Mindy's new Job

So I have a new job! There is this website called savvyshopperdeals.com I have been looking at the site for a year now. It's great deals in Utah county with or without coupons. I have been saving us so much money by using coupons it's crazy. For example I bought 2 jumbo packs of diapers 2 days ago for $3 Huggies brand. For those of you who do not buy diapers they are normally $9.99 each. So I paid 1.50 each. WOW!!!
Well about two weeks ago this website I go to had a post for people who were interested in becoming a savvy shopper trainer. So I interviewed and go the job. I basically teach people how to use coupons and get at least 50% off on there groceries. They hired 10 people out of 50+. So if anyone is interested in learning how they could save money. I teach free classes. I come to homes or Enrichment meetings. Just let me know.

Mama ..... Dada

This morning at 5:30 am I woke up to a someone saying Mama. I jumped up and thought was that Megan. Sure enough she was awake and started to kick as soon as she saw me coming. I didn't know if it was just a coincidence that she happened to say Mama or not. Then later today Rob was playing the the girls, while I made dinner and at one point he came in to the kitchen to see how much longer it was going to be and Megan kept saying Dada Dada over and over again. Rob said "I think she knows what our names are because of her calling out to him Dada Dada". Coincidence or not she said Mama and Dada (Mama first, hehe).

Abby’s Cute Hair Day

 

Mindy curled Abby’s hair today and Abby loved it.  When Mindy completed the first curl and let Abby see it she immediately demanded that Mindy “do another”.  As soon as Mindy would finish another curl Abby would demand “more!” She was so proud of her pretty hair that I decided to take some pictures for posterity.  Here you go:

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Meggy’s First Solid Food

 

Yesterday Megan had her first official solid food (we’ve let her suck on popsicles a few times).  She was extremely excited to finally be offered real food(she was shaking), but she managed to restrain herself and eat pretty carefully.  Here’s some photos:

 

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Potty training frustrations!!

I absolutely dislike potty training. Abby is doing okay with peeing but she has pooped 5 times in 36 hours, all in her panties. I just throw them away because that is sick to have to clean that out. Plus it leaves stains I have yet to find anything that gets it all out. Anyhow I am just really frustrated and had to vent.

On a good note Megan sat up today for a few seconds all by her self. She still has not rolled over from her back to her front. Every day I show her how and have Abby help me. She just cries and fusses until I stop. So apparently she is content with being on her back. Also I am getting ready to start her on baby food. She has at least a couple of times grabbed Abby's food right out of her hands or mine. So that will be fun. That is our update on the kids.

We decided to go private

With me posting stuff onto Rob's website so that I can post them here, we decided to go private for security reasons. So if there is anyone that would like to keep reading the blog please send me your email address or post it here so that I can allow you access to the blog. THANKS

Megan having fun and Abby helping

Megan loving the Jump & go!

Ahhh!   Abby helping Megan have fun.

What a cutie!

Megan laughing

 

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Photos of Megan

Just some photos of Abby and Megan

I just wanted to put up some cute pictures of the girls together. These first two are of Rob and I trying to get Abby to go to sleep. We laid Megan next to her to get ready for family prayer. Megan was very happy and smiley so we took pictures.

These are just some cute photos of Abby wanted to make sure Megan didn’t fall over while in my bed. She jumped up into the bed and kept pushing her back up to a sitting position. She kept leaning in towards her. It was cute!

  

Abby Slaving in the Kitchen

OK, these last two posts have actually just been tests of new software to make this blogging easier.  But I figured it might as well be something cute, so here’s a video of Abby helping Mommy make pizza:

 

Abby Kneading Dough (Click to Play)

 

Abby Slaving over Homemade Pizza (Click to Play)

Abby Playing in St. George

Here's some photos of Abby enjoying herself at the playground in St. George.  The weather was perfect and we had a very nice weekend down there!

Sorry for not having pictures

So I am having difficulty with my computer allowing me to do things. I am not as computer literate as Rob is and he will mess around with things then I find I can't do things like post pictures on my blog. So I will see if Rob can fix that for me. Sorry again pictures will be coming soon.

Free sample!

So I found this site that gives you links to free stuff. This one I think is cool. Free hair care product. You have to do it fast because they only do it for so long. I just thought I would share with you all if you are interested you can click the link below

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FREE CHICKEN NO JOKE!!!

