Mommy and Daddy's big girl

We've had some recent changes in our house lately. Today, I have put all the bottles away. No more bottles for our house. :) Our big girl is drinking only from a sippy cup now. Also, she's stopped drinking formula. For the past 3 weeks or so, I've been weaning her off formula and introducing milk. Now she's only drinking milk. Our wallets are pretty happy about that one. :) It's hard to think about how fast time goes, but so exciting to watch her change and accomplish new things! We're also 6 days away from celebrating her first birthday. Very exciting!!!!!

baby jail

Guess where we've been putting her lately to keep her trapped?! Sounds cruel, I know. lol BUT she is cruising all over the house, getting into trouble, and it just stresses me out. I can't get anything done. This way, she plays, safely. I know where she is at all times, and I can get some stuff done. She is not there long, I take her out throughout the day and let her wander about. :)

My vovo

My grandpa came to visit for 6 weeks, I hadn't seen him in over 10 years. he left yesterday to go back to Brazil. It was hard to see him go, but it was wonderful just to get to see him again. The best part, was that he got to meet my daughter. He fell in love with her and called her "boneca", which is doll in Portuguese. :) This is their last picture together...

Wordless Wednesday

Her first pigtails!

Savings!

I went to Publix this morning and had an awesome time, I love Publix!!!!
I had my list and coupons all ready. Got my stuff.... Then when I went to check out, I was watching the nifty computers they have that lets us see our total. My savings kept going up with my total. Then, at the end, he scanned my coupons. I saved over $37 and spent $33. Gotta love it when you save more than you spent. I was so excited!!!!!
For my shopping list, I use these 2 sites, to help me get all my coupons and saving organized.
coupons
Fiddledeedee Mom

Everything I got valued at $70, bought for $33. :)


To find some more ways to save, check out the right, bottom side of my blog for more links.

Brush brush!

Can you guess what we learned to do tonight?!

11 months old!

My baby is 11 months old. I can hardly believe that next month she'll be one. It's been very emotional for me b/c I feel like time has done by way too fast! It seems like just yesterday she was this tiny little bundle of joy and now she's this little stubborn, want to be independent little girl. She is learning so much everyday and it's so fun to see all the changes. Our biggest change lately has been that she is dying to walk. She does very well cruising around the house, holding onto whatever she can. She walks well with her walker too. But she really wants to walk and chase the older kids. We know she'll get there eventually. :)