First bout of stomach flu.

There is nothing worse than laying on the bed with your baby while he is talking to you and then bleh. He vomits. Oh god. It went everywhere. I took him out to his daddy in the living room so I could shower. Only to find him at the door to our room crying mama and puke on the floor. He got away for 1 minute from daddy. That is when it became more than just an isolated event. It became a full on my son is sick as ever problem. 

It was constant and I had this feeling of helplessness. I had no idea of what to do. All I know is my precious baby boy wanted me and I was happy to oblige puke or not. I was constantly covered in it, but hydration was key. He was so sick and I couldn't do anything about it. He just kept throwing up. 

Finally at 9:30 pm, he stopped and was just an unhappy and very ill baby. I could comfort him and make him comfy. He would sleep in our room that night in his pack n play. Which we made super comfy. 

Then it struck, I was sick. I puked my guts out and felt horrible. Passed out by the toilette and threw up  more. Yay. I got better and today I could actually eat. Now hubby has it. Joyous. But both of us felt absolutley horrible that little man went through it in the first place. No baby should be sick like that. It hurts me to think of it now. 

His first stomach flu and no it was not a Kodak moment.

What we were told to do was to keep hi hydrated with watered down gatoraid and water. He was able to eat solids 24hours later. 

Glad it is over.

Free lipstick continued.

Yesterdayi posted about free lipstick and what not; I realized that I had gotten the Loreal Paris items free. And, I actually got the rb(rewards bucks) back for $5. If you think about it that made my makeup free. Yay! 

How awesome. I didn't realize I had that until this morning actually. I though I reached my limit. I guess that baby sale was a separate thing from the regular stuff. Good for me. Because I had gotten 81% savings and this was just icing on the cake. I don't understand why more people do not coupon. Save some money!

Free lipstick! What?

Yes that is 3 free makeups. 2 lipsticks and one nail polish 100% free. I got a paper about a week ago and got in my insert a coupon from Wet N' Wild cosmetics. It was for a dollar off and Walmart had them for $.93 a thing. So freeeeeeeeee......eeeeeeee.....nail polish and lip sticks. I am rebuilding the massive amounts of makeup I had to throw out after an eye infection my son shared with me as well as things being past their prime. So, when I get stuff for cheap I jump on it. Like some Loreal Paris eyeshadow and concealer. After 2 coupons and a CVS deal from buying diapers, I got them for $4 total. Wow. How? Ok, here is how

The deal at CVS this week was spend $30 on baby goods(diapers) and you get $10 back. Well, I had also a $5 off any $30 purchased in baby diapers. Wow! On top of that I had 2 $1.50 off Pampers Cruisers and 2 $1.50 off Pampers Baby Dry. There was $11 off the $34 that it cost me. Each pack was on sale for $8.99. So total out of pocket was $23 divide that by four and that makes each pack $6. That is not a bad deal. This gave me $10 cash reward from CVS to use on something else and since makeup is pricey, I used it on Loreal. 

The eyeshadow was $7.49 and the concealer was $9.49. I had a mfc for the concealer worth $3 off. The. I had $1 off mfc for the eyeshadow palette. $6.49. Then the $10 off, so I got really inexpensive Loreal. On top of that the diapers boosted my Pampers rewards over 500 points and made it fees able to get another shutterfly set. Yay! Go coupons. 

So, he isn't walking yet. Big deal.

I can not wait for my boy to walk believe me. And I love hearing stories from people about their child's first steps. My son, however, has taken steps but he gets scared and stops. There is nothing wrong with him, he just isn't ready. So, leave him and me alone. Please. 

My boy is happy and healthy and cruises. He plays on his own, is very active, and the pediatrician said he is normal. And it is normal for a baby not to be fully walking at 1 year or 12 months. So, why must I get the third degree over this? Why must people go out of their way to make me feel bad? Why must they make me feel like my son is not developing right? Move on and worry about your kid who just shoved a crayon in their nose. Don't bother yourself about mine.

Ok, so he isn't walking. I am not worried, he will when he is ready. But, this experience that I keep having is making me annoyed. And I get super defensive. Wouldn't you? 

