Henry's first Valentine's Day

How do you introduce a holiday like Valentine's Day to a baby? You don't. You celebrate and your baby comes along for the ride. Today was a busy day for Monsieur Henry. We delivered a Valentine for cousin Amelia Jane to Aunt Megan in Tigard, picked up some enlarged photos from downtown, which we later hung in the hallway and master bedroom, grabbed a cake and most excellent retro cake container from Piece of Cake (see pic below), walked Beauty the wonder dog at the park, shopped for groceries, and still managed to get in a nap. It was exhausting. After a rather romantic dinner of pizza and water (for me) and beer (for Darr) we took turns watching the little one until story time came around. Then, it was all hands on deck - meaning mom, dad, baby, cats (2), and dog were present - for an enthralling reading of three very important literary pieces of our time. There's an Animal Strike at the Zoo, The Belly Button Book, and The Pigeon Has Feelings Too. With much glee, Darr and I placed Henry in his crib and pulled the cow tail a few times until he drifted off to sleep. While having H around at all times is fantastic, we're hoping this first attempt at putting him to bed will last long enough for us to enjoy the movie We Own the Night. In a surprise move, D showed up with champagne truffles from Teuscher. The best thing, he hates 'em so I don't have to worry about him pilfering sweets from the box. They are all mine. My own. My precious. Sorry...channeling Gollum. But these are great truffles.