Haylee, your head smells so good!

I had just washed the cover to Cruiser's dog bed and as I was putting it back on, the kids thought it was the funnest new toy to play with. They both were flopping on the bed and laughing, having a good time. The bed is right by my bedroom door so I let them be while I moved on to other chores. After a few minutes their giggles stopped and there was nothing but silence. The kind of silence you know they are up to no good. I ran into my room and as I entered I smelled something rather nice, actually. Like my.........LOTION FROM MY NIGHTSTAND! I booked it over to that side of the bed and this is what I found....

Yes that is Haylee with lotion ALL over her head. And no she didn't apply it herself...Rylee did.

Rylee didn't know what to think because she knew she was in trouble yet all I could do was laugh. Histerically.

Let the countdown begin...

We are so excited! We can't wait to see Rylee's reaction!

11 Months

Haylee is 11 months old now! That means in 1 month she will be 1!!!!! I can't believe it. I HATE how fast they grow up. And it seems she is growing up even faster than Rylee.

Here she is blowing me a kiss. (She just makes a kissing sound with her lips, but close enough!!)

It's meat, Mama, not chicken.

Scott has been in Colorado for the past few days and after two full days of Rylee's constant whining, I about had it. (She gets into these whiney moods sometimes and it's hard to snap her out of it.) On the evening of day 2, Rylee and I were sitting at the table, just the two of us, eating dinner. She was whining on and on, and on, and on. One of the things that she whined about that evening was the fact that I called the piece of chicken I gave her, chicken, instead of calling it meat. "Nooooo Maaaaamaaaa. It's meeeeeeat, Maaaamaaa. Not chicken." Anywho, I admit, my nerves were shot. I looked across the table at this tiny little person whining at me and instead of trying to explain that chicken is a type of meat, I instantly started laughing. It was just me and this little tiny person who was sitting in a huge chair at the huge table. Just us. I thought, "How could I let this little tiny person, that I love and adore, annoy me this much?" Her cute little head was all I could see sitting across from me. I just laughed and laughed and she thought I was rather silly, maybe it was part of me losing my mind. But I was refreshed with the thought that these little tiny people can, at times, be annoying, and at times it's hard, but in the end these tiny people are the ones we love with all our hearts and souls. I love her more than I can put into words.

Success!

Everyone that I have talked to that has potty trained a child has told me not to stress about potty training Rylee. One day it will just click. Well we have been waiting (and stressing) for that day for many many months. Trying everything we could imagine to coax her into going on the potty. And now, that day has finally arrived! It really did just click! She has been going on the potty for a week now. The best part is for the past few days she does it all on her own! She goes into the bathroom when she needs to, pulls down her pants, gets up on the toilet, does her business and then yells for me, lol. I help her down and get her pants back up and then she washes her hands, drys them, turns off the light and shuts the door. Its such an accomplishment!!! We are loving this!

Christmas

We celebrated Christmas Eve at our house this year. Most of my family joined us and our entertainment for the evening....Guitar Hero! It was fun!

Grammie and Haylee
The girls had so much fun playing together!
I asked Rylee if she wanted to leave a cookie for Santa and she said yes and knew exactly which one she wanted to give him. She got the snowman sugar cookie she had decorated, placed it on a paper plate, and sat it on the floor under our stockings. Cruiser was thrilled by her placement of choice.

~Christmas Morning~

We got up early to open presents and it was wonderful. It was so fun watching the girls open their gifts. This is Rylee "smiling" with her new Tigger bath toy Daddy got her.
In Action

Cruiser and his Christmas bone. Santa brings him one every year.

Haylee and her new music set Mommy picked out for her.

The girls in their matching PJ's.

We then went over to my Grandpa's house

Santa Baby

And she's done.

Rylee and her cousin Victoria. They are so cute together.

Classic "bow on head" shot.

Enjoying Christmas dinner.

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!!

CVS

I have talked to a bunch of you about the great deals I find at CVS. I walk out of the store every week with a bunch of stuff, paying little out of pocket for it and earning CVS bucks for next time. I wanted to share pictures from my best shopping trip yet so you guys can really see how much bang I get for my buck!

This is everything I came home with yesterday! My grand total was $7.43 out of pocket!

• 3 Arm & Hammer Essentials Cleaners (2.99 ea)
• 5 Listerines (2.99 ea)
• 2 Sally Hansen Nail Polishes (5.99 ea)
• 2 L'Oreal Eyeshadows (6.99 ea)
• 1 Zantac (4.99)
• 1 Excedrin (3.99)
• 1 Right Guard Professional Strength Deodorant (6.00)
• 1 Benefiber (7.29)
• 1 AdvantEdge Bar (1.69)

I did two different transactions. The picture below was my first. My total was $35.93 orginally but after coupons and CVS bucks from the week before, I brought my total down to $7.43. I earned 35.93 in CVS bucks.

Using the bucks earned in the previous transaction, I bought everything pictured below!! The total was originally $37.91 and with coupons and my CVS bucks my total was $0. Yup! Nada, zip, ZERO! And I earned 37.91 in more CVS bucks for next time.
It takes a little bit of homework but so worth it and its so fun! Let me know if you're interested in how I do it because I will be glad to share my tips!!