Erin Akin Carroll

I’m almost 100% confident that I did a post last year called “My Funny Valentine,” but sometimes originality is lost on me. Especially when I’m completely exhausted from having a sick baby boy.

But, this absolute cheers me up, and should make you smile, too!

My friend Wendy at A Southern Accent (one of my favorite bloggers and self-taught Canon Rebel expert) emailed me this adorable Valentine for me to print and mail out this year.

How sweet is that? He loves his mommy!

If you would like for Wendy to create a custom Valentine for you to print out on your own, just send her the picture you’d like her to use. It only costs $20 for the custom design.

 Just email Wendy at asuthernaccent{at}aol{dot}com.

 (If you’re like me, you’ve searched high and low at that big card store looking for the right Valentine for your kids to give Daddy or the grandparents and can’t find anything that’s not horrid. Wouldn’t a Valentine with your kiddo’s photo be so much sweeter?)

See any resemblance?

Is it a Golden Retriever thing?

I’m sure you can see where Boudreaux has tried to chew his way out of the cone. Poor guy. You can’t see it in the picture, but he has a large scratch on his face next to his ear. I’m praying that it heals and goes away very soon. Life with a 90 pound dog in a cone is no bueno.

*And three cheers for Up for being the second animated film (after Beauty and the Beast) to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar!

Yes, please. Let’s get to answering some questions. The final season of LOST premieres tonight and I’m so excited. But I also have huge expectations. I have a long list of questions that I want to be answered before the end of May, and I’m going to be very disappointed and confused if they don’t get to answering!

I need to know if these people will ever figure out how they’re all connected. And will they ever figure out why they all ended up on the island?

map via here

My friend at Lilacs and Avocados did a post this morning that pretty much lists all of my other questions.

I’m thinking I’m going to have a party for the finale. It’s time to start thinking about fun island food to eat at the LOST finale party. Maybe my fellow Losties in blogland will come for the party. Maybe?

Are you watching the finale tonight? What is your biggest unanswered question?

I really did only blog once last week and I can honestly say it’s because I’ve got a crawler on my hands. I’m going to have to figure out how to blog first and then rest when Hudson goes to bed every night.

So what have we been doing? Other than watching this?

1. I’m happy to report that I finished three books (from my 2010 reading list of thirteen books) in January! I have completed Firefly Lane, Something Borrowed, and Something Blue. And I loved all of them. I absolutely recommend Firefly Lane to all of you and the Something Borrowed and Something Blue series was such a great, real, easy read.

2. As I mentioned, Hudson is a crawling machine. He’s also pulling up on everything, which has made being a SAHM a real adventure. He loves standing in his crib, but his new thing is to grab onto the paintings above his crib and bang them into the wall. They’re boards, people. One day I went in to check on him during his nap, and he was sitting up in his crib, holding one of those boards and chewing on it! He got the thing off the wall and into the bed with him. Those boards are no longer on the wall right now and won’t be going back up any time soon where he can reach them!

3. Todd is going to be traveling a lot in the next few weeks, so Hudson and I are hopping on a plane to go to Dallas to visit my parents and lots of friends. We get to watch the Super Bowl there with my family and friends from Louisiana who know how to make real cajun food!

4. Damages started last week and it was so good! If you’re not watching this show, you need to.

5. I was impressed with almost all of the performances on the Grammy Awards last night. The Taylor Swift/Stevie Nicks duet was a mess, but all of the others were pretty amazing.

6. My girl, Carrie Underwood, is performing the national anthem at the Super Bowl, and we can just add that to the list of reasons why this is the best Super Bowl ever. The reasons are…. 1) Carrie Underwood performing the national anthem, 2) The Saints and the Colts are playing– teams from two states that I’ve lived in (although I’ll be cheering for the Saints!), 3) the yummy food we’ll have at our Super Bowl party (red beans and rice, gumbo, king cake), 4) the first Super Bowl appearance for the Saints– ever! How can you not cheer for them?

7. These guys love each other. Boudreaux is such a patient dog and lets Hudson climb all over him. Then when he’s had enough, he just gets up and moves to a different part of the room. It’s so sweet.