Confession...

Forgive me readers for i have 'sinned'...it's been 9 days since my last post....

We haven't had anything very exciting happen so i haven't posted because who wants to read a blog about someone's basic everyday life? Psssshh that's ridiculous. LOL

SO since the 4th of July weekend i've worked, relaxed, and worked again.
Highlights....Kenzie is an ambi-roller and can now roll from her back to belly, and belly to back! YAY! She has also been sitting up all by herself for a little while now but i don't think i've mentioned that. It was such a gradual thing because she could sit up on her own but often fell over...well now she's pretty steady and if she does fall over she can just move herself around to 'fix it.' She is working on crawling but so far right now she just kinda lays on her belly and pushes her chest up off the floor with her arms and then turns around in circles. The knees haven't done anything yet. When i do try to position her knees she just tries to stand up, LOL. She is still sleeping through the night but we are working on shifting the bedtime and wake-up times. I'm keeping her up later and trying to keep her in bed until at least 6am instead of 4:45-5am.
As for Joel and I...we are doing well and trying to stick to our newly formed budget. It's hard to enforce it upon myself because i feel like if we have money...i can spend it and then i end up draining it to nothing, which is never good. So i'm working on that. Joel is keeping a tight reign on me and learning how to say no to these 'big blues.' That's his weakness. :)

This coming weekend will be a long past due one. As of last weekend i have started having short Fridays at work where i don't have to be in until 9am, and leave at 12, which is awesome. So whenever i get home on Friday we have some grocery shopping to do heavy duty! We are going to SAMS, Aldi, and then Walmart so hopefully we can get the best deals on everything. We have finally started shopping for 2 weeks at a time instead of going shopping every week. That was getting old. Plus we are buying dog food and 'new butt's' (diapers) in bulk. Speaking of which...am i a bad person for not wanting to get a store brand diaper? I don't know why but i just like Huggies! LOL. I can't bring myself to get anything else because what if i spend $8 on a small pack of a generic and then they don't work at all? I've only saved $1 VS the Huggies and if they leak or don't' work then i've wasted $8 and i'd have to buy 8 more packs of Huggies to make up the difference know what i mean? I dunno i just think we should stick with what works if it works for us and we can afford it. Anywho....off topic....
Saturday we're planning a nice day out, just the 3 of us. No other family or friends...just us. We'll hit up a mall and walk around, maybe grab some lunch...just enjoy being a family. We go out all the time it seems but since Kenzie is around now we spend a lot more time with family. It's great and all and i love seeing everyone interact with Kenzie but sometimes i just want it to be us. So Saturday is our day. Our local 4H also has a little fair set up so we may stop by that in the evening when it cools down to let Kenzie see the lights (she loves lights) and eat some good ole' fashioned American fair food. Nothing beats funnel cake and a corn dog and cotton candy, LOL. Nothing beats it. Well.....ok maybe i won't eat all of that. :)

I also wanted to share a blog that i have been linked to by my fabulous friend Vanessa....well 2 blogs actually! First off...her blog. Vanessa got married last year in October and since then has become a master of the kitchen. She was gifted a Kitchenaid standing mixer from her hubby and since then has been whipping up marvelous masterpieces or goodies and meals. Her recipes are super yummy and her creations are super cute!
http://cocinacaliente.wordpress.com/

Another blog that she linked me to is one of two parents who have just given birth to triplets, 15 weeks early. They are about 2 weeks old now and doing as well as can be expected. As a fellow new parent i can't imagine the hardships that they are going through right now. I'm sure they would appreciate your prayers and words of encouragement.
http://www.threecheersforbabies.blogspot.com/

anywho...i'm gonna sign out for the night....goodnight and have a good weekend. (yes i know it's only Weds....but not much longer now!)