Beach

Today was an absolute gorgeous day! What better way to spend it than at the beach? My little monster had fun walking in the sand!

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He said it AGAIN....

What am I supposed to do?

If you don't like what I have to say....DON'T READ. 

Why?

Why do people have to be so mean and hateful? Especially to a person (actually more than one person...) who is so loving and caring and would just about give you the shirt off their back? I just don't get it. .....so to my lovely ladies....shake it off and know you are the bigger person and YOU are loved very much. <3

Not happening...

We're not getting the hot tub :( 

We priced out everything we would need to do for it...a pad to put it on, a new pump, a spa disconnect...well over $700...

So it will be a fire and wine (or hot cocoa) MNI in the future!

P.S....Ethan is walking (almost) he walks more and more everyday!!! 

So...

We went to look at a hot tub today in Newport News. We will be picking it up tomorrow (Beau and his friends will be) I can't wait! 

We want to have a housewarming party...maybe next week?? We'll see!

Relaxing day...

Well sort of. I was a quiet day! Ethan woke up about 6:45 and was just too cute! He sat in our bed and gave me kisses and talked to Chica! 

I did hair this afternoon, and Ethan sat in his highchair and ate cookies and watched! I took some pictures of him this morning to put on our Christmas cards. He was so cute! He got angry because I wouldn't give him the camera. 

Now I'm listening to jets go over, and set off Ethan's toys. Everytime one goes over the play wall starts up! 

Seriously...

My husband just said....you stay at home....Ethan takes naps....and you still don't do shit. 

WHAT THE FUCK?

Pardon my french....but who says that? 

Sick

Yesterday I had bad congestion. Last night I took some night time cold medicine and went to bed not being able to breathe. I woke up at 5am and took some Tylenol Cold Night Time thinking Ethan would sleep until at least 7:30-8ish. Guess who was up at 5:45? Yeah....I gave him some milk and laid him in my bed and he fell asleep on my arm until about 7:15. I am wiped! I can barely keep my eyes open and my nose is running constantly! Uggh! 

Thank goodness Beau is coming home this morning. Hopefully he'll let me go take a nap. He's not feeling well either. 

Deal of the day:

Watch your mail today! Keep an eye out for the Super Kmart flyer! I heard a rumor they are doubling up to and including $2. 

We are horrible...

Target had halloween stuff 90% off on Saturday. Naturally, I had to go and look. As if pet costumes weren't enough, they now have Pet Wigs. I'm not going to pass up an 89 cent wig, since I know Chica just loves them. 

And yes....its a Mullet Wig.

Also doubles as a doggy beard. 

Deal or no deal?

I am going to try and update my blog more often...let's hope I stick to it! I am going to start posting deals I find. I encourage everyone to check out www.afullcup.com for grocery/ supercenter deals. I owe a great part of my coupon knowledge to this website. 

Just some general info:

Grocery Stores that double (coupons): 

Kroger

Harris Teeter (watch out for their triple coupon events!) 

Farm Fresh

Deal for today:

Food Lion has Bic Soliel Razors for $2.99 this week. In last weeks coupon inserts (November 2) there are coupons for $3 off these razors making them free. 

Getting there...

We started on our "box room" today. I can see carpet!! When all is said and done, that will be our guest room/ tv room. The house is coming together. I can't wait until everything is unpacked and in its place. 

I hosted Bunco last night. There were 6 of us and I broke out the Margarita Machine. I put all those free drink mixers to good use! I never win anything when I play, but it was so much fun! It was great to have a little bit of time for me. 

Tomorrow I am meeting up with some friends to do plans for the week. Shopping, meals, and coupons. I'm trying to gauge what I need to buy and what I have at home that I can use. I always end up buying extra groceries I don't need. We are trying to make our food money stretch. 

My poor baby

My poor little boy! He's had a horrible cough for weeks, and every doctor we've taken him to has said his lungs were clear. Sunday, after a few miserable nights of sleep, we needed to get a second opinion. We took him to Tricare Va Beach, and the ped. there listened to him and said he could hear some congestion in his lungs. They gave him an inhaler and an Aero Chamber. Getting him to sit still is no easy feat. We have to hold him down to get him to take it. He is improving a little...but still coughing a lot. The doctor seems to think he may have had an infection since he had a fever for 2 days. I am hoping that his cough will get better this week, so they won't have to put him on more medicine.

