Happy Father's Day!

Well, our Father's Day didn't turn out quite as we would have liked it to... we were supposed to go to Busch Gardens with the whole Tyler family, but unfortunately, Anthony and I both got sick last night and didn't sleep much at all. So needless to say, we were still not feeling well this morning, so we decided it would be best to come on home. We got passes that are good until September so we'll just make another trip soon.

Anyways, on to brag on my husband for a minute. :)

I always knew he would be a good dad. Seeing him interact with his nephews and my niece confirmed that in my mind even before we were married.

But I have to say that he has probably defied even my expectations of him. I am pretty sure he loves Bailey more than he ever thought possible.

The older Bailey gets, the more fun they have with each other. Don't get me wrong, he could feed, diaper, and rock her with the best of dads. But playing, rough 'n tumble play, chasing play, tickle till you pee your diaper play, that is his niche. And Bailey cannot get enough of the playing, or enough of her Daddy.

Anthony, thanks for being such a great caretaker, provider, playmate, and example to our little girl. There is no one who I would rather share the joy and responsibility of parenting with. We love you very much!

Recap

Just thought I'd recap the past couple days, since I have nothing better to talk about... ha! I actually do have some posts in mind -- the decorating advice for my hutch post, the newly painted Bailey's bathroom post, and one where I have a question for you guys about something I just want to get your view on. Anyways....

Yesterday, Wednesday, we stayed home most all day. Before church, we ran to CVS, because I finally have decided to start my couponing career with CVS (finally, right Courtney!?). I knew that it could definitely be a great opportunity for me, and very profitable, but to start getting the ECB's (Extra Care Bucks, just spent like cash), you have to pay something, granted not necessarily much, upfront. I just hadn't wanted to shell out anything, but they had a great deal on Old Spice bodywash this week, so I did it! They had Old Spice (and Gillette) body wash on sale for $4, and you get back 4 ECB's, so it ends up "free". Plus, I had a B1G1 coupon. So I got 2 body washes (there was a limit of 2 on the ECB deals) for $4.00 and I got my little slip for 8 ECB's. So I'll use that next time there's a deal I want. Hopefully I can get lots of great deals now that I am started! I've been wanting to get into this for a while, so I'm so happy I finally did it!

After CVS, we went to Wendy's and had dinner with Ashley, James, & Zoe. Wendy's has their kid meals for 99 cents on Wednesday evenings, but let me say... I do NOT think we'll be going back there for a while! They SO did not have it together. The line was 10 miles long and SLOW as could be. I really think we waited in line for 10 minutes, if not 15. Ridiculous. So if you've ever been to Wendy's, you know how they have someone writing your order down before you actually get to the register? Well, they still do the same thing, but instead of writing it down, they do it electronically so they can just send your order to the front register. (Probably been like that a while, but I haven't been in there in a very long time.) Well, when Ashley and I get up there, BOTH of our orders were more expensive than they should have been. Good thing we added up how much they were supposed to be. So like I said, probably not going back there for a while.

Then it was on to church. I am leading the small group of 7th and 8th grade girls this summer, and I'm really enjoying that group of girls. They are sweet and a lot of fun. Every single girl who was in my group last night is going to camp next week. So I'm going to be praying that God does some great things in their tender, young hearts!

Zoe came home with us to spend the night after church. I always let her stay up way too late when she is here, but what are aunts for, you know? We're supposed to do all the things that moms don't let them do. :)

This morning we went to storytime at the library, then to Target, then to Grand Home Furnishings to meet up with my friend Amanda (used to be Hill) and her mom who had come into town with her dad, who sometimes visits this store. We visited there for a little bit and then had to come for Bailey to get a nap. After nap time, we met up w/ Mom, Ashley, and James and went to the Virginia Discovery Museum in Charlottesville. It was $4 a person and we were not overly impressed, except for the observation beehive, which was totally awesome. It wasn't bad, but I was expecting more, so we probably won't be going back there again. I have heard that the Harrisonburg Children's Museum is much better, so hopefully we can go there soon.

