FUN!!

The first five...

The first five people to leave a comment on this post will receive something made by me.

However, there are some limitations:

1. I make no guarantee that you will like what I make.
2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It will be done this year. (might take a while)
4. You have not clue what it is going to be, poetry, shoes, bags or a little invention of my own. I may bake something and mail it you . Who knows? Not you that's for sure!
5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange. It may blow your mind!

Here's the catch, if you choose to do this,

you must post this on your blog and be ready to make something for five people too.

This will be fun! When you receive the fabulous item I make you, you must post a picture of it on your blog.

Keeps me going

These two kiddos, and Bo, are what get me through the day.

This is a classic picture. Carter is ALWAYS grabbing her face. He loves baby "Maymen."

snuggle

(Meg with one of Carter's pirate earings)

I love, love, LOVE having a baby to cuddle and snuggle with anytime I wish. I love just holding her and tickling her and kissing those adorable chubby cheeks. I love that she smiles at me all the time. I often have to do a double take because I don't realize the first time that she's off on the couch just grinning ear to ear because I glanced at her. I love that she's mine, all mine. (Laura--feel free to come over and borrow some baby time:) )

On a side note, CONGRATULATIONS to Whitney and Bridget, my brother and sister-in-law. They welcomed their second child, Isadora, into the world yesterday. She is A.D.O.R.A.B.L.E. We can't wait to hold her!!!

Oh yeah. . . and GOOD LUCK Danielle. She is hopefully going to have her baby tomorrow!!

And another. . . CONGRATULATIONS to Andrea and JR on their darling little boy!!

Valentine's Day and Mardi Gras

So Galveston is busy celebrating Mardi Gras! It really didn't feel like Valentine's Day yesterday, what with all the parades and such devoted to Mardi Gras.
Bo and I actually had our Valentine's Day date on Friday night. We went to dinner at Olive Garden, I love love LOVE their new soup, and then we went to Taken. It was all in all a great night. We swapped date night with some friends and they were kind enough to watch Meg too, although we only had them take care of her for the dinner part. It would've been too long for her away from me if we had left her for the WHOLE night.
It was a pretty casual holiday for us. Bo accidently got his treats earlier in the week, thanks to Carter pulling it out of the bag and giving it to him, and I had gotten my flowers earlier too. I'm too cheap to let Bo buy me way over priced flowers on the actual day. So of Saturday we just handed Carter his valentine from us and spent the day spoiling each other through meals, breaks, etc. Way low key and relaxing.
Since it was Mardi Gras we took Carter to one of the parades. They had three yesterday, but we just took him to one. Oh man it was crazy. Everyone was handing out beads. There were so many! We stood next to a group of young adults, so they kept coming over to Carter and putting beads around his head. He had so many!!! Not to mention everyone on the floats would throw them to us because we had little kiddos. I'm sure Carter weighed an extra 5 lbs at least.
The theme must be pirates this year, because all the floats were pirate ships and pirates. Carter was in HEAVEN. Oh he loved it.
After the parade we went home for a LOOONNG nap and actually had to wake Carter in the evening because his friend had come over for the second half of the date swap.
All in all it was a great day! Thanks for making me feel special and loved, Bo. I love you. You are the perfect man for me. I love you Carter and Megan. You are the best little children ever! You both are so sweet and caring.
My family is seriously the best!

Carter pretending to be asleep while we wait for the parade to start.

Carter after the parade. He was a tad grumpy because he was so tired. Look at all the beads. Crazy. Bo and I were laughing so hard.

What would yours be?

Wednesday night is my favorite TV night. On Wednesdays there's Criminal Minds, Lost, Law and Order, CSI NY, and. . . . . Top Chef. I LOVE Top Chef. It makes me want to go to culinary school. Mostly it just makes me really hungry.

Yesterday they had their show based on "the last meal." They had world famous chefs come in saying what their ideal meal would be if that was their last meal on earth. The chefs up for competition then made it for them.

The point??? Well this got me to thinking. . . what would mine be? Bo says his would be tacos. OF COURSE it would be tacos.

Mine? After much thought (actually not that much 'cause I know what I like) I have decided mine would be corn on the cob, not just your regular store bought corn but fresh from the field Baker corn on the cob (we raised the best corn growing up), garlic mashed potatoes, and a nice thick well flavored steak. OH BABY!!!

So my friends, I ask you, what would yours be??

Still Sick

So we are still sick here at the Beus house. Actually it's more like Carter is still sick. . . and maybe Meg. It's so hard to tell with babies. Anyways, we haven't gotten out of the house since Thursday of last week. That's right. We are going CRAZY. I can't wait till they are better so we can go out into the world and get some things done. Man the days seem long when all you do is watch t.v. and change diapers.

Our house isn't the best right now. We've been using a lot of air freshners. Between vomit and messy diapers. . . well it's just not pleasant. On the bright side, Carter hasn't thrown up at all today! HOORAY!!!! Trust me, that's a big plus.

Yesterday Carter woke up and got really REALLY sick. I made a little bed on the floor in the living room, made up mostly of towels, and he basically just laid there all day. Seriously. He hardly ever got up. He kept crying for me to hold him. Poor baby.

Meg was wierd yesterday. She was super happy and would NOT SLEEP. She was fussy unless I was either looking at her or holding her. . . as long as I was doing those she was full of smiles and laughs. Because she was so needy, she didn't get much sleep, so it wasn't much of a surprise that she did this after dinner:

Poor baby. I can't believe she fell asleep in that!!! Bo and I were laughing pretty hard. Don't worry, we took her out right after and went and laid her down.

Earlier in the week, when we were trying to think of something to do, we put Megan in Carter's p.j.'s. They actually aren't that big on her!! It's funny because Carter is still wearing those pj's.

This last picture is just a random one that I thought was cute. Carter and pirates. . . . Megan was actually laughing at it too, I just wasn't able to capture it on the camera. She always stops smiling once the camera is out because the camera distracts her.

Understanding Carter

Carter: "I melled them."

Cassidy: "You what?"

Carter: "I *sniff* *sniff* (actual sniffing) like that."

Cassidy: "Ohhhh, you smelled them!"

Carter: " Yeah!"

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Carter: "It's a paypane!"

Cassidy: "Huh???"

Carter: "It's a buzzz, buuzzzz, bzzzz" (while waving hand around in air)

Cassidy: "It's an airplane?"

Carter: "Yeah, a pay-pane.'

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My favorite, which he hasn't done for awhile:

Carter: "A dink, ahhh, a dink, ahhh"

Cassidy: "A drink??"

Carter: "Yeah, a dink, ahhh"

You see, the "ahhhh" is the noise you make after swallowing a refreshing drink. "ahhhhh"

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And our day is filled with this. We're both getting better though. :)