Chilly!

I absolutely LOVE this weather!! I love sweaters, sweatshirts and pants.....and little hoodies for my baby boy! He looks TOO cute in a hoodie! 

It was so great to see everyone this morning at Village Inn. I definitely need to get out more! Ethan ate so much....too much actually because some of it came back up...yuck! He is asleep now, with a nice full tummy! 

I'm looking forward to having a playdate here. Maybe sometime next week? I'll put it up on the calender. 

My hard drive crashed on Sunday. Great...just great. If the Apple store can't fix it, that means $90 for a new hard drive. Thank goodness I have Beau's computer to use while he's gone. I don't know what I would do without a computer for a week.

Moved in!

We are officially moved in! I LOVE our new house...even with all the jet noise! We are having a fence put up today so Chica and Ethan (when he starts walking) can run around! I can't wait to host playdates! 

Ethan had his one year check up on Wednesday. He only gained a pound between his 9 month and 1 year visit. The doctor wants to see him at 15 months to re-check his weight. I try to get him to eat....and when he doesn't eat what I put in front of him, I find something else he will eat. What am I doing wrong?? He's healthy, but skinny...and he LOVES his milk. We've cut him down to 4 cups of milk a day. The doctor says more food less milk. Easier said then done. 

He's getting so tall now too! His pants are high waters now LOL. There he is...mommy's little devil...

AHHHHHHHHH

Why is it that being a mother brings out emotional highs and lows like pms does? I love my son so much that my heart could just burst. On days like today, I want to send him back to the hospital and say "sorry...he's not mine!" Poor little guy just isn't feeling well. He is getting better, but still very cranky. I feel like I haven't had a break in forever. I think when Beau is home on Sunday I am going to go out and do something for myself. Pedicure maybe? All this stress brings out the worst in me...along with the emotional eating. Could be why I'm sitting here with a bowl of ice cream. 

Homeowners!

We closed on our house today! I've never signed so many damn papers in my life...and I was signing for Beau as well because he is gone. 

I had a rough start to the day...

Yesterday I went to Bark in the Park with my neighbor. Ethan loves dogs, and I thought it would be great for him to see all of them. The animal control was there and they were adopting dogs. I saw this big furry Shepherd/ Collie Mix. He was soo sweet and just wanted to be loved. Well...I was talked into adopting him. He seemed to love Ethan! Ethan giggled every time the dog came near him. 

I brought him home and my poor Chica was so upset. She tried to bite him and he just wanted to play...which she thought he was trying to attack her. I was sitting on the floor with Ethan, and the dog basically ran him over. I tried to take him and show him the baby, and he ended up stepping on his leg. That set me off. I was hopeful though.

He slept in my bed last night, and basically sat on top of me all night. He finally laid down and fell asleep, and then at 1:30 this morning he got up and sat on me again. I took him outside...called Beau, crying saying I made a mistake by bringing him home. Well he maybe slept a whole 2 hours last night and the rest of the time he was climbing all over me...and he was about 50 lbs. 

I brought him out into the living room at 5:00am and let him outside. I brought him back inside and he peed on the carpet, and ran around the living room. 

This morning at 8am I took him back to animal control...in tears. I felt so bad that I brought him home...took him out of the shelter and then brought him back. It breaks my heart, but I have to protect my baby. He is my number one priority. I've felt horrible all day, but I'm hoping that someone will give the dog a great home where he gets their full attention.  

Fed up...

I'm not even sure where to start...I feel like i'm being walked all over. I love my husband...I'm just tired of doing EVERYTHING. We are in the process of purchasing a house...a stressful time for anyone. It doesn't help that he is going out to sea and leaving me to get together all the documentation needed for the mortgage. Leaves me with another house to pack up myself. Of course when something goes wrong...its all my fault. I left the butter out on the counter after dinner and he was pissed....over butter. Seriously??? WTF. And last night...I was taking a first time home buyer course...that he NEEDED to be taking...and he said something to the effect of "your not that smart, are you?" Obviously I'm not since i'm doing his f-ing work for him. Ugghh...just need to get it all out...and looking forward to when this process is over.

Sweetness...

It's after 8 and Ethan is still sleeping...yes he's been asleep all night! I could not love my life more right now. I've got an absolute angel of a son, and a wonderful husband. My inlaws are coming to visit Labor Day weekend!! I'm excited since they have not seen Ethan since Christmas. He is a completely different baby now! 

