It’s technically  not Valentine’s Day anymore – it’s 12:16 AM…but I’ve been very busy today! I’ve been working on a little treat for you – a little Valentine’s treat for all my readers!  I WOULD have had it done ahead of time to be posted bright and early this morning. But this stupid dumb freezing cold weather here in Florida has kept me from the task at hand. NOW I know ya’ll from the north are laughing at our piddly 30′s, 40′s and 50′s weather…but really…I have a good argument.

See…we have long, hot 1029802830984% humidity summers – usually lasting from April-October with our windows shut tight and very little venturing outside before the sun starts setting…it can be a little claustrophobic. (Not unlike your cold winters up north, I’m sure). BUT we put up with these terrible, sticky, so-thick-you-can-cut-it-with-a-knife weather because we  know we have the holy grail come December. We have December through April of heavenly beautifulness. A wonderful string of months where our windows are open, there is no humidity to be found – NO RAIN – and 70′s sunny days that wrap their arms around you for days on end. NOT THIS  YEAR. Enter end of 2009-2010.  We’ve been waking up to 30-s a LOT lately. (that never happens). It’s been STAYING in the 40′s all day. (THAT never happens). It’s been raining for what feels like NON STOP. (THAT NEVER HAPPENS In the winter – we have enough of THAT all s ummer!) So forgive me if I whine and have a bit of a temper in regards to my STOLEN outside time this year.  I digress…

We woke up this morning to 38 degrees. UGH. I’ve had Allie’s v-day tutu in the wings for months now – just waiting for the perfect day to do  Valentine’s pictures so I would have this ready to go for today.  Finally, I surrendered to the ugly winter at hand and took my poor children out in short sleeves and no socks (allie at least) and had a little mini-frigid-photo shoot to at least have SOMETHING to work with. Besides Allie’s lips and feet turning blue at the end,  we ended up having a really fun time – we saw a beautiful sunset at the beach and then I came home and began my all-night-project at hand…First of all, I’ll share my favorite photos from the day.

I love this shot of my girls:

Allie was such a trooper in her little bare feet and short sleeve shirt! It was 50 degrees at this point, but hey, that’s rough on us thin-blooded Floridians. She was a good sport:

And here’s my little man….It’s so funny – he really likes having his picture taken all of a sudden!

Here’s my big girl – she’s a little shy at the camera at times…doesn’t realize how beautiful she is both inside and out.

Here’s  Daddy doing what he does best – playing with his iPhone:

Allie’s not so much a fan of the beach…we’re gonna have to make a believer out of her soon…see? Another casualty of a winter STUCK INSIDE…

Here’s all my babies together…

One more for kicks!!

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