Happy Monthday, Lorelai!

Yep, once again, we have another day of celebration. Today is Lorelai's 8th Monthday! She spent all day in her pjs and played until she was all tuckered out. Okay, so it's just like every other day. So what!

Raise your hand if you're 8 months old!Wow, what a tough day!

And welcome, baby Christian Michael Thorpe. He was born on August 27th to Rebecca and Steve Thorpe. To check out the whole story and all the pictures, click HERE. He's a beautiful baby and he is so blessed to have Rebecca and Steve for parents!

The J. Geils Band Said it Best.....

My angel is a centerfold....

Quote of the Day

Quote of the Day

"Look at that biggun'! I wish I could take
stock in him, he'll be one heck
of a lineman someday."

Says a man to JD today



.....about Lorelai.

Give me a black sheet and some good natural light...

Okay, so I'm not all that excited about the pictures we got at JCPenney, however, now I have some ideas on what props to get and how to do her pictures next time. We might go back and do more there, it wasn't that expensive, but....give me a black sheet and good natural light, and I think I could do just as good, if not better....oh well, here they are...

Baby Billboard

These are my latest creations for Lorelai.

Bad?

I don't care, they're funny!

Shop 'Til You Drop

Okay, so I have a ton to blog about, but really....I just don't have energy for anything but this.

A friend of a friend (thanks Alyssa and Amour) told me about great coupons at Target for baby food that were to expire today. The food wasn't expiring today. Actually, the earliest any of it expires is September 08. The coupons were expiring today.

Long story short, I went four times in two days and got crazy!

I also got a couple other friends to join in the fun! Alicia and Kris should post blogs about their trips soon. Check them out!

So, I bought 392 items to include cereal, baby food, finger food and diced foods. 392 items, y'all. That's enough for, well, an army of babies and toddlers. Or Lorelai for two months. Seriously, have you seen my daughter? I'm not kidding.

Here's the stash...if it helps with a visual, the table is 8 feet long!
Now the question of the day - how much will my child eat between now and when she's eating real table food? Anyone? Anyone? No, seriously - if anyone can tell me when they stop eating baby food, I'd appreciate it. Then I know how much of this to donate, sell, etc.

Good night.



Oh...so you wanna know how much money I saved, huh? Well, I added up the loot and pre-coupons it came to a total of $392.13!!








I only paid...... $6.97

Nope, I'm not kidding. Here are the receipts to prove it.
Reference:
$6.97 is....
~ less than JD spent on lunch today
~ less then three gallons of gas
~ less than a bag of eight pieces of frozen chicken
~ less than the tip we left at the Mexican restaurant on Friday
(and yes, Storm and Dad....I know that it's also less than a car, a house, etc. Smarty pants!)

Honestly, it's about time a parent gets something for free. I only wish I could have gotten every parent I know in on this earlier.

However, I'm willing to sell baby food at a bargain price if anyone is interested!

Now....where to store all the goods so we can get back to eating at our dining room table.

Who am I kidding!? We don't eat at the dining room table.