garage sales

Well, I will say it was worth getting up early. I got a lot of baby boy clothes. A few things for Sweet Baby Girl. I even found some toy trucks which I am sure Baby Boy Wynn will love when he's old enough to play and for now Sweet Baby Girl can play with them.

At the first sale I had to buy Sweet Baby Girl and pair of mittens. Yes, it was May, 16th yesterday and it was so windy and cold that she needed mittens. I even saw people having the sales sitting in the garage way in the back corner with winter hats on! Thankfully the mittens were only 25 cents and she actually seemed to like them.

I am so happy with the rugs I found! I bought 2 rugs for $1 each that I have already put down in the laundry room. My laundry room is not a very exciting room but the cement floor is always cold even with socks on. The rugs works great in front of the washer and dryer!

When I went to Garage sales a few weekends ago I wanted to find a jean jacket for Sweet Baby Girl but didn't see one. Yesterday my sister found one! I am not sure how much it was because some sales took the tags off things and others left them on. I think it was $1.50. I also found her a NEW old navy long sleeve shirt for 50 cents! Still has the store tag on it. She will be able to wear it in the fall.

Auntie M bought Sweet Baby Girl a wooden doll cradle! Just $5. I was told to offer less but all we had was $5 bill. Felt funny saying I want a $1 back so we paid the $5 they were asking. For just $3 I got Sweet Baby Girl a wooden pony! She just loves it.

I even bought myself something besides the rugs! Which I hardly ever do. I am always buying for everyone else. I did happen to stop at a sale and she had many many green vases and green dishes. I bought two small little green pieces for my kitchen. They were just 25 cents each.

That's about it for my garage sale excitement. I hope you are as excited as I am about my good deals. My hubby didn't seem interested. The big girls though had fun looking at what I bought. Of course they were excited when I got home. They spend a few hours with dad yesterday at the Water Park! They had a blast.

Maybe sometime this week I get some pictures taken of my hot items!

An Early Morning

Because I have some really dedicated readers I am taking a few minutes to write a post. I will tell you though its early. Its earlier than I am awake during the week! Sweet Baby Girl decided to wake up at 3:50am. Of course it was mom's job to cuddle with her when she wouldn't go back to sleep. I let her fuss for a bit but she wanted to cuddle. Well by the time she fell asleep it was 4:20am and I laid in bed and listened to the wind. It sounded like we were going to have a Wizard of Oz. It was terrible sounding. Well I ended up getting up at 5am!

Yes, its Saturday. No I don't like getting up before 6:30am. However I am going garage saling! Yes, I am crazy. The plan is to leave here in 15 minutes which will be 6am. I sure hope to find some good deals. Not sure what I am looking for though.

Well, I am off. I am sure my curling iron is hot by now. Of course I need my hair to look good cuz my eyes will look terrible. Its going to hit me around lunch time that I missed a few hours of sleep.

Sweet Baby Girl is coming with me. I need to get her up and get her dressed. Hubby is having a day with the big girls. He is thinking water park so that's why the little one is having a day with mom.

I sure hope I get some good food out this shopping trip!! Enjoy your day. I hope to!

Sweet Baby Girl

Just wanted to share some photos of Sweet Baby Girl in her rocking chair. She got this from her special Godparents for Christmas. She is now finally getting old enough to sit in it and not have mommy be afraid she will fall! My baby is turning into a big girl way too fast.

I just love her shirt! Its from a garage sale. Its an old navy shirt and looks brand new. My good deal was only 50 cents! Can't beat that!

Sweet Baby Girl went to the doctor today to have her iron checked. It was low back when she had her 9 month check up but today it was fine and she hasn't been taking any kind of iron supplement! I spoke to the doctor about her eating habits. The doctor said its ok to give her what we are having for meals even if she don't eat it. She said not to give her something else. If she throws it on the floor we should just tell her no (which we do and she laughs) and not give her anymore. I don't want her to be hungry but I also don't want meals to be such an issue on what to feed her. I wonder if somehow she understood the doctor and that I shouldn't baby her when it comes to what she eats. She ate her lunch and she ate snack. At snack we had cheese and crackers.... she hasn't eaten cheese for me the last 5 times I gave it to her. So maybe she's turning her food attitude around! We'll see what supper brings.

