i just saw this and had to share: http://www.pampers.co.uk/en_GB/video/babyseyes.jsp
enjoy!
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
oh yeah
so in case it wasn't obvious already, we're moving to colorado. in a month. no, jon doesn't have a job yet, and yes, we're nervous, but we know it'll be ok in the end and that everything will work out. we have faith that this is what we need to do and that heavenly father will provide for us if we do what we're supposed to do. we're preparing as much as possible (saving $$, getting food storage, etc.) and crossing our fingers for the rest. if you need our new address, let me know and i'll make sure you get it. :)
all kinds of crazy ideas these days!
so i had another idea yesterday. . . when we get settled in colorado next month, i'm thinking about opening an etsy shop. :) i figure that i can make things that people would probably pay decent $$ for, so why not? i would probably stick to jewelry and hairbows at first, but might also branch into cloth diapers if the ones i'm making for trevor turn out well. we'll see. no baby carriers though, i don't want to deal w/ the legal issues involved there! too much to worry about and have to protect myself from in case anything happens. i don't want that kind of stress. but yeah, i just wanted to let you all know! :)
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
it came out of NOWHERE!
seriously. i woke up sunday morning and it hit me like a ton of bricks! ok, here's the deal. . .
so, ever since i was a kid and discovered how much i loved to read, i've wanted to write a book of my own. i made a couple of attempts, but they all kinda fizzled out before they really ever got started. well, when my alarm went off sunday morning, it interrupted a dream i was having - that dream was the push i needed. in it was born the premise of the story. :) i've started writing, but it's slow going, since i have to do it in between chasing after trevor, taking care of scott, and all my other motherly and wifely duties. so far i've got the first chapter done. . .
here's what i can tell you so far:
zoe morgan is a 19 year old college junior w/ her whole life planned out - and everything's going exactly the way she wants. but you know what they say about the best-laid plans. . .
ryan appears in class on the first day of the new semester. zoe doesn't know what it is about him that draws her to him, but she can't afford this right now. it isn't part of the plan. what she doesn't know is that he's a faerie prince, sent to the human world like a foreign exchange student, so he can learn the diplomacy skills every good leader needs.
as if that weren't enough, she finds out she's actually 1/4 faerie herself, and as such, she learns she can never REALLY fit into the human world. all of zoe's plans come crashing down around her as she struggles to figure out if ANYTHING she ever believed was true and to figure out her place in the new world she finds herself a part of.
so, ever since i was a kid and discovered how much i loved to read, i've wanted to write a book of my own. i made a couple of attempts, but they all kinda fizzled out before they really ever got started. well, when my alarm went off sunday morning, it interrupted a dream i was having - that dream was the push i needed. in it was born the premise of the story. :) i've started writing, but it's slow going, since i have to do it in between chasing after trevor, taking care of scott, and all my other motherly and wifely duties. so far i've got the first chapter done. . .
here's what i can tell you so far:
zoe morgan is a 19 year old college junior w/ her whole life planned out - and everything's going exactly the way she wants. but you know what they say about the best-laid plans. . .
ryan appears in class on the first day of the new semester. zoe doesn't know what it is about him that draws her to him, but she can't afford this right now. it isn't part of the plan. what she doesn't know is that he's a faerie prince, sent to the human world like a foreign exchange student, so he can learn the diplomacy skills every good leader needs.
as if that weren't enough, she finds out she's actually 1/4 faerie herself, and as such, she learns she can never REALLY fit into the human world. all of zoe's plans come crashing down around her as she struggles to figure out if ANYTHING she ever believed was true and to figure out her place in the new world she finds herself a part of.
Friday, July 17, 2009
new blog
i just wanted to let you all know that since this page is getting overrun by my gratuitous deal-seeking/coupon-using/food-hording, i decided to start a whole new blog dedicated to my obsession. it's couponcrazymama.blogspot.com. from now on, THIS blog will not have deals or savings info posted here. i WILL post a link to the other blog though! bye! :)
Thursday, July 2, 2009
i really do have a life outsife of coupons, i swear!
ok, so i haven't WRITTEN in a long time, mostly just posted pictures and told about awesome deals i got. . . SO i figured it's time to remedy that. :)
life has been good lately. jon is busy looking for a new job so that we hopefully won't have to worry about money too much when his contract ends in december. he's found alot of great opportunities in colorado and is applying for anything he's interested in. he really wants to end up in denver, but it's actually looking like most the jobs are in colorado springs, which i'm happy about. i'd prefer to go there, so i don't mind at all. he claims there will be more to do in denver, but the way he talks, you'd think colorado springs was in the middle of the boonies. not so much. i doubt we'll get bord in the springs too easily, and even if we do, it's not like denver's that far - we can always drive up there for a day if we want to. anyways, we'll go wherever the jobs lead us, whether it's denver or the springs. :)
trevor's experimenting w/ new words, trying to figure out how to pronounce things so we can understand him. my current favorite is instead of saying "cookie" he says "booty" :) it's so awesome when he runs through the house going "booty! booty! booty! yay, booty!" :D i LOVE it! today i tried to get him to say tv, but it came out sounding like "baby". . . oh well. he still refuses to say his own name, even though i KNOW he can say it. he's excited that he can say grandma (maw-maw), cj (dee-day), and danielle (don't even ask me, i can't say it the way he does). . . he asks to call them almost every day lately. . . he mostly just says hi over and over, then when he's done, he'll say "bye bye! i yuh you!" (i love you) and hand the phone to whoever's closest. . . sometimes i'll get him to demonstrate a cute pronounciation or he'll decide to count (he can get to 10 on his own!). . . he's comepletely obscessed w/ balls, cars, trucks (which he calls "yucks"), and going to the park (he asks to go play, then says "down, up! wheee!" which mean slide and swing, respectively). he comes completely unglued if he had a single speck of dirt or anything else on his hands or feet and cries andsays "all yuyi!" (all yucky) until someone cleans him up. . . he loves scott and likes to tell him hi all day long and pat his belly. if he's awake and the baby's sleeping, he's always very concerned about where scott is and just keeps calling "baby! where did he go? there he is!" until scott wakes up and we bring him to the living room too. . . :) he just can't seem to get enough time w/ his brother, which is good, especially since i'm sure they'll have their moments as they get older. :)
scott is growing so fast, it's hard to believe he's almost 3 months old! he's still nursing like a champ, but will THANKFULLY also take a bottle. he sleeps 8-10 hours at night and he a very happy boy when he's awake. he loves to look around and watch what's going on around him; he LOVES to be on his belly and just hold his head up and look around! he can also roll over to his back when he wants to, although he gets upset that he can't get back onto his belly from there. . . he's ticklish and loves to snuggle whenever he gets the chance. it's hard to belive he's only been here for 3 months, it feels like we've known him forever!
