Valentine's Day

Hi baby brioches, I thought today would be a good day to tell you about the last romantic Valentine's Day your dad and I had before you guys.

So I hope that you know this by the time that you read this, but I really love your father.  He's thoughtful, kind, loving, generous, smart, funny, patient and pretty much the best partner a girl could hope to have.  This morning, he decided to display his many virtues in the form of breakfast.  This morning, the Dubster woke me up by doing his morning tyrant session (although I feel like you two will likely take over the tyranting throne when you come to join us).  I woke up and noticed your dad wasn't in bed and the bedroom door was uncharacteristically closed.  I got up to let out the Dubster and your dad said, "close the door sweetie."  I thought I smelled something, but was too sleepy to worry about it so I went back to bed.

Flowers that your dad had waiting for me when I woke up.

Later on, at 7:30 ish, he told me to come into the living room and there was a lovely vase full of orange tulips (my second favorite flower after peonies, which are not in season right now) and breakfast.  Your dad had woken up at 6am to make me waffles, from scratch, and sausage, and fresh whipped cream.  The night before, I went with your Uncle Yuping to go see Die Hard and he apparently sorted out things with florists and got groceries and hid them from me.  Then in the morning, he woke up, and he actually beat egg whites to fold into the waffle batter because he read they would be more delicious that way.  And then Buns and I had breakfast, which you two thoroughly enjoyed, and sausage which I shared with the Dubster and we were all happy.

Tonight, we are going for dinner at a restaurant I've wanted to try in Half Moon Bay, and then we are all going to Mendocino for the weekend tomorrow.  Pretty awesome, if I say so myself.

You guys are too young to think about these things, but I can only hope that you can find the same kind of partner in your life as I found in your father.  And that you guys grow up to be more like him than like me.

Happy Valentine's Day, cherubs!