I found out that my "magic" machine, is in fact, NOT magic. I guess I jinxed myself with the last post, and Knox has NOT slept well at all the past two days. BOO! Up at 5:30 the past two days and only an hour long nap today! I'm grasping for straws here, but I guess it's still his poor little teeth. About the only thing making him feel better, besides the frequent doses of Motrin, is watching WIggles DVDs over and over again. I know I'm a horrible mother for letting him watch so much TV, but isn't it better that I keep what sanity I have left?
Speaking of sanity, baby number two is not in the plans for the immediate future, but hopefully in the next year or so. With this in mind, I have already planned to collect ovulation and pregnancy tests with coupons and sales, since last time we tried to get pregnant we probably spent a pretty penny on those things. So today I got a notification that I can get $5 a $20 total sale at Rite Aid. Rite Aid is normally my last go-to store in regards to couponing and sales. I got on www.couponmom.com to check out the deals for this week, since they are almost up. I saw they had EPT test on sale and there was a current coupon. Rite Aid also had some cereal, which we have none of. I also remembered at the last minute that I had a gift card for $10 for spending $50 there during the month of December in qualifying products. Once there, I knew my total before taxes would be a penny short so I grabbed two individual rolls of paper towels on sale. I had coupons for them but not with me--boo. Anywho, I saved $20.50 in coupons/gift card alone--and only spent $1.39--YEP! ONE DOLLAR and THIRTY NINE CENTS! That was for a pack of two pregnancy tests that retail at $17.99 (they don't expire until December of 2010), two boxes of Smart Start Cereal and two rolls of Bounty!!! Yay me!
Back to Knox for a second. I bought a pair of official hair cutting scissors from Sally's Beauty Supply so I can start cutting Knox's hair at home. His hair has already grown a baby mullet since mid-December. I did pretty decent for my first time cutting a toddler's hair. Keith kept him distracted in his high chair, but he still kept turning his head to see what the heck I was doing to him. I cut his hair at all one length from his scalp, which isn't the best option for those of you tempting the thought of the same. Because I didn't keep his hair longer on the top, his sweet blonde-white hair sticks straight out from the crown on his head! At least the cotton ball look is cute on one-year-olds! :)
Looking at the upcoming weekend, I'm super excited and the tiniest nervous, but for a good reason. Tomorrow will be my first paid photography session, with me behind the lense! I'm so excited that Mandy Hyde has decided to let me document this time in her, and her husband's life. Mandy is about 8 months pregnant with their first baby, and I'm doing a maternity photo shoot with her. I have so many great ideas, I just hope they transfer through the lense. I'm heading over to her house Saturday afternoon, with a reprise visit on Sunday afternoon so her hubs can get his mug captured too! After the photo session with Mandy, she's following me to our house for a mini-potluck with Natalie and Kaylie (and Knox). Us girls and kids are kicking Daddy out of the house for the night, but he's not complaining. He's going to see a silly movie I'd prefer not to see--everybody wins! The great thing is that I get to see where Mandy lives, since it's only about 5 minutes away--a friend that lives close! AND Knox gets to love on his girlfriend, Kaylie. He has ALWAYS loved that girl, and think she reciprocates! Anywho, Sunday I think we're going to get back to church after a two week hiatus with 2/3 of us having colds.
Wish me luck tomorrow! Hopefully this can blossom into something a little more!!!
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