catch-up from the weekend

once again, we were on the road over the weekend! we went to my mom and dad's house for saturday afternoon through sunday. sarah had to work saturday evening, so we figured it would be easier for us to go there... the whole point of it was so that i'd have some help for meeting on sunday. plus, mom and dad's meeting is so small that we thought we'd add a few... :)

yes, squish, that's how travelling makes me feel too!!

cole found his grandpa's calculator and thought it would make a great cell phone. wonder if he can "hear you now"?? (ps- grandpa, he put it back right where he found it when he was done...!)

i packed this sweet little denim skirt from auntie elissa and a white velour top with snowflakes on it for madison's sunday outfit. didn't think to check and see if the skirt would actually fit... for being almost 3 months and the skirt being a 3-6 month size, i think our little girl has a LOT of filling out to do! we had a plan b, which was a cute little sleeper. unfortunately, plan b was also on the big side, so we stuck with the cute outfit.

awwww!

cole ate his sandwich "big boy style" yesterday... he didn't choke!! i wasn't too sure about how he'd do since he likes his mouth to be good and full. he did well and it got so that every time he took only one bite (or two, if they were small), he'd give himself a round of applause because i kept telling him he was doing a good job. that phrase seems to be his cue to clap!

squish in the sling

yesterday was a pretty good day- one of the better ones we've had in a while. that is, until the storm door got ahold of my favorite sweatshirt. grrrrr!! big rip, the size of a quarter (at least) in the middle of the sleeve. WONderful.

my mom came over last night to keep an eye on the kids for awhile so i could work on my dining room project without having to worry about interruptions. thanks again, mom!! she kept cole well-entertained... as you can see! after not seeing the kids for over a week, grandma was having withdrawals.

anyway, i finished texturing the dining room today... working around the chimney was the most difficult because it's close quarters where it happens to be situated. wish i could just take the thing out, but it's a brick chimney, original to the house. sometimes i wonder how it would look if the brick was bare instead of being plastered and painted over... i asked kelvin once and he said it would look pretty bad because it's not the "nice" brick. ok. whatever- now it's textured along with the rest of the walls! i also got about 1/3 of the priming done while the kids were napping (kind of- cole was sleeping and madison slept, ate and then watched from the swing). it's coming along rather nicely... my only real challenge is keeping cole out of the way. it could be worse- he's really good at entertaining himself for impressive periods of time. the only thing is, sometimes that entertainment consists of a strong urge to "help" mommy, and when we're talking joint compound and primer, it's not good entertainment. at least not for mommy! bless his little heart, though- always wanting to help!

other than the project, not much else to report here. i haven't talked to kelvin yet today, but yesterday he said it sounded like they might not come home this week. bummer... i was REALLY looking forward to the end of the week! it's one of those instances where they probably won't know when they're done until the day they get sent home; the day before, if they're lucky. that's what happens when you do work for a big corporation (read: kimberly-clark). we've managed quite well this far, so if he doesn't come home this week, we'll just roll with it. we're flexible!! and yes, even though we've learned to cope with daddy being gone, we still miss him terribly and can't wait till he comes home! we love you!!