i'm doing really well too. i've started going to yoga classes again, which has shown me how truly out of shape i am now. i'm working on getting my body back to how i want it, but it'll take time. part of me doesn't feel like it b/c jon and i know we want at least 1 more kid, but i just don't like the way i look right now and that trumps the lazy part of me. i'd rather do something to feel better about my body image than to wallow in it until we're done having kids. when i'm not chasing trevor down or taking care of scott, i keep myself busy w/ books, the internet, coupons, and the few tv shows i like that aren't running reruns right now. i'm doing what i can to prepare for this move and change in career or possible lack thereof. coupons are helping to save some money and bulk up our food storage. those are the 2 main things i can do at this point. . . they'll be of the most value to us if we end up w/out income for a while. i'm also looking a little bit for places we might want to live when we get out west, although not very actively, since we have no idea if jon will have a job by then or not, and if he does, we don't know where yet. i'm mostly just getting ideas so that when the time cames, we CAN make that decision more quickly.
that's about it, i guess. i should go anyways, i think trevor just woke up and it's dinnertime too. :)
life has been good lately. jon is busy looking for a new job so that we hopefully won't have to worry about money too much when his contract ends in december. he's found alot of great opportunities in colorado and is applying for anything he's interested in. he really wants to end up in denver, but it's actually looking like most the jobs are in colorado springs, which i'm happy about. i'd prefer to go there, so i don't mind at all. he claims there will be more to do in denver, but the way he talks, you'd think colorado springs was in the middle of the boonies. not so much. i doubt we'll get bord in the springs too easily, and even if we do, it's not like denver's that far - we can always drive up there for a day if we want to. anyways, we'll go wherever the jobs lead us, whether it's denver or the springs. :)
trevor's experimenting w/ new words, trying to figure out how to pronounce things so we can understand him. my current favorite is instead of saying "cookie" he says "booty" :) it's so awesome when he runs through the house going "booty! booty! booty! yay, booty!" :D i LOVE it! today i tried to get him to say tv, but it came out sounding like "baby". . . oh well. he still refuses to say his own name, even though i KNOW he can say it. he's excited that he can say grandma (maw-maw), cj (dee-day), and danielle (don't even ask me, i can't say it the way he does). . . he asks to call them almost every day lately. . . he mostly just says hi over and over, then when he's done, he'll say "bye bye! i yuh you!" (i love you) and hand the phone to whoever's closest. . . sometimes i'll get him to demonstrate a cute pronounciation or he'll decide to count (he can get to 10 on his own!). . . he's comepletely obscessed w/ balls, cars, trucks (which he calls "yucks"), and going to the park (he asks to go play, then says "down, up! wheee!" which mean slide and swing, respectively). he comes completely unglued if he had a single speck of dirt or anything else on his hands or feet and cries andsays "all yuyi!" (all yucky) until someone cleans him up. . . he loves scott and likes to tell him hi all day long and pat his belly. if he's awake and the baby's sleeping, he's always very concerned about where scott is and just keeps calling "baby! where did he go? there he is!" until scott wakes up and we bring him to the living room too. . . :) he just can't seem to get enough time w/ his brother, which is good, especially since i'm sure they'll have their moments as they get older. :)
scott is growing so fast, it's hard to believe he's almost 3 months old! he's still nursing like a champ, but will THANKFULLY also take a bottle. he sleeps 8-10 hours at night and he a very happy boy when he's awake. he loves to look around and watch what's going on around him; he LOVES to be on his belly and just hold his head up and look around! he can also roll over to his back when he wants to, although he gets upset that he can't get back onto his belly from there. . . he's ticklish and loves to snuggle whenever he gets the chance. it's hard to belive he's only been here for 3 months, it feels like we've known him forever!
