It's February...

I use to not like February:
1. I didn't really like all the Valentine's chocolates.  At least on Halloween you got a variety of candy... on Valentine's it was all chocolate.
2. I'll be honest: I never had a Valentine so of course it wasn't a holiday I was dying to celebrate.. boo. hoo.


But it's February now.  And I love February now.  Why:
1. I kind of love chocolate now.  mmm. 
2. I have a forever Valentine.  Oh hey, husband! :)
3. Our very first date was in February.
4. We have a holiday to celebrate our love and be lovey-dovey with each other- no shame!
5. And now we have a baby on the way!  (hopefully his birthday will actually be this month.  Come on, baby boy Pace!)

I have all these ideas in my head for the special two boys in my life.  Maybe it's the pregnancy brain working on a last-minute-planning-mode, but these things are just bam! bam! bam! coming.  (I'm also having weird dreams... like last night, I had a dream Yunnie had a skater kid boyfriend.... anything you want to tell me, sister??)

Not only do I have ideas-- but I have put some things into action!! Like...

Baby Gear!! 

Man, this shopping for this stuff is pretty fun-- no sarcasm.  I may have spent quite a bit of time in debating which stuff to get... but I feel it was totally worth it.  Seeing this stuff in our home (although it is starting to take up some space now) is so surreal and crazy.  Last night as we were falling asleep, I realized that this month (crossing my fingers) that we will become parents.  We will have an actual baby.  A baby.  Our baby.  Our very own baby.  A baby that we will think is the cutest, most precious baby in the whole world, regardless of what others may think. :) Then one year will pass... then another... and another.. then we'll be parents to more babies.  There's no turning back now!! It was a little overwhelming at first..... but then I heard my husband snore a little bit.  And suddenly, I was at peace.  Knowing that I'd be together with him through all these changes-- it was the best feeling in the world.

Alright: now back to baby gear!  We got a bunch of the essentials this past month.  We got ourselves our car seat, stroller, clothes, diapers....

I was doing laundry the other day and I thought I would throw in some baby stuff.  After I folded ours, I started folding baby's stuff... and gah! this just melted my heart.  They look kind of big in this picture, but they're so tiny and cute in-person!  

Last, but not least, we got a crib!!! It came and we set it up yesterday (with THE worst directions of all time) and had so much fun.  It's a little mini crib on wheels, and we have it set up to the side of our bed right now... I love seeing it every time I walk into our room.  I love thinking there will be a little person there in a few weeks... It's all becoming so real.  We love it. 

February is starting off fabulously.