We had a nice, relaxing holiday weekend. My mom drove in from Houston on Friday afternoon, and she watched the kiddos while Mark and I finished painting the master bedroom. I also shampooed the carpet in the living room and master bedroom. It’s horrifying to see what babies (and their bottles) plus two dogs can do to carpet. God knows I love the Rug Doctor. I wish I owned one. Anyway, everything looks wonderful.
The new bedroom furniture arrived on Sunday afternoon. It is simply stunning. Seriously. It’s our first “grown-up” bedroom furniture. I have a beautiful bedroom set after college, but it is Queen sized and now up in our guest room. We bought a King sized bed a year after we married, and, well, once you go King you never go back.
Anyway, the bed is a dark mahogany four poster bed with a panel headboard (I’ve always wanted a poster bed). The dresser with mirror is so beautiful and stately. We got an amazing deal on it too. The furniture store we went to was phasing out this particular collection. So we were able to get the bed and dresser with mirror for a steal of a price. The downside is that I really would like the 5-drawer dresser for Mark (he is currently using a crappy white one that was once in the twins’ nursery). However, that store doesn’t have anything else in the collection. So now it’s a major hunt on the Internet to try to find this dresser for Mark. I am going to do something slightly different for our nightstands so everything doesn’t seem so matchy-matchy.
I will post photos soon.
The twins had a grand time showing off for their Granny. Carson walked with the Elmo car while my mom cheered him on. Kate, never one to enjoy sharing the spotlight, walked with the Elmo car for the first time on Saturday! She was so proud of herself, just like Carson was last weekend. (I’m sad to say that we didn’t get it on video.) On her first few attempts, she looked like a newborn deer — unsteady and wobbly. But it did not take her long to get moving. 
My mom has an uncanny ability to teach Kate new things in a short amount of time (brushing her hair, waving, saying “thank you”). This weekend she taught Kate how to say “Mmmm!” after each bite of food, and putting on chapstick (though they’ve been doing that one for a while).
Kate’s verbal skills are taking off. Currently, she is all about “B” words — ball, bye-bye, baby. Everything that is stuffed or that looks like a duck is called baby by Kate. In a week’s time, she has magically gotten into stuffed animals and dolls.
I spent the afternoon with Carson. We went out shopping (didn’t buy anything), and I think he actually enjoyed it this time. Carson likes riding in the shopping carts, bopping up and down and flirting with the other shoppers. I loved having some time alone with him. Mark and Kate stayed home and watched a scary movie (nice, I know).
For my own records, here is the list of new foods tried this past week…
- Cheerios…they seem so-so on it
- Shaved Deli Ham…Kate LOVED it; Carson didn’t like it
- Bologne…Carson LOVED it; Kate didn’t like it at first, but liked it on the 2nd attempt
- Chili Dogs…Carson LOVED it; Kate wouldn’t even try it (and yes, I cut it up into very small pieces)
- Talirini…Kate went wild for it (a huge surprise to all of us); Carson liked it too
- Provolone cheese…Kate loved it; Carson wouldn’t even try it
- Mango…Kate liked it (but had tummy issues later); Carson wouldn’t even try it
- French Onion Dip on very thin & small tortilla chips…both LOVED it
I know that most of the food listed falls under the junky category, but hey it’s a holiday weekend! Plus I think we finally broke the hunger strike. On a more healthier note, Carson is absolutely wild about green beans. He eats them by the fistful.
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