Trevor

I had a parent teacher conference last week where I was shocked to find out that Trev has horrible time adjusting to changing from one activity to the next. He also was refusing to come inside after the kids played outside. Now Trev has cried a little and protested but never held onto a swing set and refusing to go inside.

I was very shocked until that afternoon at a play date he did it to me. He went and hide behind the mothers car so that I couldn't get him. Both Jeff and I spoke with him and told him that kind of behavior WILL NOT be accepted in this household. We relayed and relayed at school today he better be on his best behavior.

I pick him up from school today to the teacher telling me it was a rough day. He didn't do anything with any of the other kids and refused to come in. He was out right defiant all day long. I was BEYOND angry and when the teacher asked me what can we do I really had no idea. I told her my husband and I had spoken and discussed taking him out of the school! She said she didn't want to do that that between the two of us we could make a plan and make it work!

I spoke with Jeff over the phone and we both have our reasons to believe why he is acting this way..

For a long time Trev was the only one. We had him up on a pedastool and our lives revolved around him. Aubrey came and she was very demanding but I always tried and if I couldn't Jeff made sure to do special things with him. Well then we bought the house and my husbands main focus has been this house. When he isn't working he is working on the house. In return I have taken on a bigger house, more mouths to feed and all of Jeff's home duties and in return really neglected Trev.

Our assumption is that he was dealing with it because I still made time for him and made Jeff take some weekends as family events but with this pregnancy I am just drained. It takes me all I can to get household chores done and take care of Ms. Priss! I think we have really neglected him and just kinda throw him in his room and let him watch t.v.!

We spend no time as a family anymore. Jeff and I spoke and this is over. Our lives need to go back to all about the kids. The house work can wait, the cleaning can slack a little, the kids are number one. We also want to focus less on punishment more on praise.

We told him if he is good in school on Thursday for the most part then we will take him Saturday to the movies and see a movie of his choice!

Pray for us. Pray this works! I really am embarrassed and sadden by his actions. I hope his teachers know and remember and love the sweet Trev and not the monster he has become the past few weeks!

Sleeping

is becoming a major issue. I nap every day when Aubrey naps! I normally go to bed around 8 or 9 to be woken up around 2 or 3 then I am up for at least 2-4 hours! It really sucks! I think last night part of the reason was simply I am a nervous wreck about going to the dentist today! I HATE HATE HATE the dentist! I haven't been in a few years so I know it wont be pretty! I have a feeling I will get sick to which could be a very good thing!

Shaws

Kellogs Cereal is one sale for 3/6 this week...

3 Kelloggs Frosted Flakes(these are the big boxes reg 4.79 each
use 1/3 Shaws printable
use 1/2 Frosted Flakes coupon from www.coupons.com
Total oop 4.00 and......You also earn a free gallon of milk!

You save over 13.00!!

I also was able to score a 3 pack of bread for 1.75 I saved 1.82
I also found a 12 pack of English Muffins for 1.25 I saved over 4 dollars!
I also scored 3 half gallons of milk expiring next week for 3.00 total should have been 6.00!

Market Basket

If you or someone you know likes Gatorade(Jeff) then RUN to Market Basket. They had 2 dollar off peelies on the 8 packs! I bought 2 and took 2 peelies! The Gatorade is on sale for 5.99(every now and then Shaw's has them for 5.00)Anyways you can get a 8pk for 3.99 at Market Basket!!

Wags

I went to Wags and did the Soft soap deal. I only had 2 coupons from this past weeks paper. But I was able to get 4 Soft Soaps and a Bic Solei Razor for 8.17 oop and I still have another FREE soap!

The deal is Soft Soap is on sale for 3.99 and you earn a FREE soft soap coupon on your next purchase. You can start out with 2.99 out of pocked if you had a 1/1 coupon from Sundays paper and then just keep rolling the deal!

Morning sickness

Is pretty much gone..However some days as I am cooking I feel sick and take a pill! This morning I actually got sick. It sucked and both kids came in the bathroom. Trev had to pee and said O sorry mommy I will just go use your bafroom! It was sweet in his own little way. Then after about 10 times of asking whats that Aubrey decided to go to her potty lift the lid up and fake cough into her potty. I'm assuming she was throwing up. I am def on my LAST pregnancy I cant fathom the idea of morning sickness again esp with a audience of 3 instead of 2 each time I get sick!

Meal Plan!!

I need to get back to Meal planning. I also need to take new stock of my stockpile since it has lost a lot of inventory due to me not bargain hunting, not shopping at Shaws(great manager markdowns), and me being sick for a long time and just using up what we had! I have been doing very well at cooking however everything seems to be missing something!

Sunday: Taco Casserole and Spanish Rice(was a hit)

Monday: Buffalo Popcorn Chicken Bites...sans hot sauce for the kids

Tuesday: Rotisserie Chicken with Mashed Potatoes and Corn

Wednesday: Stuffed Shells with Texas Toast

Thursday: FREE night...feed yourself!

Friday: Pizza!!

Saturday Sausage with Peppers and Onions

Target and Toys R Us!

I went to Target this morning and did a little bargain hunting...

24 month top for Aubrey 1.98 reg 7.99
Huggies Wipes 5.49 reg 5.99
used Target 1.50 off
used Huggies 1.00 off
Huggies Size 2 Jumbo pack 9.99 reg 10.29
used Target 1.00 off
used Huggies 1.50 off
Huggies washclothes 2.50 reg 3.19
used Huggies 1.50 off
Diaper Genie Refill 5.00 reg 5.49
Total oop 18.46 saved 14.49 :)

I want to get more Leapster games this week however I don't know if I want to spend the money!

I also went to Toys R Us and did the Little Tykes deal
I found a 20 dollar toy marked down to 7.49 I bought a 9.99 toy to get that one for free!

I also bought two 14.99 toys to get one for free!

I spent 24.98 for 4 toys and saved 34.98! The baby has its Christmas DONE!

Didj game 9.97

The Didj game is selling at Target still at 79.99! If you go to Wal-Mart and look in the clearance or regular aisle you can find it for 29.97...What makes this deal even better you ask? THIS coupon for 20.00 off the system!!

LOVE

SOMETIMES they love one another! When Jeff came home last night I made him take the kids and dog out so that I could finish cooking dinner!

He pushed her....



He caught her....



She thanked him...



He had her laughing very hard!




Please excuse my dead yard. I am hoping, sun, some spray fertlizer and a few cuts with the lawn mower it will come back alive! It looked very nice in October!

SEE!

Shaws

Tyson Bagged Chicken 6.99 use 1/1 Tyson bagged item 5.99
Honey Bunches of Oats 2/3 (good snack on the go!)
Ground Beef 1.99 lb!!
Butter 1.99!
Uno's Pizzas bogo(these were a hit last time and super filling!)
Kellogg cereal 3/6 use 1.00 off Shaw's coupon for 3/5 plus you get a free gallon of milk!
Rolls 10/10
Strawberries 2.00!!
The 16 ways to get free Eggs coupons looks very easy to compare with coupons and get a good deal!

Natures Source cleaner at Wags!

Walgreens this week has Natures Source Spray a household cleaner on sale for 2/6 if you use the Easy Saver Catalog(found in the same area the flyers are) you can get a rebate for 2.00 off(opt for Wags gift card so you can get 2.20 back instead). Then go HERE for 1/1 coupons from Natures source! After Rebates you will pay 1.80 or .90 each for the cleaners!

Amazon toys again..

Amazon has a TON of toys up to 60% off right now. They may or may not get ever lower like around Christmas time. I plan on putting a ton in my cart and if they go a little lower it will notify me. Even so 60% off is a good deal! Considering we have over 7 birthday parties to attend in the next 2-3 months!

Dunkin Donuts

FREE Dunkin Donuts Coffee!

Bolt and Lilo

If you buy the Lilo and Stich bonus pack and Bolt you will automatically save 10 dollars both are on sale for 14.99 this week! Then use the BOLT coupon on COUPONS.COM and the rebate on BOLToffers.com and you will spend less then 15 dollars for two great movies!

