found some more great deals today. among them are a hand grater and rolling slicer (kitchen items), a jumpstart 5th grade for PC, big picnic basket, a babyfood lazy susan, books, pencils and ruler for the kids, a big Coca-Cola tin tub for my step dad, a 'grill seargent' tee for dh 
, and one shirt for G2. spent $5 today. 
found one sale w/ a bunch of cool items (and great maternity stuff) but she thought she was a Target instead of a yard sale. 
for instance, seen a half box (@20) avent nursing pads for $5. duh!! I can buy a box of 100 from TRU for $10. 
got to stop and see my brother and nephew again. Landons getting so cute! he's long and lean. I think he's a smidge longer than G2, but G2 is chunkier. and the coolest thing is landon can already roll back to tummy! 
(remember he's 2 weeks older than G2). course he gets royally ticked once he's on his belly!
G2 on the opposite side, will push himself from one end of a blanket to the other, but get quickly bored and mad on his back! silly boys. 
got a call from a friend back home and when we go to roberts class reunion on labor day weekend, we'll stop in to see them and she's going to give me the walker she had for her son (just turned a year). she said its really nice too, plus I'll get to go through some baby clothes! cool! so now no worries about looking for an exersaucer!
dh and Canaan are still at the tractor pull. I dont expect them home til around midnight. dont guess C will be going to church with us in the morning, guess I'll let him off the hook this time. I'll hear allllllllllllllllllllll about the pull tomorrow. 
good yard sale vibes! I was able to find G2 5 new 6-9m sleepers today! most are gerber, but a couple carters. the carters run longer, so he'll get to wear them much longer. the 6-9m gerbers should at least last til the end of september at his current rate.
also found one 2pc shorts set for him 6m size, some cuuuuuuute velcro on crib shoes, a bunch more bibs and burp towels (considering how many we go thru). got me a new fall shirt, a big box of curity nursing pads, big bags of toddler/baby spoons, cookie cutter and a lot of other kitchen gadgets, blues clues shirt for the boys (a 'steve' shirt), a new winter coat for K and a nice dress shirt for her. a beautiful spiderman button down I'm saving for C's bday next month...and I think thats it. I spent about $10 in all. 
could have gotten an awesome exersaucer for $8, but just dont have the room or the want for one yet. I wish I could find a used bumbo! sure that wont happen in this area tho.
dh is working in the pits at our local tractor pull tomorrow, so I may go in town again to see the saturday sales. nuttin else to do otherwise. :P
I made mexican for dinner, and my gosh am I stuffed!!! plenty of leftovers for tomorrow too! cool!
Garrett slept ALL night last night! guess he's so dog tired from the day. he went down at 11 finally (he'd taken about an hour nap at 8) and slept til 6:40 this morning. he sure was hungry! latch on made me go !! LOL!!
he's sitting in my lap now to figure out how to get the keyboard. LOLon another note, my cousin (whose like a sis) finally, after about 3 yrars, got their house on contract! they're looking to find a house now (means they'll be @ 30 minutes away, compared to 2 hrs). I'm SO happy!!! we'll be making visiting trips!!
I finally got my 6 week checkup done today. sure its a couple weeks or so late, but it's finally finished. Seemed everything was against me getting it completed for whatever reason. This was the 3rd time I'd had the appointment. I almost didnt get it done today too cause as I was almost there, I came upon an accident. Sat in a line of traffic that was a mile long. (seriously). and there wasnt any turn around and go around it without going around a whole 45 minutes or so to get to where I was going. so I waited it out. I was only about 20 or so minutes late for my appointment.
Garrett was the only one with me and he did well for me. He laughed at the Dr (to which Dr. P was impressed LOL) and cooed for the nurse. :) He didnt fuss over much either, nursing enough to keep him happy while he checked out the unfamiliar surroundings. ;)
After getting back to town, we were able to meet up with Daddy for Taco Bell dinner. Been forever since just he and I (well, you know, cant say Garrett took up much space) had a dinner out by ourselves! it was nice to sit and talk wtih each other. :)
After eating, he went to pick up the big kids at my parents house and I went home to feed the little one. and feed, and feed, and feed.
I think Garrett will be an eater like Canaan. He seems to just plain eat all the time! The fact that he gained 4 lbs last month should point that out. nickname of Pooh Bear and Piglet fit just fine with him! LOL!his sleep patterns are improving well! He's up about once a night, usually around 4:30 am. he'll go back to bed w/in the hour and will sleep til around 6-9 a.m., just depends.
he wont generally nap overlong during the day. sometimes I can get a good hour or two nap out of him...sometimes. that's a rare thing really. usually he just cat naps through the day.He's working on doing raspberries. :) he's almost got it figured out, making tons of bubbles in the process. he thinks raspberries are the coolest and funniest thing, I can always get smiles or laughs when I do that to him. ;)
Let's see, Garrett news: he's trying to learn to raspberry on demand. LOL! he's done it a couple of times while we're playing with him (mimmicking us), but he's not figured out the logistics of doing it when he actually wants to. course its cute as can be cause it comes out as a bunch of coos with a tongue half out. LOL!!
and I think he's having a growth spurt again. I swear this child would stay attached to a boob or bottle half the day if I let him. wears me out! and I just know he's gained weight since the dr check last week. I'd put money on it in fact. I'm wondering if his stature will be more like Canaan's. if so, Lord help me cause I'll need an investment in a grocery store! LOL!
had a good checkup today (besides the shots which totally broke my heart 
). Garrett did so well, laughing at the nurses and not peeing on anyone (which he peed on me again after we got home 
: twice in one day, we have a record!)