i'm doing really well too. i've started going to yoga classes again, which has shown me how truly out of shape i am now. i'm working on getting my body back to how i want it, but it'll take time. part of me doesn't feel like it b/c jon and i know we want at least 1 more kid, but i just don't like the way i look right now and that trumps the lazy part of me. i'd rather do something to feel better about my body image than to wallow in it until we're done having kids. when i'm not chasing trevor down or taking care of scott, i keep myself busy w/ books, the internet, coupons, and the few tv shows i like that aren't running reruns right now. i'm doing what i can to prepare for this move and change in career or possible lack thereof. coupons are helping to save some money and bulk up our food storage. those are the 2 main things i can do at this point. . . they'll be of the most value to us if we end up w/out income for a while. i'm also looking a little bit for places we might want to live when we get out west, although not very actively, since we have no idea if jon will have a job by then or not, and if he does, we don't know where yet. i'm mostly just getting ideas so that when the time cames, we CAN make that decision more quickly.
that's about it, i guess. i should go anyways, i think trevor just woke up and it's dinnertime too. :)
harris teeter: take 2
i made a 2nd trip to harris teeter to take advantage of their super doubles this past week. they didn't have a couple of things i wanted, but that's the chance i took in waiting till the last minute. . . anyways, i ended up getting 2 jack daniel's bbq sauces (as if i needed more bbq sauce, right?), 2 lysol prays, 5 tubs of blue bunny ice cream, 4 4-packs of yogurt (1 danactive, 4 activia), and 4 boxes of bandaids. i had $1 off coupons for each item (although only 2 ice cream coupons b/c they wouldn't take more than that on them, but i only paid for 2 b/c they were on sale b2g3, so i still got a pretty sweet deal). i paid $27.48 and saved $41.19 (60.03%). happy evelyn! :)
Monday, June 29, 2009
publix - mwahahahahaha!
ok, so publix this week was AWESOME!!!!! seriously, wow! ok, so don't laugh, but i got 18 french's mustards (i said don't laugh!), 21 kraft bbq sauces, 10 loaves of pepperidge farms bread, 4 sara lee strawberry cheesecakes, 2 bertolli frozen meals, and 2 lysol all purpose sprays. i used 50 cent off coupons for all the mustards and bbq sauces, 55 cent manufacturer's coupons + 75 cent off target coupons for the bread (hooray for comptitor's coupons!), $1 off the cheesecakes, $1.50 off the bertolli meals, and 50 cents off the lysol. all the 50 cent coupons doubled for $1. . . i paid $31.62 for $144.51 worth of stuff. i saved $112.89 or 78.12%. holy freakin cow! oh, and i got rainchecks for more bread. . . and mustard.
ok, so here's the deal w/ the mustard b/c i know you're all trying ot figure out what use i could POSSIBLY have for all of that. the truth is, i DON'T have a use for it. BUT it served my purposes in the store. here's why: it's on sale b1g1 for $1.89. well, that, coupled w/ a 50 cent off coupon for each one means i GET PAID 11 cents for every 2 i take out of the store. i also got paid 51 cents for every 2 bbq sauces. :) oh, and the pepperidge farms bread was 69 cents per loaf after my coupons (on sale for $1.99 each, minus 55 cent coupon AND 75 cent coupon). lysol was 69 cents for 2. the cheese cakes and bertolli meals weren't AS great a deal, but still probably the best i can ever hope to get, so i get them anyways. it was a VERY happy day! :) here's my haul--
ps - if you need mustard, let me know! :)
ok, so here's the deal w/ the mustard b/c i know you're all trying ot figure out what use i could POSSIBLY have for all of that. the truth is, i DON'T have a use for it. BUT it served my purposes in the store. here's why: it's on sale b1g1 for $1.89. well, that, coupled w/ a 50 cent off coupon for each one means i GET PAID 11 cents for every 2 i take out of the store. i also got paid 51 cents for every 2 bbq sauces. :) oh, and the pepperidge farms bread was 69 cents per loaf after my coupons (on sale for $1.99 each, minus 55 cent coupon AND 75 cent coupon). lysol was 69 cents for 2. the cheese cakes and bertolli meals weren't AS great a deal, but still probably the best i can ever hope to get, so i get them anyways. it was a VERY happy day! :) here's my haul--
ps - if you need mustard, let me know! :)
cvs = cheap sunscreen!
