in which i eat my words

these words are easy to swallow, thankfully...

minutes after hitting "publish" for the last post, kelvin walked through the door with flowers.

guess the lizard wasn't the only surprise after all!

and no, i never once hinted at anything for valentine's day... like i said before, we were all together, and that was just enough for me. :)

but they're still pretty... i'm not above being wooed by bunch of beautiful blossoms!

this was madi telling me she was ready for bed the other night.
(it would be nice if she'd do the same THIS night... she's babbling away, an hour after lights-out. sigh.)

i couldn't resist sharing this shot of cole- i love his "giggle face"- it makes my heart skip a beat!

this is a fairly common sight around here lately: madi walking around with one (or both) of her socks on her hands. she'll put them back on her feet, usually inside out and sometimes with the heels on the top of her foot, but she can get them on by herself none-the-less. it's also resulted in a no-socks-in-bed rule (put in to enforcement tonight) because she takes them off, can't see in the dark to get them back on and throws a tantrum as a result.

the house that cole built

(with daddy's help)

madi was picking "strawberries" out of her dinner tonight.

hey- whatever it takes to get her to eat, right?

yummm!

we didn't tell her, but the "strawberries" were actually black beans.

i made chicken chimichangas and used beans in place of half of the chicken. you know, to stretch it out, because at $7 for a package of three boneless/skinless pieces, i'm totally into making it go as f-a-r as possible. anyway, kelvin and i like our chimis on the spicy side (think: several tablespoons of ground cumin and hot picante sauce), so i doubted the kids would eat it.

they did.

and i don't know why i doubted madi's ability to eat it- she's our one offspring that dips her grilled cheese (or anything else she can get her hands on) into salsa when we're out for mexican.

anyway, i mixed it up a bit and put a layer of cream cheese inside the tortillas and used a mexican-blend cheese instead of sticking with the original recipe.

(which, by the way, i got from my mom, and it's even better when she makes it... even if she makes them pretty mild!)

and cole ate the beans too... took a little coaxing, but he ate 'em.

then again, he DID have the promise of a cookie if he ate well.

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today was my 32-week visit with dr h... 32 weeks already!?! it hardly seems possible. i gained less than i thought, my feet/legs/ankles have no swelling, i can still get my wedding band on and off without any problems and i'm measuring 2 weeks ahead. that might explain why i feel like a beached baby beluga...

since cole was 3 1/2 weeks early and madi was a few days ahead of schedule too, dr h thinks that this one might take a cue from his older siblings. but of course, there's no guarantee on that. he'll come when he's ready. and if he comes a bit before his due date (as long as it's safely so), we won't complain. he IS head down, so he's locked and loaded :)

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cole was watching some rc car racing videos on youtube with kelvin this morning... he saw some rc cars mud-racing and piped up loudly, "hey!! those cars are in peanut-butter water!".

i laughed so hard i had a contraction.