We Did It!

This morning Brantley and I went to Publix and did our grocery shopping for the week and finally saved MORE than we spent. I'm so excited that I have to share.

We spent $37.27 and saved $52.68!!

 Here is what we bought:
- 3 large cans of Hunts Diced Tomatoes
- 4 Ronzoni Garden Delights pasta
- 2 Ronzoni Healthy Harvest pasta
- 2 Pillsbury Savorings
- 1 pkg Velvetta
- 2 Gordon's Premium Tilapia Fish sticks
- 2 Cole's Garlic Bread products
- 2 boxes Toaster Strudels
- 1 pkg Sandwich Rounds
- 1 bottle Publix Apple Juice
- 1 Publix Creamy Peanut Butter (the Mystery Item...only 1 penny!) I just realized they charged me $2.39 for the Penny item so I will be going back this afternoon to get that fixed.

Items that we bought that aren't pictured:
- 2 fresh Tilapia filets
- 2.29lb Boston Butt
- asparagus
- 2 sweet potatoes
- 1 FREE avacado
- 1 kiwi
- 1 pkg of 4 AA batteries

As awesome as this is I have you credit my wonderful husband for the savings. He is the one that searched the I Heart Publix website for all the coupon deals and printed them all off and cut them out. Even went through the newspaper for some of the coupons. He just told me what to buy. Still as a family we did really great this week.

We spent $37.27 and saved $52.68!!

I Heart Publix!! 

Gerber Generation Photo Search

 I have entered BR in the Gerber Generation Photo Search this month and I would love for you to vote for her. There are 6 winners each month, one from each Milestone, with the most votes. The winner wins a Flip Side HD video camera and their photo featured on Gerber.com.

She could also star in a Gerber Ad, this is how...Six months after the start of the contest, the judges will select one photo that shows the most expression, charm and uniqueness. That photo wins! I think BR totally has a chance at winning because how can you deny that happy smile!?! 

The Grand Prize would be for her to be chosen to star in the Gerber Ad. Along with that she will win a $25,000 Scholarship. That would be the most wonderful thing ever!!

Please help Brantley Rae win this contest this month by voting for her picture. Click on the link below and it will take you straight to her so you can vote. It will ask you to enter your email and then confirm the vote from an email it will send you, but Gerber will not start sending you junk mail about baby stuff. I'm almost certain that they won't. They don't ever send me e-mails and I'm a member of their website.  

Vote for Brantley Rae Here!!

Thanks SO much!

Old Baker Farm - October 9, 2010

Last Saturday, Chase and I took Brantley to Old Baker Farm with my mom and Alyssa. We all had a really great time even though it was WAY too hot for an October Saturday. Despite the sweat we had a good time! Above are pictures from the hay ride out to the pumpkin patch.

Brantley got to take these sweet pictures with a really big pumpkin. There was no way she was gonna look up at us and smile. She was super distracted by the pumpkins. We tried to get pictures of Brantley and Alyssa in the pumpkin patch but neither of the looked or smiled. Better luck next time!

After the hay ride and picking out our pumpkins, Alyssa got to climb the mountain of hay, swing on the tire horse and jump in the cotton trailer. She had so much fun!

 This thing was really tall but she wasn't scared at all. No Fear!!

The cotton was really soft and looked like a lot of fun. Alyssa was doing flips in it and jumping all over the place. It will be so fun in 2-3 years when Brantley can do stuff like this with Alyssa.

I'm so glad we got to go to Old Baker Farm with Mom and Alyssa. We'll have to do better at taking pictures of everyone next time. We didn't take a family picture or one of my mom and the girls. Shucks! We'll just have to do it again before Halloween. Alyssa has the same shirt that BR was wearing but it was WAY too hot to change her into it even for a quick picture.
I'm totally loving this time of year but I'm really ready for fall weather to come back and stick around for good.

Have you been to a pumpkin patch? If so, which one did you go to?

Lately...

Brantley has started to show signs of teething but we can't see any teeth buds yet. A few nights ago she was snuggling with Chase while she chewed on a teething ring. It was so sweet so I had to take a picture. She was so happy to be snuggling with her Daddy!

 On Friday, Chase came home from work early so we took the babies outside in the back yard to crawl around and get out some energy. They LOVED it! Being outside makes them happy anytime of the day. They are all over the place inside so it was nice to give them some new scenery.

These are just some other pictures that I took on Friday as well. Both babies are all over the place. Brantley is pulling up to stand on everything and Mason pulls up to his knees. Before too much longer they're gonna both be walking all over our house. Ahh! I'm definitely not ready for that one. haha!

Next up is a post about our trip to Old Baker Farm this past Saturday with Nana and Alyssa.

BR at 8 Months

 I'm not sure how much Brantley weighs because I haven't been to the group to weigh her in almost 2 months. Yikes! I'm guessing she's around 16-17 pounds. Still little but very very active! She still naps 3-4 times a day. Although, she starting to drop her late afternoon nap and going to bed a little earlier, which is great! This week we've had some trouble with nap time, but I'm gonna win and she's gonna continue to be a good sleeper, and I good go-to-sleeper. ha!

We've been having so much fun lately. Her personality is developing so much and I just love it! She's adorable, precious and we love her.

At 8 months Brantley:

- is pulling up everywhere is can and on anything that is stationary. Sometimes this ends in a fall and a bonk on the head. So far she isn't all that tough. Everytime she cries really hard for about 30 seconds and then she gets over it. I guess that's not too bad! ha!

- Pulls up to stand in her crib. Then she beats her hands on the top rail as if she saying, "Mommy, Daddy, come get me!!!" It's pretty cute but we're gonna be lowering her crib this weekend because I would hate for our sweet angel to fall out. Ouch!

- Likes kiwi and watermelon a whole lot. She is getting really good at feeding herself. She also loves the baby puffs. So far we've only tried Veggie Dip, Sweet Potato, Strawberry Apple and Cinnamon Maple (She's not a fan of the last one but all the others she likes).

- Sometimes she crawls back to her playroom to play all by herself. I'm so glad she likes the room and that she can entertain herself a little bit. I don't leave her in there alone for very long, but she likes just crawling all over the house and exploring.

- has seriously become the best baby ever. I'm amazed at how easy she really is. Love her!

- Her hair is really starting to grow. I'm sure you can see in the pictures, but now I can put a bow in her hair and I don't have to use a headband.

- Holds and drinks out of her sippy cup. Loves white grape juice and water.

- She is starting to dance. She will stand at the toy in the picture below and when the alphabet song plays she will bounce her bottom up and down. It's adorable!!

I can't believe she's 8 months old already. Time is flying by so fast! With the holidays coming up I know January will be here before we know it. Ahh! I better cherish every day. 

I hope everyone is doing well. Love you all!

Brantley and Mason

These are pictures from Mason's first day at our house. We had a great day!

Some other pictures from last week. They have so much fun rolling and crawling all over the floor.

On Monday morning, I took the babies outside to play and they had a great time. I was able to take some really cute pictures of them. So fun!

Mason was a really happy guy Monday afternoon and I got lots of really great pictures of his cute smile. Brantley was not interested in smiling. She just wanted to play, play, play.

So far so good. I'm liking keeping little Mason at home with us. It's a great way for me to work from home so I'm really glad that it's working out.

p.s. We bought me a mini-van over the weekend. Poke fun, if you must but I love it. I'll post more about that later. ha!

Lean On Me

War Eagle!