We are back from another whirlwind adventure of a weekend and came back with 4 surprises. The first three were new area rugs for the house (since we have all wood floors). The 4th was runny noses and whiny girls. I'd rather have left that surprise in Flint. But the rugs are heavenly - and were a steal at the Pottery Barn outlet (50% off the regular outlet price, plus 40% off for the weekend area rug sale - the blue was was even more reduced for "stains" which we can't find). So the playroom has a huge blue 100% wool rug and the living room got an even bigger (8x10) bronze one. They have provided a nice place for the girls to play on something softer than hardwood.
And... they made it a whole 12 hours before Abby spilled something on one of the new rugs. She and Olivia had adorable matching dresses on for church, then Abby pulled the lid of her sippy cup and got milk all over herself and the rug. Thankfully, wool rugs cause liquids to bead up on the top so it cleaned very well.These dresses below are not Sunday's dress, but they were adorable in their blue and white stripes. And this is Olivia's first picture with Maize. She made it over 3 months without her first dog picture... I'm slipping.
Olivia is still working on belly time and still does not like it, but thankfully she hasn't "spilled" (i.e. puked) on the new rugs yet. She is getting close to rolling over, but she really doesn't put much effort into her attempts to rolling. She either lays down and goes to sleep or she cries and whines until I flip her over. But she does LOVE to play on her back and hit her toys if we hang them over her.
Abby continues to crack us up, although today was one of those days where I just wanted to put myself into a time out and stay there. She was up until 11 p.m. last night and I had to wake her up at 10 a.m. so that we could try to get back onto a normal schedule. I didn't let her nap today, so by 6:00 p.m. she was pretty crabby. She finally crashed at 7:45, so I'm hoping a good night of sleep will get her back on track after her busy weekend. But even with her and Olivia being quite grouchy today, she did give me a good laugh. She crawled up next to me and said "I am growing big like a mom. Then I will drink coffee and diet coke." I guess she has noticed my caffeine dependency. Maybe someday, when I am not sleep deprived and exhausted, I will be able to kick the habit again (after all I have gone totally caffeine free twice for extended periods). We headed down to Flint on Friday night for a whirlwind rendezvous with Grandma and Grandpa Hodges, Aunt Hannah, Aunt Emily, and my cousin Meghan. Abby and Olivia hung out with Grandma and Grandpa while the big girls and I went to see the Backstreet Boys in concert (so not my thing... I'm not a concert person and I'm definitely not a boy band person). We barely got back into the car before a HUGE storm hit - thanks to my mom for text messaging the warning to Hannah and Emily so that we knew to leave the concert early and avoid the downpour. On the way home from Flint Saturday morning I took the girls to Birch Run to the outlet malls with the grandparents and aunts. That is where we scored the deal on the rugs and Abby and Olivia also got some goodies. They have enough clothes for at least 3 girls...
So... that was a lot of catching up to do. And, over the weekend we celebrated Father's Day with the world's best daddy. Abby also made her very first present - a custom photo mat for Grandpa Scott (and Grandpa Roy may just have one waiting for him too... just maybe). She was pretty proud of her artwork.