Now we're just enjoying a relaxing evening, watching the Celtics play and getting ready for our VA Beach trip tomorrow. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Freezer

Just wanted to share an update on what happened with the freezer we were getting. Well, I ended up not getting my Chipotle, because the lady couldln't meet us till 8:00, so Anthony went by himself.

So he got the freezer, and when we brought it in yesterday it seemed bigger than what we thought it was going to be. So Anthony checked the back and it said it was a 7 cu. ft., not a 5 cu. ft. like the lady said it was. Well, I guess we got a good deal cause we paid less for a bigger freezer, but it's really bigger than what we want.

So Anthony put it back on craigslist, but turns out, I told Ashley about it and she said that she and James want it! So they're going to buy it from us, and we'll just keep looking for a 5 cu. ft.!

Meal Plan Monday

Monday
Hot Dogs

Tuesday
Popcorn Chicken Salad

Wednesday
Sausage & Potato Bake

Thursday
Skillet Tacos

Friday
VA Beach for the weekend

Whoops

Just wanted to check in and say I am still alive for anyone who was wondering. We had a super busy weekend and last week I didn't feel like there was anything going on that was exciting enough to blog about. I still haven't even made my meal plan for the week yet! Yikes! Which I think may be partly the cause of us perhaps eating out tonight. But I have a good reason. Haha. I think we are going to be buying a chest freezer from a lady in Charlottesville. Anthony found it on craigslist. It is just a small 5 cu. ft. freezer, but I don't think I need anymore than that. I just have times (after shopping trips where I find good deals) where I think there is NO way I am going to be able to get everything in my freezer. This freezer is only 3 to 4 months old and she's going to sell it to us for $100.

So hopefully this works out. So when I was thinking of where we could stop and get food in Charlottesville, Chipotle came to mind... mmm.

So anyways, I'll have my meal plan done tonight and hopefully I won't be so boring this week as I was last week! :)

Meal Plan Monday

I just need to put in my plug for weekly meal planning. If you get to dinner time every day and find yourself wondering what in the world you are going to throw together, you really need to try meal planning. I could NEVER go back to doing without it!

Monday
Potato, Zucchini, & Tomato Soup (ended up not having this on Saturday because we stuffed ourselves at Kevin & Sarah's Adoption Celebration!)

Tuesday
Beef Enchiladas

Wednesday
Chicken Patties

Thursday
Coney Island Hot Dogs

Friday
Italian Spaghetti Pie

Saturday
Picnic @ Courtney & Phil's
I'm bringing Cheddar Cheese Mushroom Macaroni

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen things I am wanting/needing to do. Maybe this will help motivate me to actually get some of them done! :)

1 - Paint our master bathroom.

2 - Paint Bailey's bathroom.

3 - Decide what to do with and help Anthony finish working on the hutch his parents gave us about 2 years (or more?) ago! I need to decide if I just want to stain it or paint it. I think I'll take a picture of it and do another "advice" post. I am SOOO "decorating challenged"!

4 - Refinish the frame to a mirror I just bought on clearance at Target today. It's a little banged up, and just needs a little help to look awesome.

5 - Clean up/organize the office. Again. This is definitely our problem room.

6 - Clear off the junk that has accumulated on our dressers and night stands.

7 - Find or make some type of mail holder to hang in the kitchen/dining room.

8 - Find some type of riding toy for Bailey to play with outside (from a yardsale or craigslist).

9 - Get a sliding screen door for our back door.

10 - Touch up paint around the chair rail in our dining room.

11 - See about getting another cable jack put in our living room. Our tv is on a wall now where I never imagined having our tv when we picked where we wanted the jacks. So right now, we have the huge long cable coming from one wall, and draped over a door way to connect to the tv on another wall... ugh!

12 - Get a new remote since ours is wacky and doesn't work right all the time.

13 - Organize the food in my cabinets.


Oh geez... where do I start!? :)