Next baby investment.

With Wilson becoming more active and wanting to explore more, I'm looking into buying a Jumperoo for him. I really think he will like it and once he figures out how to bounce in it will really like hanging out in it giving mommy a little break to be able to do other chores around the house.
So far right now I have 3 that I'm going back and forth between.
The Fisher Price Rainforest Jumperoo which looks like this: I like the head and back support on this one and the price is 83.43 right now. I've been reading the reviews and most people seem to really like this one.

Then there is this one that is slightly cheaper at 77.57 dollars


It is also a fisher price jumperoo and its more rounded which from the reviews makes it more stable I guess. It doesn't have as much as a head/neck support but it does look fun and colorful.


Then this is the other one I like the baby Einstein Musical Motion Activity Jumper


This one is 84.99 and it has the head/neck support and looks really fun too. It doesn't really have anything hanging over head though and I wonder if Wilson will even care about the side bars if he can't reach them.

I would buy one used but searching on craigslist right now most of these aren't for sale as they are newer models, which I would totally get as they are normally half the price. I still have 2 or less months before Wilson will really get full enjoyment out of it so I'm not too worried about it. Hopefully I can find one used or I will end up buying off amazon. I just have to decide which one I want!!

Does anyone have any experience with one? or opinions?

Thankful

I just wanted to blog about how wonderful Andy's parents have been. I feel so lucky to be able to call and ask if they can watch Wilson for a few hours so Andy and I can have a date night every now and then. It's funny though sometimes I feel like I am imposing them with Wilson though! I know that they don't feel that way at all, but I still feel guilty.

I go back to work this friday and I'm not looking forward to it at all. Until Andy actually leaves for the air force I HAVE to work especially with the new car as that is an added expense but one worth paying for.

We weren't really sure childcare wise what we were going to do. Daycare wasn't out of the question but definitely the last resort. We of course were hoping that we wouldn't even have to worry about it before my maternity leave was up but as it turns out we did actually have to worry about it.

Well Andy's parents have offered to watch Wilson when I go back to work and that is really exciting and a weight off our shoulders.

Who better to watch him than his own family? I don't know how long it will be but I know that they will love getting to spend time with him and he will love them!

Friday I am dreading for sure. I know everyone will be wanting to talk to me and asking me how I feel coming back to work.

Well let me tell you! I will be thinking about my baby boy all day! Hopefully I don't cry or get over emotional about it. I just can't believe I'm going to be away from my baby for so long. I mean I've done a couple hours I think at the most 4 or maybe 5 but even then I was ready to get back to my baby!

At least I have some peace of mind knowing that he will be watched by his grandparents who love him like ridiculously much! It's so sweet.

Something to treasure.

So thanks to my blog stalking and my love for etsy, I happened to come across a local lady who makes personal stamped/beaded jewelry.

I looked through all her shop and just fell in love with pretty much everything!

I've just began my journey as a mother and who knows at the end how many children I will end up with, but I really wanted to get a necklace to treasure forever.
I think of it as a modern mother's ring. Which speaking of mother's rings. My grandma had probably THE coolest mothers ring. Well she should've since she had TEN kids! Thats right! TEN children.

So of course her mothers ring was bling-ed out with 10 different birthstones. After my grandma passed, I think my oldest aunt got that mother's ring. I haven't seen it in a VERY long time though but I think about how I loved to look at it as a child and how I would ask my grandma to tell me everyone's birthstone and she and I would sit there and she would point them all out.

While not a ring, these necklaces that Amy Cornwell makes has that simple, sweet charm that I like. I picked out this necklace and got it personalized to have the initials A and W on there. One for Andy and one for Wilson.
If I have future children I can buy another charm and add their initials into the necklace. I can't wait to get it and wear it!!

I also added another charm to add to the necklace a sweet little silver puffy heart. I almost wanted to just wear it like how it is shown in the sample picture. But to be frugal if I really want to do that I can just take the other charms off.
I think it's pretty cool how depending on my mood I can change my necklace around! If I'm mad at Andy I can just take his charm off! Ha ha.
Some of the necklaces on her site are a bit more expensive but the one I bought is 25 dollars and with the added charm came to 28.00.

I don't think that's too expensive for a necklace especially one this sentimental. I just hope it will last me a long time. Maybe to when I'm a grandmother and I have a grandchild wanting to know all about my necklace. That really will be something to treasure.

New Car!

So for a while now Andy and I have been getting by with just one car. I sold my old Ford Contour to my dad and Andy and I carpooled to work. Not really a big deal but I missed being able to run errands whenever I wanted. Mostly it wasn't a big deal because before Wilson that was really easy. I could go anytime day or night!

