packing it up

well, we have been here a week now...has been pretty smooth with Justin...he asks for Papa once in a while...we went to visit my Dad for dinner saturday and he had a hard time..wanted to go to his house..the side we lived on and we told him no...he didn't like it....

I know I need to post pictures...computer has been having issues and we might be leaving tonight..we will see..kids are packed mostly...drive all night long? maybe?

anyway, will post more later.

alicia

Moving Day.

Here are some of the crew at Pizza after helping us move.

The happy grandpa's.....

The three boys stayed over on Dad's side of the house while we were packing up the trailer...here they are playing together.

I really am doing stuff while on the computer. Justin is eating yogurt so I am supervising...just in case we decide to do yogurt art....laundry is going too....

Here it is...

Okay, the picture finally worked....here they are...Wyatt was enamored with Clayton and Clayton loved watching Wyatt. I think we had them next to each other for at least 30 minutes...

My happy boy

I took this on my phone yesterday as I was visiting my cousin...Clayton was laying on the floor next to Wyatt...I have a pic of the two of them, but it won't send from my phone for some reason....so here is Happy Clayton.

no pics

Okay, so I know I have been really bad at posting pictures...maybe someday next week. We are busyy with all the stuff that happens before buying and moving. We signed our docs on Friday, should get keys on THursday and move on Saturday morning....Justin has already had some issues with "his stuff" being put in boxes...so Dad and I took both boys grocery shopping..Todd packed up some...

Wednesday we have our house orientation and Thursday hope to get keys and get appliances delivered....

more next week...wont have internet all weekend...

Free stuff

I ventured to Kmart today to wander....planned on buying one thing, but they didn't have it...but I did find all this and I walked out not spending 1 penny! The cashier was pretty impressed.

Snuggle on sale 2 for $6 and I had (2) $3.00 off coupons

Kotex were 10 for $10.00 and I had 5 coupons for buy 2 get $2.00 off

and last was the Johnsons bar soap for kids...they were $.99 and I had $1.00 coupons.

Thanks to Oma for saving coupons....I shared most of the loot with Dana...

Justin.

photo by Aunt Dana....this was at the Pumpkin Patch last week....you could check out Tootlepops for more photo's of all of us.

A flower.

So, today I was putting the kids in the car and I saw a flower that had fallen from the hanging pot....I haven't told anyone, but secretly I have cherished this flower that sits outside my Dad's window. We hang out with Dad every night and I can see it right out the window. It was brought by my Aunt Elaine before Mom passed away so that Mom would have something nice to look at from her bed.

It didn't bloom for months after we arrived here, and when Clayton arrived it bloomed. To me, it was just a special something.......I always think of Mom when I look at it...and that it bloomed around Claytons arrival meant something to me too. So, today I see this flower 20 feet from where it should be....the top had blown our way.....It just meant to me she was still watching, still there...at least this is how I take it..I had a really hard week last week. . . not with missing Mom, just life in general. I would have called her if she was here. That is when it hits me...when I want to share anything with her, she isn't there to say hello. What I wouldn't give to have time with her again.

Who woulda thought a simple flower bought almost 2 years ago would still have such meaning....

We went to the pumpkin patch today!

Daddy

Looking for the perfect one

Papa

Found it!

Riding back to the car

Our house is almost done...

Well, our house is pretty much done, they are now just fine tooning it...have some touch ups to do...

I was curious what Justin looked like at the age Clayton is now. I found a picture of Justin wearing the same shirt that Clayton has on below. I didn't think they looked that much alike, but now I think I see similarities and differences too.

Cheese...

Justin loves his brother so much. He always asks to hold him. Clayton is sure growing and such a good baby. He is a momma's baby for sure. He does well for a while with Daddy and Papa, but sometimes just wants mommy.

I find myself wondering if I can possilby give each one the attention they need. Some mornings while Clayton is sleeping, Justin and I cuddle up on the couch and do "activities" or watch Thomas the Train together. He likes for me to sit "right' next to him. Then, when Justin is napping, I try to have time with Clayton - but now he is still sleeping most of this time....

