Sunday, June 20, 2010

Sweet Potatoes/random videos

I tried feeding sweet potatoes to Addie last week and this was her response:
Here is a video of Addie trying to stay awake. She has a tendency to talk a lot and make random noises so that she won't miss anything.
This was before we left for Dyersburg. Toddy had to get her Addie fill!

Dyersburg Trip

This weekend we went to Dyersburg for Brandon and Mari-Kate's wedding. Andrew was a groomsman and hadn't seen a lot of his high school friends since our engagement party so he had a good time. It was also pretty nice to get to sleep late while Nonny and Big "played"!! I think everyone enjoyed hanging out with Addie and I enjoyed the break.

Don't kill me for taking this picture! I caught Nonny reading to Addie after she got out of the shower. I thought it was cute!
John David finally got to meet Addie!
This was at the wedding. We are struggling for family pictures...
Nana got to spend some time with Addie (and even feed her!) She was really excited!
Grandmother and Pop saw Addie for the first time. It was really sweet!
Addie loved Pop!
This was on the way home. Addie slept for a solid 4 1/2 hours.

Monday, June 14, 2010

FOUR months!

Yesterday Andrew, Addie, Charlie and I all loaded up and went to Mom and Dad's to swim. Andrew rode his bike over there and met us! We had a great time. Here are some pictures from the day.
Addie went to see her Dr. for her FOUR month checkup today. Of course I didn't know that she would be getting shots. Bless her heart! I happened to have some Tylenol in her diaper bag so I gave it to her when we got there. She had one vaccine orally and the other two were shots. She only cried when she got the last one. The nurse was really impressed! What can I say, she is tough like her mommy!

She is in the 97th percentile for weight and height which means that she is healthy and growing (not overweight though!! whew!). We get to start baby food! Normally, this wouldn't be so exciting because it leads to stinky diapers, messy kitchens and more work BUT I am making her baby food and I'm pumped!! I did a trial run yesterday with sweet potatoes. It was a breeze and it tasted wonderful. If every mom knew it was this easy, they would make baby food too. Not only is it easy; it's cheap and doesn't have any preservatives. Why not?! I also will start using my "Deceptively Delicious" cookbook that uses pureed food. Neat, ok...moving on...

This is what I use:
My delicious pureed sweet potatoes.
Here is a picture of Addie with her sweet bandaids.
I have a video of Addie, post-doctor visit in her exersaucer but it won't upload. I just added the batteries so she likes it a lot more now! She is acting fine so far but I'm sure it's the Tylenol...

**Here is the video that wouldn't upload...

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Becoming fish-like

I forgot to post these the other day but Addie and I went swimming with KJ the other day. Here are some pics.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Wide world of coupons

I once snickered at this but coupons are AMAZING! (Yes, I realize that I am somewhat losing my mind...besides the mini-van promise, I am learning to never say never.) My money saving skills are pretty impressive. Hooray for saving? My budget only allows for so much spending so I am trying to make every penny last. With all that said, Becca has been my coupon lady inspiration. I saved $7.00 at Kroger today. That's the equivalent of 2 lattes.

Here are some great websites:
Kroger.com (You can load coupons onto your kroger card)
couponcravings.com
thekrazycouponlady.com
coupons.com
http://en.giftstogrow.pampers.com/index.html (For each pampers item that you buy, you type in the code and earn points. At no loss, you can build rewards points and cash them in for things)
enjoytheriderewards.com (Same thing but for Huggies)

Cheesy but Classic!

I had to upload this video...it's what we do just about every day!! Andrew is cheesing it to "Jane Says" and Addie was really wanting to sing.