zoot-suit riot!

ok, so maybe it's not REALLY a zoot-suit riot, but some days it sure feels like a riot of some sort.

oh yes, my friends... stay-at-home parents are never bored!

am i right?

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madison may be on the verge of potty training.

MAY be.

this past weekend she started disrobing and saying "potty?" several times, so i happily obliged her at each request.

she never actually went in the toilet, but i think she was telling me that she'd already gone. so it's a step in the right direction, and i'll let her take it at her pace, of course.

(i won't tell her that mommy would be really impressed if she were day-trained by the time the baby's born.)

for now, sitting on the potty is such a novelty :)

i decided to get the kids out of the house and look for a few things in appleton on saturday. my errands were done fast and most of what i needed was either cheaper than i thought or on clearance, so we had both time AND a little money. wow.

anyway, seeing as how the kids were already strapped in the stroller, i thought it might be beneficial to take a quick walk around the mall.

i'm very glad i did, because i checked out this new store (fairly new- in any case, i'd never been in it) called "crazy 8". kids clothes. CUTE clothes.

awesome prices.

(well, a bit thriftier than other places...)

this is what i found for cole.

i didn't intend to get anything, just look.

but this suit coat caught my eye, so did the price, then the pants, and the price on the pants as well....

and before i knew it, i spent $28 on a brand-new suit.

cole's first suit!

i didn't think the price was bad.

in fact, i was pretty pleased.

so was he, because he wore it proudly on sunday.
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no other big news here, at least not till tomorrow.

i can't wait till tomorrow!

i really can't...

there's no way i'll be able to sleep tonight!

it's funny: when we were expecting cole, we were so excited for our ultrasound. when we were expecting madison, i wasn't any less eager.

now this time, for some reason, i think i'm even MORE excited.

i'm bummed that kelvin will miss it, but i can still share it with two very special people.

my grandma and my sister-in-law are coming with, so it's going to be fun :)
**edit: i did forget one small exciting thing... cole got to feel the baby move today! it was just a little wiggle, but i had his hand pressed tightly in just the right spot at just the right moment. i wish i had a photo (or better yet, video!) of his reaction- i've never seen a kid's face light up like that!