Most likely we are staying in the area now, and we are looking at houses. I NEED to get out of this apartment. Two girls just moved in upstairs. What the hell do people do at 2am besides sleep? I honestly don't remember those days, but when I'm woken up from my precious sleep (yes it's very precious since it usually takes me a LONG time to  fall asleep!) I get very annoyed. 

Off to make some breakfast...

What's wrong with me?

I slept maybe 3 hours last night. Ethan slept wonderfully. We put him to bed at 8...gave him oragel, Motrin, and a bottle, and he slept all night. I went to bed....put my ear plugs in just in case....and I laid in bed wide awake until almost 1am. Then Beau's alarm went off....so I didn't go back to sleep. I swear I dread going to bed every night. I lay there and I know Beau is asleep within 5 minutes.  I need to find some kind of routine to make myself sleep....I can't keep taking things to help me sleep.

Crap

Just found out today that we didn't get FL. I'm bummed. We are going to wait and see what else is available....Christy I am coming to live next door to you! I honestly don't care where we go....I just don't want Beau to go to Iraq! 

Still waiting to hear about the FL orders. I am really hoping we get them...I hate that we don't know where we are going! 

Ethan is such a stinker!! He crawls right up to the t.v turns the Playstation on and ejects the disc so he can play with it. He is fighting his naps now. Very stubborn child....wonder where that comes from. We took him to JC Penney's to get some pictures taken on Sunday. He was so good considering he was tired. We spent about $80 on the pictures.....but I couldn't resist because they were so cute! 

I am in desperate need of some motivation. I have really been trying to keep track of my points and all....and I do so well until after dinner. Then I just seem to lose it! I did make a yummy cake last night...and its only 2 pts per slice! Yummm

Crazy...

Got word last night that our orders to TN fell through. We are now in the process of putting in for Jacksonville, FL. We kind of got our hopes up looking at houses and what not in TN...so I'm trying not to get my hopes up about FL. I guess we'll see what happens...

So this weekend...my mom and I went out garage sailing....talk about coming home with tons of toys my child does not need! We got some awesome deals and Ethan loves his new toys. We went to a party at my old neighbor's house in Blackwater. Boy did our old house change! And from what we've been told they haven't kept the inside clean--like they let their dogs go to the bathroom everywhere. Kind of makes me sad! It was a beautiful house! Oh well....can't really be attached to things I have no control over.

Woah...haven't updated in a while!! Ethan is currently watching veggie tales and trying to shake the entertainment center. Ethan has taken himself off the bottle and is now on a sippy cup! Yay! No teeth still....but he's acting like he is going to get one soon! 

Nothing is completely final yet, but it's looking like we are going to Millington, TN. Yay for finding a house, sad for leaving all my friends!! I am overwhelmed by the amount of crap that we have accumulated in our apartment over the last year. Anyone need any clothes? I have TONS.

Ethan has found that he likes being in Chica's cage without her!

Ugghh

Why are people so inconsiderate? I understand that living in an apartment you have to deal with neighbors living upstairs, but it seems that everytime I get Ethan to sleep, the rude people upstairs drop something or bang on the floor. 

And then I almost rear-end someone on my way over to Star's house because the a-hole decided to make a U-turn last minute and stop short. Ahhhhhh!

Looking forward to tomorrow...Kitchen Kuts! Now to relax with a nice glass of wine :)

Love to save $$

So today was great! This morning I went to Andrea's baby shower at Lori's house...and my mom watched Ethan while I went. We headed over t0 Kmart and Food Lion afterwards. Hit the clearance racks of course! Then at Food Lion I got out all my coupons! I have sooo much baby food! Ethan can probably eat baby food until he's 2! My favorite website has got to be www.afullcup.com it has saved me so much money! DH thinks im crazy when I go to a store and hand the cashier 30+ coupons...but hey I do what I have to....

First time...

So this would be my first blog...ever....it's 11:30 Ethan is down for a nap....ahhh. I'm looking around the disaster I call my apartment and I'm trying to decide what to do first. Maybe getting dressed would be a good idea. Got a busy week ahead...which is great since Beau is gone until Friday. I started weight watchers this week! My first meeting is tomorrow night....wish me luck!