I paid a total of $14.98 and received a $10 Target gift card. To get my out of pocket cost that low I rolled two $5 Target gift cards (one that I earned during the transaction and one that I had earned previously).
So less than $5 for all the above items! I’m getting better! On a side note, some cashiers feel that it is their personal mission to discourage coupon use and make it very difficult to use them. Honestly, the cashier at the store was so rude to me, it was tougher than going to court!
I think Ajax is on the verge of another developmental breakthrough. His sleep schedule has been a bit rough lately. He goes to sleep well, but has been fussing during the night and then waking between 4:30 and 5:30 am. AM! That’s tough because I get up for work at 5:45 and I think, oh I could have gotten a few more minutes of sleep (which is just the best sleep of the night really). Dave isn’t that phased as he’s up at 4:45 am every day (I don’t even know how).
I really feel that walking is right around the corner for Ajax. He certainly is fearless. As a result of this new found bravery and sense of discovery the kid looks like he’s been in a battle. He has red welts on his hands and bruises on his forehead. His knees are black and blue. Honestly, he falls over everything and pulls himself up on everything, even the unsteady things.
We also got hit with a pretty big storm last night, but luckily did not lose power. We got a total of 8.5 inches and the majority of schools across the state closed for the day.
Ajax pushed this car all around the living room.
This is the view from my back door. Cold and snowy!
Well the Saints won over the Colts, 31-17, in Super Bowl XLIV, what a spectacular game folks!
Ok, so I had to look up those facts (like, who was playing, who won, etc.) and did not know them off the top of my head. However, I did watch part of the game (mostly the commercials) as Dave, Ajax and I attended a baby-friendly Super Bowl party last night (Mary, James, thank you for hosting such a lovely event!). Ajax did wonderful for refusing to nap all afternoon and was just enthralled with all the people, ninos and one very excited puppy. He also got to play with a little guy (13-months), who was just so cute, and kept point to Ajax’s nose and ear, Ajax had this expression like, yea I know that’s my nose, what of it? It was pretty funny. He actually fell asleep on the way over and to try and give him a little extra time in the car, we circled our friends neighborhood for almost 20 minutes. We enjoyed looking at all the houses… what else are you going to do?
Tonight when I was making dinner, Dave pointed out that we clearly need a true date night out as Ajax had thrown up all over my arm while I was preparing dinner and I hadn’t even noticed, even though once he pointed it out I realized that yes, I had felt the cold/damp on my forearm.
Ajax’s bedroom is right off our living room, so yesterday when I put him down for a nap I heard him stand up in his crib and protest loudly (along the lines of – mother I do not need to nap, I simply am not tired, I wish to play). Than I heard him banging his little hands against the wall (the wall which our TV is on)! I had to go in and lay him down again because he was just standing in his crib hitting the wall, lol.
Ajax also now has 4 little teeth! His upper central just came through and I think he’s feeling much better, though his nose is still pretty runny and he seems a little more tired than usual.
Although we may regret teaching him this later on, he will copy you if you blow a rasberry and it just cracks us up.He gets all around.He's all about stuffed animals, or soft things, right now.
Ajax has now added another “word” to his vocabulary! My aunt has confirmed that Ajax now says- bird and can correctly identify a bird! So, ok, it really comes out as- bee-er-Da… but that is clearly bird. He can also identify fish (from my aunt’s fish tank), but has yet to try that word. Yesterday my mom picked up Ajax from my aunt’s house around noon and babysat. She also watched him in the evening while Dave and I did some quick running around. Thank you!
Lately Ajax has not had much interest in playing solo, so here's a pic of him totally entertaining himself, of course, till I started snapping pics of him... not sure why I bothered him.
So anyone who knows me, or has even skimmed this blog recently, knows that I have jumped on the coupon bandwagon. Now, to take this one step further I decided my time in the store searching for coupons was not the most efficient, so I took a cue from other coupon gurus and put together a coupon binder. Hopefully this new organization system will save me time… though the project itself took up several of my evenings this past week. I also recruited Mr. Dave and my mom to assist with the project. As an aside, it’s not the saving money part that has me hooked on coupons (though who doesn’t like saving money?), I find it appeals to my competitive side!
This was my old file system for coupons, it was to the point where I couldn't close it!Helping realize my dreamFinished product.... drum roll?
Ajax is ten months old today! What a big boy! I keep thinking that in April he’ll be a year old, how can I have been a mom for a year now? Wasn’t I just pregnant? I’ve actually already started thinking about his birthday party and baking him a “healthy” birthday cake… probably a carrot or apple spice cake.
Ajax was over Kristy’s house today and played with his cousins so much that he refused to close his eyes for his afternoon nap, by the time I got him home he could barely stay awake and crashed for an hour before dinner. He doesn’t want to miss a thing. It also looks like Ajax’s tooth is almost coming through and it seems (fingers crossed) like we’ve gotten by without another ear infection.
Dave is at the gym tonight and before bed Ajax walked (holding onto my hands) all around the house saying, da da? He was looking for Dave!
Ajax managed to get his silkie out of his crib this morning and was trying to crawl around with it. The problem was that he was having a hard time doing that, but refused to drop the silkie. It was pretty funny watching him trying to crawl and open cabinet doors with it in hand. The silkie is strictly a sleep thing and I don’t generally let him have it unless it’s bedtime/naptime, but really how could I take it away?
Ajax now gives "loves" to things. So cute.This is now what my time in the kitchen looks like.
Although Ajax is not yet 100% he is starting to rebound from the runny nose and cough that have accompanied this bout of teething (we have yet to see a new little tooth though). On some development notes- Ajax has been sleeping wonderfully at night, so that means we finally have a well rested home. He is also waving hi and bye now, which is just so cute. He is babbling all the time now and has developed new “words” everyday. He also pulls himself up on everything and wants to be everywhere you are (kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, etc).
Ajax is pulling himself up on everything, won't be long before he's walking.Littler mover.
For the first time in a long time, Dave and I both are healthy! We even went ahead and joined a gym this weekend too, as we both want to get in better shape. Ajax, however, is having a hard time with this new tooth coming in and needed quite a bit of babying this weekend. I knew he had to be feeling pretty rough because he just wanted to be held and cuddled… and my son is not a cuddlier. He also wasn’t really into his finger foods this weekend and primarily wanted purees, comfort food.
Even under the weather, Ajax still cracks us up. He loves hide and seek, and gets so excited when you “chase” him. That usually means I’m on all fours crawling after him and he’s spinning his wheels trying to get away, all the while laughing to the point where he loses his balance and topples over. lol.
I ordered this from Kohls- regularly 60, on sale for 20 with free shipping! I actually put it away for his 1st birthday as it's a little old for him right now.Little mover.