So, I just have to post about my great deal. Smith's pharmacy has this deal now that if you transfer your prescription to Smith's pharmacy they give you a 25 dollar gift card to spend on groceries. Well I transferred my 4 dollar prescription and got my gift card and bought chicken with it. I got 15 lbs of chicken. If any of you have a prescription that you get regularly transfer it to Smiths and there chicken is on sale right now for 1.69 a lb. It's the Tyson brand chicken. GREAT DEAL!!!

Megan rolled over

Yesterday Megan rolled over for the first time. She rolled over from her tummy to her back.
I was so excited for her that I scared her.

Megan's blessing

I just want to thank all of you who read my blog and attended Megan's blessing. I really appreciate you for coming to both the blessing and the luncheon afterwords. It was nice to visit with everyone. Rob did a really good job blessing her. My mother made the beautiful blessing dress. Rob's Mom made Abby's and did a great job as well. They are both equally beautiful.

Megan was a good girl for the most part with just a little fussing not heard to many during the blessing. Rob's dad said that she was a little tilted head down for a portion of it and someone raised her head.

Abby wanted to go up with Rob during the blessing so I had to talk her through it and tell her what was going on. She really like her little sister Megan and wanted to see what was going on.

Again thank you for coming and for the help that was given.

I WANT IT TO BE SUMMER!

I just have to say I am so tired of it being cold. There was one day that it wasn't too bad and I was excited then it turned freezing again. I am tired of it. I want summer to come even though I am not a huge late summer fan. I just am so tired of winter. I can't wait until it's warm enough to take Megan outside to let Abby play at the park. Abby need to get her wiggles out. She has cabin fever and so do I. I know that spring is coming soon, but I wish it would come faster. OK enough complaining.

I'll update you on the kids and us. Abby is doing great she is putting whole sentences together now. It always surprises Rob how many words she can put together not only that but that she can structure a sentences together pretty well. Example: "Mom can I have some, please?" or "It's dark in here."
There is also a new development, she is afraid of dinosaurs. My nephew loves them and has several toy dinosaurs that move. She now tells me that there are dinosaurs coming, while pointing to the top of the stairs. She won't go up there with out me now. She also is afraid of the dark and will not go into a room if it is pitch black.
She picks out her own clothes and insists on it being that way. We have to some days come to an agreement that she picks out the shirt and I pick out the pants. She insists on picking out the shoes though. She hates to have me do her hair and always yells "ouch" even before I do anything. She also loves music and dancing. Last night Rob was flipping through channels and the BYU channel had dancers on it. She insisted on watching it. She would watch them for a little bit then attempt to do the dance. She actually did pretty good for a two year old. It was so cute. Rob and I would like to put her in dance someday when we can afford it. I think she would love it.

Megan is smiling good now and has on occasion giggled. She is such a well behaved baby we are so lucky. She loves her big sister Abby and continues to smile at her all the time. She is getting very big now. She is starting to move into 6-9 month clothing. She turns 3 months on Sunday. They are a little long on her but fit her better around the waist then 3-6.

As for the rest of the family, Rob will most likely be starting his freelance business full time in a month or so. We are a little nervous about it, but he has wanted to for some time now. As for me, I am just working on keeping my house somewhat in order and trying to loose my baby fat plus some extra added pounds I don't like. I also have this new hobby if you can call it a hobby. Coupon clipping and finding great deals. I have been cutting our food budget by almost half recently by using coupons and only buying what is on sale. Makes sense to others but I wasn't very good at it. I also buy large quantities when they have really good sales and just freeze it or store it. Anyways that's about it for now

Nicole's Baby shower

So my sister Nicole just had her 4th child it is a boy and they named him Alex. The gap between her first boy and her second boy is almost eight years so my sister Tahnee and my Mother decided to throw Nicole a shower to help with things that she may not have for a little boy. Plus she has miss placed a lot of her boy items.
We had fun! Abby stayed in the room and watched. She was very interested in what was going on in her house. We played a game called name that poop. My sister Tahnee melted about 8 candy bars and smashed them into diapers. Then we are suppose to name that candy bar that is in it. We can smell it, taste it and even eat it to determine what the candy bar was.
Well for some reason the images will not upload so here is a link to my sisters blog she has them on hers

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Abby and Megan

I put together a collection of photos that are similar of Abby and Megan. Some of them they look a lot a like. Some of them not so much. Sorry about the scale ones, you can't even see Megan's face. Rob tried to get in there but it was crowded. You'll have to just click on the ones that look similar it wouldn't let me organize them they way I wanted them to be, or at least I couldn't figure it out.

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