Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Valentines Day 2012

I must say this was probably my most favorite Valentines days, EVER! I had two Valentines (Chris and Marcus, of course!) and I spent the entire day with my little love and then had a wonderful evening here at home with both my boys. Holidays are pretty low key with a baby but that's just fine with me! I made a delicious dinner that consisted of; Shrimp Fettuccini Alfredo, Lobster tails, Garlic Bread, Peas and for dessert chocolate covered strawberries and a bottle of wine (we saved dessert for after little man went to bed).
Chris got me the diaper bag I've been drooling over:
Its funny, I've traded in my coach handbags for diaper bags! I wouldnt have it any other way. I got Chris a box of his most faveorite chocolates and his watch polished and fixed since its broke a few days ago. All in all it was a great day!
I hope you all had a wonderful Valentines day! I'm going to leave you with a super sweet photo of my little man and his gf Olivia, they are the cutest couple!
Photo taken by my most faveorite photographer and bff; Kathleen!

Love,
Chris and Katie

and another year makes 32!


Chris turned 32 on the 8th and in honor of that I figured I would list 32 reasons why I love him, this will be easy since there are a million reasons why I love this man!

 
1.You’re my husband
2.You’re my very best friend!
3.You’re my protector
4.You’re my lover
5.You’re my strength
6.You’re my provider
7.You’re an amazing father
8.You’re loyal
9.You’re honest
10.You’re kind
11.You’re strong
12.You’re brave
13.You’re hard working
14.You’re intelligent
15.You’re loving
16.You’re caring
17.You’re compassionate
18.You’re courageous
19.You’re determined
20.You’re hilarious
21.You have the most amazing blue eyes
22.You have a heart of gold
23.You always know just what to say
24.You complete me
25.You never give up
26.You have made my every dream come true
27.You have an amazing butt (sorry Mom, Dad and Grandma)
28.You always put Marcus and I before yourself
29.You give the best hugs and kisses
30.You put your all into everything
31.You don’t have one selfish bone in your body
32.You are you! Unique, one of a kind and I love you!

Happy 32 birthday baby! I love you so much.
Love,
Katie

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Saving Money

Saving money has become a hobby of mine since little man arrived, I mean who doesn’t like to save money?!? Chris and I set some pretty large goals for ourselves this year (getting into a house is #1!) so we are doing anything and everything to save money where we can. Coupons! I have no idea why everyone doesn’t use them, its like free money. I was so proud of myself last week with the money I saved us that I had to share. Now, I’m not going to bore you with the grocery items but you have to check these out..


 
DIAPERS! These things add up quickly. A fellow mommy from the August mommy group that you have heard me talk about before sent me some Huggies coupons, I was out early the next morning to take advantage of this amazing deal!



Now, we are typically a Pampers family (soon to be a cloth diaper family) but I couldnt pass this deal up! I got 206 diapers for $10.37 thats a savings of $48! Holy smokes!
Now brace yourself for this! I got this Little Tykes Police car (for little mans first birthday) for only $11. 56!



I had a $50 off a $50 or more purchase from JcPenny's! I spent more on S/H then I did on the item! I cant wait for little man to spend many hours playing with his new car in the next couple years.

Love,
Chris and Katie

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

A day in the life of.....


Some of you may have heard me talk about "The August Mommy Board", its a group of ladies who were all pregnant and due in the month of August. I have enjoyed getting to know these ladies and build friendships with them. A couple days ago one of the bumpies shared a super fun idea to blog "A day in the life of", so basically I would compose a blog with photos and details of what I did on one particular day. I had so much fun doing this and plan to do it annually.


Wednesday January 18th, 2012
Who needs an alarm when you have a 4.5 month old?!?! Marcus woke me up at 5:58 this morning, but I didn't go downstairs to make his bottle until..
Once I got upstairs with his bottle he was patiently waiting..
Can I just add how much I LOVE waking up to this baby boy each and every morning!

About 15 minutes later Daddy kissed us both goodbye and headed off to work.

