Saturday, July 31, 2010

9 Months Old

These baby blues continue to melt our hearts daily!!
He loves to be outside...........
& play.........
& play...........
& play naked.......
& help with the yard sale..........
& play with dad............
he played until he was so pooped he crashed on the sofa & so did Lance............
He spent time with all of his grandparents..........
Granddad & MiMi
PaPa & JuJu
Grams & Puddy
& even took us all out on Mother's Day........
He even got 3 new teeth in one week to bring his total as of May to 5...........

Friday, July 30, 2010

90 Day Budget Boot Camp - Challenge #5

I’m Budget Boot Camp Challenger!
Organize Coupons
Now that you have your coupons, pick a way to organize them and start a system. Talk about the different organization systems you considered and show/describe the one you finally selected. How time consuming was it to first organize your coupons? Do you think it will get better now that you have a system in place? Pros/cons of the system you selected? Plus, discuss your experience.

I have my work cut out for me this weekend; I feel like I am so behind on the challenges & just need to get caught up ASAP.  I guess ASAP would be in between the million other things I have to do to get ready for B's 1st birthday & party as well as get the house ready for 6 additional people & 2 additional dogs next week!!  It is going to be a house full & I hope that I don't over stress as usual BUT it is going to be amazing having everyone here for Brayden 1st!!!

I promise that I will put my all into this challenge & I am hoping that I can save good bit on the stuff that we need for his party............keep your fingers crossed for me OK??

8 Months Old..........

On his 8 month birthday we moved into our new home so I took pictures in both houses.

Old Home (he just woke up)..........
New Home..........
Brayden really started to enjoy being outside..........
& helping his dad in the yard...............
Continued to LOVE bath time.............
& after bath time too..........
Started to really get the hang of feeding himself..............
He loved to walk around the neighborhood & people watch.............
He & Lance bonded every chance they got...........
& B took a HUGE interest in walking (but not crawling)...........
Big Blue Eyes............
brought Sophie back into the picture for a wonderful teething adventure........
He loved to look at & play with himself in the mirror............
& we celebrated his 1st Easter............

Thursday, July 29, 2010

7 Months Old.........

As I was going through his 7 Month photos I started to think this as his month of faces............

Cute Face

Joey Tribiani Face
Fake Smile to make mom stop taking pictures
"What you talkin about Willis" face........
Yelling Face (& squeal)..........
Coughing face????
Devious Face.........we see this one ALOT now..........
Peaceful Face...........
& finally he started doing this face......he tenses up, straightens his arms & makes a "grrr" like noise
You should see it now at almost 12 months old..........HILARIOUS!!

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

90 Day Budget Boot Camp - Challenge #4 Update

I’m Budget Boot Camp Challenger!
This week get a newspaper subscription and start collecting coupons for products you buy most often. Sign up for manufacturer newsletters/e-mails, look for coupons in the grocery store, sign-up for samples, and keep an eye out for hot coupon alerts. Discuss if you already collect coupons and where you typically get them. Or discuss if you found any new coupon sources, how time consuming it was collecting coupons, if the coupons you found seemed worth it, and where you found the best coupons.

I have slowly been signing up at some online sites & getting my coupon collecting organized but then being sick last week kind of through me off.  I am slowly getting back in the swing of things & even managed to use a few of the coupons I already had collected from the Sunday paper this weekend at the grocery store.  I also used some of the rewards that I received in the mail from Babies R Us rewards to get some stuff for Brayden's birthday taken care of.

I have recently learned & started to use the fact the you can add coupons directly to your Kroger plus card online & that way don't have to worry about loosing or forgetting them.  The problem I am having with this is I forget what coupons are on there from week to week & always forget to check the site before I leave the house.  I have been picking up the Sunday paper each week & do have a nice collection going; I tend to really look for coupons for household products like air fresheners, Febreeze plug ins (since I am addicted to them & have them in every room); shampoo, condish & cleaner since those are usually the more expensive things that I purchase.

This is really as far as I have gotten I think; I haven't really been able to put my all into this challenge because I was sick so I am planning on doing a combination of 4 & 5 this week so next week I promise that I will have a better challenge update!!

6 Months Old.....

We began his shoe collection (how cute are these??).........
Valentine's Day Photos for dada..........
Visited the Georgia Aquarium............
My Family came for a visit (without my dad)................
Grams got B his 1st Build a Bear............A UGA Football Bear OF COURSE!!
Spring pictures at his school..............
His 1st snow..........
His 1st Circus.........
He began experiencing how much Georgia LOVES to clean ears............
He fell in love with a big ol' duck............
February was a very busy month but a very love & fun filled month!!!