Always a Struggle

We love our Rose but each morning its a struggle to get her dressed. If I pick out her clothes its not what she wants. If I let her pick out her own clothes then I am in trouble for not helping her and she doesn't match. She pouts. Her lip sticks out. She hides in her room. There was one morning that I refused to give in to her and she sat in her room getting dressed for ONE HOUR! If its cold out she wants to dress for a heat wave and if its hot out she wants to dress like we are going to visit Alaska! I have no idea what to do with her but continue to struggle through each morning getting her dressed. She has really been into dresses but who owns a dress for every day of the week? Not anyone in this house (I am not big on dresses). I took her picture today and I think she looks really cute. This used to be The Dancer's shirt. Who wouldn't want this cute outfit? If she knew what was in my closet I think she would appreciate her clothes better. Maybe when she's older.

I will say that I am not looking forward to the fall when she joins The Dancer at the Catholic School. They have a uniform policy there. White shirts with a collar, khaki pants. Can add color by adding a blue or red plain sweatshirt or sweater. Thankfully they can also wear khaki skirts and jumpers. Any tights are allowed so you can get pretty crazy with that! I am afraid our getting dressed struggles will get worse.

Wednesday's Picture!

The dancer riding her bike home from school! She has been bugging to ride bike to school and I wasn't sure I was ready to let her. We made a deal last Friday if she got all her spelling words right she would be rewarded with getting to ride bike to school on Monday. I watched her leave in the morning and she did really well. She knew to stop at the end of the side walk as she does when she walks and walk her bike across. She even wore her helmet and didn't complain! She is in 1st grade and she had to get some hard words right: remember, leaves, equipment. Those were the tough ones last week. Now this week they are: question, enough, quite. The other words are usually much easier.

Update on Hubby: So they told Hubby he was back to 5 days a week at work. That lasted maybe 2 weeks. Then they told part of the company they had to go to 4 days but not hubby. Now last week he had to take Friday off and they told him again this week Friday off. Yesterday they said next week though he needed to take Wednesday off (more of a benefit to the company I guess). Well today they changed their minds again! Now next week he's back to full time again! Oh its better than no job at all but this is getting old. We wanted to make an apt. for next week when he had off but now good thing we waited. I was able to get it this Friday when he's home! So it worked out but this not knowing crap is getting old and I don't like it.

Sweet Baby Girl

Last week Sweet Baby Girl and I enjoyed a tea party!

Chocolate is delicious at tea parties!

She's starting to be a stinker! Today she got into the movies, again!

She's been a very picky eater. There are alot of things I make that she won't eat. She knows if she throws it on the floor we don't make her eat it.

She still isn't walking. She is scooting on her bottom. She can get going pretty fast too. She knows how to scoot to her room, the dancer's room and also to the bathroom! She loves playing in The Dancer's room. When I try to get her to stand up she thinks its funny. She will on purpose fall to her button or fall towards me to I catch her. Then she will laugh and start clapping. I just hope she starts walking before the baby comes.

We've been trying to teach her where her nose and ears are. Its so funny because she can pull on my ears and try beeping my nose but she can't find hers!

Hubby said she bit him. Which I guess is possible but I don't want her to be a biter. He was carrying her and she was giving him a hug and supposedly she bit him on the shoulder. Hopefully she won't do this again.

She can say ball, bye bye, hi, momma, da da, Amy, Emma, and sometimes she can say Abby and baby. She can blow kisses!

She's a sweetheart and we love her even if she's a stinker!

Before I was a Mom

I had this emailed to me in a forward and I wanted to share it with everyone. The best job I have ever had is being a Mom!

Before I was a Mom, I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.

I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous..

I never thought about immunizations.
Before I was a Mom, I had never been puked on.

Pooped on.

Chewed on. Peed on.

I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts. I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom, I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests.

Or give shots.

I never looked into teary eyes and cried.

I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin. I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom, I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put her down.

I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.

I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.

I never knew that I could love someone so much. I never knew I would love being a Mom. Before I was a Mom, I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.

I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.

I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.

I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom, I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.

I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.

I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom .