Who could resist this face?

Levi trying to crawl!

I'M POOPED!!!

Family update!

Patrick = started a new team in January! He doesn't have a lot to do yet, so he's bored a lot. Luckily his old team still needs help on the stuff he was working on before he left, so he has something to do! He is still Scout Master, and has been helping a few boys with their paperwork for Eagle Scout. He loves his XBox and plays every night. He has some new boys this year that he teaches every Sunday and Wednesday. They have a few special needs, so he is really working hard to find ways to get them interested and working hard on scouting stuff.

Levi is now 7 months old! At his checkup, he was 17 lbs., 4 oz. and 28 3/8 inches long! He had to get 4 shots! It was really tough! He is starting to arch his back when he gets excited, and throws his head back to look behind him. He blows bubbles (aka spits) all the time, and has two teeth on the bottom! He is really good at looking at things and then trying to pick them up. He tried to pick up a hot pot the other day and did not like it at all!
We started our first 6-10 month class at the Early Childhood Center with his best bud Miles.
Jenny- hanging out at home with Levi has been really fun! I am a coupon queen now and I can't believe all the stuff you can get for free! I got a pair of jeans in the mail yesterday. FREE!! I am also waiting for a coupon for a free package of Oreos. I am also loving the primary! Being in the presidency is hard! I am so glad I am not the president. It is a great opportunity to grow though, and hopefully I am not doing to bad at it! I also get to help with Achievement days and the girls there are so awesome!

Where did my pacifier go?

Levi's photo shoot

LEVI IS STANDING!!!!WOW! WHAT ATHLETICISM !

BEST PICTURE OF THE DAY TAKEN BY MOMMY!

Cold weather and Levi!

It is so cold we have to bundle Levi up a lot before we can go anywhere. This is what he looks like after we take off his blanket and Cozy Cover. He falls asleep all the time because he gets so warm. Isn't he adorable?

Acheivement Day Girl dinner

Our Achievement Day Girls had their parent dinner last night. It was very fun to watch the girls take orders and try to get the right food to the right people. The first two pictures are of the girls gettting drinks and taking orders!!

Here they are by their restaurant sign. They decided to name it " The Plastic Sppon". Good job with the name Amanda!

They are serving the bread and salad here!

Yummy! It's time for the lasangna! Here is our newest Achievement Day girl!

In the kitchen, things are crazy as orders are flying out the door!

Here the girls are about to give their surprise to their great friend Becca, the wonderful Achievement Day leader thet had last year!

Becca was so shocked! The look on her face was classic! Good job girls!

Levi's first Piano lesson

HAHAHA Isn't Levi amazing?

I give up!

I give up keeping track of how much I spend. It takes to much time! So I will just post my awesome deals instead. Here are more pictures of my awesome kid!

Levi's number 2 tooth!

Last night I couldn't figure out why my little guy was so cranky. Even when I held him and fed him, he was NOT happy. I finally took a peek inside his mouth and wouldn't you know it! Tooth number 2 was making it's way through his tender little gums! I dosed him with some Motrin, and my happy baby was back! Soon his awesome pictures won't be that adorable gummy smile anymore, soon he will have two bottom teeth to show off, if you can get his tongue out of the way!


Anyways, here are some pictures we took of our little angel with his buddy Alex! He would cry for me, his dad, other ladies, but he never cries when Alex holds him.

Emily's new baby Elijah!

Emily had her baby! He looks just like his dad! His name is Elijah Robinson Adams and was 8 lbs. 10 oz. He was 21 1/2 inches long.

Shopping totals:
Target present: $29 (saved $0)
Coupons: $1 (saved $0)
Walgreens $11.23 (Saved 4.00)
CVS: $1.28 ( saved $23.47)
Cvs: $8. 38 (saved 22. 76)
HOM furniture: $0 (saved $17.48)
Bath and Body Works: $0 (saved $3.00)
I will apply for $25 in rebates which will cove my expenses.

Total spent this year: $50.89 + 78.12= 129.61
Total saved this year: 241.07 + 70.71 = $311.78 (saved 71%)

Elenanor, Levi's future wife!!

