Super Duper Meijer Deals!

Meijer had some AMAZING deals last week! I spent a lot of time pouring over coupons and ad deals and have hit my highest savings yet! I was quite pleased with myself! Check out the photo below...

Total Cost: $93.75

Total Saved: $78.82

Total Paid Out of Pocket: $14.94

Whoo hoo!!!

Fixing the Fridge

Every once in a while, our refrigerator gets off balance and starts humming pretty loud. So Sean has to get it re-balanced. Last night, Brayden decided it was his turn to help fix the fridge. He did a good job....it no longer hums!

Rock On, Little Guy!

These pictures need no words. Too stinkin' cute!!

Our Whirlwind Holidays

What a whirlwind the holidays were! We had some sort of holiday get together every day for the entire week! I can safely saw that we are christmas'd out. It was all so much fun though and it was great to see family that we hadn't seen in a while. That is one of the best things about it all. That and all the yummy holiday food!!

Brayden did pretty good considering his lack of napping and incessant snacking. He wasn't too into his presents yet. He would open a few and then be done with it all. And that wasn't good since he was S.P.O.I.L.E.D by every single one of our family members. I guess that's what happens when you are the only grandchild/nephew/neice. I think he got every toy that Toy's R Us makes! I have to admit that it is nice though, because he was getting tired of all his other toys. Now he has new toys to keep him occupied.

Only 350 more shopping days until next Christmas! :)

Playing with my new CD player with Momma.

Showing Daddy how it works.

This big bag is for me?!? I like the tissue paper!

A Clifford book! And a Clifford stuffed animal and DVD!

I think this one goes next....

Yikes...learning to talk on his phone while driving and honking the horn way too early...

Jammin on my new guitar sitting in my new chair!

Chad got PS3!!

The whole fam.

Our little family.

Playing with my cousin Gretchen.

Playing with Grandma.

Dashing Through the Snow...

...and, Holy Batman, do we have a lot of it. About 2 feet to be exact. And there is no letting up in sight. The forecast...snow the rest of the week. Break out the snow shoes! So instead of sitting inside pouting about the massive amounts of snow we are getting, we decided to make the most of it. We took Brayden outside to play in it. His first experience actually playing in the snow. He wasn't so sure about it at first because it kept getting in his face and it was so deep, he couldn't move. Once we got him going, he had fun. Even Milo came out and joined the fun.

Let's go Momma!!

Okay...one quick picture...then LET'S GO!!

This stuff is cool!

Going for a sled ride.

Momma....help! What is this stuff? It is cold!

Trying to get the hang of walking in it.

Even Milo was loving it!

Making a snow angel.

These dang mittens....they don't want to stay on!

And again...

Once again, we received a call from daycare. This time it came on New Year's Eve morning. I was at work when I got the call. Daycare had called Sean and said the Brayden had split open his forehead...again. Sean called to tell me the news. Brayden was playing and pulled a toybox down on himself. A mere 5 weeks from the last time he split open his head at daycare. So I rushed to daycare to assess the damage. It was a clean cut and right on his eyebrow, so we decided to leave the butterfly bandage on and not take him to urgent care. It is already looking much better. Now he has two scars on his forehead. What's next?

Can I help?

Why is it when you have a million and one things to do and you are looking forward to naptime so you can get most of it done, they refuse to nap? I think they know. They can sense when you have a sense of urgency about getting something done, so they make it difficult for you. I have family coming over tomorrow and the house needs cleaned and the food needs to get made, but Brayden refuses to help me out....well....in the sense I need him to help me out...by taking a nap. He has refused to take both naps today. And below are pictures of his way of "helping" me out, which by the way, takes ten times longer this way!

Is this helping mom?

Sick Again

Now that Brayden has tubes in his ears, we thought that we would visit the doctor's office a lot less. After last night, that apparently is not the case. He has had a cough for a few days now and when we picked him up from daycare last night, they said that he was really coughing bad all day. Later that night, Sean noticed that his breathing was shallow. After a call to the pediatrician, we hopped in the car and drove to the urgent care. A breathing treatment, motrin and chest x-rays showed us that he has RSV and pneumonia. This poor little kid just cannot catch a break! He finally is over his ear infections and now this?!? That darn daycare. The kids just keep passing it around and Brayden seems to take the brunt of it. So he is off from daycare for a few days to heal. Let's hope he is all better before the holidays! Here are some random pictures from when he was healthy!

Swinging at the park.

Ready to go down the slide!

Playing Grandma's piano.

Standing on the gate calling out for Dad!

Playing Momma's keyboard.

I want one of these!!

Trying my hand at RockBand!