Since I last posted, Wow!

So, over the past 2 1/2 months what have we been up to?

Well, Wyatt has learned to crawl really fast, and stand up, and walk around the furniture! Oh and this past weekend, the smart lil guy has learned to do chin up/pull up things in his PnP. It almost gave me a heart attack! He is also trying new foods. He has had avocado, kiwi, zucchini, summer squash, blueberries, and all sorts of different mixtures! I must say, my favorite is Kiwi/Avocado/Peach. It really does taste amazing. Mmm

Travis and I have put in an offer on a house. It is a short sale, so it is a long long long process! We put the offer in on May 26. Its a huge house, 3200 sq ft, for only 140k in a fantastic school district. This is hopefully, the front of our new house:

For the month of June, Wy and I went to visit my family in Tulsa. I spent 4 days with my Grandma doing VBS at her church. We were crew leaders for 1st graders. My nephew was in our group. It was such fun! We were told there were over 925 kids participating in VBS this year! My Grandma and I thought it would be a good idea to take all three great grandchildren into Sears for pictures. We have a 6 yr old, 4 yr old, and 7 month old all dressed up, and trying to get all 3 to look at the camera and smile at the same time. It took awhile, but we got a a couple handfuls of good quality pictures! This is my favorite!

The last week, Travis joined us. It was so nice visiting everyone and getting to spend time with my sister, grandparents, and niece/nephew. The last weekend before we came home, Trav, me, his 2 bros, their 2 significant others, and a few of his bro's friends went and floated down the Illinois river. It was wonderful. What made it even better was that I remember to put sunblock on several times so that my white fair skin didn't burn. However, I can't say the same for my husband, who by the way is not fair skinned at all!

As amazing as this river trip was though, it was the FIRST time I left my lil guy overnight. He stayed with my husband's parents the night before the trip. I missed him sooo much! I was surprised though that I didn't cry when we left him. Especially since I cried the whole night before we left him haha. He had a good time though. However, I don't think I will be leaving him again until I am done nursing him. Some of you may know what its like to go 24 hours without nursing. Its pretty painful! I even pumped when I woke up that morning.

Now it is back to reality. The job hunt is back on. I have applied to I think every school district in the DFW area and beyond lol! I need a job for this coming school year. There are soo many school districts, many more than in the Tulsa Metro. Surely one will look at my resume and application and think, She would be perfect for our Social Studies position! One can only hope anyway!

This is one of the Bible verses that VBS used:

Immediately he spoke to them and said, "Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid." Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. They were completely amazed,Mark 6:51

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!)

So Tuesday, we went to Church for their Mardi Gras celebration. We got there late because it was at 5:30 and by the time we got us all ready when Travis got home from work, it was 5:30. But we still had fun. They had the cutest children's box parade. The kids and their parents decorated boxes for Mardi Gras. The winner had his box decorated like Noahs Ark. 3rd Place was dressed up like a peacock, because their last name was peacock!
We went to the Ash Wednesday service as well at the Church. It was the first time I had communion in I don't know when! They also put ash on my forehead. First time I ever I that done. I thought it was interesting. Afterwards, they had a hamburger supper. It was delicious. We sat with these 4 older women, they were all enthralled with Wyatt! But who can blame them ha!! Afterwards, we went to Walmart and just killed time.
It is such a nice day out, but really its pretty hot! 83 degrees and its only February! Geez! I think it will be a hot summer this year :( Good thing we live real close to Lake Texoma and an awesome pool! Woohoo! We looked at swim stuff for Wyatt, and I think we will get him one of those float rings with a bonnet on top. Its for 6 months-12months, so it will be perfect for his lil tushie! Now we just need to get him a bathing suit, and a swim diaper.
It has been nice not having to cook dinner for the past two nights! Tonight though, we are having steak and sweet potatoes. If I hurry, we can also have yeast rolls! Mmm. Well, I gotta go so I can make those rolls!

Today was the last day of Travis' radiation therapy! Praise the Lord! It has been a tough 4 weeks for us. He hasn't been able to play with Wyatt much due to the affects of the treatment. He will now officially be put back on diaper duty tomorrow though ha! The affects will still be there for a couple more weeks according to the papers he was given. I couldn't go today for his last treatment, but he said it was real neat. The Cancer Center has a therapeutic dog, and he was out today. Whenever a patient finishes his/her treatment they make you ring a bell 3 times. When Travis rang it, the dog apparently went crazy! Running around all excited for Travis to be finished! The doggy even waved goodbye as Travis left! How neat is that? To celebrate him being done I made him chocolate chip cookies and sweet tea!
That is the good news for today. The bad news is that our darn puppy dog, who really isn't much of a puppy, keeps escaping! For the past week he had been getting into our neighbors yard to the south of us. They have a boxer who Casey LOVES to play with! Well, today he got out from the east side of our yard, where there is a flood ditch that runs along there. Luckily these nice people found him and called us. I missed there call (another story I will tell you below) but finally I called them back. They brought Casey back to me yay! But we have no idea how he is getting out. He must be jumping or climbing over the fence. We didn't think he could jump, he has never done it for us before. He is about 100 lbs, so we thought he was too heavy. No he is tied up in the back yard for now until we can get an electric fence going around the yard.
Now for why I missed their first call. Wyatt had a horrible night last night. He woke up at 2:30 screaming, and I couldn't figure out why. He screamed until a quarter til 4 when he finally past out again. Then he woke up at 5:21 am screaming again. I still couldn't figure out why, but I suspected a nasty gas bubble in his tummy was the culprit! Well, I put him in his swing to sleep which I never do, and I laid down on the couch. Not sure how long it took for Wyatt to fall back asleep, but he did. Then at 8ish he woke me up again, and I picked him up. His ENTIRE backside was soaked in poop! I went and took off his outfit and stuck him in his tub after wiping off as much as I could. Good news is that he is feeling sooo much better!! We slept most of the day to make up for our lack of sleep last night. He has now been asleep for 5 hours tonight so I guess I can say he is sleeping through the night. As I am writing I hear him stirring now. Spoke too soon darn it!
Well goodnight everyone!
I prayed for this child and the Lord has granted me what I asked of Him. 1 Samuel 1:27