With Wilson and being on maternity leave and not having a car has made it well a little harder. Every where we have gone has kind of been a team effort of getting everything loaded in a 2 door car. UGH! Lemme tell you those car seats are not fun to constantly take out and in and even worse with a small 2 door car!

With me getting ready to come back to work in less than 2 weeks, we really had to decide about getting another car for me. With Wilson in the picture everything is going to have to be different! We have to figure out schedules and who can watch him when and with all that another car was going to be a must.

I had been badgering Andy for a LONG while now about either getting another car or trading his in for something more bigger or at least with 4 doors.

So after looking around a little bit Andy got a hold of a salesman named Dale from Stoops who he bought his first car from on Saturday

It was almost serendipitous how Andy called and talked to him and Dale just happened to get the car we bought sometime that past week.

It is a 2007 ford focus hatchback with less than 8400 miles on it! Thats right a car that's been out for maybe 3-4 years and has less than 10,000 miles on it! Practically brand new!

Well the back story with it is that it belonged to a Grandma who passed on and money was still owed on it so the family member who inherited it didn't want it.

I can't believe we found a car with pretty much everything we wanted! We wanted a 4 door car that was good on gas and low miles and for the price we got we feel very lucky!

The only thing missing was the car did not have cruise control but guess what? We got the cruise control installed the car and basically negotiated to get it for free! It wouldn't have been that expensive to get it installed but the fact that we were able to get it included was just icing on the cake!

I haven't gotten to drive it around that much yet but I can't wait to blog more about it. Hopefully good things! :P

Five question Friday

1. What were your school colors?
Well I went to 2 high schools and my first one was Blue and Silver and the high school I ended up graduating at was Green and White. I would've preferred my first high school colors but green and white aren't too bad. I'm not a big green fan though.

2. What's the best compliment you ever received?
Probably now that I'm a great Mom. But the best is the one my husband tells me which is that I'm the funniest person he's ever known. Apparently he just really likes my humor. ;-)

3. Do you buy cheap or expensive toilet paper?
I buy in the middle I dont try to buy the expensive kind but I know better than to go cheap! Charmin's a good one.

4. Have you ever had a surprise party thrown for you? Or have you had one for someone else?
No! But I wouldn't mind one. Or even throwing one. I'll have to plan that for Andy sometime lol.

5. What is one material possession that you "can't live without?"
It would have to be the internet! I cannot live without it!

Never thought this day would come.

But I officially feel like an old person. Okay not the aches and pains, or bad vision (which I already have) but in the fact that Andy and I finally updated our cell phone plan and bought new phones.

So it's not the actual latest and greatest apparently a new model which my brother picked up yesterday, but it's the Motorola Droid.


I went into the verizon store with my brother on Wednesday to update our plan and to look into new phones.

Andy had a really outdated phone and I had a Blackberry Curve. I wasn't interested in spending a ton of money on new phones for us but I didn't want us to keep our old phones because well they were old!

So being the cheapskate I am I asked them which phones were the buy one get one free deals.

They had all the blackberries bogo and then she told me they had the droid bogo. I immediately was like lets check it out.

Two of my coworkers both got droids and one of them let me play around with it and I was immediately impressed with it.

So I called Andy and asked him. I kind of assumed that he wouldn't want something so new since he's been used to his flip phone for years now. But he suprised me by giving me the go ahead.

so I got 2 new droids with covers and screen protecters and car charger for 350.00. Okay so that's how much I paid in store but I get 2 100.00 rebates in the mail (which I've already mailed out)
So in the end I really spent 150.00 for 2 brand new phones which means I spent 75.00 on a phone that really costs around 150.00

With getting this new phone though I am overwhelmed with all the new technology! So many things I don't know how to do! I don't really like touch screen and have a hard time texting on it but there is also a keyboard too.

So far I love all the different applications on it. I just downloaded the Kindle app and bought free books and have been reading a little.

Apparently the google maps app on the droid is really great too! I can't wait to test it out.

Still though there is so much for me to learn with this phone. Phew! And on top of that Wilson does occasionally want attention haha.

6 weeks old.

Well its getting more like 7 weeks old now but Wilson is growing up! Both Andy and I see the little changes in him. Getting bigger, more aware, recognizing us, being a little more tolerant of not being held 24/7 and somewhat sleeping through the night!

We think he weighs around 10 pounds if not more and he is starting to learn to smile! The best is when he was fussing so I was holding him and trying to eat and I just happened to look down and saw him just smiling at me.

It really does just melt your heart seeing your child smile at you.

Andy and I get made fun of for being first time parents and constantly posting stuff up that we can't help but share. I notice though that most of the people making fun are usually the ones who don't have children. I guess we really do change when we have babies, I find myself making crazy silly noises and talking baby talk all the time!

It's just amazing to look at Wilson and see a little bit of both Andy and I in him. He really has changed our lives!!