Kids Say the Funniest Things

We had a big weekend! The rug I ordered from Pottery Barn came in and it was so different from what I thought it would look like, size and color. We decided that we'd take a trip up to Sacramento and return the rug and look for a replacement. I brought the paint stick stirrer that had the wall color on it for reference. We had a hard time finding a rug to really coordinate with the wall color so we considered going with a totally different color as an accent. The sales clerk showed us one rug with a cute design (not overpowering) and said that they had a green one that she thought would go. It was perfect! We were so excited and decided to get the 5 X 8 rug in that style. Unfortunately, this rug was now discontinued and they no longer had any in stock at that particular location. Ugh. She did say, however, that they had one at the Stoneridge mall (in Pleasanton). They were able to put a 3 day hold on the rug. After realizing all the things we had planned on Sunday, we decided to drive from Sacramento to Pleasanton to pick it up. After a long day we made our way back with our beautiful rug. Boy, do we love our babies! =)

We ordered our cribs, mattresses and my chenille chair yesterday as well. There was a fiasco (of course!) with ordering our changing table, but we think we have that all worked out now.

We headed to my mom and dad's house for a BBQ and visiting time with my brother, his boys and my sister and her family. It's been close to a month since I've seen my nephews (Kristopher, 10 and Grady, 5 next month). And at that event, we were at Chuck E. Cheese so I probably went unnoticed to them anyway! =) Well, yesterday I ran into Grady first and said hello to him and attempted to get a hug as he ran around the corner. He stops and stares at me with the most confused look on his face. It was almost awkward and made me self-conscience at how weird he was looking at me. All of a sudden he says, "Auntie, why is your belly so wide?" It made me laugh so hard. I asked him if he forgot that I had babies in my tummy and he comes to my side for a better inspection of my profile. He was so fascinated by it. I don't think it really clicked until then what I meant when I told him months ago that Auntie was having babies. My niece, Kayli, 7 (who is more than excited about her 2 new cousins... especially that one will be a girl for her to play with) always likes to lift up my shirt to see my belly. She kisses it in two places for each baby. When she has the opportunity she likes to tell me about what I should eat and how the babies eat what I eat. She reminds me not to eat whole cakes like my sister did when pregnant with Kayli! =) She's a piece of work, but it's so sweet how her mommy-instinct already shows through at such a young age.