ok, so i kow last time i posted about cvs i said i'd be getting sunscreen for free, but it turns out the ad was printed wrong and i did have to pay. . . but not TOO much, and i still got an AWESOME deal. i got 2 coppertone no-rub sprays (a tanning oil for $9.99 and spf 70 for $10.99), used $1.50 off coupons for each, plus my 12 ecb's from last week and paid $6.61 for $21.61 worth of stuff. i saved $15 even, which is 69.41%. oh yeah, and i got 8 ecb's for next week (so if you include the ecb's, it's like i got paid to get the usncreen. it's all in how you look at it!). yay! :)
i harris teetered :)
so harris teeter is doubling coupons up to $1.98 in value, making it worth my time to drive down there to get a few things. tonight i got 2 boxes of bagel-fuls ($2.75 each), 6 boxes of band-aids ($2.55 each), and 10 pints of ben & jerry's (on sale at 2/$6). i had coupons for $1 off each of those things, which all doubled to $2. i paid $15.85 for $61.75 worth of stuff, meaning i saved $45.90 or 74.33%. happy, happy evelyn! :D
Friday, June 26, 2009
cvs this week
ok, so this was the best i've ever done, i'm pretty sure. . . :) only one transaction, BUT it was awesome. i got 4 bottles of sobe lifewater and 12 soyjoy bars. used 2 b1g1 coupons for the sobe's and 2 coupons for $1/5 soyjoy bars. sobe's were on sale b1g1, soyjoy on sale for 4/$4 (plus it got 4 ecb's for every 4 you buy!). i paid $10.51 and got 12 ecb's to use next week! :) wahoo! i saved $11.84 just from the sale prices and coupons - 52.98%! next week i'll use the ecb's on a deal to get 2 coppertone sunscreens for NOTHING out of pocket. yay! :) (if you count the soyjoy bars in the picture there are only 11 - i ate one before i got a chance to take the picture)
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
trip to maryland
so we went up to maryland for the first weekend in june for my brother's wedding reception. while we were there, we also celebrated trevor's 2nd birthday w/ family, as well as scott's baby blessing. we figured all our family was already there, so it just made sense. here are pictures from the trip:
trevor and danielle at the zoo on saturday for trevor's birthday--
our family after scott's blessing on sunday--
trevor's birthday "party" at my grandma's house sunday evening--
my grandma holding scott at the party--
scott, konked out on the bed in our hotel room monday morning--
we had a good time (for the most part); i'm sure my parents and siblings especially enjoyed getting to see the kids! it was a tiring trip, but worth it to spend some time w/ family. it took us about a week to recover from it though! :)
trevor and danielle at the zoo on saturday for trevor's birthday--
our family after scott's blessing on sunday--
trevor's birthday "party" at my grandma's house sunday evening--
my grandma holding scott at the party--
scott, konked out on the bed in our hotel room monday morning--
we had a good time (for the most part); i'm sure my parents and siblings especially enjoyed getting to see the kids! it was a tiring trip, but worth it to spend some time w/ family. it took us about a week to recover from it though! :)
scott's 2 month portraits
so my neighbor offered to do pictures of scott for us - here are a few of my favorites:
unfortunately, he was a little cranky by the time we got to the ones w/ his blessing outfit on, so they weren't happy pictures, but oh well, i think the screaming one is still cute in its own right. :)
unfortunately, he was a little cranky by the time we got to the ones w/ his blessing outfit on, so they weren't happy pictures, but oh well, i think the screaming one is still cute in its own right. :)
publix. . . again
so i went back to publix tonight to get the rest of my stuff. . . i didn't do a picture this time, but i ended up w/ 4 more jars of ragu and 3 bags of chex mix for a grand total of $3.12! :) yay! i got rainchecks for 2 more laundry detergents and 4 more boxes of brownie mix. happy evelyn! :)
publix - getting back into coupons
ok, so w/ jon getting out of the military at the end of the year and us not knowing if he'll have a job by then, i figured it was time for me to get back into coupons in a major way to help save some money. i saved big on the things i got, but i bought larger quantities than i would have in the past. . . combined w/ the few things we needed RIGHT NOW, i spent a little less than normal on proceries, but not significantly. i'm hoping that in the weeks and months to come, i'll be able to save more so that i can really cut our grocery bill as much as possible. anyways, here's what i got:
14 jars ragu spaghetti sauce (46 oz. each)
40 breyers yocrunch yogurts
2 all small and mighty free and clear laundry detergent (32 loads each)
3 bags chex mix
1 pompeiian olive oils
4 i can't believe it's not butter sprays
4 boxes pillsbury brownie mix
i realized this morning that i forgot to include a couple of key coupons, so i'll be going back to use them tonight, but in the end i still got a graet deal - i paid $43.73, but SAVED $96.64 or 68.85%. obviously, if i hadn't forgotten those few coupons, i'd have saved even more, i just was in a hurry and wasn't paying attention. . . oh well. i'll be going back for some more chex mix and the all small and mighty. . . i also forgot the olive oil coupons, but i don't need to buy any more of that, so i'll see if there's anyone around here who wants them. . . i also forget to get myself soe rainchecks for the brownies, lysol wipes, and ragu sauce b/c they ran out before i'd used all my coupons. . . so i'll have to do that today too. oh well, not bad for a first try, huh? :) (the picture doesn't have the yogurts or spray butters b/c i'd already put them away when i thought to take the picture and didn't feel like getting them back out)
14 jars ragu spaghetti sauce (46 oz. each)
40 breyers yocrunch yogurts
2 all small and mighty free and clear laundry detergent (32 loads each)
3 bags chex mix
1 pompeiian olive oils
4 i can't believe it's not butter sprays
4 boxes pillsbury brownie mix
i realized this morning that i forgot to include a couple of key coupons, so i'll be going back to use them tonight, but in the end i still got a graet deal - i paid $43.73, but SAVED $96.64 or 68.85%. obviously, if i hadn't forgotten those few coupons, i'd have saved even more, i just was in a hurry and wasn't paying attention. . . oh well. i'll be going back for some more chex mix and the all small and mighty. . . i also forgot the olive oil coupons, but i don't need to buy any more of that, so i'll see if there's anyone around here who wants them. . . i also forget to get myself soe rainchecks for the brownies, lysol wipes, and ragu sauce b/c they ran out before i'd used all my coupons. . . so i'll have to do that today too. oh well, not bad for a first try, huh? :) (the picture doesn't have the yogurts or spray butters b/c i'd already put them away when i thought to take the picture and didn't feel like getting them back out)
cvs this week
so i'm not 100% done w/ cvs this week, but the things i still need to get are repeats of what i've already gotten, so i figure whatever, i'll just post it now.
1) 3 excedrin migraine 24-ct. geltabs, 1 dial 16 oz. body wash, 24 oz. renu multiplus solution. coupons: $1/1 excedrin x3, $1/1 dial body wash, $1/1 renu multiplus solution. paid $27.58 out of pocket, got 10 ecb. saved $12.00.