Garrett is 13.4 lbs, 24 1/2" long and his head is 16". my growing boy! 
the dr said he went from the 50% at his 2 week check to the 80%/85% now. so he'll be a strapping boy just like my others (well, Canaan always topped off the charts, so I guess he was a boot-strapping boy LOL )
we did decide not to do any meds for his reflux right now. since he's gaining so well the dr isnt worried about it. but if he starts refusing to eat because of it then we'll take bigger measures. which is fine with me, cause we dont do medicines much here anyway.
did ask her about Katlyn and she thinks like I do that in about 3 or 4 more days it'll all be over. no fever, just the stuffiness is hanging around. made me feel better.
and for a big ol' GOD WAS WATCHING OVER US moment, I always say a prayer before we get on the interstate. did the same today of course. well, about half way down, there are two semis in front of us. the one on the inside lane (next to the median) starts billowing smoke from the tires! the truck next to him start slowing down drastically and so do we. then we see what he was trying to stop for: a fully loaded semi was careening through the median the WRONG way! thank God the truck that ran off the road was able to control his truck and was able to stay upright and bring himself to a stop (way after we got past though).
can you imagine the damage of 3 semis in front of us colliding? we were behind the one on the outside lane a couple of car lengths. scarey!!!!!
Cant tell me God doesnt watch over. my mom said after that, that she felt the need to pray for protection today too. awesome huh?
today is Garrett's 2m check up! I'm not looking forward to the shots, but eager to see how much he weighs! I know how long he is and how big his head is (can measure those myself) but since I don't have a baby scale and weighing him on ours is only a round about thing (it says he's 13 lbs) we'll know for sure today.
he peed all over our bed this morning. course its my fault cause I should have changed him at some point during the night, but dang if he doesn't HATE to have that done during the nighttime. hearing him scream and holler at 4 am is not my cup of tea. 
katlyn is still not up to snuff. 
no fever now, but lots of headaches and stuffy noses and chapped lips. since she'll be with us today, I'm going to ask the dr if they'll take a peek at her (w/o charging 
) just to make sure it's nothing I should worry about or get stronger meds for.
today is the last day the 'good' consignment store will be open. *boo!* I'm hoping to stop in and see if I can find anything else or to pick up some good hangers. she let me have a bunch of plastic baby hangers the last time I was in.
oh, I've already gotten G2's 2m pics taken here at home. got his footprints and even a handprint in his baby book for this month too. 
his foot has really grown during this last month! He can already wear a size 2 shoe cause I've got a pair of cute Dockers for him in size 2 and they'd fit fine, they just look so clunky on his legs. plus no reason for him to wear them, unless to go with a cute outfit to church or something. oh well.
OH, speaking of THAT! I was out with the baby last week... where was I?...maybe Wal-Mart... not sure. but anyway, he was in his carseat, so I was toting it around (must not have been Wal-Mart-anyway) I was behind this couple who were probably in their 40's and the wife turned and cautioned the hubby to watch out cause there was a baby behind him (he was bending over checking something out). so he turns around and awes "oh, a baby!" then says "with no shoes" (in a *tsk tsk* sort of voice) and they move on.
ok, for one BIG MAJOR thing, the child was only 7 weeks old and SURE aint walking/crawling and such. WHY use shoes???
PLUS its a freaking 100 degrees outside!! geez. stupid people get on my nerves.
that just struck me and I wanted to share it last week with ya'll, but forgot.
nak, so this may be scrambled. lol!
thanks for all the pic love! I adore seeing the changes, but of course I realize how dang fast its going to go. *sniff*
he's been good today and hardly any spit up til tonight. I think hewas making up. :p
he slept well again last nite, a 5 hr , wake 1, then 4 hr stretch. he's going to get me used to this then flay me one night w/ a growth spurt!
hunter's had a fever the past 2 days. poor little guy has been really well behaved. lol!! he fell asleep rigfht after dinner tonite for a nap even. H, a nap?? wow!
the kids and i went to walmart for groceries by ourselves again today. glad I took the carrier in cause G2 likes it and not being in the travel system when he's tired and cranky. 
we made it thru fine tho.
the kids are amazed cause thry're remodeling our walmart (finally) so depts are being moved around and they think its cool. lol!
hey, the extreme home makeover team is in our area! remember in april when the tornadoes hit the area south of us? well, one of the families are getting the MO. 
you can read about it here: http://www.newschannel5.com/content/news/21187.asp
the reveal is tomorrow. we'd go, but you have to be there by 12 to take the shuttle and then wait @ 3 hrs til taping. they said no one is allowed to come or go once taping starts. so we'll just watch it on tv. 
and i dont think the article says it, but during the tornado, the mom covered her2 boys w/ her own body and her back was broken by fallen bricks. she's paralyzed from waist down now.
I fixed a great dinner tonite! spaghetti, tortellini, garlic bread, salad and fried onions, cucumbers and mushrooms. go me! LOL!!
and we've got another darn mouse. twinkie lays in front of the stove to listen for it.
I knew pooh bear had put on another honey pot. 
he's been 'talking with me' for a while now and ya'll know its been since he was 2 weeks that he was smiling and not long after that he was laughing. maybe that means he'll be a laughing/happy kid?