I'm too excited about my winter sale find to not share! Monkey and I went to Freddy's today for a few groceries, and we managed to end up in the kiddo clothing section. They lured me in with the extra 70% off sale rack right when you walk in the doors. I'll have to say that I'm glad they caught me. All their winter clothing was already 50% off with an extra 70% off the lowest price!!
Monkey now has a great start on pants and shirts for next fall/winter and God forbid this summer if we have another yucky one like we did last year! I got 9 pair of pants and 5 shirts (all Carter's) for around $50. I save $108.76!!!!!
How's that for a frugal effort!! I just wish we knew what we were having so I could get a head start if there is a little princess in my tummy!!
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Random Things
Some new things you do that continue to amaze me everyday!!
- You were dancing to your CD player the other day, and before I knew it, you were spinning in circles. Who knew you had the coordination to figure this out! You even managed to not run into the coffee table....job well done Monkey!
- This morning you thought it was hilarious to feed me Cheerios! You couldn't get enough of scooping them off your tray and shoving them into my mouth. The giggles were endless!
- You have figured out how to make your 4-wheeler move by propelling it with your feet!! You think your pretty hot stuff when you're doing this and so does Mommy!! Although you still like to put your feet up front and give the eyes that say "please Momma, drive me around". And I, of course, oblige you!!
- You are really starting to point at things you want or something that catches my eye. It's so fun b/c you are able to communicate some of your wants!
- This morning I was snapping some pictures of you being silly with your Tonka truck. You proceeded to go over to the coffee table and pick up the camera lens cap. You brought it over to me and tried to put it on the camera lens! How smart you are that you associated that! Makes my heart swell!!
I continue to marvel everyday at the new things you do Monkey!! You are at such a fun, sweet age! I can never get enough of your jibber jabbering! You make Momma's heart grown larger everyday!
Weaning update!!
My best friend is a Goddess! We trade Mommy woes and jubilation back and forth at least a couple times a week (being that we live 1000s of miles from one another). She, being a Mommy to two of the sweetest little girls you would ever meet, gets asks way more questions from me that she sometimes probably can take. She's just the best Mommy ever, so I automatically go to her when I have a trial and tribulation that I'm trying to get through with Monkey! The latest being (yep, you guessed it) the weaning of the bottle issue!
We have been done with the nap bottle for a week now, but Monkey still refuses to drink milk from his sippy cup. I was starting to freak out that he wasn't getting enough calcium everyday, since the new "suggestion" is 32 ounces of milk a day for those little ones under two. He's great at eating his yogurt and cheese, but I still was sure it wasn't enough. I was explaining this to my BF, and she mentioned that they tried the liquid yogurt mixed with milk with her oldest.
So we went grocery shopping today and bought us some Strawberry Blast liquid yogurt! I mixed it with his milk and gave it to him in his favorite sippy (the one with the straw)! Lo' and behold, he practically downed the whole thing in no time!! HALLELUJAH!!! We have cured our problem!! Time will tell as we wean the yogurt from the milk, but I'm optimistic he will be a sippy-cup-milk-drinking pro before long!!
I heart you my wonderful BF!!
We have been done with the nap bottle for a week now, but Monkey still refuses to drink milk from his sippy cup. I was starting to freak out that he wasn't getting enough calcium everyday, since the new "suggestion" is 32 ounces of milk a day for those little ones under two. He's great at eating his yogurt and cheese, but I still was sure it wasn't enough. I was explaining this to my BF, and she mentioned that they tried the liquid yogurt mixed with milk with her oldest.
So we went grocery shopping today and bought us some Strawberry Blast liquid yogurt! I mixed it with his milk and gave it to him in his favorite sippy (the one with the straw)! Lo' and behold, he practically downed the whole thing in no time!! HALLELUJAH!!! We have cured our problem!! Time will tell as we wean the yogurt from the milk, but I'm optimistic he will be a sippy-cup-milk-drinking pro before long!!
I heart you my wonderful BF!!
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Weaning....ugh!
Why can't weaning the bottle be as easy as weaning the breast was? This is murder! He is in screaming his bloody head off right now instead laying down to take his nap. We've gone without a bottle for our afternoon nap for 4 out of the last 5 days. It's killing me! And he's only getting more attached to them. I don't know if we should just go cold turkey and take the bedtime and wake up bottle away too or continue with this gradual process. We've got to keep going though because he is starting to expect them now. I never ever in a million years figured this was going to be this hard!
He acts like I'm playing some dirty trick when I give him his milk in a sippy cup. It's even warmed up, and he still looks at it like it's crazy. I'm top of it all I'm concerned that he's not going to get his calcium like he needs too. I can only give him so much yogurt and cheese.
The whole weaning process was suppose to have started a month ago but then came the Rotavirus, then burnt fingers, and now a nasty cold. I decided there was always going to be something and just get the show on the road, but this s.u.c.k.s larger than life. We read our books, and I give him the sippy cup to "drink". He knows that the inevitable bed is coming though and starts to pitch a fit. I'm so tired of the fight. He never used to fight his naps like he does now. Is is a stage? How long is going to last? I know nobody has the answers but ugh......
He acts like I'm playing some dirty trick when I give him his milk in a sippy cup. It's even warmed up, and he still looks at it like it's crazy. I'm top of it all I'm concerned that he's not going to get his calcium like he needs too. I can only give him so much yogurt and cheese.