2) 4 johnson's 15 oz. baby washes, 4 scrubbing bubbles automatic shower cleaner refills. coupons: $1/1 johnson & johnson baby product x4, $3/2 sbrubbing bubbles shower cleaner x2, 10 ecb from previous purchase. paid $4.98 out of pocket. saved $35.12.
total spent = $32.56; saved $37.12 or 53.27%. i was most excited about the shower cleaner - the regular price on those was $5.29 each, but i only paid $1.50 each after the sale price combined w/ coupons! :) i'll be going back for more excedrin, dial, and multiplus solution. . . and possibly some more johnson's baby stuff. we'll see. . .
1) 3 excedrin migraine 24-ct. geltabs, 1 dial 16 oz. body wash, 24 oz. renu multiplus solution. coupons: $1/1 excedrin x3, $1/1 dial body wash, $1/1 renu multiplus solution. paid $27.58 out of pocket, got 10 ecb. saved $12.00.
2) 4 johnson's 15 oz. baby washes, 4 scrubbing bubbles automatic shower cleaner refills. coupons: $1/1 johnson & johnson baby product x4, $3/2 sbrubbing bubbles shower cleaner x2, 10 ecb from previous purchase. paid $4.98 out of pocket. saved $35.12.
total spent = $32.56; saved $37.12 or 53.27%. i was most excited about the shower cleaner - the regular price on those was $5.29 each, but i only paid $1.50 each after the sale price combined w/ coupons! :) i'll be going back for more excedrin, dial, and multiplus solution. . . and possibly some more johnson's baby stuff. we'll see. . .
cvs last week
ok, so i've been meaning to sit down and do this for a few days and now i have WAY more than i care to do at once, but oh well. . . anyways, i got to cvs at like, the last possible minute last week - 930 on saturday night - they close at 10 - to get last week's deals. . . not the greatest week, but not the worst either. mostly i just didn't have as great of luck as i have in the past, but i got stuff we needed, so it's all good.
1) 3 dove body washes (24 oz. each) + 3 $1/1 coupons = $19.47 out of pocket, but got 10 ecb. saved $8.07 total between coupons and the sale price.
2) 1 camping chair, 3 bottles optifree replenish (10 oz. each) + $1/1 coupons for optifree and 10 ecb = $22.64 out of pocket. saved @21.60.
total spent = $42.11; saved $ 29.67 or 41.33%. like i said, not the greatest week, but not bad either, especially considering we would've ended up paying full price for all of it in the near future, so why not save some now, right? (i didn't bother w/ the camp chair in the picture, but you get the idea)
1) 3 dove body washes (24 oz. each) + 3 $1/1 coupons = $19.47 out of pocket, but got 10 ecb. saved $8.07 total between coupons and the sale price.
2) 1 camping chair, 3 bottles optifree replenish (10 oz. each) + $1/1 coupons for optifree and 10 ecb = $22.64 out of pocket. saved @21.60.
total spent = $42.11; saved $ 29.67 or 41.33%. like i said, not the greatest week, but not bad either, especially considering we would've ended up paying full price for all of it in the near future, so why not save some now, right? (i didn't bother w/ the camp chair in the picture, but you get the idea)
Friday, April 17, 2009
pictures of scott
ok, so i got the pictures loaded onto the computer and into photobucket last night so that i can post them here. enjoy! :)
and b/c i didn't get around to it before he was born, here are the pictures of scott's room. . .
and b/c i didn't get around to it before he was born, here are the pictures of scott's room. . .
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
scott pieter is here! :)
ok, so around 715 saturday night i started having contractions, but figured they were just more braxton hicks b/c i get them ALL the time. i took trevor on a walk hoping it might turns them into something more or make them go away. . . they kept building, but nothing too bad. i got trevor his bath and put him to bed, got his easter basket out and did some laundry and dishes. i figured if i WAS in labor, i didn’t wanna come home to a stinky dirty house. the friend who was gonna drive me to the hospital came over and we decided to watch a movie, but ended up leaving in the middle of it. . . i got to the hospital around 1215. my contractions weren’t regular, but they were bad enough i knew it was time to go anyways. the l&d nurses weren’t so sure, hooked me up to the monitors, and were debating whether to keep me there or send me home. around 2 am, they said they’d check me in about half and hour and see if i’d made any progress, then decide. after telling me that, the nurse asked if my water her broken or anything, and RIGHT THEN, as she asked, it broke. . . i wasn’t sure b/c it was just a trickle, and i’ve had times before where that happened and it turned out i’d peed myself, so i said that. she said we’d be able to tell on the next contraction, and sure enough, it all just came gushing out. there was ALOT more than i’d expected, but at least then i knew they were keeping me and i was having scott. they checked me and said i was at 6 cm and 80% effaced, and that i had another water bag in there! they said something about a forebag, so i assumed that’s what had broken and the main bag was still in tact and asked them not to break it.
we got a message to jon to call b/c i was in labor, so i got to talk to him for a little while until i started having back labor and had to really focus to get through the contractions. that was around 330 or a little after, maybe. another friend had shown up shortly after i got to the hospital, so i asked her to do some counter pressure on my lower back to relieve the pain from the contractions and it helped SO much! i’d had back labor w/ trevor too, but it wasn’t this bad and i didn’t think to have anyone do any counter pressure. i wish now i had, it was a huge help in dealing w/ the pain.
