Oh My!

It's been months since I have updated! Well, since summer is coming to an end, I am going to try to put more on here. I have been keeping up with my coupon blog (bethsbigbargainblog.blogspot.com), so I will also try to keep up with this one. Here's what's been going on...

Shane & I will be celebrating our 10th anniversary this month. We are very proud and it doesn't seem like it has been 10 years... good sign, right?

Jerry is in first grade! He loves it. He's been reviewing things he learned in kindergarten these past few weeks. He is in soccer and just joined the church choir. Just picked up his choir gown last night. Going to post some pictures of him in that one. It is too cute!

Macey is doing well. Her vocabulary is growing every day. She loves playing with dolls and loves the characters dora, diego and winnie the pooh. This summer she finally potty trained and is doing great with that. She has always been a kid that wants to do things on her own.

Laney is my curly top 2 year old. She is just starting to talk. She has an infectious smile that just lights up a room. She likes everything her big sister likes, which is pretty much how I think things will go from now on.

Zoey is a growing fool. She is almost 3 months and weighs at least 14 pounds. She is very easy going and still sleeps a lot... including overnight!!! She is a cuddlebug and the other kids love having her around.

Will post pictures soon!

My other blog

I have taken on a new blog. Before, I had posted bargain deals here, but I decided to do one with just bargains, menu ideas, recipes and survey sites. I am DEFINITELY not a gourmet chef, so the menus and recipes are pretty simple. I have been able to keep my budget pretty low by getting all my bargains and I stockpile the items that will not go bad. This keeps my cupboards (and our tummies) full all the time.

Here it is if you want to check it out: http://www.bethsbigbargainblog.blogspot.com

Oh my gosh! I just realized my last post was in October!!!

We had the Easter Egg hunt uptown this weekend and the kids loved it. The weather was not too bad, so we were able to get outside which is a change! We all needed the sunshine!






Side note about the Easter Bunny: Jerry is into Easter this year so much! He was drawing a picture to give to the Easter Bunny when he/she came to our house. He drew the Easter bunny, then Santa (because he helps the Easter Bunny) and Jesus. I LOVE it! It is the cutest thing ever!

Update

Jerry... is loving school. Isn't he so cute? He has a field trip today to a farm where they get to milk a cow and feed goats. I'm sure he is having the time of his life. They do have a live bee hive there and he is terrified of bees, so we'll have to see how that part turns out.

Macey... is your typical 2 year old. She gets into everything!!! I love it though. If she wasn't doing it, we would be worried. Unfortunately, she does have an MRI scheduled for October 13th. She has an occasional head tilt (torticollis) and has shaky tendencies so after being checked by a PT and eye doctor, we went to the dreaded neurologist. Her symptoms are mild, but they want to do an MRI to rule out tumors UGH!!! and nerve damage UGH!!! The doctor said it is most likely a tic disorder (like torettes (which I can't spell)) that could become worse over time, but is benign. The poor kid, she can't catch a break. I will update after the MRI and let everyone know how things went.

Laney... is getting around. She started walking around her birthday and is getting around so well now. She and Macey have been playing so much now that she is mobile. They are so cute. I am pretty sure she weighs more than Macey now and is just a few inches shorter than her. She is thinning out now that she is walking though. Those lovable thunder thighs are shrinking.

Small Town

We live in a small bedroom community in the middle of corn fields. Most of the houses are small to average. I love it here and love the quaintness as well as the strange things that happen in a small town. Our police blotter is often something you would see on Jay Leno full of things like LOST BIKES, BARKING DOGS, and NOISY KIDS FOUND PLAYING NEAR PARK. Lately, I have been walking with the kids and have seen truly what a small town is about.

I have nicknamed the lady down the street as the cat lady (I know, creative huh) because every time I pass her house there is a pile of cats laying all over her small porch.

I have to use special caution when I go out to avoid the lady next door when she is wearing her thin nightgown, knee high stockings, curlers. I have encountered this and it isn't pretty, but it is definitely worse when she isn't wearing her teeth!!!

The house two doors down we have a couple who is constantly working on their lawn... always mowing, trimming shoveling, sculpting and blowing things around their yard or their neighbor's yard. Their lawn is beautiful. With that said, I have to share a photo of their yard this morning. They do this every once in a while and just FYI, they hang all the rest of their clothes in the backyard. I don't know if you can tell, but that is a rack with underwear on it in their front yard!

And this one across the street. Love the touch of satellite in the front yard.

UGH I hate School Fundraiser Season!

Okay, I am all for raising money for the school and for extras for the kids... however, we have received FOUR books for fundraising already and it is only the third week of school!!! This last one, the kids came home all excited about, so I must post it here in case anyone would be interested. There is food, gift wrap, candy and many other items to choose from. You can order online and give credit to: Jerry Craddock, R.C. Waters Elementary, Oak Harbor, Ohio.
Here is the website: allamericanfr.com
No pressure!!! Thanks for looking!

Also, his school also saves box tops for education and campbell's soup labels, so if you have any that you are going to throw out, we would appreciate them.

Geocaching

We found a new adventure and we love it. An old friend of mine turned me on to geocaching. I know, sounds fancy huh? It is so much fun. You go online and search your area and find "treasure" as Jerry puts it. You use GPS, clues on the website or maps and hunt for hidden items. We have only been able to look for two (which we couldn't find because of wasps), but we had so much fun in the process. Here is the website if you want to try it out: http://www.geocaching.com/.

Update

Macey
Went to the immunologist earlier this week and things are better. I am hoping that she will do a lot better this winter since the vaccines have finally done their job. She is now protected against 10 out of 14 strains of pneumonia. Also, her partially collapsed lung seems to be getting better. Her voice is much stronger and she is now talking a lot more. I am just hoping for a better winter this year. She is on the growth chart (barely).

Jerry
He is excited about school. He starts a week from today. At soccer practice last night, I learned he has the "mean teacher". I am fine with this haha. From what they said, she is good as long as the kids behave. I am sure Jerry will be fine. His teacher's name is Mrs. Jenson. He keeps saying it is Mrs. Jetson... I guess he watches too much boomerang. He also went to see the pulminologist over this summer. Like Macey, he has asthma. He got some controlling meds and is doing great. He has so much more energy now.

Laney
Is too darn cute. She is starting to walk around more and more each day. She is starting to get a sense of humor and laughs a lot. She is working on getting her 1 year molars in which hasn't been too fun. She is just 4 inches shorter than Macey and weighs slightly more. The girls are just too cute together.

Congratulations Jenna & Mikee

We all had a great time at J & M's wedding. I must say we enjoyed ourselves so much! We hope they are enjoying themselves on their honeymoon! Here are a couple of pictures of the kids. I will post more when I get some. Jerry was quite handsome and did a great job as a "ring security". Macey was not very cooperative, but she was darn cute... as usual.

The zoo and tee ball... gotta love summer!

Sorry for the sideways pictures. I uploaded them and realized you can't edit them in blogger. Oh well, you get the idea. The picture of the three kids on the bench is horrible, but the best we could get.