Typically, Matt and I don't do much for Valentine's Day.  Except last year, but that was mostly because that's when the Mat Kearney concert happened to fall.  It wasn't exactly planned as a Valentine's thing.  We also are more likely to do something rather than get something for V-Day.  

This year, I thought it may be nice to do a little something.  This worked for me, being on a Thursday.  I don't work Thursdays.  However, I don't work Thursdays because Matt works and then has class in the evening..... 

I've been trying my hand at being more homemaker-y and actually learning to cook some stuff.  I normally do this at least once a week on one of my off days.  Well, Matt likes steak, and we rarely have steak.  (I'm less than a fan.)  But, I thought I'd give it a go.  What better for a romantic Valentine's Day dinner than a) cooking dinner for your hubby, b) cooking something you rarely have, and c) cooking something he really likes?  Yeah, that's what I thought :)

Just to be safe, though, I asked him a day or two before what he'd like for dinner on Valentine's.  He said steak.  Win on that front.  So I read up on steaks and cooking steaks, because it can be hard to make a steak taste good.  This can be especially hard when he likes medium rare, and I like well done :)

As an added surprise to make it even more special, I cleaned off our kitchen table. (This, my friends, is impressive.  Our poor table has been buried for awhile.  All surfaces in our house suffer this same disease....)  So the table got clean, and I made steak. (Matt helped when he got home and checked them, then put them back in the oven.  They were pink and tender enough for him, but not so pink I couldn't stand to eat them. Win!) I also used up the rest of our red potatoes by boiling them. (Should have started them earlier.  Cooking is hard.  Cooking multiple things and trying to have them all ready at the same time is even harder :p Oh, and using a whole 5 pound bag of potatoes before it goes bad? Win!) Matt then made them into yummy mashed potatoes.  And we had peas ... from a steamable bag.  Matt has recently told me our dinners would be better with some green stuff on the plate :)  We eat less than balanced, but I figure I'm less likely to overeat that way, right? :D

Craziness - my baby girl is already three months old!  It seems this past month has brought lots of new things. 

The Hadfield Christmas party was held on Saturday December 29th.  Dad purchased a four-wheeler this year, so we had fun playing in the snow on his and John's four-wheelers, sleds, and tubes.  Matt and I took John's four-wheeler around the field, and then they convinced me to drive it too.  Matt pulled me around in the tubes.  It was fun, but I had a hard time keeping my butt off the ground!  Then I piggybacked while Dad took Matt around on the sled.  I'm just disappointed I looked forward for a few seconds - and those happened to be the few seconds we lost Matt :) Ah, good times :)

Santa arrived rather late to our house, but still before anyone really woke up.  Thanks to last year's uber broke Christmas, our Christmas remained rather downsized this year - which was super nice.

Yes, I promise to still blog about Christmas - but since Henlie will be 3 months soon, I figured I should write her 2 month post :)

Her second month was my last one home full-time.  I started work on the 2nd of January, and she turned two months on the 4th.

I'll finish blogging Christmas later, but I figured it appropriate to share our adventures with 2013 while they're still fresh. Yes, it's only January 4th, and already, 2013 is turning out to be quite adventurous.
We didn't stay up to ring in the new year. Henlie was asleep before midnight (yay!) Matt had a bit of a cough, and by the next day, it was apparent his luck had run out and he was sick. (He'd had a cough like he was getting sick a few days prior, but nothing came of it.)
He wasn't too pleased about getting sick on his last day of vacation. He is also none too pleased about contracting the flu when he received a flu shot this year. Since he was sick, we hung out on the couch pretty much all day watching Star Trek Voyager on Netflix. He kept his distance from the baby and me. Naturally, this is a day when Henlie decides to be super needy, constantly eating and fussing. I only got a couple of things accomplished, and that was only because I'd put her in the sling, much to her dismay. It's hard taking care of the baby on days Matt isn't home, but it's more annoying to single parent when he is home, but he can't help. :(
Later in the evening, Matt really wasn't feeling well. He decided he wanted to go to the hospital. (You know it's bad when he's actually telling you to take him to the hospital.) So I started putting things in the diaper bag to get Henlie ready to go when Matt tells me he can't move and to just call 911 instead. I'm getting so good at calling them....
While we're waiting for the ambulance, I called Matt's mom to come help with Henlie. It's great she is so close, available, and willing to come over at the drop of a hat.
By the time the ambulance arrived, Matt had mostly regained control of his muscles. The EMTs checked his vitals and said it was likely caused from either dehydration or hyperventilation. They also said to go into the hospital for a breathing treatment if it happened again.
I ran to the store to get some Pedialite for him and to grab some more diapers for Henlie while Mom stayed with him and the baby. On my way to check out, Mom called saying it was starting to happen again and Matt wanted to go in. He decided to wait for me since I was only a few minutes out.
When I got home, I left the car running and headed upstairs. Mom stayed home with Henlie while we went to the ER. I parked next to a median that was covered in snow and told Matt not to fall...and then I promptly slipped on black ice. :)
We got all checked in and taken to a triage room where we waited and Matt snuggled up under a heated blanket. We finally saw the doctor who concluded Matt had bronchial spasms, which caused hyperventilation, which caused carpopedal spasms (which is what the clenched hands and feet is called). He had to take a call, during which Matt had another coughing spell and threw up a couple of times. They gave him nausea medicine and prescriptions for an antibiotic, just in case, nausea, and cough syrup.
When we got home, Henlie was asleep. We talked with Mom for awhile and eventually made it to bed. Matt got some sleep thanks to the drugs. Who knew this was a perfectly normal flu side effect? I guess we just wanted to get a head start on 2013's medical deductible. Needless to say, Matt stayed home Wednesday.
Wednesday was also my first day back at work. It went okay. I only pumped once since I was going to leave early, but I should have pumped the second time because I didn't get out of there as quickly as I was hoping. Mom and Michelle watched Henlie all night since Matt is sick, so I picked her up on my way home that night.
Matt stayed home again Thursday, but started improving. I didn't work, but Henlie was much kinder to us, actually taking some naps. Tuesday, the most she slept during the day was about 20 minutes around 6 pm. Ugh.
Today, Friday, Matt made it to work. He's still sick, but doing better. Henlie had her 2 month appointment and got her shots. She's doing okay at the moment. She slept once I got her in her carseat. And I get to go back to work today....oh the joy. Maybe we'll get lucky and the rest of 2013 won't be quite so exciting :)