i started to feel like i needed to push a little, but not like i COULDN’T stop it, so i asked to be checked. i was at 8 cm, but that 2nd bag was what was making me feel the urge to push. it wasn’t terrible, so i figured it would only be an hour or so till i was fully dilated. well, 3 hours later, i was still there - they checked me and i was STILL at 8 cm. i was completely exhausted at that point, it was just after 7 am and i hadn’t gotten any sleep. they said if i let the doctor break the forebag, i’d probably be done much faster. i realized then that i’d gotten confused at first - i thought they said my forebag had broken when really it was the main one that broke. i told them definitely go for it then, break it and get it over w/. the doctor came in and broke it, and there was another huge gush - even the doctor was surprised by how much fluid was in there (explains why i was SO huge though). . . 2 contractions later, i was fully dilated and screaming for them to get the doctor back in there b/c i was pushing and there was no stopping it. the nurse told me not to make her deliver the baby and i told her i wasn’t making her any promises. . .
the doctor came in right about then and they let me start pushing. . . he was doing some kind of counter pressure thing to help keep me from tearing, but it was so distracting that i couldn’t push effectively at all. i kept telling him to stop, but i think everyone though i meant to make the contractions stop b/c they just ignored me and kept saying "you’re almost done, just push, you’re doing great!" finally i kicked the doctor and said "you! stop it!" he did, and after that, i just pushed 3 times and scott was born! :) first thing the doctor said as he put him on my chest was "congratulations, now you can eat anything you want!" :) my one friend was offering me chocolate almost immediately. . . :) i didn’t want it quite then, but i thought it was kinda funny.
scott already knew his mama though - when they took him away to weigh him and a couple other little things, he screamed his little head off, but as long as he was w/ me, he was a happy little boy. i was able to nurse him for about half an hour before they had to take him to the nursery, so i was over the moon about that. :)
i didn’t really tear, but i had to get 2 small stitches b/c my skin stretched and wasn’t fitting together EXACTLY the way i was supposed to. best part though, was that i felt so much better throughout the whole thing. even when they weren’t letting me push yet, i was able to talk and laugh and joke in between contractions like nothing was going on at all, and i did it w/out any drugs. they l&d nurses, as well as my nurses in the maternity ward kept telling me i was a "rockstar" and asking why i didn’t have him at the birthing center (apparently that’s an option, but no one ever told me. . . i couldn’t have though, since i was on diabetes meds, i was considered high risk enough i had to be in the hospital). anyways, w/in an hour after having him, i was up and walking around on my own, i felt great! by the next day, i hardly noticed any soreness, and yesterday, when i left the hospital, i felt more like i was 2 or 3 WEEKS postpartum, not just 2 days. :)
scott is nursing like a pro, although i have had to use a nipple shield b/c he’s got such a narrow, high palette that i get blisters even when he’s latched 100% correctly. it’s helped a ton and a few times i’ve been able to go w/out it too. i’m hoping i won’t have to use it for long. he’s already started gained weight back (yay!), so i’m sure the little bit of jaundice he’s got will be on it’s way out very soon. he’s going to the doctor to check on that and his weight tomorrow, so i’ll let you all know what i find out then.
oh yeah, almost forgot - he was born 749 am on 4/12 (so about 12 1/2 hours of labor - huge surprise, since i was only in labor w/ trevor for a little under 5 hours. oh well. . . ); weighed 7 lbs., 15 oz., and was 20 inches long. when we left the hospital yesterday, he weighed 7 lbs., 7 oz., but today he was at 7 lbs., 8.6 oz. :)
AND even though jon wasn’t able to be there, he’ll be home on sunday! :) yay
we got a message to jon to call b/c i was in labor, so i got to talk to him for a little while until i started having back labor and had to really focus to get through the contractions. that was around 330 or a little after, maybe. another friend had shown up shortly after i got to the hospital, so i asked her to do some counter pressure on my lower back to relieve the pain from the contractions and it helped SO much! i’d had back labor w/ trevor too, but it wasn’t this bad and i didn’t think to have anyone do any counter pressure. i wish now i had, it was a huge help in dealing w/ the pain.
i started to feel like i needed to push a little, but not like i COULDN’T stop it, so i asked to be checked. i was at 8 cm, but that 2nd bag was what was making me feel the urge to push. it wasn’t terrible, so i figured it would only be an hour or so till i was fully dilated. well, 3 hours later, i was still there - they checked me and i was STILL at 8 cm. i was completely exhausted at that point, it was just after 7 am and i hadn’t gotten any sleep. they said if i let the doctor break the forebag, i’d probably be done much faster. i realized then that i’d gotten confused at first - i thought they said my forebag had broken when really it was the main one that broke. i told them definitely go for it then, break it and get it over w/. the doctor came in and broke it, and there was another huge gush - even the doctor was surprised by how much fluid was in there (explains why i was SO huge though). . . 2 contractions later, i was fully dilated and screaming for them to get the doctor back in there b/c i was pushing and there was no stopping it. the nurse told me not to make her deliver the baby and i told her i wasn’t making her any promises. . .
the doctor came in right about then and they let me start pushing. . . he was doing some kind of counter pressure thing to help keep me from tearing, but it was so distracting that i couldn’t push effectively at all. i kept telling him to stop, but i think everyone though i meant to make the contractions stop b/c they just ignored me and kept saying "you’re almost done, just push, you’re doing great!" finally i kicked the doctor and said "you! stop it!" he did, and after that, i just pushed 3 times and scott was born! :) first thing the doctor said as he put him on my chest was "congratulations, now you can eat anything you want!" :) my one friend was offering me chocolate almost immediately. . . :) i didn’t want it quite then, but i thought it was kinda funny.