The whole weaning process was suppose to have started a month ago but then came the Rotavirus, then burnt fingers, and now a nasty cold. I decided there was always going to be something and just get the show on the road, but this s.u.c.k.s larger than life. We read our books, and I give him the sippy cup to "drink". He knows that the inevitable bed is coming though and starts to pitch a fit. I'm so tired of the fight. He never used to fight his naps like he does now. Is is a stage? How long is going to last? I know nobody has the answers but ugh......
Friday, February 6, 2009
A Sneak Peak
Today was our first prenatal appointment for Peanut #2! Everything went great! We were able to sneak a peak of our little bambino swimming away! How sweet those wiggles are.....almost surreal to realize we are actually doing it again. It made it all so real today, and it felt wonderful! All those new baby feelings come soaring back.
At this point, we have the due date calculated as August 27, 2009. Yet, my uterus is measuring much further along.....around 15 weeks when the due date says I'm 11 weeks. Not sure why exactly! That's why were able to sneak a quick peak at the baby to catch a quick measurement and see what the ultrasound said.....12 weeks, 4 days!! So we are going in on Tuesday for the Ultrascreen which should give us a good idea for due date! Either way, it was so exciting to get started on our journey! Many months ahead that I'm sure will go much faster than we realize. I can't wait!!
At this point, we have the due date calculated as August 27, 2009. Yet, my uterus is measuring much further along.....around 15 weeks when the due date says I'm 11 weeks. Not sure why exactly! That's why were able to sneak a quick peak at the baby to catch a quick measurement and see what the ultrasound said.....12 weeks, 4 days!! So we are going in on Tuesday for the Ultrascreen which should give us a good idea for due date! Either way, it was so exciting to get started on our journey! Many months ahead that I'm sure will go much faster than we realize. I can't wait!!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Hot, hot!
So I get the bad Mommy of the week award. I never have any sort of curling iron or such going because it takes too much time. I got a flat iron for Christmas and Monday I thought I'd see if it could tame my hair as I didn't have time for a shower. I plugged it in and set it on the counter in the bathroom. Monkey was playing away, and I didn't even think about him reaching up to the edge of the counter.....you see where this is going?!
He reached up and grabbed for it and burnt his middle and ring finger on his right hand. I felt absolutely horrible. It was so awful to watch him shake and swing his arm around. He was fine as long as it was under cool water. Needless to say, we both were pretty wet after we got the burn to cool down a bit. They immediately blistered up with the middle being the worse. He is an index and middle finger sucker on his right hand too, so he couldn't even pacify himself. Poor little guy! Ugh!!
He managed to tolerate sucking a bit though and sucking the blister off that night. We tried wrapping it, but he only succeeded in biting it off. I didn't want to put anything on it at night and have him choke on it!
Now the ring finger is protected by a big nasty blister and the other is scabbed over pretty bed. Just a watch and see game at this point. On top of this, he now has a nasty cold with the pinkest chapped cheeks. My poor little Monkey....Momma's so very sorry!! Love you!
He reached up and grabbed for it and burnt his middle and ring finger on his right hand. I felt absolutely horrible. It was so awful to watch him shake and swing his arm around. He was fine as long as it was under cool water. Needless to say, we both were pretty wet after we got the burn to cool down a bit. They immediately blistered up with the middle being the worse. He is an index and middle finger sucker on his right hand too, so he couldn't even pacify himself. Poor little guy! Ugh!!
He managed to tolerate sucking a bit though and sucking the blister off that night. We tried wrapping it, but he only succeeded in biting it off. I didn't want to put anything on it at night and have him choke on it!
Now the ring finger is protected by a big nasty blister and the other is scabbed over pretty bed. Just a watch and see game at this point. On top of this, he now has a nasty cold with the pinkest chapped cheeks. My poor little Monkey....Momma's so very sorry!! Love you!
Friday, January 30, 2009
The cone again....
Tomorrow we take Shiloh back to vet to get her six sutures out of her nose. The cone will come off only to be stored away until the next unfortunate incident!
A little history on her. She will be 3 in June and has already been to visit the vet on an emergent basis four times. I swear accidents search her out!
This time she appeared at the deck door with a cut nose. Not a clue as to how she did it. We can speculate that Sam caught it with a tooth when they were wrestling or that she caught a sharp branch in the yard. We'll never know! Just like we'll never know how she cut her foot so badly a year ago that she needed sutures and the cone for 2 weeks or how she developed a severe allergic reaction that caused her face to swell so bad her eyes closed up.
She has always kind of been a drama queen, but the drama really comes out when you put her in the cone for 2 weeks. Her eyes tell the story.....like we have crushed her for life! Silly dog! Hopefully we can now retire the cone for longer than a year!
A little history on her. She will be 3 in June and has already been to visit the vet on an emergent basis four times. I swear accidents search her out!
This time she appeared at the deck door with a cut nose. Not a clue as to how she did it. We can speculate that Sam caught it with a tooth when they were wrestling or that she caught a sharp branch in the yard. We'll never know! Just like we'll never know how she cut her foot so badly a year ago that she needed sutures and the cone for 2 weeks or how she developed a severe allergic reaction that caused her face to swell so bad her eyes closed up.
She has always kind of been a drama queen, but the drama really comes out when you put her in the cone for 2 weeks. Her eyes tell the story.....like we have crushed her for life! Silly dog! Hopefully we can now retire the cone for longer than a year!
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