Kitchen drums

I realize this is just agitating and noisy to everyone but me.  That's ok.  It was so wonderful I decided to take a video of it. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPP2oCNUxW8

Shout

I got Forrest some Valentine's chocolates and also one of those cards that plays a song when you open it.  Carter loved the card.  Check out this video of Carter enjoying the card.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZCRojBpEs

Valentine's Day

I was in Dallas this year for Valentine's Day.  As sad as it was to be away from my twins and especially my honey, I had a wonderful date with Ellen and Chris.  Chris treated the two of us to dinner at a hibachi restaurant and we really had a wonderful time.

One wild weekend

Bop Bop and Uncle Matt came for a visit.  Uncle Matt hasn't seen the twins since their first month of life so it was nice watching them interact.  It was wild for a few reasons.

1. Olivia was sick.  She had one of the worst days of her life on Saturday and acted truly miserable.  I hated that Uncle Matt and Bop Bop didn't get to see Olivia at her finest, but that's just how it goes I guess.  I took her to the doctor on Sunday afternoon and she had an ear infection.  Poor girl.  She responded really well to the antibiotics though.

2. An EF-4 tornado hit Hattiesburg on Sunday night while our company was still there.  Uncle Matt and I were both at yoga so we missed most of the action.  The tornado came very close to our house.  Forrest saw it out the front door and was able to get the two kids and Bop Bop into our closet.  Fortunately the tornado missed our house but it did knock out the power for about 3 hours. 

3. Bop Bop seemed to have a pretty good weekend in terms of his mental state.  He's started showing signs of Alzheimer's, which is why Matt was in town in the first place.  He came for a month to stay with Bop Bop and take care of him.  He definitely exhibited a terrible short term memory (asked me 3 times if we had remodelled our house, and then asked Forrest as well) but all in all he seemed pretty with it.  Unfortunately, right before they left on Monday morning, he admitted that he didn't know who I was.  It's very sad for Forrest and his family to see Bop Bop deteriorate.

Unfortunately the only pic I got of him with the kids was during a WalMart run he and I made with Carter.

Another activity was putting together a playhouse for the kids.  Grandmommie and Pops gave us some money for Christmas that they wanted us to spend on the twins so we bought this fantastic playhouse.  I took these pics of Carter exploring the new toy right after Forrest finished putting it together.  Poor Olivia was too sick to play that day.

Also, of note, it took Forrest about twice as long to assemble it as it should have.  Carter wanted to help every step of the way.  Forrest obliged all of it.  It really warmed my heart to see how patient he was with Carter.  He knew that Carter just wanted to help and participate.

Here are the fruits of their labor!

Super Bowl party

The McMillan's hosted a Super Bowl party.  The kiddos had a great time!  I have no idea who played.  In fact, I don't think we even saw any commercials.  We just visited with the other families, ate some wonderful cajun food, and generally enjoyed the company of our friends.

Aunts come to visit: Part 3

Saturday morning eat/play time.

After this we all loaded up in the car and went to Veseley's nursery to buy some Little Jim Magnolia's.  We had a wonderful time wandering around.  I hope to add pictures of that some time, but they are all owned by Liah right now.

Aunts Come to Visit: Part 2 (Crustaceans)

After play time, we fed the kids dinner and played with them a few minutes before bathtime and bedtime.

We rushed them in to bed because we had something special waiting for us.  I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

In addition to the crawfish feast, Forrest surprised us with a king cake and some Mardi Gras cookies from Jody's bakery.

Liah got the baby.  It looks very gross in raspberry/cream cheese filling.