This weekend was soo busy! Travis took the day off on Friday so we could finally become full fledged Texans. We got our Texas tags, licenses, and opened a bank account down here. Then, my grandparents, sister, and niece and nephew came down on Friday. I made stir fry for dinner and my grandma and I made a quick dash out to Dress Barn. My grandma decided she didn't like what she had brought down for Sunday and decided to see if she could find something better. She couldn't, but it didn't matter, she looked fantastic anyhow.
Then Saturday, I made cinnamon rolls, YUM! And we took a drive to go see where Travis works because my grandpa had never seen it before. My nephew, who is 6, was very impressed with the giant tires sitting at the shop next to the factory. Ha! Then we drove by the shopping center to show my grandpa the major parts of town, then back home after we had lunch. After a long nap by most everyone, Trav, all 3 kids, myself, and my sister went to the movie store and rented 3 movies, Barbie, Australia, and Bolt (can you guess who picked out which movie ha!) Then we made a quick dash to DQ and got the kids sundaes with strawberries. Then I came home and made pork tenderloin, rolls and sweet potatoes.
Sunday, my mother-in-law drove down for the big day. This is the whole reason everyone came down this weekend. Travis and Wyatt got baptized!!! It was beautiful, I almost cried I was so happy/excited for them. We got up in front of the whole congregation and Travis recited vows to be a good Christian, and give his life to Jesus. Then we did the same for Wyatt, and placed our hands on his head while the pastors prayed over us. Wyatt did such a good job, tottally content to just be held by anyone. He is such a lil ham!!! Then we had a cookout and everyone left. It was so nice to have everyone here this weekend, but it really makes me happy I don't have 8 people living in my house all the time. So much work!!! But we loved every minute and can't wait to see everyone again in a couple weeks when we go to visit them!
I hope everyone had a good and blessed weekend as well! Praise be to Him!

So, the blog I follow, Kelly's Korner is talking about how to dress for less. I thought I would write about how to dress your kids for less.

First there is the Just Between Friends Consignment Sales. They are amazing, well the larger ones are. They have toys, clothes, halloween costumes, books, nursery decor, maternity clothes, baby gear, everything you can think of. Sadly, they are not everywhere, but they are in a lot of states. To find out if there is one near you, go to http://www.jbfsale.com/home/

Here are a couple outfits I have bought at the JBF sale:

This Santa outfit was $2

This snowsuit was $1.50, the dog was not included ha!

They have them twice a year, in the spring and fall. I have gotten a lot of clothes for my son there, and my niece and nephew have gotten a lot of their clothes there as well. I can spend $100 and get 4 giant Ikea bags full of clothes and toys. I have never spent over $20 on a whole outfit for my son yet. You have to look at the clothes because although everything is supposed to be gently used, there are always a few things that have stains or rips on them. But most everything is in really good condition! I bought my son's electric swing there on half off day for $15!!! Originally it had been $75!

Then there is Goodwill. Still used clothes, but at my son's age, nothing is worn that long anyway. Again you have to look for stains, but Goodwill is pretty good at sorting through things. You can also sometimes find good clothes for yourself as well. My sister got a really nice wool peacoat from Goodwill this past winter for $20, originally it had been $120, thats $100 off.

This outfit came from Goodwill, it was $0.25!! There were 3 like this, with differernt designs. I spent less than a dollar and got 3 outfits! Yeah buddy!

Now, if second hand clothes aren't your style, then there are always good sales going on at Old Navy. I love this store, right now until well, tomorrow, their jeans are only $19, normally they are $30, which still isn't bad. In high school, silver tabs were the rage, and those suckers were almost $50! Crazy!

Also there is always JCPenneys. That store is always having sales, you should never have to pay full price on anything there! And they also send out $15 dollar off coupons. If you are a cardholder, which I am not, but my grandma is, they also have great perks. For example, you want a family picture done? Well, with the card you can avoid those dumb sitting fees. And they also always have coupons for portrait sheets too, just look in one of those parenting magazines.

Well, these are my tips for cheap shopping. Hope this helps a few of you save a buck or two!!

So, last Sunday, a week ago, I became a member of the First United Methodist Church here. It was so exciting! I just felt this call to join that Sunday. The Pastor asked if any one wanted to join on the First Sunday of Lent and I felt this pull to go up to the front. Travis couldn't join yet because he is not baptized, but he will be a full member of the church on March 22!! Thats right, my wonderful husband will be baptized along with our beautiful baby boy on March 22, 2009 at the 10:50 service.
My grandparents, older sister, and maybe my oldest's sisters kids will be there. They are coming down for the weekend which makes this all even better! My Grandpa has not been to our new house yet. It will be a truly blessed weekend. I plan on making all sorts of yummies, like Chicken Stirfry, meatloaf, a cute Bible cake with Trav's and Wyatts name and their baptism date. Oh I just can't wait!!! The hard question now is...white cake or chocolate? Maybe both...hmm...
Now speaking of Bibles, we just bought our whole family new engraved Bibles! Mine is aqua and lime, my favorite colors, with an orange strap on it. Trav got a traditional one with gold page edges, and we got Wyatt a black leather Bible with two white leather stripes around it. They are soo nice!
Now for something not so nice...daylight savings time. Ugh, I hate this horrible day. Its not too bad in the fall when you gain an hour, but losing an hour is soo hard! Especially when you have a bit of insomnia and can't fall asleep until 3 er..I guess 4 am! And have to get up at 8 for Church. Now I remember reading about how they are adding a minute a day or something because the
Earth's rotation is slowing down, or vice versa or something along those lines. My question is why can't they just get rid of DST? Its pointless! What states are those that has gotten rid of it? Arizona maybe? They are the smart ones, they know it is a dumb dumb dumb idea, that just messes with peoples' bodily clocks.

He weighs 14 lbs 13.5 oz
He is 24 3/4 inches long
His head is 17 inches around
He was 50th in height and weight, and 75th in head circumference. So he is average with a big head lol!
Wyatt has been constipated lately and has a fissure on his anus thats been there for at least 2 months. So the Doctor wants me to feed him either peaches or pears twice a day and 1-2 tablespoons at each feeding. So depending on how baby is feeling tomorrow, we will be going to the store to get peaches and pears. We will start that probably this weekend. Doctor said any fruit that starts with a P, just not prunes because that would make Wyatt have the opposite problem! We definitely don't want that!
The doctor said also that his tear duct is not a concern until he gets to 6 months if it still has not opened up. If it is still closed then, he will have to go to an opthamologist (sp?) and have it, as the dr said, roto rootered opened. Eek! I really hope for both our sakes that it opens up soon!

He got all his shots today as well, except he did not get the Rotavirus vaccine. Last time he got that it made him really sick, so we decided against it. The virus causes extreme vomiting and diarrhea, well thats what the vaccine did as well. The nurse was kind of rude about it, I told her we weren't going to do that one and she said "well is that a demand or have you discussed it with the doctor?" I told her that we had already discussed it with the doctor and he said it was okay to skip it. Ugh, there is a reason we are not getting it, we aren't doing it to be "hippies" or that we think it would cause autism or something. It makes him SICK! That was my one complaint about today.
Oh, did I mention our doctor is Santa Claus? Haha, he always wears a red sweater or sweater vest when I go in there and he is round and has a big white beard! He is the nicest old man. I am glad we found him. I think as Wyatt grows up, he will really like this doctor (well except the shots part of it lol!)