The baby looked great had a heartbeat of 171! My due date was orignally the 8th of October now it is the 13th of October! It is around what I thought! The baby was moving around a ton and very active. Everything looks great! The Ultrasound Tech said its a good chance its a boy but she couldnt get a great look!

Spring is in the air...

I have been cleaning non stop all day! I have thrown out all the kids toys that are broken, missing pieces etc. I think its good to do this every few months! I also cleaned out all the clutter places my husband corals his crap esp on top of the fridge it was DISGUSTING!! I have one room left which is downstairs and Jeff is working on the office renovation so I am not bothering till he is done. The laundry is all done and put away its been a very productive day!

games

COUPONS.COM has a few Hasbro game coupons up right now. Print them off the rumor is Toys R Us and Target run good deals closer to Easter. Would be a great gift for the Easter Basket :)

work...

I have not worked in over 3.3 years!! I have been with my babies...However a great opportunity came up that I was offered. I go in on Monday to speak to the department head about it. It looks very promising. I wont make much after I pay my friend! That is enough to roof our house like we need to. It is enough to buy a older new to us mini van that we will need with 3 kids. Its enough to help out purchasing the babies things it will need. There is so much that it could go for. I will have the kids with my good friend 5 days a week for 6 hours a day for 6-8 weeks. I am very scared about leaving the kids and I will miss them dearly but its a month and a half to two months. They will be in good hands. So lets see if I get this. It will be so weird to get up and go to work after 3 years of hanging out in my pj's most the day :)

10 weeks

Please excuse my unmade bed! I started to show really early with Aubrey as well. It seems as if my days of "hiding" my pregnancy are going to be short lived!

never a dull moment!

I decided to take the kids out..WE played bubbles, wrote with chalk, brought other toys out. IT was nice starting to get a little chilly as we have rain coming in later. I just want to make sure when its nice they get out at least a hour every day. Anyways Aubrey fell and scraped up the side of her face, had dirt in her nose, mouth, diaper etc. So we had to come in and cure her..I managed to clean my WHOLE house! It looks great and even smells great with all the windows open and some candles going. If I can just get energy to finish all the laundry today we will be in good shape for the weekend.

Potty training?!

Could it be possible that I WONT have 2 in diapers?!

Aubrey lately tells me when she goes poop. Today when I was cleaning she came up to me trying to lift her shirt up saying poop. I asked her if she did stinky she said yes and we walked to her room to go change her...I am seriously debating starting to potty train her!

I think I will try and get her in her bed over the next few months...Then as soon as Trev is out of school spend a whole week and get her potty trained. I think she is more then ready!!

Babies R Us!!

Yes yet another BRU story...My plan is to go to BRU once a week to check Sales, clearance etc. I want to use a coupon, sale or clearance for EVERYTHING I HAVE to buy for the baby!


I found a fold up tub for the baby for 14.99 I used a 4.00 off BRU coupon and only paid 10.99 for it!! I also scored 4 Gerber blankets(loved these with both kids) for 14.98 or 3.74 a blanket. They are buy one get one half off!

We are now all set on the baby for "bathing" needs...I have PLENTY of free baby wash, lotion and shampoo from all my deals. The baby will use all of the kids toddler towels and we now have a tub! YAY! Scratch that off my list!

I also found TONS of sheets that are neutral as we will use the same POOH set that we used for Trev and Aubrey...I have plenty of blankets now I may get one nice Amy Coe one from Target if I find one that I LOVE!!

I am sooo thrilled to be able to use so much of the stuff I have from the older kids that this baby should not cost us to much OOP!

to much T.V.??

Today I have laughed at things my 4 year old said then thought he watches WAYYY to much TV!

He told me and my mom and brother he just got back from 3 days in Mexico...At dinner I told Jeff and Trev yelled at him for laughing said he was serious that he got into a fight and some guy kicked him and twisted his leg.

He also told me that he is in movies and that I should be in his next movie because I have really good ideas.

I put some new pairs of Jammies in his bedroom today so he came out with Hulk pants on and a Superman shirt. I told him he didn't match he told me he did because it was Super Hulk!

Some shopping with my little girl...