Justin has become much more independent since Clayton's arrival. He has his train and that keeps him entertained for hours.

Our house this week. . .

Here is the fireplace in the living/great room.

The kitchen

and, this is our master bathroom...

We are very excited to see such progress....they will be putting the carpet in on Monday...was hoping it might be in today...they are down to finishing touches and final inspections, etc....still looking at moving mid - november.

more house pics

We went to see our house today...here are updated pics....

Clayton

My cousin had her baby last week and Dana, the boys, and I crashed her house for 30 minutes to visit...Aunt Dana took these pics of Clayton....I weighed him last night and he is 11.4 pounds.

More Rite Aid Deals....

So, I think my brother thinks I am the coupon queen...so they are calling me now days....I am working on getting them to be couponers...you can't go wrong on diapers...even though I will be cloth diapering....they aren't great for nights and days out...so I will do Disposables during that time...hoping to potty train Justin in the next few months...so I am not buying too many for him, but 2 packs are for him.

So here are my deals...I had to make 2 purchases...to get the better deal.

Here are 3 Jumbo packs of Huggies...they are on sale at rite aid this week...

Transaction 1:
3 for $33.00
I had (3) $3.00 coupons...total of 9.00 off
There is a rebate for buying 3 of them for $10.00 off
and with this and the other special going on, I will get anohter $5.00 rebate for the fall gift of savings program....total will pay after I get all my rebates, etc.
So, basically I am paying $9.00 for all these Pure and Natural diapers!

Transaction 2:
3 Jumbo packs of Huggies Diapers $33.00
I had (3) $2.00 coupons - total of $6.00 off
Also had an additional doubler coupon for Rite aid of $1.00 off
I will get the $10.00 rebate for these too.

There are 3 packs of Ivory (3 pack) of soap that were on a deal for $1.00 each. I had (3) $0.25 coupons, making them $.75 each

The dove bar of soap was totally FREE....I had a Rite aid coupon for $1.00 off.

And, the huggies body wash was on sale for 2 for $5.00. You get a 1.00 rebate and I had 2 coupons....1.25 and 1.50 off.

I will also get another $10.00 back for fall spending (i had a few other smaller items on another purchase that make the total $50 to get the $10, but close enough)....so I will have paid 9.50 for all of these:

A New House

We have been on the house hunt since we moved here and more aggressivly since we sold our old house and Clayton arrived. We looked at some older homes and found that what we loved was some homes we had seen on our first trip at the first of the year. It will be penny pincher to live here, but we are exstatic to have such a nice home and layout. This home will be an open floorplan (much like our last home)...and only a little bit smaller...slightly over 1400 SF.

3 bedrooms, 2 baths.....we hope to be moving in right around Turkey day..pending it is done on time without delays....here is a photo of it today.

We are also selling our Tahoe....so if you are interested, let me know. We are ready for a Mini-Van...something we never thought we would do...but with 2 kids, it just seems like the logical thing to do....the tahoe is great, but we would like little to no payments and a better access to the 3rd seat....our current tahoe has the 3rd seat, but you have to climb over the middle...great for kids, etc....it will be missed....OR - if any of you have loads of cash and want to pay it off for us...well, we wouldn't turn you down :)

One Month old

More Pictures from our last visitors....

Aunt Elaine sent us some pics she had taken during her visit...thought I would share some with you all.

Justin is sure a HAM....he LOVES corn.....his favorite item for dinner....

Just thought this was a great photo of Dad and Clayton.

3 Weeks Old. . .

Clayton turned 3 weeks old this weekend...hard to beleive that 3 weeks have passed...he is growing so much..changing daily.


Aunt Elaine came to visit us and to come to my cousin Becky's baby shower. She came early and was a wonderful visitor....had her help me with the boys....Here she is with Clayton....Justin kept her busy busy playing with trains all day Friday....

Lindsay (my cousin) came too, but I didn't get any pictures with her....I think Aunt Elaine did, maybe she will send to me so I can post some of those....