After Marcus finished his morning bottle we laid in bed for 20ish minutes watching "Elf" until mommy was more awake and ready to get our day started!


Once we ventured downstairs it was coffee time, clip coupons while little man jumped in his jumperoo

8:40 we were out the door and on our way to the bank and....




because our fridge looked like this...

Yikes! After we were done grocery shopping we were back on the road and heading home.


We got home shortly after 9:30 and I was on a mission to put the groceries away, wash baby bottles and clean our messy kitchen!









After the grocery items were put away, the kitchen was clean and the baby bottles were washed Marcus was ready to eat..

Brace yourself for all this cuteness!
He loves prunes!

Mommy needs breakfast too!


After breakfast it was roll around on the floor time while we watched "The price is right".
During roll around time Marcus was way to active after eating that he proceeded to throw up all over himself so it was time for outfit #2 for the day and a nap (he only sleeps 30 minutes his first nap of the day)


While Marcus slept mommy made Slutty Brownies *Gasps!* Totally inappropriate, I know! That's what they are called though. Slutty Brownies are a layer of chocolate chip cookie dough, layer of Oreo cookies and a layer of brownie mix. I've been wanting to make these for Chris for months now and I thought today was the best day (I'm on a liquid diet for the next couple days) so I wont be tempted to help him polish off the pan. He he!


I cant wait until after dinner so Chris can give them a try and let me know what he thinks, I must admit they smell SO yummy!

About the time I was putting the brownies in the oven little guy was starting to fuss and was wanting to play.
TUMMY TIME....*Notice how he is shirtless? He tossed his cookies....again! We went through 5 outfits today! Goodness, I REALLY need a washer/dryer!
Marcus spent about 15 minutes playing on the floor, he was totally amused so I went ahead and took a couple minutes to get on the laptop (right next to him) and catch up with my August mommies and also post my HDBD (Hump day bump/baby day) photo.

Have I mentioned how much I love this group of ladies?!?!
It wasn't long before Marcus was ready to eat again!
I have a feeling this kid is going to cost an arm and a leg to feed as a teenager..Haha!

After polishing off his bottle it was time for another nap! This is my favorite nap of the day, it typically last 1-1.5 hours. I try to be as productive as possible during this time.


The first item on my "To-do list" was get dinner going.

Chili!
This is the most simple yet delicious recipe!
1lbs of ground beef/turkey
1 can of kidney beans
1 can of black beans
1 can of corn
1 can of stewed tomatoes
1 pack of seasoning
1 medium onion


Once dinner was rocking and rolling it was time to clean the bathroom and then some "me time". Today for my "me time" I chose to blog.
Daddy got home shortly after 6:30, he had dinner as I fed little man some Oatmeal and homemade yams!
After dinner time is cuddle with kitty time!Then bath time with daddy!
After his bath I lotioned him up and got him dress for bed. Daddy fed him his bottle which was his last feeding of the day while I prepared some baby food for the next couple days. Sweet potatoes (his favorite!)


The baby food takes 25 minutes a batch. The babybrezza steams and purees the food, all I have to do once its done is dish it up into the storage containers and freeze/refrigerate. Tonight I did 2 batches.

Little man fell asleep on daddy about 10 minutes after 8. He is currently sawing logs (his snore is so comforting to me) while I finished this up.
Daddy is getting ready to enjoy his "slutty brownies" and after I'm done with this I plan to take a hot, relaxing bath and get ready for "Revenge" to come on at 10!
I hope you enjoyed "A day in the life of" us! Our life may not be super exciting or glamorous but I love it and wouldn't trade it in for anything!

Love, Chris and Katie

Saturday, January 14, 2012

And....He sits!


We officially have a sitter (although he doesn't look very comfortable). My baby boy holds his own bottle, burps himself, sits up, is eating solids and is rolling all over the place! Where has the time gone?!?! Its like I blinked and he is all of a sudden so advance and growing up. Bitter/sweet for mommy!
Love,
Chris and Katie

Who has two thumbs and LOVES sweet potatoes?!?!

THIS GUY!!!









Love,
Chris and Katie