Michelle was really surprised at how long it’s been since she’s come around and asked us if we’ve considered adoption. We have thought about it and basically planned to try, and she was very helpful in how to go about it. Overall I think it was a great session but she won’t be able to diagnose him until our next appt which is March 2^nd. So far, I think we’re all leaning towards ADHD, but Michelle says medication and therapy has come so far and she’s confident we can fix it before Killian goes to Kindergarten.

I had my first OB appt last Thursday. I answered a bunch of history questions, took a pee test and had my blood drawn, so nothing too exciting. They did give me some goodies, which included an awesome magazine that shows baby development month by month and the birth process. Until we find out what the baby is, we’re calling it by its size. This week it’s KB, short for Kidney Bean. The baby website I signed up for, sends me emails on how the baby is growing and about what size it is. It has an entire article that compares the size of the baby by fruit to the size of a quarter. It still amazes me that when I reach 40 weeks, the baby will be the size of a small pumpkin. Ack! Oh well, I assume if so many other people have done it, that I can do it too.