coupon deals and naked bums

I got some great deals with coupons this weekend and I thought I'd boast a little about what I got. I am just so excited! I LOVE getting great deals and saving money. But I don't like to use a million coupons either (I get SO nervous and embarrassed when I check out so the less coupons I have to use the better!). So this trip I didn't have to use too many coupons and I got some amazing deals! I did however have some problems with the coupons since alot of them were printable. They WERE legitimate coupons but for some reason at both walmart and target they wouldn't scan right and it took a while for the cashiers to take them (this, is why I hate checking out! I hate to cause any kind of a delay or scene!) Has anyone else had any problems lately with printable coupons? Anyways I really try to keep my couponing to a minimum because I have found that I can very easily spend unnecessarily by getting things just because they are on sale. It may only cost a few bucks for something, but when it's stuff that you don't need those few extra dollars here and there can really add up fast. If anyone's interested in getting into coupons there is a blog that my sister suggested to me that really helps! It's moneysavingmom.com and it's so fun to go and check out all the good deals! Plus they are way organized and tell you where to go and what coupons to use, you also get other people writing in and telling good deals that they found! So here is what I got and I only spent about $4 for everything!

6 johnson's buddies soaps, 1 container of finger foods and diced peaches, 2 travel size johnson's shampoo's, 2 glade scented pluge-ins, 1 container of kandoo wipes, and of course some yummi easter candy on sale ;)

getting ready to go swimming, our new favorite thing to do!

big cheesy smile!

naked boy getting ready for his bath, i love naked babies they are so cute!

this is what alot of our pictures look like lately, he doesn't like to hang around for very long :)

Where has the time gone?!

Lately I have been thinking about how fast Ayden is growing up. It seems like FOREVER ago that I was in the hospitol with him as a newborn. I just can't get over how old he seems now. It's like everyday he is doing something new. I know it must sound horrible, but I have only just recently begun to feel like a mom. I mean I have alway's loved Ayden since I first saw him, but he was never really connected to ME. I mean some stranger could hold him and he wouldn't have known the difference. But lately he has been so clingy to me (which can get annoying at times), and it's so exciting that he recognizes me and wants me. It's crazy to think that 9 monthes ago I didn't have this sweet little boy in my world. I am so grateful for him, I dont think I ever knew how much I would love this baby. Anyway's before this gets too mushy I better stop :) BTW I got some amazing coupon deals this week! Ill post a pic of all my loot tomorrow!

trip to the zoo

This weekend Brian went on a trip to Colorodo to go snowboarding, so I decided to go down to Tucson. While I was in Tucson my sister and I really wanted to take the kids to the zoo. So my sister and her husband and little girl, my mom and brother, and Ayden and I all went to the zoo. On the way there Ayden kept rubbing his eyes and one of his eyes was really red. I made sure to put sunscreen on him cause the poor kid has never seen sunlight and would have fryed there. So we get there and all of the sudden he got worse, like WAY worse. He kept rubbing his eyes and they were red and swollen and he could hardly open them. Plus his nose was running like crazy. I was freaking out because I thought it was some kind of allergic reaction. He looked SO sad, like the pictures just dont even come close to showing how sad he looked. I spent the majority of the time there calling doctor's and insurance people to find out if I could take him to an emergency room. After being at the zoo for over an hour Ayden finally passed out. and by the time he woke up he was doing much better. I am thinking that he is allergic to cats plus I think cause he was already rubbing his eyes he probably got sunscreen in them. Anyway's it was kind of scary and I'm SO glad he is alright. Here are some pics of our zoo trip! P.S.- Thanks Mommy and Renee for hanging out this weekend it was fun, and Renee your hair turned out really cute!

Getting ready to leave for the zoo, you can already see his left eye is red.
Rubbing his eyes SO SAD! Finally I got a little smile out of him!

IM the coupon lady!!!

So yesterday I had a pretty interesting day. The morning was great, my friend Tiffany and I went to the mall for a while and hung out. When I got home I decided I'd make a quick run to get something to eat. I just grabbed keys, money and the baby and left. I went to Panda Express, ordered real fast, loaded a sleeping Ayden up and got in the car. It wouldn't start! So there I was stranded at panda express (which, I mean, there could be worse places to be stranded ;)). I called Brian who had just gotten to an auction over in Phoenix about an hour away. He said maybe it was the gas, so I went next door (I had to wake Ayden up and carry him cause I had no stroller) to this gas station to see if they even had a gas can, which they did. I was just trying to figure out how I was gonna carry a 21 pound baby and a gas can back to the car when Brian called Clint and Tiffany. Who came to my rescue. I felt horrible though, cause they were about 20 minutes away and had to come all the way over to get me. In the mean time Ayden was super upset about being woken up and was crying almost the whole time. Clint and Tiffany got there, put some gas in it and that wasn't it and it wasn't the battery. So they just took me home. Brian and Brendan had to tow the car back home (thanks Brendan!) and we haven't checked it out yet, but I'm hoping it's not anything too big because it would REALLY stink to have to share one car.
Okay so later that night Brian and I went to CVS really quick to get some contact solution. I looked around the store forever and couldn't find any so I asked the woman who worked there. She showed me where it was (right in front of me) and was like hey wait, your the coupon lady right? The one who does the extra bucks?! I was like uh yeah I guess, totally embarrased. And she was like I'm pretty sure you can get extra bucks on one of the contact solutions. She ran over to get a booklet showed me. I felt so dumb! I was like oh, Im just gonna get the cheap kind, but thanks :D So now IM the coupon lady! Great!

My little swimmer

Ayden went swimming today for the first time (we took him once when he was about 2 monthes old but had him in the pool only for about 2 seconds). I got him a little floatie yesterday and the weather has been so nice I couldn't resist! He was so cute! He had alot of fun especially when Brian played with him and made him go fast. I think being out in the sun really wore him out, because he has been so tired and calm all day. Until of course the very second that I type this cause all of the sudden he is starting to laugh uncontrably at nothing. Looks like he just got his energy back :D Well, I better go cause he is getting into stuff and falling over. Here are some pics of Ayden swimming.

Basking in the sunshine

Squinting at the camera

Daddy swinging him around in the water, he was LOVING this!

some pictures

So there really isn't anything new happening lately, I am taking Ayden out swimming for the his first time! So we'll see how he likes it! Here are just some random cute pics of Ayden so you can get the gangster Ayden out of your head :)

I snuck into Ayden' s room while he was supposed to be taking a nap, cause I heard some laughing. He was just laying in there laughing at himself with these big smiles. SO CUTE!

Ayden being a little cheeseball in his playpen

His new favorite way of sleeping is on his tummy with his butt out! It's so cute, and alot of the time it's way stuck way out there. hehe

Merry Christmas, punk!

Okay, so we haven't used our smaller digital camera for a while and Brian brought it with us when we went down to Pima this weekend. I was going through some of the old pictures on there when I came across this one. I mean I dont have any clue how I could have missed it! There were about a million of him with his hat on, but still! Brian and I had a good ten minute laugh, about our little baby flipping the camera off. Hehe, it wouldn't be so bad if he didn't have that little punk face to go with it. And the Santa hat just kinda nicely tops it off :)