Just thought I'd give a little life update while I was thinking of it. Nothing too exciting going on here. Anthony has been back at school for a week now, and the kids come back tomorrow. So our summer of fun has come to an end. :( It was really a great summer. Even though both of us were working part-time, I feel like we got some great quality time as a family, and we got a lot of our "projects" taken care of as well. I guess I'll be back to feeling like a single mother some of the time with Anthony being so busy (school, quiz bowl, other school stuff, his grad school class, etc.) but at least he is only taking one class instead of two like last semester. And it's good to know that it won't be like this forever since he will be done with grad school in a couple years.
Bailey and I are going to have to find things to keep us busy so we don't both go crazy being stuck in the house! We're definitely going to do story time at one, and maybe two, libraries. I would really like to be able to volunteer somewhere, but I'll have to figure out how to do that with Bailey in tow. Maybe at Ridgeview once a week or something?
And speaking of Bailey... she is getting around like an old pro now. She crawls everywhere, and moves from room to room now. She is also pulling herself up to standing on anything and everything that is within her reach. And on the food front, she likes to eat Ritz crackers (cracker pieces that is), and had a biter biscuit at Mom's house on Sunday for the first time. She put a hurtin' on that thing! I haven't really been trying any new baby foods with her, since she is satisfied with oatmeal. Although I did give her green beans again yesterday and today and she likes those just fine. So I guess she likes vegetables (green beans and peas) better than anything fruity. Strange little girl. :) She is just usually such a happy girl and more fun all the time. I LOVE that I get to stay home with her.
Had a great time at girls' night at McAllister's this evening. Then I went to Target with Courtney, who I have affectionately dubbed my "coupon mentor"! :) Oh and I wanted to mention my steal of the day in my grocery shopping today: Kroger had a "buy 10 qualifying items and get $5 off" deal going on, so I price matched that at Walmart, and 6 of my items were Hamburger Helpers, so my total on each of those were .89 a piece, and I used 2 coupons for buy 3, get .75 off, which brought my total to .64 a piece for Hambuger Helpers! That's more than half off people! :) Bargain shopping is such a rush.
Okay, off to bed now.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Not Me! Monday
I've always wanted to do Not Me! Monday but could never come up with things (or didn't really want to think about it that much) but I finally did! So, don't know if I'll stick with it, or even do it ever again at all, but today, I'm going for it. :) If you've never seen Not Me! Monday before, it was started by MckMama and if you have never read her blog before, you definitely need to go check it out. Here we go....
Last Tuesday, when Mom and I were out on the town and Bailey had pooped and gotten some on her outfit, I certainly did NOT just wipe the poop off with a wipe instead of putting a new outfit on her. Moms don't do things like that until they are on like their 4th child or so.
I really do NOT bring Bailey into bed with us almost every morning when she wakes up at 5:30ish because I am way too tired to even sit up in the rocker to nurse her. And on that same note, when Bailey and I nap together (which we do NOT do, by the way, my baby always sleeps in her crib for naps) and she wakes up only 30 minutes into the nap, and I'm not ready to be awake, I do NOT just "pop it out" and nurse her back to sleep so I can catch some more winks. I would never bribe my child with the breast, or anything else for that matter.
Last Wednesday, when I went to Sonic before doing my grocery shopping, I definitely did NOT reach in the trash can to get a receipt, that was not mine, that had the free Route 44 survey opportunity on it. I did NOT do this on Friday when I went to Sonic as well. It's not like seeing those receipts lying there in that trash can is like seeing $1.79 lying in a trash can or anything. Only a hobo would do something like that.
And then I did NOT start to feel a little guilty after some prodding from my husband and decide that it would be a sin for me to use those receipts since they weren't meant for me. So I will NOT be throwing those darn receipts back in the trash where the stupid consumer placed them in the first place. When my money-saving inner self wins over my conscience, my husband steps in! Maybe I should go stand right after the Sonic drive-thru and flag everyone down and make sure they know about the amazing free drinks that can be theirs with just one phone call! :) Haha.
What about you? Is there anything you would like to get off your chest?
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Soaking Up the UV Rays
Five points to the first person who can guess why I gave this post that title!?
And please make sure to enlarge the last picture so you can see the mud!
And please make sure to enlarge the last picture so you can see the mud!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Baltimore Pictures
A few pictures from Baltimore.....
Bailey watching the drum guy while we were waiting for the Light Rail. She was fascinated by him and it kept her entertained while we were waiting, so I put $2 in his money bucket. :)
We bought this hat for Bailey for $8 on the street before we went into the game.
Mommy & Bailey
Daddy & Bailey - Hmmm... why does she look more happy in the picture with him? Haha!
And this is probably my favorite picture from the weekend. I'm kicking myself that we didn't get a picture of all 3 of us somewhere. Oh well, there's always next time. :)
Bailey watching the drum guy while we were waiting for the Light Rail. She was fascinated by him and it kept her entertained while we were waiting, so I put $2 in his money bucket. :)
We bought this hat for Bailey for $8 on the street before we went into the game.
Mommy & Bailey
Daddy & Bailey - Hmmm... why does she look more happy in the picture with him? Haha!
And this is probably my favorite picture from the weekend. I'm kicking myself that we didn't get a picture of all 3 of us somewhere. Oh well, there's always next time. :)
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Baltimore
So we went to Baltimore this past weekend. We left on Saturday morning and we first stopped at Children's Hospital in D.C. to see Tyson and Summer. I'm so glad we got to visit and hopefully it was a little break from the same old thing for Summer just being cooped up in the hospital room all day long. Poor little Tyson was just not a happy camper, and can't say I blame him. But he is done with this first round of chemo, so hopefully he is feeling better. I know he is happy to be home with his family again. And most importantly, hopefully the chemo is doing its job and killing the cancer!
After that visit, we were on to Baltimore, to check in to our hotel. Once we got settled we headed downtown to the Inner Harbor to get some dinner. It took us about an hour and a half to get there on the light rail, because apparently some idiot (in a car) decided to try to beat the train across the track and didn't make it all the way. So we got held up several times and were just sitting there. But we finally made it and enjoyed the sights and people as we walked to the Inner Harbor. We ate dinner at Hard Rock Cafe. I didn't really care for it too much - it was way too loud, but that's where Anthony wanted to eat. Bailey fell asleep in the stroller as we were walking back toward the Light Rail and stayed asleep pretty close till the time we were back at our stop. She slept that night in the pack-n-play and did really good with that. We had a king bed and that was glorious! I wouldn't even known I was sharing a bed with someone. :) Please don't take that the wrong way, our marriage is fine (though unfamiliar city driving does not bring out the best in either one of us, haha), we just like to have our space when we sleep, you know?
Sunday morning, we get up have breakfast at the hotel, then get things packed up and hang out while Bailey has her morning nap. Then we head back downtown for the Red Sox/Orioles game, the point of our whole trip! We stopped and had lunch at California Tortilla before the game, great place to go. We were there about an hour before the game started I think. It was a really good game, lots of runs scored, some homeruns, some records I think, and some firsts for some players - a great game to watch. And Bailey was such a good girl the whole time. Of course I was up and down with her multiple times, is as to be expected. I nursed her a couple of times while we were there, in a bathroom stall, haha, and she took a nap in the stroller while I did a lot of walking around the stadium.
When the game was over, we took our time leaving, so we didn't have to compete with the crowd to get on the light rail. And I have to say, going to a Sunday game was SO much better than going to a Saturday game which is what we did 2 years ago. We had no problem getting on the light rail, and didn't have to wait to eat at either restaurant we went to. I think we will definitely be doing Sunday games when we go again. It just made me a whole lot less stressed out not to have to deal with such big crowds. So we finally got on the road between 6:30 and 7 and made it home a little after 10:00.
Bailey was SUCH a good girl the whole time, even on the car rides. She is really a very good baby and we are so blessed to have her. We had a wonderful time in Baltimore and it really actually seemed like we were there longer than a day, in a good way. Can't wait to go back again. I have pictures, but am too lazy to upload them tonight, so look for those sometime soon!