scott already knew his mama though - when they took him away to weigh him and a couple other little things, he screamed his little head off, but as long as he was w/ me, he was a happy little boy. i was able to nurse him for about half an hour before they had to take him to the nursery, so i was over the moon about that. :)
i didn’t really tear, but i had to get 2 small stitches b/c my skin stretched and wasn’t fitting together EXACTLY the way i was supposed to. best part though, was that i felt so much better throughout the whole thing. even when they weren’t letting me push yet, i was able to talk and laugh and joke in between contractions like nothing was going on at all, and i did it w/out any drugs. they l&d nurses, as well as my nurses in the maternity ward kept telling me i was a "rockstar" and asking why i didn’t have him at the birthing center (apparently that’s an option, but no one ever told me. . . i couldn’t have though, since i was on diabetes meds, i was considered high risk enough i had to be in the hospital). anyways, w/in an hour after having him, i was up and walking around on my own, i felt great! by the next day, i hardly noticed any soreness, and yesterday, when i left the hospital, i felt more like i was 2 or 3 WEEKS postpartum, not just 2 days. :)
scott is nursing like a pro, although i have had to use a nipple shield b/c he’s got such a narrow, high palette that i get blisters even when he’s latched 100% correctly. it’s helped a ton and a few times i’ve been able to go w/out it too. i’m hoping i won’t have to use it for long. he’s already started gained weight back (yay!), so i’m sure the little bit of jaundice he’s got will be on it’s way out very soon. he’s going to the doctor to check on that and his weight tomorrow, so i’ll let you all know what i find out then.
oh yeah, almost forgot - he was born 749 am on 4/12 (so about 12 1/2 hours of labor - huge surprise, since i was only in labor w/ trevor for a little under 5 hours. oh well. . . ); weighed 7 lbs., 15 oz., and was 20 inches long. when we left the hospital yesterday, he weighed 7 lbs., 7 oz., but today he was at 7 lbs., 8.6 oz. :)
AND even though jon wasn’t able to be there, he’ll be home on sunday! :) yay
Saturday, April 11, 2009
holy moley - even MORE macaroni. . . er, pasta. . .
ok, so i went and got more coupons for pasta yesterday and all i have to say is WOW! i came home w/ 62 boxes of pasta, 2 things of laundry detergent, 2 boxes of ziplock bags, 2 canisters of store brand disinfecting wipes, and some brown sugar and only paid $2.36! yay! and the only reason i even paid that much was b/c i miscounted how many boxes of pasta i had - i had 61 coupons, but somehow must have skipped a box when i counted them. . . oh well though, i really can't complain. :) we won't have to buy pasta for at least a year, maybe 2, and i got it all for free! :) plus, i had JUST gotten a box w/ 20 lbs. of pasta from the cannery in columbia, so we now have over 100 lbs. of pasta in our house. talk about food storage! :) anyways, yeah, i'm pretty happy w/ my spoils, i don't think i could have done much better, poor counting skills aside. . .
Thursday, April 9, 2009
holy moley macaroni!
ok, so it wasn't macaroni, but close enough. my friend told me about a deal on pasta at publix that i decided was just too good to pass up - they PAY you 61 cents per box to get pasta! so yeah, today i went and got 20 boxes of pasta, plus some sour cream, shredded cheese, and a bag of easter candy and paid - wait for it - 27 CENTS! heck yeah! i saved $33.80! :D it's like christmas, i was so happy.
the best part was that it was fun for both trevor AND myself. we had to go to food lion to pull blinkies, which trevor thought was great fun - he'd sit there waiting for the coupon to pop out, asking me the whole time "out? out?" when it came out, he'd look at me expectantly till i told him "get it!" (i dunno why he thought he needed permission each time, but he did). then he'd yank it out and add it to the pile, clap his hands, and shout "yay!" and start the process all over again. we got 33 coupons today, and i'll be going to get more probably tomorrow. the whole thing is fun for me b/c i SO don't mind if a store wants to pay me to take food from them. :)
oh, and the only reason i stopped at 33 today was due to circumstances beyond my control. the first food lion we went to had the blinkie machine up high enough that trevor couldn't reach it while sitting in the cart, and no matter how hard i tried, i could NOT convince him to stand in it, so i had to hold him. we got 30 there before i got tired of that. so we went to another food lion in the hope that the machine would be on a lower shelf. it was, but after 3 coupons, it ran out, so there wasn't much i could do about that. trevor was disappointed, he kept asking me "out? all gone? out?" like he just didn't think that was fair. poor kid. at least this new fun game benefits me as well. . . :) i'll have to find a different food lion tomorrow b/c i don't wanna sit there holding him again, but i want more free pasta, dang it! :)
the best part was that it was fun for both trevor AND myself. we had to go to food lion to pull blinkies, which trevor thought was great fun - he'd sit there waiting for the coupon to pop out, asking me the whole time "out? out?" when it came out, he'd look at me expectantly till i told him "get it!" (i dunno why he thought he needed permission each time, but he did). then he'd yank it out and add it to the pile, clap his hands, and shout "yay!" and start the process all over again. we got 33 coupons today, and i'll be going to get more probably tomorrow. the whole thing is fun for me b/c i SO don't mind if a store wants to pay me to take food from them. :)
oh, and the only reason i stopped at 33 today was due to circumstances beyond my control. the first food lion we went to had the blinkie machine up high enough that trevor couldn't reach it while sitting in the cart, and no matter how hard i tried, i could NOT convince him to stand in it, so i had to hold him. we got 30 there before i got tired of that. so we went to another food lion in the hope that the machine would be on a lower shelf. it was, but after 3 coupons, it ran out, so there wasn't much i could do about that. trevor was disappointed, he kept asking me "out? all gone? out?" like he just didn't think that was fair. poor kid. at least this new fun game benefits me as well. . . :) i'll have to find a different food lion tomorrow b/c i don't wanna sit there holding him again, but i want more free pasta, dang it! :)
Sunday, March 29, 2009
carrier stash sale!
