Silly Faces

This is just a silly face Gavin was making the other night that I caught on camara. It's the last of the pictures that I have saved on our blog. This will force me to upload more tonight, including photos from the Bluegirl Reunion Game.

Mommy loves:

• eating lunch with coworkers and forgetting about the troubles of the day!

Gavin loves:

• going pee pee on mommy in the morning so that she has to change her clothes and his as well.

Roll Over, Beethoven!

As mentioned in a previous post, Gavin has been rolling over. When he gets in the mood, he just will not stay on his back! Once he rolls over to his belly, he starts whining and can't figure out how to roll back over to his back. We then "help" him roll to his back and the whole process starts all over again! He also has his second bottom tooth coming in!

First, we grab our feet to arch our back.

Second, we fall to one side.

Third, we let go of feet and use our arms to get balanced.

Fourth, we wiggle around to get our other arm out!

Finally, we are successful!

WHEW! That was hard work!

Mommy loves...

• and misses her Bluegirl teammates and coaches and all their precious times together.

Gavin loves...

• playing with water bottles. We also found out this weekend that he loves playing with Grandpa Larry's big squeeze mug.

Mommy loves:

• cutting out and using coupons. I never used to actually use them, but with budgeting for a family of three, I am getting better at it!
• buying the generic brand. I try to buy the generic of anything I can. For example, we use Wal-Mart's Awesome brand toilet paper and paper towels. They're just as good as the others and much cheaper. We buy anything Sam's Choice that we can as well. I like to do this kind of shopping w/o Clint and Gavin because it takes me so long to find the best deal, but I enjoy it.
• JCPenny $10 coupons. You get $10 off of a purchase of $10 or more. I never used to use them before I had Gavin because I didn't shop there much. But now, I can basically get one or two free outfits for Gavin (depending on the price)! People ask me if I feel guilty not buying something else or something more expensive to actually give them a sale, and the answer is no! If anyone gets these and doesn't use them, PLEASE send them my way! Gavin and I will make great use of them!

Gavin loves:

• talking on his changing table. This is where he coos and smiles the most!?!?

Black and White

As I mentioned in my 100 things, I LOVE black and white photos. I have not been able to create b&w photos because my computer program has been down. Well, it's up and running now so here are a few photos to enjoy.

Mommy Loves...

• wearing her short, soft robe 24/7 (or at least when I'm at home) because the pockets make great storage compartments for binkies, kleenex, bottles, teethers, cell phone, remote, ect. It's all at my fingertips, plus it keeps me really warm!

Gavin loves...

• snuggling up with mommy's soft robe.

Let Me Help...

Gavin decided he could feed himself better than Mommy, so I let him give it a try. Not too bad for 4 months!!

Pimp My Ride

Gavin thought his ride was pretty plane jane, so mommy "pimped his ride".

Pre-Pimp

Here is a view of the front of his new ride, complete with a set of headlights and a license plate.


A side view of the artisic flames. As you can see by his expression, Gavin thinks he's pretty hot stuff now.

The rear view of the taillights and other license plate.

Finally, the other side and Mr. Coolness himself.

Ice, Ice Baby!

Yes, yes, yes...we've all heard about the horrific ice storm that hit the Midwest. I just wanted to put all concerns at ease as our family has suffered no severe damages due to the horrific weather. We were released from school at 1:00 on Friday and did not attempt to leave our home until Monday. Our driveway, lawn, and nearby street were a solid sheet of ice. Had we had ice skates we could pretended it was one big ice skating rink. My first attempt at getting the Explorer out of the drive was very scary. I came close to sliding into both the house and Clint's truck, even in 4 X 4 high. I was stir crazy and told Clint I would be the one to go to the store. It is not a situation I will put myself in again. Nonetheless, we have been blessed to have power the whole time and as I said, no damage to the house or vehicles. We wouldn't have minded another day off from school but were not so lucky. Hope everyone else out there are safe and sound as well!