11.3

no that is not a date. Hayden turned 11 months yesterday!! He's been standing more often and for a lot longer too. Paul said he took a step yesterday!! I missed it but sweet anyway! He also got his first top tooth in yesterday making the grand total 3! Also I just turned around and he was clapping for the first time!! woooooo fun!

real chocolate

Mars company is doing a promo thing and you can get a free chocolate coupon. Go to www.realchocolate.com every friday starting at 5 am (9 am ET) and just fill out the info and have your coupon shipped to you! it does take 6 weeks, but you can do it one time per friday. Or have your hubby do it too with a diff email. you can get 4 per home address. Happy eating!

Look mom no hands!!

Hayden started standing up on his own. He can last for about 30 seconds, sometimes longer. He thinks it is soooo funny!

mmmmm dominos

cheese!! He makes this face when he sees the camera. :D

Excited!!

I'm really excited about a few things right now. First of all I'm excited that Paul was moved from an alternate in the nursing program to being accepted. I'm also excited that the class he took this summer term (Medical Dosage Calculations), which he had to pass with at least a 90%, he passed with a 92%! I'm excited that the WIA* program is trying to get extra funding for nursing students so we might just get into that too!! We are keeping our fingers crossed! I'm also excited because we got approved for food stamps which will save us sooooo much money. I'm excited that in 2 years Paul will be an RN!! Also that we can appeal and maybe get financial aid! WOOOO!!

Also we went yard selling yesterday and this one yard sale had like 5 car seats for sale so we looked them over and the lady explained them and we got one that is an all in one. From newborn until they don't need to be in a car seat anymore.... for $20! Its in super nice condition. We washed it all up and we love it!!

*WIA is a program that will pay for your tuition, books, scrubs, shoes, stethescope (sp?), and pay for gas and hotel for all out of town clinicals.

couponing

I am so excited right now I just had to post this. Marie talked to me a little about coupons last week and I started looking into it to see what I could find. On Walgreens website I saw their ad had coupons for Ajax soap and Ajax cleaning powder. The soap was BOGO and the powder was 3/.99! So I got 2 bottles of soap and 3 things of powder Ajax and only spent $3!! Also on the website that Marie suggested it said wait until things are on sale to use your coupons to maximize your savings... well Bashas is having a sale 3/.99 on Beech Nut baby food and I found a $2 off of 20 coupon! Also I had $10 on my food stamps card and saved $10 with my bashas card. Making my total out of pocket spending 0.03!! (it was for the tax on the coupon or something) I can't believe this! I thought I was doing pretty well on saving by not buying the expensive brands etc... But MAN!! Also Walgreens has a coupon for soy or milk based formula (25 oz can) for 9.99!! Thats a $15 savings! I couldn't believe that when I saw it! I'm just starting to learn, but I'm already addicted!

Thank you Marie!

23 already!!

Happy Birthday to me!! I turned 23 on Monday! I had an awesome birthday that really started on Thursday. Kaitlyn and Taryn took me out to lunch (taryn went on vacation so we did it sooner) Then I had an awesome camping trip weekend. Then my day started with Paul getting me chocolate doughnuts! Then he shoved one in my face...


Here is my cake :D
And here is Paul decorating it, not too bad I'd have to say!

For lunch Michele, Marie and Tiffany all took me out to lunch (How awesome are my girlfriends!) and we had a blast!

My brother and his Fiance Emily got me a bag of goodies! It was 2 yummy smelling candles, a candle warmer and some awesome fruit smiles!!! Thanks guys!

And of course I got a call from all my family (some on top of others!) and Paul's parents sent me money!!

That night Brian, Marie, and Paul cooked up some yummy ribs and we ate the cake and some homemade ice cream! Paul got me some kitchen stuff... a meat mallet, a meat thermometer, a barbeque sauce brush, and a tomato slicer! All of which I have needed for a while! YAY!! It was such a good birthday I had a great time! Thank you to everyone!

Accepted!!

Paul applied to get into the nursing program for fall 2009. He got a letter that he was going to be an alternate. That was one of the main reasons we ended up going to Seattle. Last night paul came and woke me up and said he got an email saying some people decided not to take their spots and he was chosen to be accepted! We are so incredibly excited and blessed that this has happened!! YAY! GO PAUL!!