Welcome Baby Max!!

My sister's baby, Max, was born today at 12:20 pm. He weighed 7 lbs 13 oz and was 20.5 inches. He was actually a lot smaller then the doctor thought. It seems like that happens a lot. He is perfectly healthy and adorable! (Although his cone head with the big bruise looks a little funny.) Sarah was only in labor for about 12 hours which is pretty good for a first baby, or so I've heard. It took a lot of work for him to get here though! I can't wait until my little guy gets here so that they can be best buds!

It's a Boy!

We had another ultrasound yesterday and we found out that we are having a boy! Based on the voting there must be a lot of suprised people. He was making it very difficult for the tech to find out since he ws curled up and resting. She looked at all the organs and took all the measurements but he just wouldn't move for her to get a good view. I guess he is a little modest. Finally he moved and we were able to find out. We are so excited and had to go look at all the boy clothes and blue baby stuff. He weighed 12 oz. and everything looked good.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Matt and I had a really great Valentine's Day just hanging out. We got to spend the whole day together! I hate the huge crowds and wait time at restaurants on Valentine's Day, so we just ate at Peter Piper Pizza. It is my favorite by the way. Instead of exchanging gifts we got new cell phones. It had been a long time since we got phones so they were almost free, but it was still fun to get something new. We now have matching phones except mine is maroon and Matt's is black. We also decided to enter the 21st century and add free texting to our plan. Overall it was a fun Valentine's Day on a budget!

Bye Bart and Josefine!

Matt's brother and his wife have been visiting from Sweden for the last 3 weeks. I have to admit that I have been a slacker about taking pictures, but thanks to Matt we did get a few pics on the last night that they were here. It was great to see them, and we are sad that they are already going home. We can't wait until they come back, at the end of the year, and we get to meet their baby. He will only be a month older then our baby, and hopefully they will be good friends when they get a little bigger!

The Baby is Moving!

I've been feeling the baby moving for the last couple of weeks! At first I wasn't really sure, but it felt different then anything I've felt before. Now I feel it a lot more often, and it's a lot stronger. It's such a neat feeling, and it's reassuring that everything is okay every time that I feel it! Yesterday I drank Dr. Pepper, and the baby was moving around like crazy. Apparently it is going to take after it's daddy. (I can 't wait until the 18th when I won't have to call the baby "it" anymore!!)

Free Stuff

So I am getting really excited about all of this free stuff! Here is all of the free stuff that I got on Friday: 2 packages of Hebrew National Hot Dogs, 2 loaves of Sara Lee bread, 2 packages of Hilshire Farms ultra thin lunch meat, 1 Tombstone Pizza, and 1 Tostitos Bean Dip. That's not too bad for one day of shopping, plus there were lots of other things that I could've gotten for free if I had all of the coupons. Today I am going to Fry's for free mustard, bbq sauce, hot wing sauce, and soft soap! I also signed up for a free subscription to Women's Day magazine. Who knew that there was so much free stuff out there?

Bargain Shopping

Thanks to my sister-in-law, Amy, I am officially trying to be a bargain shopper. She always tells me about all of the free stuff that she gets, so I decided that it's time to give it a try. Today I bought some Revlon make up and Orajel medicine from Walgreens, and I should be receiving a gift card rebate for the total amount I spent plus 10%. Walgreens has different items everything month that are free after rebate. I can buy the next month's items with my gift card, and I'll get free stuff every month without spending anything else out of pocket. It's a good start! Now I have to start collecting coupons. If you want to start doing this yourself check out the link to Bargain Moms on my blog list. You'll find lots of great tips. Best of all - it's free!! Happy bargain shopping!

Baby Update

I had a doctor's appointment today, and everything is good with the baby. The heartbeat is strong and in the 160's. We also scheduled the ultrasound to find out what we are having. It's not until February 18th, so we still have 4 weeks left to wait. I can't wait to find out so that I can start decorating!

Vegas Baby!

We had the opportunity to go to Las Vegas for free (Well almost. Everything free except spending money and food.) thanks to my boss. She had an offer for 2 free nights at the Venetian that she let us use. Our room was a suite! It had 2 bathrooms! The maid came twice a day to clean the room and leave chocolates on our pillows at night. It had 3 plasma TVs. Actually I think that it may have been bigger then our first house.

Here is the bedroom

and the sitting area.

We also went to Ghirardellis and had yummy chocolate shakes.

Last but not least, what's a trip to Vegas without a stop at the outlet stores?

Cute Duke

Duke is very much enjoying the window perches that Grandma Shobe gave him for Christmas. He has claimed both of them as his own. I guess that Carrot will have to fight him if he wants to sit up there too. Duke has also learned that the window perch on the right side gives him just the right leverage to hang from the curtains. Hmm, that's something that we'll have to work on or the he'll only have one perch to sit on.