Saturday, December 11, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
This and That
We took Isabella to the movie Tangled tonight, it was so good, we all really enjoyed it! My mother-in-law came to stay with us today until tomorrow, so she stayed home with Jaymes.
I'm an aunt for the 12th time!! My newest nephew and soon to be Godson, John Paul, weighed in at TEN pounds, and was 22 inches long. He's the biggest newborn I've seen, but he still seems tiny since I'm used to Jaymes. He's such a little sweetheart, I'm so glad we got to meet him over Thanksgiving.
Jaymes and I went to the "big city" 100 miles from us a week and a half ago, to get my Christmas shopping done. Toys R Us was CRAZY, and it was a weekday before Thanksgiving! I can't imagine what's it's like now. He and I had a great time together! :)
Our bank has a rewards program for using debit cards. Every time you use your debit card you get so many points that you can then redeem for certain things. We got a notice that we finally had enough points to redeem, I thought we would only be able redeem something super chincy, but was so pleasantly surprised when I logged on and found hundreds of really nice things we could get. We ended up getting a portable DVD player for the car and a $50 Toys R Us gift card, which we used for Christmas shopping. Awesome!! I used to be totally against DVD players in the car, but have come around. It's a four hour trip (one way) to my parents, so it will be really nice to have, and we'll only use it for long trips like that.
Isabella has gotten totally in to Barbies lately, and wants Barbie stuff for Christmas. That's all I ever did as a kid was play Barbies. However, I'm so discouraged by the Barbie clothes they have these days. I will not let Isabella dress her Barbies in anything immodest or skimpy, but decent Barbie clothes are impossible to find in stores. I was able to find some very cute, modest Barbie clothes on Etsy.com and am excited to give those to her for Christmas!
It's cold here! Temps have been in the single digits, but I know it will only get colder. This time of year I become sort of a hermit, and prefer to stay home most of the time. I'm so glad I usually don't have anywhere I absolutely have to be, since it's kind of a pain to get the kids dressed in a zillion layers, keep the baby completely covered, etc. and be in and out of the vehicle. I'll probably start doing errands while Monte's home so he can stay home with one or both of the kids, when it's so cold out.
I can't wait to start Christmas baking with Isabella!
In some ways I love having a newborn, but mostly I'm glad that stage is over. I love that he's on a good routine now, I love the early bedtime and sleeping all night, and I LOVE all the smiles, laughs, and coos that he gives us! And now he can slow down with his growing, because I want him to stay like this forever!
I'm an aunt for the 12th time!! My newest nephew and soon to be Godson, John Paul, weighed in at TEN pounds, and was 22 inches long. He's the biggest newborn I've seen, but he still seems tiny since I'm used to Jaymes. He's such a little sweetheart, I'm so glad we got to meet him over Thanksgiving.
Jaymes and I went to the "big city" 100 miles from us a week and a half ago, to get my Christmas shopping done. Toys R Us was CRAZY, and it was a weekday before Thanksgiving! I can't imagine what's it's like now. He and I had a great time together! :)
Our bank has a rewards program for using debit cards. Every time you use your debit card you get so many points that you can then redeem for certain things. We got a notice that we finally had enough points to redeem, I thought we would only be able redeem something super chincy, but was so pleasantly surprised when I logged on and found hundreds of really nice things we could get. We ended up getting a portable DVD player for the car and a $50 Toys R Us gift card, which we used for Christmas shopping. Awesome!! I used to be totally against DVD players in the car, but have come around. It's a four hour trip (one way) to my parents, so it will be really nice to have, and we'll only use it for long trips like that.
Isabella has gotten totally in to Barbies lately, and wants Barbie stuff for Christmas. That's all I ever did as a kid was play Barbies. However, I'm so discouraged by the Barbie clothes they have these days. I will not let Isabella dress her Barbies in anything immodest or skimpy, but decent Barbie clothes are impossible to find in stores. I was able to find some very cute, modest Barbie clothes on Etsy.com and am excited to give those to her for Christmas!
It's cold here! Temps have been in the single digits, but I know it will only get colder. This time of year I become sort of a hermit, and prefer to stay home most of the time. I'm so glad I usually don't have anywhere I absolutely have to be, since it's kind of a pain to get the kids dressed in a zillion layers, keep the baby completely covered, etc. and be in and out of the vehicle. I'll probably start doing errands while Monte's home so he can stay home with one or both of the kids, when it's so cold out.
I can't wait to start Christmas baking with Isabella!
In some ways I love having a newborn, but mostly I'm glad that stage is over. I love that he's on a good routine now, I love the early bedtime and sleeping all night, and I LOVE all the smiles, laughs, and coos that he gives us! And now he can slow down with his growing, because I want him to stay like this forever!
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