Blessing Day!

Weston was blessed on the first Sunday in September, along with THREE other babies (all girls). It was crowded, but really nice. We appreciated everyone who came out to support us. I'm especially grateful to my parents for flying to AZ for less than 24 hours just for the blessing. I really feel so grateful for such great friends and family (not all of whom could be there of course). They (you) are what life is all about. 

Here is my adorable husband and two children that I love.

Carolyn took some cute photos of Weston (a few weeks later) in his blessing outfit. The outfit was super special because Michael was blessed in this outfit when he was a baby. Can you believe it? Carolyn has kept it in pristine condition in a cedar chest all these years. Love the shoes, love everything.

In other news... he turned two months a week ago and he weighs 12 lb 14 oz and is 24 in long. That is 85% for height, 75% for weight. I love love love him. I can honestly say now that I love him as much as Raegan, which I honestly couldn't say at first. He is still waking up to eat once in the night, but what are ya gonna do? I love him anyway. :)

Free Chicken!

I happen to be incompetent at inserting links to other places in my blog, but if you want to check out the rest of Saturday Steals and Camille's blog, you can go to www.archiveslives.com

Now for my steal of this week (and month).

The most delicious fast food restaurant (in my humble opinion) is Chick-Fil-A. Love it. And every Wednesday of this entire month they have been giving out free chicken minnies until 10:30AM. I may have gone twice in one morning on one particular Wednesday. (I'm shameless.) Don't worry though.... there is still one more Wednesday in September, so you can get free breakfast too. I know it's all the Chick-Fil-A's in the Phoenix area, but I'm not sure about anywhere else.

Nana

My grandma was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer this summer and so I thought it was important to go and spend some quality time with her. Luckily, my dad came here for a visit when Weston was blessed (photos to come soon, hopefully) and he was headed from here to San Diego, so it worked out perfectly for him to help me. I have two kids under two, so they both fly for free as "lap children", but I only had one lap (though arguably it's as bog as two laps). So my dad lent me his lap (and paid for my ticket, thanks dad!) so it worked out great. My grandma means a lot to me and I love her very much. This whole process has been hard on her, but it was great to see her. 

Look at that handsome boy! Nana loved holding him (when he wasn't being fussy!)

Sibling bonding. Don't I have the cutest kids in the world? This is Weston's "westwood" outfit, cause it's orange and blue.

Is there a resemblance? Hmmm. Those cheeks look pretty similar. And the sassy twinkle in the eyes.

Lucky kids with their Papa. Notice the cookie in Raegan's clutches? Papa insists that all his grandkids have a cookie in their hands at all times so that he is their favorite. He affectionately calls her "cookie girl". (Also notice Weston crying)

Raegan being very ladylike and eating her shoe.

Raegan with her cousins. (Bronson is actually my cousin, but since he's younger he seems like her cousin.) I wish I had gotten more pics of Raegan with her cousins because she loved every second with them. It was so fun.

All in all... traveling with two kids was exhausting. I don't recommend it. But it was worth it to spend time with my Nana. She is such an inspiration and was the pioneer for our family. She is full of determination and personality and has always been a huge part of my life. Love you Nana! 

Steal!

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Camille from Archives of our Lives made a goal to get at least ten people to participate in her weekly steals post, and I am all about helping people achieve their goals and dreams. So I have three steals today. (I've been saving them up, sorry Camille.)
First, I got a real steal on the baby I had back in July (see previous post for photos of said baby.) Being as how I'm on AHCCCS and all, I paid absolutely zero to have this adorable bundle of joy. Ofcourse you could say the price I paid was being super poor. Or the price I paid was going through nine months of pregnancy, followed by labor, followed by endless sleepless nights. But we are talking about monetary costs here, so I guess he still counts as a steal.

Steal number two: diapers! My friend Tiffany and I are doing a research study for this company. They give us six days worth of diapers for free! Not only free, but then they will pay us $105 to fill out a questionnaire about the diapers. So easy. The only bad part is you have to return the used diapers, but they are in little individualized ziplocks, so it's no big deal.

And finally, steal number three... Underwear! not just any underwear. Sexy Victoria's Secret underwear. How did I get them for free you ask? Well, I am signed up for their emails and apparently they have my address too. So they send me things in the mail (which Michael looks away from). So far this year they have sent me FIVE coupons for a free pair of underwear NO PURCHASE NECESSARY! Every time I tell myself to get something practical and black, but as of right now I have a drawer full of pinks and greens and polka dots. They are just too cute!

So there ya have it... awesome steal since each pair of VS panties costs $10 or more, that makes this steal at least $50. Awesome!

Photo Shoot

Tracy came over to try and get some good pics of Weston. I feel bad that I didn't get around to this until he was already six weeks, but oh well. He was NOT cooperative. Here are a few. He is growing so fast!

Funny Girl

My friend Janae always posts the funniest conversations she has with her two year old. It inspired me to share some pretty cute/funny things that Raegan does. This is in the hopes that writing these things will make me appreciate her more when she is screaming NO about everything and throwing herself on the floor. (It was funny at first, but now it's just funny to other people.)

Whenever we leave the house, or even sometimes when she leaves the room, she says good bye to EVERYTHING! Yesterday as we walked out the door she said, while waving to the objects in question: "Bye couch. Bye Shoe. Bye Orange (which wasn't an orange, but an orange object she didn't know the name of). Bye Chair. Bye Room." She walks to the garage door, then walks back when she remembers something else to say goodbye to. I think she has picked this up from the book Goodnight Moon. Not sure, but it's pretty funny, even though it takes us forever to get out the door.

She also has boundless energy. We never go anywhere without someone commenting to me about her energy. She runs and runs and runs and dances and runs. (Her dancing is basically running while music is playing.)

She really likes Weston. She is very nice to him for the most part and only kicks him or throws things at him unintentionally, which does happen often due to the boundless energy mentioned above.

She is obsessed with Octopi(uses) She LOVES them. When we color she asks for an octopus in every color. Grandma bought her this octopus shirt because of her obsession and she loves it too. She also loves friends and says "Hi Friend" to everyone she comes across if she doesn't know their name.

Lastly, she is a phenominal ball kicker. I can't wait till she's old enough to play soccer. She can always kick the ball right where she wants it to go and she can totally dribble and steal the ball from other little kids. Cuts right in front of them. While normally I enforce (or try) the sharing thing, I can't help but be proud when she can steal the ball from an oponent (another toddler). So I am sure she will be a future soccer star. Too bad there's not much money in the sport. I would post a video of her kicking prowess, but I don't think I get them to post right.