yesterday i was having a rough pregnant day. i managed to keep it together until camden came home from work and i suddenly decided i needed to bawl my eyes out. i’ve learned quite quickly, while being pregnant, the whole waterworks thing seems to come a lot easier … but, then again, so do the giggles. after i calmed down and the clouds started to clear, we went about our evening as planned which included the next movie on our list of oscar nominees. we usually try and get to all the nominated films before the oscars but this year we seriously failed. we had already watched dallas buyer’s club and next was captain phillips. camden and kramer made the trip up to the closest redbox and when they came home they surprised me with these beautiful flowers above to brighten my day. it seriously did just that. i’m so thankful for such a supportive and loving husband. i just wanted to take a cheese-ball second and say how much i love him. the end.

p.s. thank you so much for all your supportive and useful comments on the noisy neighbor post. all your suggestions were really helpful and camden and i are looking into getting some type of sound machine.

we have these neighbors above us who haven’t figured out how to live quietly especially late into the night. we’ve talked to them twice, knocked on the ceiling quite a few times, complained to our landlord once, and still have had a few sleepless nights. last night at two-thirty in the morning they woke us up with their shenanigans yet again. it doesn’t help either that their bedroom is right above ours. after hoping they would finally be quiet for about two hours, camden had the brilliant idea of blowing up our air mattress in the living room in hope that the noise would at least not be directly above us and would hopefully be quiet enough to get some sleep. not wanting to awaken our senses too much, we quickly made a bed on the floor using only a flashlight to see. thankfully … it worked. we were able to sleep the rest of the night until the sun came up and shined through the windows this morning. honestly, we both really hope they move soon. however, just in case, we’re planing on getting some ear plugs on our grocery trip this afternoon.  

we always celebrate valentine’s day early. mostly because we hate the crowds and reserving a place in time at our favorite restaurant and … it’s just easier that way. because camden got a really fancy record player for christmas, we thought instead of exchanging v-day gifts this year it might be fun to go and pick out a few of our favorite records together. best idea we’ve ever had. our goal was to find the beatles album, hey, jude because well … you know … but no luck this time. we instead scored another great beatles album, abbey road, an old rolling stones album, and a little elton john. we ate at our favorite spot in the city, eva. if you live in salt lake and haven’t eaten there i suggest you do so … now. we are just about to watch about time … have you seen it? it seemed like a good movie to finish off our little pre-valentine’s date night. what are your valentine’s plans this year?