Aubrey and I went shopping this morning after I clipped all my coupons and went though my very expired filled coupon book!!

Wags
2 M&M's 5.00
2 Reeses Eggs 1.00
Total 6.00
-1/2 Easy Saver M&M's
-1/2 M&M's coupon
-4 RR from last week
0 oop!!

CVS
Bic Solei 6.99
Paper 1.50
Colgate Toothpaste 2.99
3 Cadbury Mini Eggs 6.00
-2.00 Bic
-1.00 Colgate
-1/3 Cadbury Eggs
-ECB
I spent around 3.98 oop!!

Target
Baby sleeper 6.00 Reg 7.99
Huggies huge pack 17 reg 18.99
Pampers reg pack 9 reg 10.99
baby sock 1.00 reg 1.49
Electrosol bonus pack 3.00 reg 4.49
-1.00 ELectrosol
-2.00 Target Huggies
-1.50 Huggies
-2.00 Target Pampers
-1.50 Pampers
Total oop 28 saved 15.95!! 43 % savings

I then came home and napped :) I feel happy I am DONE shopping for the week...All I have to do is take Trev to school :)

Glamour Mag 1.50 12 issues!!

At AMAZON! Thanks Little People Wealth!! This one will go quick!

Bargain Hunting!

I went to Wags did the diaper deal one last time :)

I went to 2 Shaws spent 26.00 and purchased 6 nutri grain bars, 8 poptarts, 6 boxes of cereal, and 2 packs of Doritos!! Saved over 50 dollars :)

I also went to CVS spent .98 cents oop lost .99 in ECB but all in all was an okay trip considering ALL my ECB expired while I was sick!! I bought 2 dish soaps and a mouth wash for Jeff :)

Shaws...

I went onto Shaws to check out this weeks deals!! My plan looks like this..

Doritos bogo(great for Jeff to snack on)
10 Kellogg Pop-Tarts 25.00
-10/25 Shaw's coupon
-5 1/2 Kellogg coupons
10.00 oop!

BRU deal

I went to BRU today and they had a promotion going on for buy 3 J&J, Desitin or Aveno products and get a free 182 count Johnson and Johnson Wipes. I bought 3 Desitin at 3.99 each used 3 1/1 peelies and used a 2/3 BRU baby product coupon in a mailer It came to 6.97 for 3 tubes of cream and a 2 refills of baby wipes.

They also have Carter stuff buy one get one half off. If you shop clearance it works as well. I bought the baby two long sleeve onesies, a bib, hat, sleeper for all under 8 dollars!

9 weeks

I had my appt yesterday...Still no weight gain!! I am eating so badly I was kinda surprised. I filled up on liquid before I went though maybe that helped me from loosing weight. She said I "feel" 10 weeks so my dates are probably closer then I think. However in 2 weeks I have an ultrasound to get an exact due date and in 4 weeks I have another appt where I will be 14 weeks and get to hear the heartbeat. Damn this seems to be going by so much faster then the other kids pregnancies already which is such a good thing. The nurse gave Jeff Vasectomy info which I love and cant wait. He can piss and moan and cry but as the nurse said grab a ice pack and a 6 pack and your done!

4 year olds...

I am at the absolute end of my rope with this kid...

He has mastered the art of throwing up when he doesn't want to eat. Which just makes us leave Chuck E Cheese without playing, or sends him to bed at 6 o'clock. I will not put up with that crap I think it is disgusting.

He also is very sneaky...He dumps out all the toys, blames it on Aubrey pushes her around and does things just to piss her off when he thinks that I cannot see him. He also got onto the computer, dumped out a bottle of soap and got into things he wasn't supposed to when I was getting lunch ready today. Had my fuming.

For the past 2 hours he has been crying and carrying on because I locked him in the playroom and told him he can clean it all up before he is allowed out of there...First he needed water, then to pee etc. He is trying to pee himself to get out of it.

He is developing these very nasty qualities that MUST be rid of now because I cannot handle this crap 9 months prego or with a new baby here. I have no idea what else to do besides put him to bed early, take away his TV, time out!

The docs and everyone say its normal however I just cannot handle it. To me it seems very bratty and HORRIBLE behavior!