"Is he walking yet?" 

"No"

"Why not? Wow, my kids walked at 10-11 mos"

"Ok...."

What would you say to that? I was suggested to have him see a doctor. For that, really? 

No. He is fine and will be fine. He will walk, when he is supposed to. And that is up to him. 

What would you do with $400 million?

My hubby and I were talking about this today over our coffee and Special K cereal. What would you do with $400 million? My response was of a responsible nature; pay off debt. Pay off the mortgage and student loans. That I am sure is a given for all who do win that kind of cash. At least I hope it is. He said he wanted to buy the block....um no hunny. You may not. I suggested buying the empty lots behind us and next to us for a big back yard. He suggested buying a bigger house. Of course. Why can't we by like Roseanne's family and live in the same home and just finish fixing it up? You know remodel it. Make a bigger kitchen, have new carpets, maybe see if we could add on? Or not. 

Then I got to thinking, I would buy a new car for me. Something I have never had. I have never owned my own car, or had that first car joy. And I am almost 30. My hubby had the car we still drive when he was 17. But me? Never. It sucks and quite frankly it is sad. Here I am almost 30 and can't afford a new car or newish car. So yeah, if I ever won the lotto ; I would buy a new car. Something practical too and definitely not a "mom" car. No minivans here, yuck. 

I would of course remodel the kitchen and floors. I would paint the inside better and find a way to get closet space and a bigger master bath. I want a tub with jets so I can relax after chasing little man around. After all of that and a well earned vacation, I would invest,save, and still clip. Couponing would not leave, I mean look how much I save! 

Yeah, I have heard of the "lotto curse", I laugh at that. I believe the people just didn't spend wisely. I wouldn't have to go to the finest of finery as far as hotels for vacations. A cruise is cheap and fun, from what I hear. And 2 vacations a year would be reasonable. I wouldn't have to spend insane amounts to have friends, buying friendship is not for me. Nor would I lend out crazy amounts to family members who would only want back in our lives because of $. Sorry, not going to fall for it. Family or not. Don't care. 

My question is what would you do with that kind of cash? How would you handle greedy family and friends? Would you worry about that? 

Blaaaaaaaahhhhhhh bleh

That is how I feel today. Blah and bleh. I have been trying to clean and get my home in order(a loosing battle) and I just feel so scatter brained. I try to get something's done and little man wakes up. It is like he instinctivly knows when I am painting the bathroom or the trim. Or if I am doing laundry he knows and DING he is awake. I finally turned on old episodes of Roseanne and just watched them while playing with my son. We were attacking each other with dinosaurs. 

I tried putting him down earlier and he still cries. He cried for about 25 minutes and I am not big on cry it out, but I can not spend 30 minutes putting him to sleep anymore at least at bed time. I feel so lost and like a bad mom because my son won't sleep. I don't know what else to do. I am at my wits end,really. 

Then there is the bottle issue, when do you fully switch over to a cup? I have a cup for him and try to get him to use it and he does and doesn't. I feel lost as a mom. Just lost. 

Am I doing a good job?

Why I deserve a glass or bottle of wine.

If anyone had ever told me how hard birthdays are to plan I wouldn't have believed them. My goodness, even my Halloween parties are not this hard to plan. So why did I have so much trouble with this? Is it because it is little man? Maybe. I have to think about little kiddies and not just adults. I have to say, I did pretty good. I couponed most of the food, got helium for the balloons, and cooked today away. It is 7:32 pm and I am just now sitting down. I tried to take a nap earlier and little man wanted to jump on mom. So, here we are and I am trying to think abut getting a glass of wine.

Monday March 10,2014

Everything went well at his party yesterday. Even though I had a lot of no call no shows(thanks) even after they RSVP they would be there. I was hurt but, still we had fun even when he cried for people singing. And his teeth decided to want to come through at the fun part of his party. It was a great party.

The kids who came had fun and all he adults had a great time catching up and talking nonsense. The only thing is now to write thanks you notes and figure out what to do with all this left over food. Mom was right, I did too much. But, I was expecting a much larger crowd. Oh well. We threw a great party. 

And thanks to everyone who came!