Who wants a sandwhich?

I was able to score some coupons for my favorite lunch meat and bread. This haul was $16.61. After I've used all the coupons, I'll have 10 loaves of Sara Lee Bread and 20 pkgs of Hillshire Farm lunch meat in my freezer for a total cost of $40!


I've been promising Kelton some Starbucks, so we went to Target on Wed evening. We left $15.69 for this pile. We already have Hungry Hippos and so do all my nieces and nephews, but I figured for this price I'd better snatch it up and save it for a random bday party or to donate at xmas.


Walgreens is pretty awesome for register rewards this week! I don't have a picture, but I spent $14 after tax and left with $13 in RR!! You can find the deals and coupon match-ups at Coupon Cravings.

We had s'mores for a treat awhile back and I'm finally getting the pictures uploaded. Needless to say, this was a bath night!



Over the weekend we finally finished up the two upstairs bathrooms.
The kids bathroom is yellow, bright and fun. (Weird how it looks like a different yellow in each pic, but seriously, it's a soft yellow.) Kelton really likes it and I love how it turned out! There's an extra picture frame and towel hook just waiting for Jr to get here.




We used leftover living room paint for our bathroom and it goes perfect with the shower curtain. I'm still looking for the perfect little sign to go above our towels.



We put up some vinyl lettering in Bug's room,
which finally completely finishes it also.

Vinyl lettering in the kitchen too.

We still have LOTS left to do, but it's getting there and my only real goal is to have everything finished before Jr (that's what we're calling him b/c the name is a secret) gets here. So much of it is just deciding where to hang things, which stalled out a long time ago due to my indecisiveness.

I'm still trying to pick some crib bedding and came across this awesome site! It's a bit pricey, but she does have some stuff on ebay for slightly less. Of course, the search will continue, but I'm bookmarking that site!

We did decide (and quite easily) on a travel system. It only took Eric a few minutes of fiddling with different seats, bases and strollers to decide he wanted the Chicco. It's highly rated and we've heard great reviews from everyone who has one. After this seat, we'll likely move him to a Britax Marathon or possibly a Triumph Advance, where he will remain rear facing until he is AT LEAST 2 years old.

Speaking of rear facing carseats, I was super excited to hear that the American Academy of Pediatrics recently changed their recommendations to state that children are safer rear facing until the age of 2! I'm glad to see something that's been known for so long finally being endorsed by bigger names!

If you need more convincing, check out this video!

But Where's Jr?

Bugs and I made a discovery while out shopping this afternoon....The #88 Nascar was on display in the parking lot. We decided to surprise Kelton and after a quick dinner, we left to check it out. Needless to say, he was super excited, although a bit disappointed that the driver, Dale Earnhart, Jr, wasn't actually in the car.




Kelton, the one man pit crew!

I don't have any pictures,
but I got some good deals today out shopping.
At Target, there were .71 Poptarts again, Kelton's claritin for $3.24, and Kashi cereal/granola bars for $1.88/box. Not the best deal I've been able to get on the Kashi bars, but I did get a $5 gift card for buying 5 boxes, which IS awesome. I'm going back on Friday to get waffles, which will probably be $0 out of pocket after my gift card, plus I'll earn another $5 giftcard!

A couple of my favorite purchases at Dillons were; 6pk Jello Cups for $1.19, Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs for .99/pk, free hot dog buns, lg boxes of jello for .09, free king sz reeses cups, and Nestle chocolate chips for .99.

From walmart I brought home 8th Continent Soy Milk for .73 and 8pks of Pull-Ups flushable wipes for .64/pk. That's a great price for flushable wipes and since I have a few coupons left I plan on buying more.

Saturday night both kids got to try something new. Katie had Ian's Alphatots and loved them! Well, I'm not so sure she loved them as much as the ketchup.


Eric bought Kelton a bottle of NOS, which is one of Kyle Busch's sponsors. Since it is an energy drink, we didn't let him have much.


WAY before I was pg, ya know back when we weren't sure there'd be a #3, I saw a blanket at Target that I just loved. Both kids had plenty of blankets though, so I didn't get it....until it went on clearance. It was one of those, "just in case" purchases. LOL. Obviously deep down, I knew #3 would come eventually, although much sooner than I'd ever anticipated.