ok, so i have more wraps than i'll really use, so i decided to sell some of what i've got. i've had them listed on diaperswappers.com for a while now, but i haven't had any takers. i dunno why i never thought to post it here, but oh well. better late than never, right? ok, so here are the ones i'm wanting to get rid of and the info on them (all of these have been made by me):
1) air force seal cotton wrap. it's 4.8 yds. and only been used maybe 3 times max (like new condition). it's got a seam in the center so you don't have to fumble for it. it's a great wrap, i just don't find myself reaching for it at all. i'm just asking for the cost of the fabric and shipping ($30 total).
2) blue floral wrap. i bought this fabric when we thought i was having a baby girl, but since it's another boy, i don't see myself using it. it's never been used or tried on. it's also cotton, and is 5 yds. it's also got a center seam. i'm asking $40 (including shipping).
3) pool/beach wrap. you have an option on this one. . . i got the fabric to make a wrap for myself to use in the pool and at the beach this summer and it ended up making 2. i have 1 that's finished w/ a center seam, as well as one that's just the fabric. if you want just the fabric, i'm asking you cover just my cost ($30, including shipping). if you want the finished one, i'm asking a little more than normal b/c the fabric is extremely difficult to work w/ and it took me a LONG time to get done. i'm asking $50 (including shipping) for the finished one. finished, it's 4.2 yds. and has a center seam. i want to keep one for myself, though i don't care which.
if you're close enough i don't have to ship it, the prices will each be $5 less. if you want more than 1, i can combine the shipping so it'll be a little less, just let me know. comment here or email me. i have paypal, so payment isn't an issue if you're not nearby. also, these are shipping prices w/in the states. outside the us, i dunno how much it would be, so i'd have to check and get back to you. also, i'm open to reasonable offers or trades, so don't be shy! :)
i would LOVE to try a peanut shell (small) or hotsling (size 3) in boy-friendly colors/prints and would be more than happy to trade for one! :)
1) air force seal cotton wrap. it's 4.8 yds. and only been used maybe 3 times max (like new condition). it's got a seam in the center so you don't have to fumble for it. it's a great wrap, i just don't find myself reaching for it at all. i'm just asking for the cost of the fabric and shipping ($30 total).
2) blue floral wrap. i bought this fabric when we thought i was having a baby girl, but since it's another boy, i don't see myself using it. it's never been used or tried on. it's also cotton, and is 5 yds. it's also got a center seam. i'm asking $40 (including shipping).
3) pool/beach wrap. you have an option on this one. . . i got the fabric to make a wrap for myself to use in the pool and at the beach this summer and it ended up making 2. i have 1 that's finished w/ a center seam, as well as one that's just the fabric. if you want just the fabric, i'm asking you cover just my cost ($30, including shipping). if you want the finished one, i'm asking a little more than normal b/c the fabric is extremely difficult to work w/ and it took me a LONG time to get done. i'm asking $50 (including shipping) for the finished one. finished, it's 4.2 yds. and has a center seam. i want to keep one for myself, though i don't care which.
if you're close enough i don't have to ship it, the prices will each be $5 less. if you want more than 1, i can combine the shipping so it'll be a little less, just let me know. comment here or email me. i have paypal, so payment isn't an issue if you're not nearby. also, these are shipping prices w/in the states. outside the us, i dunno how much it would be, so i'd have to check and get back to you. also, i'm open to reasonable offers or trades, so don't be shy! :)
i would LOVE to try a peanut shell (small) or hotsling (size 3) in boy-friendly colors/prints and would be more than happy to trade for one! :)
my homemade mei tai
ok, i actually made this a few days ago, but i haven't had a chance to post about it here yet. i'm SO excited about it though, so i have to share. about a month ago, i lost my beloved babyhawk. it was tragic, i mourned it's loss (well, kinda. i was sad, but i didn't cry or anything). . . well ,it had been 3 weeks and it still hadn't turned up, so i decided it was time to take matters into my own hands, hence the mei tai i made for trevor - that was a trial run to see how hard it would be to make one for myself. it turned out that mine was even EASIER than his, probably b/c i had better material AND it was bigger, so i didn't have to be QUITE as exact on certain things. the only thing that was harder was that i padded the shoulder straps on mine, so that took a little extra effort, but was totally worth it. i refuse to have a mt that isn't padded. anyways, i think it turned out REALLY well, so i thought i'd share some pictures w/ you all! :)
the finished product--
action shots--
please excuse the strange look on my face in that last one, i was trying to get trevor to smile by telling him to say "yay" and the picture took in the middle of the word. . . i didn't feel like redoing it, so i figured i would deal w/ it. :)
the finished product--
action shots--
please excuse the strange look on my face in that last one, i was trying to get trevor to smile by telling him to say "yay" and the picture took in the middle of the word. . . i didn't feel like redoing it, so i figured i would deal w/ it. :)
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