My new camera pictures and my shopping totals...

Here are some great new pics from my brand new camera!!

Cub food trip:
Got
2 lbs of carrots
celery

Total: $ 3.18
Saved: $0.99

Total Spent this year: $78.12
Total saved this year: $241.07 (75.5 %)

Elenanor,Target and Rainbow!

Yesterday I got to watch the cutest infant girl in the whole world! I got a ton of cute pictures of her with my awesome new camera that I will post online when I get permission from her mom, and some of Levi as well! I am excited because this weekend I will get to play with kids from two fun families - the Gauthiers and tjehe Jones!

Today I went shopping at Target and Rainbow.

Target:
2 Johnson and Johnson lotions
2 Johnson and Johnson mini first aid kits
3 Reach dental flosses

Total: 51 cents
Saved: $ 6.99

Rainbow:
2 Oreos
6 boxes of Special K
2 gallons of milk
2 boxes of Band-Aids
2 Pillsbury refrigerated cinnamon roll dough
4 Pillsbury premade gingerbread cookie dough
2 boxes of Fruit chillers
3 bottles of Kikkoman Soy sauce
4 cans of Cambells cream of mushroom soup
1 1/2 lbs. tomatoes
Lettuce
Flour tortillas
1 can organic diced tomatoes
3 bags frozen steam bag veggies
2 boxes of bagel bite pizzas
4 packages of Oscar Meyer honey ham
6 containers of Dannon light yougurt
1 -4 pack of fiber one yougurt
Welchs strawberry breeze juice
7 lbs of 80 % lean hamburger meat
2 packs of jello pudding snacks

Total:$23.18
Saved: $ 116.17

Staples
Got:
1 ream of paper

Total: 5.13 (Will apply for $4 rebate)

Total spent this year: $74.94
Total Saved This Year: $241.07 (76%)
Coupon costs: $2

Shopping trip today.

Today I went to CVS and Walgreens. When I first started this shopping/saving adventure, I was amazed that people would talk about how much you could save at drug stores. We all know drug stores are hugely overpriced that people go to out of sheer desperation or convenience, so how could people save money there?Turns out that drug store have these amazing reward programs that require you to pay for an item at the beginning, then you can use the rewards you get for buying it to get something free the next week. And then you use the reward for that to get something free the week after that, and so on and so forth. Free stuff all the time! You usually have to pay tax, and maybe a little extra, but you can get some awesome deals. Here's what I got tonight.

4 Nivea mosturizing lip balms
1 bag of Nestles Crunch Jingles
8 Small boxes of Chips Ahoy ( will use towards $20 rebate of Nabisco)
3 Glade Fragrance Collection Candles
2 bottles of Jergens Lotion
2 gallons of milk
1 bottle of Johnson and Johnson baby oil

Total Spent: $3.80
Total Saved:$50.80

Total Spent this year: $ 46.12
Total Saved: 117.98 (71%)
Coupon Costs: $2.00

My shopping trips today

Today I spent a lot of money.

1st store - Rapid refill
Got Black ink for the printer.
Total - $18.83

2nd trip -CVS
Got 4 newspapers
2 bags of candy
A blood glucose monitering system
Oil of Olay regenerist cleanser
An Oils candle glass holder
Total - $1.23 ( will get $ 7.99 rebateback in mail for Olay product!)

3rd trip -WalMart
Humidifer
Ivory soap
Had gift card- not counting the total

4th Trip - Rainbow foods
5 bags of Kraft cheese
Total: $5.45 (Got $5 towards next purchase! It was like 5 bags of cheese for 45 cents!)

5th Trip - Rainbow foods
6 bags of Kraft cheese
Total - $6.94 ( Got $5 towards next purchase! It was like 6 bagsof cheese for $1.94)

Total spent today
=$32.45
Saved= $57.28

Year To Date = Spent $42.32
Saved= $67.18 (61.4%)
Coupon costs - $2.00

I'm saving a lot but I am still spending too much. I will take the rebate amounts away from my total spent.

Levi's 1st real food - rice cereal doesn't count!!

Levi ate squash today! He seemed to like it!