Lincoln and Anna and new words

Click here to see a picture of Lincoln and his friend Anna. It is really fun watching him interact with other kids. Don't let this scene fool you though. Five seconds into it, Lincoln needed his own space and "scooted" Anna over!

Today we had lunch with my Dad and as we were leaving Lincoln said "Bye Memer". So cute. Here are a few more of the words he is saying these days. He is transitioning away from his sign language and using the real word. I miss his little signs, though.

Bite
Eggs
Cheese
Juice
Orange
Please (sounds more like Plas)
More
Elmo (sounds like El-mewwwwwwwwww)
Help
Out
Mine
No no
Gigi (sounds like ga ga)

Divine Consign

Divine Consign is just around the corner. I went to my first DC sale when Lincoln was just a few weeks old. This is a HUGE baby and kids consignment sale at the Plano Center. Check out their website for dates and times and mark your calendar. You won't want to miss it. First time Mom's get to shop early, so if that's you make sure you sign up for early shopping. Happy Shopping!

Welcome Garrett!

Heath and Carla were some of the first friends we made at Cottonwood Creek Baptist Church. We've known them a little over 2 years. Friday afternoon, Carla delivered baby Garrett at only 25 weeks. You can read more about this little miracle on Carla's blog. If you get a chance, stop by and read about baby Garrett and add him to your prayer list along with Heath and Carla. I know they would appreciate your thoughts and prayers. This is a super sweet family who is now a family of three!

Park time

We had gorgeous weather yesterday, so Lincoln and I met up with Connor and Megan for a walk and some play time at the park. Lincoln loves playing with Connor and they always end their playtime with a high five. Connor is one of Lincoln's favorite friends.

Sliding

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I own this playground!

No, seriously, Get Down!

Weekly Shopping Trip

Wednesday is my weekly shopping day. After reading Money Saving Mom's blog, I decided to do my shopping at Kroger this week, rather than my usual trip to Super Wal Mart. Here is a picture of what I bought. My total was about $66, but after an in-store rebate and my stack of coupons, I left paying $36. Combined with some staples already in the pantry and some fruit I bought at Sprouts last weekend, this will last us until my shopping trip next Wednesday.

And for the record...the Cap'n Crunch is for Ryan, but I admit the Tollhouse cookie dough is for me:) If you think coupons don't add up, they saved me over $20 this trip.

Score!

If you see me and you notice my moisturized, wrinkle-free skin and super lush lashes, it is because I scored some HUGE freebies today.

To make a long story short, a civil suit against major department stores was settled and part of the ruling required soem major cosmetic companies to dole out 175 million dollars in free merchandise. The freebies had to be full-sized, current items that will not be discontinued anytime soon, among other stipulations. So, check out what I got after a quick trip to Stonebriar Mall's Macy's, Dillard's and Nordstrom this morning.

That's a Clinique Moisture Surge, Lancome Mascara and Lancome Cell Defense Moisturizer. I actually got 2 of those because my sweet husband went to the Neimen's in his building. Hooray for pretty skin!

Out with Mommy

Yesterday, as I was lovingly correcting and consistently redirecting my adorable, yet strong-willed child from taking his milk cup onto the carpet, (for the millionth time I might add), he looked me right in the eyes with a pleading sense of urgency and hollered....

"My-y-y-y-y-y Da-a-a-a-a-ddy"

I guess it's out with Mommy and onto Daddy. So much for being a mama's boy.

Woohoo!

American Idol starts tonight...yippee! This time last year Lincoln was only 4 months old, it's hard to believe he's old enough to be a part of 2 Idol seasons!

Fightin' Texas Aggies

There are a million reasons why I am so proud to be an alumnus of Texas A&M University. Those of you who haven't experienced the excitement of Aggieland and the spoken and unspoken kinship we share with other Aggies won't understand, so I won't bother with an explanation (outsiders not "getting it" is part of the aforementioned reasons). I can now add this to my already growing Why I Love Being an Aggie list.

Texas A&M University now ranks No. 1 in "Smart Money" magazine's national ratings for "payback ratio"—the earnings levels of an institution's graduates compared to what they paid in tuition, fees and related costs for their undergraduate educations.

In other words, Harvard Smarvard. Even though other colleges charge much more in tuition, Aggie grads will make high salaries.

You can read the story here.

Can I get a Whoop!

Mmmm, water

Lincoln loves playing with the running water and I guess he got thirsty, so he got creative! I guess it's better than trying to drink the bath water, which he has tried to do.