6 months

This post is just a little late since Pierson will be 7 months in just a couple of weeks but I wanted to make sure I got in an update!

-He is in bed between 7:30 to 8 each night and is currently waking up to eat between 5 and 6 then going back to sleep until 8.

-He sticks to a schedule, that he sets, for about a week and then moves on. But it always includes 2 naps a day but the time of day and length vary. Makes scheduling SO much fun!

- He is eating more solids but is not a huge fan of them. He had a bad reaction to rice cereal so he is on oatmeal and loves green peas! He likes apples, carrots, and pears but hates green beans!

-He can sit up on his own and loves playing with his toys from his new postion.

-He is rolling around but would prefer if you hand him his toy rather than go get them.

-He would loved to be carried around all them time and gets bored easily.

-He doesnt have teeth just yet but the doctor says they are coming soon.

-He gets upset when you take away something that he likes a lot.

-He loves to pull on hair or jewerly, basically anything he can get his hands on.

-He sleeps with both hands behind his head and his feet crossed, right over left!

-He is weighing in at 18 lbs and 10 oz and is 27.3 inches long.

Here area few pics of my little (getting bigger) man!

Playing with his blanket! I love this pic because you can see his eye lashes - they are amazing!

Sitting outside reading a book...he loves outside and chewing on books! Thanks Granny and Papa for this book! He loves it!

I was feeling a little sentimental and thought I would do some comparison pics. Here he is a just 4 days old, sitting with me in the glider. (He is very small but I am very big too!)

And here he is sitting in the glider all by himself with the remote...such a boy!

Here are a couple of pics of him in his carseat - the first one is the car ride home and the second he was 7 weeks old!

And here he is reading his book again.

Eating Mommy's toes. (I promise they were clean!)

Another comparison - first bath 4 days old.

And here he is splashing like crazy! To say that this kid has fun in the bath is an understatement! He loves it and cries every time we take him out!

Pierson, Mommy and Daddy cant believe you are already half a year old! We love you so much!

Oreos

Do you ever have one of those days?

I am sitting at my kitchen table, eating Oreos for breakfast.

Today I woke up to a screaming baby. Why? Who knows.

I am sneezing my head off and my nose is a faucet.

I am working on a project for the company I used to work for and have a deadline to meet today.

My dog decided to try and dig her self out of the back yard again and is covered in mud sitting in her crate.

It is only 8:30 am.

And all I want to do is get away, but today I need to be a Mom, I need to work, I need to give my dog a bath, I need to do a load of laundry so my husband will have socks.

So because it is one of those days, I will probably be eating Oreos for lunch.

Family Pictures

Well, we decided it was about time to take a family picture. A girl Nate and I went to highschol with, Ambyr Porter, is a great photographer and met us in Frisco last Saturday to take some pics. It was cold and windy so Pierson wasnt too happy in most of the pics. We may be taking some more of just him to see if we can get him to smile! She posted a few pics up on her blog if you are interested! They look pretty good for a not so happy baby and a mommy not back down to her fighting weight! :)

www.ambyrporterphotography.com/blog

Sick again...

So Pierson is sick again. Its another cold and it is in his head and chest. He sounds just terrible and is a mess. The sneezing and coughing, the poor thing. If I leave the room he freaks out. Doesnt really want to be put down and this morning I made his nose bleed because he was fighting so hard when I was trying to use the bulb to get the gunk. The paci is usually my saving grace but when you cant breathe its a no go. Hoping the sickness is gone before we go out of town this weekend! Here is a pick from this morning - you can see a little red under one of his nostrils! I think he may live!

I finally tried it!

So I have been hearing for many months now that if you take the time to clip coupons, become a member of the Grocery Game and check out some other sites you can save BIG at the grocery store. I also heard that you would need to go to multiple stores - that part I was not interested in -getting out with a 6 month old for one shopping trip is hard enough.

Well, I finally caved and tried it out. I have been clipping coupons for about a month now. We buy the Sunday paper and I go through and clip what I think we could use, even things I think we wont use. This week I joined the Grocery Game and got my list to Kroger. I have heard Kroger is one of the best places because of the Kroger Plus Card and they double and triple some coupons.

So my goal was to buy 2 weeks worth of groceries, which includes enough for me to cook 6 meals and have leftovers. I headed out this morning with my list and 22 coupons to see what I could save.

I bought:
-milk
-4 12 packs of soda
-4 Lean Cusines
-3 Stoufers Meals
-Soy Sauce
-Dry Sherry
-Dark Sesame Oil
-Rotel
-Turkey lunch meat
-2 lbs of boneless skinless chicken
-3 cans of chicken broth
-2 cans of black beans
-corn
-onion
-ginger
-avacado
-whole wheat and flour tortillas
-Smart Start cereal
-Frosted Mini Wheats
-Shredded Cheese
-Doritos
-Tortilla Chips
-2 cans of Pringles
-coffee
-coffee creamer
-frozen sugar snap peas
-brocolli and cheese
-2 potatoes
-Cinnamon Rolls
-2 Cresent Rolls
-Skinny Cow Ice Cream bars
-Laughing Cow Cheese
-2 Deli Creations sandwiches
-2 Uncle Bens Long Grain Rice
-Rice Cakes
-Eggo Waffles
-Baked Cheetos
-Secert Deodorant
-2 Jumbo packs of Pampers
-Formula
-6 Yoplait Yogurts
-Downy
-Gillette Body Wash
- Crest
-Cascade
-Grapes
-4 Reeses Eggs
-red bell pepper
-2 things of popcorn
-2 packs of gum
-vitamin water
-zucchini
-ragu
-Jergens lotion
-softsoap
-strawberries
-whole wheat pasta
-spaghetti
-Pantene Shampoo and Conditioner
- 3 other things that I cant remember or read on the recipet :)

Before coupons and savings - 270.34
After - 201.52

So I saved close to 70 bucks just by taking the time and I only went to one store. 200 dollars might still seem like a lot to some but I bought diapers and formula which are huge costs and this was my very first time! So I am so excited and cant believe I didnt do this sooner! Nate is happy that I am saving money but thinks I am going crazy. It is an addiction! I cant wait to see how much money I can save in a couple of weeks!