I'd been eyeing something else at Target recently and had planned on purchasing it anyway, but was super happy to see that it was clearanced too! I picked it up last week. It will go in baby boy's room.


I've been picking up a few clothes for baby boy here and there. I don't have much of Kelton's newborn stuff left and a lot of what I do have is keepsake for him, so baby won't use it. I got this jacked on clearance plus 20% off during a recent Gymbo order. It's one thing that each child has had and I will save for them, their own little jacket.


We'll be hitting up Babies R Us this weekend for the Great Trade-In Event. You can take any old baby gear and trade it for 20% of new. See site for participating brands and what gear you can trade. We have an old Cosco Senera that we don't use anymore, that we plan to trade to get 20% off a travel system. I've never owned a travel system with either of the other kids and I'm so excited!

Love Long Weekends!

We started out Friday morning with Katie's allergist appt. We loved this Dr. She sat down, actually listened and answered the questions we asked. After going over everything we decided to test that day for the common food allergens and indoor environmental allergens. Katie did awesome and we were thrilled when everything came back negative. This means Katie doesn't have a actual milk allergy, she just can't tolerate it, which the Dr said most kids outgrown by about 2. I am ecstatic at the thought of her being able to eat dairy. This Dr also specializes in asthma, so I imagine we'll have Kelton in to see her also as he's already starting to get bad again and we're barely into the fall.

Buggy with the skin pricks on her back.
When Kelton got out of school, we picked him up and headed to Eric's parent's house. Whatever Eric's is doing, Kelton is right there with him. They managed to get 1 dove.


The girls went shopping while the boys were playing around the farm. I'd been searching for the perfect boy diaper bag and was thinking I could settle on this, when I saw the perfect one. Nana picked it up to save for the baby shower. (Which I don't think I need to have, but my friends feel differently.)

Eric's class reunion was on Saturday night.
I insisted we get a picture before we left because everyone was clean and in a good mood.


Bugs and Moose enjoyed playing in the sandbox while we were there. We didn't move ours with us and I know Kelton has really missed it. Looks like we'll have to make it a priority to get a new one built this spring!

Katie had to give it a taste.

Kelton has learned not to eat it (finally), so he just built some castles.

And what's more fun when visiting the farm, than feeding the cows?

I'm so indecisive!

Before we knew that we were having a boy, I thought I had a bedding set all picked out. It's organic, brown and green, with adorable baby deer on it. I was certain it's what I had to have. Now that we know it's a boy, I can't commit. I have no idea what I want. Typical. Speaking of knowing it's a boy. Confirmation again today. Definitely a boy! It's so much fun seeing him now, especially since that sac looked normal! Hooray! My next sono isn't for a whole month! My bladder is happy about that.



Just had to show off those boy parts one more time!

I've been busy shredding zucchini from the garden. I'm putting more in the freezer and baking bread too. I like to make mini loafs so I can share with lots of people. I also made a batch of blackberry jam on Sunday. Kelton and I had fun delivering little jars to the neighbors. It turned out really yummy. Eric's dad is going to love it.

I've had a bit of time to do a little couponing. I've been busy and haven't got it in much lately and had forgotten the satisfaction I get from scoring a good deal!

Walgreens was good to me last week, $4.81.

I had fun at Target too, $14.06. That might not seem like a great deal, but you have to remember Kelton's claritin regularly runs about $10/box.

While I was at Target,
I saw this sleeper and just couldn't pass it up.
The family across the street is having a baby girl in about a month and her baby shower was last weekend. What does every girl need? Hairbows! What does she need to keep them in? A bow box! I was really happy with how this one came out!

Kelton's still really enjoying kindergarten. I worry that he's not going to be challenged enough, but hopefully with a little more time that will change. Right now I'm just working extra with him at home. He's really eager to do math right now, so tonight we worked on double digit addition. He's a smart little cookie. (at least I think so) :-)

Katie has been doing better without him during the day but is still super excited when he gets home from school.