Diaper reccomendations!

Diaper Guide


Stocking up on diapers? Here is the recommended quantity to get for each size!

Size QTY of Packages (based on jumbo packs)

1 10 (~440 diapers)

2 22 (~946 diapers)

3 24 (~888 diapers)

4 18 (~594 diapers)

18 months check up

My princess weighed a whopping 22.11 pounds in the 25th percentile, 33 inches long in the 50th percentile and her head was 19 inches in the 90th percentile! She is healthy as an ox had 2 shots and we dont have to go back till September :)

Wags!

I went to 2 Wags today!

Skintimate 1.99 1RR
2 Huggies Diapers 20.00 10RR
1 Huggies Wipes 6.00
Fusion Razor 8.99 4 RR
Crest Toothpaste 3.49
-4.00 Fusion
-3.00 2 1.50 Huggies
-.50 Wipes coupons
-2.50 Easy Saver coupon
Total oop 30.47
15 RR back

2 Huggies 20.00
1 Wipe 6.00
-3.00 Huggies
-.50 wipe
22.50 10 RR back

I have 25 RR which I plan to buy some more diapers, razor, and gel!

baby clothes

Obviously I want a baby boy! I have been picking up clothes here and there while I go out. I have one unisex outfit, one girl outfit and quite a few boy outfits. Either way I know WAY to many people prego right now that they can have what I don't need or I can return as I have all my receipts!



I spent 47 on what should have been 182 worth of clothes. I got it all at 74% off!!

I will get back...

I just don't know when. I just feel awful and when I feel okay I try to disinfect my horribly messy house, shop for food, play with the kids or rest. On top of the sickness I am soooo tired! This week will be VERY busy!! Trev has school 2 days this week of which I plan on doing the Wags diaper deal for Aubrey and the new baby. Aubrey has her 18 month check up, I have my doc appt which I will be 10 weeks at!! I cannot believe I am already 2.5 months prego! That is amazing to me...I am hoping in 2-3 weeks I will feel insanely better and take a week or so to get my house back to Amanda OCD standards and then I will be back to bargain hunting and a lively blog!

Finally a baby..

According to my little ticker to the right the baby actually looks like a baby and no longer a mutant!

another week of waiting

I missed my doc appt yesterday. Jeff came home early Tuesday and gave Trevor and I his nasty bug. It was bad I was sick from 7 on Tuesday night basically until I woke up this morning. I have such a weak stomach and immune system it takes me so long to recover. So next week when I am 10 weeks prego I will have my appt.

baby bump

Yes I am already in maternity. I can fit into my jeans but then I just look stuffed or very muffin top. Tight clothes dont help the sickness either :( I went to Motherhood and bought a tummy sleeve for like 16 dollars. Its basically a band to keep your pants up. I love it had one with Aubrey :) Anyways...there is def something brewing in there :)

FREE resuable bag

Natures Source bag :)

Wags deal next week!!

Thanks to my BBC mommas...Next week at Wags they have a good promotion going on for diapers!



Huggies are 10.00 each

Go to coupons.com and print 3 and 5 dollar off coupons. They are for SELECT types of huggies!!

There is also a Wags coloring book coupon for a dollar off which I dont have...Anyways!

3 Huggies Diapers 30.00
-15.00 for the 3 of the 5/1 printable coupons
15.00 with 10 back

3 Huggies Diapers
-9 3/1 coupons
-10 RR
11 oop

Keep rolling. There are so many different ways to do this!

:(

Well yesterday I must have got a little too cocky. I got most of the upstairs cleaned and put away two loads of laundry made lunch instantly threw it up. Took some pills laid in bed till dinner. I was making a Roast in the crockpot as soon as I went to make the kids dinner I got sick again. It was awful! I am running out of meds good thing I see the doc tomorrow. I just want an ultrasound to see how far along I actually am so I can calculate when this morning sickness will end!

I feel okay!

I feel okay today. I am going to use this to my complete advantage. I am going to clean as much as I can possibly clean because god only knows how long this feeling will last. I hope this means the end of the sickness is up soon. That would be just to good to be true!