Parker's first soccer game!

Considering Parker knows NOTHING about soccer he played pretty good today. He was a ham running around the field. Not paying any attention to the ball but giving me big cheesy grins for great pictures. So like most parents we were yelling "Watch the ball!" most of the game. It was quite humorous really! Before the game I really dreaded it...bad mom I know. I really enjoyed myself though and can't wait to see what next weekends game brings.


A heads up on deals this week!

Old Navy has all their baby stuff $5 this week. I went today snagged a couple outfits for Chloe and an outfit for a friends little guy and saved over $50. It's only on baby stuff not toddlers though.

Kmart is also having double coupons again! Ours in Clarksville is. You'll have to go to Kmart.com and check you local ad. If your store is having double coupons it will be in a red box in the bottom left corner of the ad. I do know that Fairview Heights & Belleville, IL stores are not doing double coupons...sorry guys!
(edited to add: I went today and bought 67.99 worth of stuff for 24.26. Not bad considering 2 items were $5 (Goldbond Ultimate Lotion) a piece and 2 items were 2.79 (Resolve). I amazed my sister by getting Colgate Advanced Total toothpaste for .29 and Bic Soleil disposable razor 4 pack for only 1.49. I also got the Ziploc twist and lock container packs for $1 a piece.

I've snagged some great deals the past couple weeks that I haven't posted on my blog. This week I have $26 in register rewards to use at Walgreens. I wonder how well I can do this week.

My boys and their firetrucks...

do I really need to say more? This is NOT one of Oak Grove's finest, but a DEMO! Daddy called us up right after P got his kindergarten shots on Tuesday to tell us to
come check it out. So we did...thankfully that helped ease the horrid pain P was in because of the shots. You would have thought they cut of his legs! Little does he know in 2 weeks we go back for 2 more. Anyway, we headed to the station and then followed the caravan to City Hall to show it to the Mayor. The boys thought the ladder spinning around was really cool and Cole (while being held by Daddy)told him, "Oh Daddy watch head!" as he put both of his hands on Bill's head and kind of ducked himself as it went over their heads. It was too funny! Parker even got to climb the ladder. They had lowered it close to the ground and he climbed to the top of the truck. He was thrilled to say the least and not scared a bit!

A couple of the boys from last month. I never got around to editing them until tonight. Cole wants to "shave" now everytime Daddy does.

Not much new here. Parker and I got a stomach bug this week. Thankfully mine lasted only 2 days. Only one day where I was completely non-functional as a parent and a wife. I slept and woke long enough to eat. If I didn't eat I felt as if I was going to pass out. Stomach bug and pregnancy together, NOT FUN! P had one bout of vomiting and then was good. He's our diarrhea guy! Luckily he's been feeling good today no bout of it. He is still complaining that his belly hurts though. It always takes him a few days or more to get rid of stuff like this. He's had no milk or yogurt for 2 days...thankfully he has waffles.

Cole is doing great. Talks up a storm and wants our undivided attention at almost all times to show us his newest "trick" or to watch how "super fast" he can run down the hallway. He's our sports boy and loves to play catch and is really good at it too. He's recently taken to kicking balls as well. That however, doesn't work so well in the house...for mommy anyway. The boy is ALWAYS eating. From the time he gets up from his nap in the afternoon to when he goes to bed he's "I hungy Mama!" So
it's been fruit, fruit, fruit and then whatever I have left to give him that doesn't require me to fix him a whole other meal. I hate to see his appetite when he's a teenager.

Here she is!

Chloe Ruth...we decided on a name. I had a doctor's appt. today and asked if I could get some pictures of Miss Chloe because well the cd they gave me at the ultrasound that was supposed to have 20 pictures had NONE. It was a blank cd. I was upset to say the least. So they obliged to my request and although they are not nearly as good as the others were they are pictures. She was very modest today, but opened her legs for a fraction of a second so we could see her "hamburger!" I was relieved that nothing popped up. lol So here's our little princess. We are so excited for her arrival. Parker was even planning our next Disney World vacation this morning and what he was going to do with Chloe. So fun! I'm so excited about Parker having a little sister...he's going to be great with her. He's going to love on her so much! So exciting.

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Deal to start off the week and soccer pics!

This morning I hit up Walgreens for their deals. I gathered all my coupons together last night. There are blogs out there and websites that tell you what deals are coming up and which coupons to use. The leg work is done I just had to clip the q's. I got ALL OF THIS picture plus a
bag of jelly beans for.....? $10.58 is what I paid out of pocket. Well the 4 air fresheners were FREE the shampoo and conditioner was FREE, the coffee creamer was $1 for 2, and one the Colgate Total was FREE. The diapers were only $5 a package (30 diapers per package) after an awesome $5 off coupon per package I had printed of the internet. I used 13.50 in RR from last week. I was supposed to get $10 RR back for the diapers and $1 RR for the other toothpaste but I didn't I think because I paid in RR. The manager didn't give me a clear explanation of this. Even still I saved $93.74! I paid less for all this than what the sale price +tax would be on one of the package of diapers. The couple behind me was in SHOCK! I walked out of there a HAPPY woman and I know Bill was pretty darn happy about it too.

Edited to add: My subtotal was $3.02 for all of this the rest of the $10.58 was TAX!


Parker's in soccer this year and yesterday was picture day! Because of my cheapskate ways I insisted on taking pictures before we left because why on earth would I pay for someone to take his pics when I can do it myself. I did get suckered into a team picture, but yeah anyway I took his individual pics. He looks so grown up here! Where's my little man gone?

We'll be seeing more PINK!

It's a GIRL!

I'll be posting some pictures if my computer will be ever so cooperative and read the darn CD.

What we learned of our precious baby girl today is that she is modest (unlike her brothers). Luckily, we were able to tell that there was nothing floating around between the legs. We had

the tech looking for about 15 minutes just to see if we could get her to spread her legs wider. She had her ankles crossed the whole time. We're hoping this means that she'll be very lady like when she is 4 and wearing dresses. I guess that's if her brothers don't ruin her first. lol We are

just so blessed beyond measure that not only does she look healthy, but that we'll have a true

little princess in our house soon (that's not a DOG). She was also very calm and kept waving her arms and hands mostly. All of which I still don't feel very often at all. When she moves she likes to twist her whole body. That I do feel a lot. As far as names we have 2 we are deciding between. I think we are leaning more toward the new one I threw out to Bill the other day. Her middle name will however be Ruth after my grandmother which is also my middle name.

Thanks everyone for your prayers.

17 WEEKS 6 DAYS

Belly looks a bit distorted here. My waist band cuts into my belly a bit.

Thursday is the BIG ultrasound day! Hopefull this little one will cooperate! Stay tuned!