After that visit, we were on to Baltimore, to check in to our hotel. Once we got settled we headed downtown to the Inner Harbor to get some dinner. It took us about an hour and a half to get there on the light rail, because apparently some idiot (in a car) decided to try to beat the train across the track and didn't make it all the way. So we got held up several times and were just sitting there. But we finally made it and enjoyed the sights and people as we walked to the Inner Harbor. We ate dinner at Hard Rock Cafe. I didn't really care for it too much - it was way too loud, but that's where Anthony wanted to eat. Bailey fell asleep in the stroller as we were walking back toward the Light Rail and stayed asleep pretty close till the time we were back at our stop. She slept that night in the pack-n-play and did really good with that. We had a king bed and that was glorious! I wouldn't even known I was sharing a bed with someone. :) Please don't take that the wrong way, our marriage is fine (though unfamiliar city driving does not bring out the best in either one of us, haha), we just like to have our space when we sleep, you know?
Sunday morning, we get up have breakfast at the hotel, then get things packed up and hang out while Bailey has her morning nap. Then we head back downtown for the Red Sox/Orioles game, the point of our whole trip! We stopped and had lunch at California Tortilla before the game, great place to go. We were there about an hour before the game started I think. It was a really good game, lots of runs scored, some homeruns, some records I think, and some firsts for some players - a great game to watch. And Bailey was such a good girl the whole time. Of course I was up and down with her multiple times, is as to be expected. I nursed her a couple of times while we were there, in a bathroom stall, haha, and she took a nap in the stroller while I did a lot of walking around the stadium.
When the game was over, we took our time leaving, so we didn't have to compete with the crowd to get on the light rail. And I have to say, going to a Sunday game was SO much better than going to a Saturday game which is what we did 2 years ago. We had no problem getting on the light rail, and didn't have to wait to eat at either restaurant we went to. I think we will definitely be doing Sunday games when we go again. It just made me a whole lot less stressed out not to have to deal with such big crowds. So we finally got on the road between 6:30 and 7 and made it home a little after 10:00.
Bailey was SUCH a good girl the whole time, even on the car rides. She is really a very good baby and we are so blessed to have her. We had a wonderful time in Baltimore and it really actually seemed like we were there longer than a day, in a good way. Can't wait to go back again. I have pictures, but am too lazy to upload them tonight, so look for those sometime soon!
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Crib Standing & Allergic Reaction?
So one day last week Bailey woke up from her nap and she was just playing happily in her crib so I let her be for a while. When I finally went in, this is what I saw...
She was standing in her crib! Sorry for the blurry picture.... active babies are hard to photograph! We had actually just lowered the mattress a day or two before because I knew that if she could figure out that was something she could do, then she would be able to do it!
And, if you are on facebook, you probably know about our allergic reaction ordeal. We think that she may have a birch-pollen allergy because she has broken out like this when eating an apple-pear mixture (but not applesauce) and bananas. It makes me nervous to try the other foods listed on the link, but she is completely happy with just eating oatmeal for every meal, so maybe we'll just stick with that for a while. The splotchiness and swelling went away very soon after she stops eating the food so at least it wasn't too serious of a reaction.
As you can see, it didn't seem to phase happy little Bailey one bit. :)
She was standing in her crib! Sorry for the blurry picture.... active babies are hard to photograph! We had actually just lowered the mattress a day or two before because I knew that if she could figure out that was something she could do, then she would be able to do it!
And, if you are on facebook, you probably know about our allergic reaction ordeal. We think that she may have a birch-pollen allergy because she has broken out like this when eating an apple-pear mixture (but not applesauce) and bananas. It makes me nervous to try the other foods listed on the link, but she is completely happy with just eating oatmeal for every meal, so maybe we'll just stick with that for a while. The splotchiness and swelling went away very soon after she stops eating the food so at least it wasn't too serious of a reaction.
As you can see, it didn't seem to phase happy little Bailey one bit. :)
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