we made the switch....

...from luvs...

to...bum genius


we will see how this CD-ing journey goes. i know it isn't for everyone, heck! i don't even know if it for us yet....we will see starting this weekend.

the fact that i figured it will save us around $2,000 by the time mason is out of diapers.....i'm sold!!

if anyone out there in the blogospere uses CDs or has any insight using CDs.....
...i would take some loving advice :)

and some random thoughts from my ADD brain:
TGIF TGIF TGIF!!!!!! we finally made it to the best day of the week :)
ahhhhh yeeea :)

my sweet older sister just got ENGAGED yesterday night!!! yippeeeeeee :)
i think she has had this wedding planned for a few months now :) they could probably throw this shin-dig this weekend if needed....{hi amanda!!!}
i'm so happy for them! love you both manda and phill :)

going consignment shopping this weekend and hoping i snag some sweet deals :)
i really do love being a cheapoooooo!

i wish the sleeping fairy was at my house last night. being up since 3:30 isn't my idea of getting rested :) and the worst part...mason was sleeping! it's one thing to be up because of your kids, but no...i just couldn't find that peaceful rest....blah!

enough from my brain......

have a fab friday and enjoy your weekend!!!!
xoxo
melinda

embrace the camera: jan 27

happy thursday friends!!!

i really need to use my moby wrap more often. mason loved it!!
i never want to put mason down once i get home but i need my hands free when i'm making supper....this is the perfect solution!
i can be hands free and have mase on my hip at all times :)

and when mase isn't on my hip, he's on my boob (jk jk jk)
we play and explore our world :)

i know you want to join in on the embracing fun!! it's your lucky day, you just head right on over to emily's blog and link up!!!



xoxo
melinda

mason's musings....

...life is busy right now. very busy....
...juggling being a mommy, wife, and teacher is getting the best of me....
....i'm.exhausted...

however, i am thankful husband is home with mason 3-4 days a week to capture what i miss out on. gosh. typing that hurts. i hate missing out on mason's musings. shouldn't that be my job, to capture every waking moment of mason's life???
not now. the Lord has different plans. His plans not my plans.

mason has been getting bigger and bigger and stronger and stronger with each new day.
i mean heck, he's already in 12 month old clothes and he's not even 6 months old yet!!!

husband has caught some moments we will treasure forever....thanks mr.!!!!

enjoy friends. enjoy.


seriously, is he trying to crawl. i thought he was still my little snuggle bug!?!???



sidenote: husband is an avid deer hunter.
daddy went to cabelas and mason was spoiled and got his first buck. it's his new favorite toy :)



his exer-saucer is also one of his favorites. i struggle with this thought though. to be a baby wearer or use toys for entertainment? i guess what works for us and mason is the exer-saucer for now.

have a fabulous evening friends!

xoxo

ps-something is coming in the mail tomorrow afternoon that i have been waiting for! but i'm not sure i should be excited.....you will have to come back to see what it is :)

a peek into ....

mason's room during his evening naperoooo......

this scares me. thank God we saw him before he was out for the night. he was sawin logs and content as could be though.
jeepers mase.
give your mom a heart attack why don't ya.

goodbye...

...to another great weekend....

this weekend was pretty low key. took MANY pictures of my little babe. had some diy/craft time with a sweet friend o'mine {hi!...stine!!}.
had a couple drinks, girlie drinks. went to church...

...and while i'm on the subject of church....ever since mason has been about 3 months old, it seems like church can't get over fast enough(that sounds horrible, so let me explain) i mean it is a long time for little ones to sit and not squawk. maybe it's just a pet peeve of mine to hear littles in church being loud to the point where i focus on them and not the message. so this sunday mason was getting really antsy and i could tell at any moment he was gonna get real unhappy and let us know about it(what happened to the days where he would sleep all through church...come on!)but i glanced at the clock and we had at least 10 more minutes. come one! lets wrap this message up and call it a day....this little is gonna flip at any moment. so where was i going with this??? i'm not real sure....just missin the days of sleeping all through church i guess :)

some weekend photos of maseypoo

we have started feeding mason oatmeal in the evenings right before bed because he had been waking up in the middle of the night just starving. i guess a 6oz. bottle isn't enough on its own. jeepers. we're gonna have a rollie pollie ollie on our hands :) bring it! love me some chubby baby :)

mason has a bad habit of scratching the crap out of his face in the middle of the night. it has been so bad that his cheek was bleeding in the morning....seriously mason?!?!???
despite his battle wounds....he couldn't be cuter....right?!!? i thought so :)


...another post about our other diy makings.....
this didn't touch the tip of the iceberg :)

hope you all enjoyed your weekend very much

....time to study my eye lids....

xoxo
melinda