February Catch Up

We celebrated Dave's birthday at the end of February and got to do something new (to me). We called up some family and met at the shooting range in Ripon to get in some target practice. I have never held a gun in my hands before, unless you count old school Nintendo Duck Hunt, and I have been putting this off for years. 

{Literally, years. Dave tried to get me to shoot a gun 7 years ago before we were even engaged and I refused. So when it came time to hide my engagement ring, he locked it in the gun case and put it on my lap because he knew there was no way I'd ever open it. Sneaky!} 

{{Dave's birthday is also a special time because he proposed to me the day before his birthday 6 years ago. And then last year we found out SURPRISE! we were pregnant with Caleb. And no we're not pregnant again, just thought I'd include our other fun February memories around his birthday! :)}}

All that to say, I was trying to think of something fun and low key we could do for his birthday and figured I'd probably get a few bonus points for facing my fears. Happy Birthday Dave!

Birthday date night!

My brave face :)

We had fun and I was a pretty good shot but I never got used to all the noise and involuntarily jumped every time a gun went off. Which was a lot. Dave tells me that just means I need more practice. We'll see. But it was a great time and he had fun which was the most important part!

Sarah, Julie & Amy at Dave's b'day dinner.

We also got to spend some time with my bestie and her precious little girl. She's off work for a couple more weeks so we're trying to get to spend some time together before she goes back. This time, Dave was working in the home office, so I put Levi down for his afternoon nap and Caleb and I snuck over to see the girls. Great conversations, sweet sleepy babies, what more could you ask for?!

Caleb checking her out. We've hoped and prayed that our kids would be as good of friends as we are.
{I also wouldn't oppose an arranged marriage!}

And just as I posted that Caleb is not rolling very often, he proved me wrong. We officially cannot leave him anywhere!  He's a rolly poly boy and can manage to get himself a pretty good distance. And he smiles the entire time :)

And we've had some great, unseasonably warm and sunny weather so we've been taking many trips to the park and walks around the block and playtime in the back yard. I hope it sticks around for a while!

My boys and their wagon.

Those were my last February pictures so I thought I'd play catch up. Now on to March!