Stream of Consciousness

We have plans to purchase some new items over the next couple of months, and I am excited!  My husband and I do not believe in acquiring debt, so everything we will purchase (with the exception of a house, which is not happening any time soon) will be done so with cash.  One of the exciting things I am looking forward to is a new couch and coffeetable!  Our couch has some "technical difficulties", and we have been wanting to replace it for several months.  And we currently don't have a coffeetable, so we are looking forward to picking one out.  :)

We are thinking about getting a sectional, but we will just have to see what is on sale and what we like around the time we are looking to purchase.  Based on our current trend of saving, we should be able to purchase our new couch after the first of the year.  :)

And last, but certainly not least.  We are seriously considering the purchase of a van.  Yep, that's right.  I will be getting a "mom-mobile".  I am even more excited about this than the couch and coffeetable!  I can't wait for the ample room, and the possibility of having more than just Z, the kids, and myself.

Working and saving money for the purchases you want/need is hard, but so rewarding.  I am glad we have had to learn patience over the past several years, it makes the item(s) that you buy that much more special.

Jack and Ady have been extra sweet over the last few days.  I love it!  I am totally digging the baby snuggles, and the funny expressions/attempt at words.  It is seriously adorable.

Here is a video of Jackers from yesterday.  He is super cute!



I will be doing another review for CSN Stores coming up in the next few weeks.  I am so excited!  I love working with this company.  They are fabulous, and have anything and everything you could want or need.  If you haven't checked them out, please do!  It is totally worth your time.

Forgiveness

I decided today that I am going to forgive my husband.

For the last several days I have been processing information.  Filing away all these little phrases from our conversation(s), and trying to make sense of it all.  Which is quite a difficult task when the conversation/phrases don't always make sense to you.

Aah, anyway.  I discovered Courtney through Money Saving Mom's blog last week, and I have been slowly watching all of her You-tube videos.  Here is the one that spoke to me the most: 




While this has been a challenging decision to come to, I am ready to jump in.

I believe that while my husband and I might not always agree or get along for that matter, we are meant for each other.  I do not believe that divorce is an option.  I will do anything to make my marriage work.  However, like I said before, some things will have to change in order for our marriage to become successful.

These are the things that I know for sure:  We will have our problems, we will get through them, and I will always love him.

Enjoy My Silly Son!

Hilarious!

SO BIG!

As many of you know, we have been trying to put Ady to bed in her own crib....in the kids' room. (Have no idea what I am talking about? You are missing out, follow me on Twitter @jenniferovery) But, it has not been going so well.

I was hesitant to even try because I would absolutely hate to have both kiddos up in the middle of the night, but Ady has been sleeping so well we thought we would give it a try Tuesday night.

Tuesday = HUGE FAILURE. Ady cried the whole time, and kept waking Jackers up. So, she got her way and slept in our bedroom (in a pack n' play).

Wednesday = A little better. We got both of the kids asleep, but Ms. Ady woke up around 11. We laid her down in her pack n' play, and she slept through the night.

Thursday = Perfect! Or so we thought. We got both of the kids asleep, with NO ISSUES! But, at 2:15am Ady woke up....for no reason. I rocked her, changed her diaper, gave her a bottle, and she drifted off to sleep around 3:30am. But, she was up again at 5:30am and 6:30am.

This Mama is tired.

I am not sure I have the energy to try it again tonight, but we will have to see. Do any of you have any tricks for getting a 5 month old to sleep through the night? She sleeps fabulously, by herself, in our bedroom...but, not in her bedroom.

Moving on.....

Jack is usually the shy, silent type. But, we have been trying to encourage his speech as much as possible. He will sign more (which also means please....be careful when you are teaching this to your kiddos :)) all day long, but rarely says anything other than "da". Well, he babbles....but, I have no clue as to what he is saying.

So, today. Instead of just giving him a goldfish cracker. I made him say cracker. He whined for about 20 minutes about not getting the cracker easily....but then he said it! YEAH! Go Jackers :). Cracker is a more difficult word than Mama, right? Hmm....stubborn, eh, sweet, little boy!

I am sorry about the video. It was shot with my phone, and I didn't even think to rotate the phone. Oh well...you get the idea. I am so proud of my little baby boy!

In other Jacker's news. He is officially off the bottle! It has been 9 days since his last bottle, and he seems to be doing fine.

I am a little concerned that he isn't getting enough calcium...because he really dislikes drinking milk from a sippy cup (or regular cup). But, I have been upping his cheese/yogurt intake to hopefully compensate for the decrease in milk consumption. It will all work out in the end, any maybe I will eventually get him to drink milk out of a sippy.

Well, that's what new in my life as a SAHM. What about you?

WW Find!

I found this while I was looking through some WW posts. I love it!



Thank you It's A Hooah Life for posting this.