...musicals...

I didn't forget Top5 Tuesday last week...I was throwing up my guts, remember!!! But I'm back this week to share my top 5 musicals! I'm so excited to go see In The Heights tonight w/ my BFFs Lindsay and Jaime...and so thankful for DLo for taking care of the bebes! :D

Top5 Musicals:
5. Godspell (which I've actually never seen, but was apart of in HS)
4. Lion King
3. The Phantom of the Opera
2. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
1. Wicked the Musical

#35

#35 Make baby food for Emme














It's begun...Em's eating solid foods and doing so so great...which means...I need to bust out with the ice trays and my copy of Super Baby Foods (thanks Jaime) and browse wholesomebabyfood.com for the food timeline and recipes! I made all of Jude's baby food...and let me tell ya...it is SO stinkin' easy. I truly don't know why every momma doesn't do it! It really doesn't take much time and it's so cheap!!! So far, Miss Em has had avocados and sweet potatoes (as seen above). We'll do bananas next! :D

If any of you new mamas want help or advice for making your own baby food- feel free to email me!!! (or go to the links above!)

...til...

...watching my son's personality grow and unfold before my eyes...

Jude is alot like me, I've decided. I have this OCD anal-ness about me when it comes to things and where they belong. Everything needs to have it's place. I even bought little tags for the baskets in the playroom so that it would be clear what toy goes in what basket (although...people who help clean up usually disregard the tags and toys go in every which basket...which of course isn't helpful at all b/c when people leave- I take everything out of the baskets to redo them!...I know...it's a sickness)...Anywho. Ever since Jude was able to play with toys...we'd always have them scattered everywhere...and every night, DLo and I would clean and set up the toys for the next day...even though the room would immediately be destroyed. ...Now that Jude's older...the mess is bigger- and scatters throughout the ENTIRE house!!! But still...every night...Derrick and I clean it up and prepare for the next day. I TRY to leave it...I do....especially nights I'm uber tired or not feeling good...but I.just.can't.do.it! Anywho- I'm trying to teach Jude to pick up his toys...or at least help out...and oh my word is he adorable doing it!!! He knows EXACTLY where each and every toy goes...it.is.brilliant! And sometimes he will put something away in the wrong spot...but, like his momma, can't leave it there for long b/c it drives him nuts! I secretly love it!

...ricer...

LOL. (I'm sure there's only a handful of you that might get that...or maybe everyone will...but it sure made me giggle! ...ps...gosh, does anyone even read this anymore- I mean...besides Love! haha!)

I'm kinda behind on posting this...but I've had a zillion things to do...come to think of it...I still have a zillion things to do...but I'm taking an A.D.D. break!

Time is going by too quickly. It seemed to take ages for Jude to hit certain milestones...but with Emme...I'm already planning 6 month pictures and mapping out what foods I'm going to start her with. WAHHH! Homegirl is already sleeping in her own room and eating rice cereal! !!! What?! I'm not ready for all of this!!! (Which could explain why I didn't start her w/ rice cereal RIGHT after 4mo like I did w/ Jude and why it took a couple weeks for me to finally get her into room!!!) ::sigh::

Emme's not as "natural" with spoon feeding as Jude was. He was a fat.kid. from the day he was born! But she's doing much better and not getting as MUCH of it all over anymore. Her tongue goes crazy, though...and that stresses me out!!! haha! I usually feed her at the same time Jude is having his lunch...and it's so cute b/c she's just fascinated with him and turns her head to his direction no matter where I place her!!! I stressed out there for a while b/c we only have the one high chair...which Jude is still in (only b/c I don't want him to get down until he's done eating)...but the first time I tried rice cereal...I put her in the high chair...and she wouldn't stay up!!! HAHA! I mean- obviously she can't sit up yet...but I was still able to prop Jude up and secure him in place with the tray when he was her age...I guess the difference is- he had a gut that held him in place...and Emme is so skinny that there is a huge gap in between her and the tray- so she slides down! LOL! So I feed her sitting in the bumbo.

Anywho- Here are some pix of the princess eating cereal for the first time:

#33

# 33 Create a photobook for Jude's 1st year















I had finished making Jude's baby book a while ago...but the darn thing was SO big that it was going to cost $200!!! Um. Yeah. Well...luckily, I got a coupon code in my email for 50% off! And even though $100 is still a LOT of money...it beats paying full price AND when I consider the time and "stuff" it costs to scrapbook it...I figure it comes out to about the same price if not cheaper...too bad I have all that scrapbooking stuff just collecting dust, eh? I've already started a book for 2009...and will make one for Emme's 1st year too...although both of these books will not be nearly as LARGE as Jude's, I'm sure (first child, anyone?!) :D Anywho. I really enjoyed looking through it...over and over. It was kinda nice having ordered it a couple months after creating it b/c I couldn't remember all I had written or pictures I had put in (after all, there were a zillion- literally- to sort through!)... and I'm totally happy with the quality of the book and would TOTALLY recommend it! (from Shutterfly)

#54

# 54 Begin cutting coupons for groceries















Well. I keep hearing how I can save all kinds of money by cutting coupons...but I've never tried it. I guess part of it is that I don't get the Sunday paper...and the other part is the thought of having to cut the coupons and do research and go to a million places kinda stresses me out. But I'm going to start! There's too much stuff I wanna do with my kids to NOT save money! :D So...I bought this organizer thing (and idea I got from Saving Cents with Sense)...and I'm going to be ordering the Sunday paper...and looking more closely at sales...I guess! We'll see how I do! :D

Top5

Whips...I forgot to do it this week!!! It's totally throwing me off having Derrick home on Mondays now! (I literally think we need to go church again on Tuesday!!!)

Top 5 ::THURSDAY::
Here are the top five things I would like to improve around the house...
5. I wanna get new bedding
4. I want Beazer to fix all the cracks
3. I need to plant new things in the backyard
2. I want patio furniture
1. I want a security door!

I know this week was kinda lamesauce...but I REALLY want these things done soon!!! Perhaps by the fall all these will get done...eh?