one month

still here

I know I missed over a week of posting...I seemed to have problems with all sort of electronics last week. My camera wasn't working, my e-mail wasn't working correctly, our vacuum was on the fritz...

Over the weekend, my wonderful hubby fixed everything. =) So I'm a little behind on pics of Declan turning a month old, but I'll still put up a post.

He's so sweet. He really has a wonderful temperment. He doesn't get upset very often and when he does, he's pretty easy to appease. Each of the kids has learned their own special way of calming him when he cries. It's so wonderful to watch them with him. He also has been sleeping well at night, yippee!

Brenna and Aiden had Options today, but other than that we're taking the week off school. My parents will be here Wednesday and staying a couple days. For the last several years we've traveled to them in the mountains so we're excited they get to be here this year. They are coming a day early so my mom and I can shop for the food for our Thanksgiving dinner. Most years we also go shopping on Black Friday but with the baby, I think we'll only hit 1 or 2 of the smaller, less-busy stores this year.

I'm way behind on Christmas shopping. Today I finally sat down and made a final list of who I need to buy for and ideas. The kids want to give teacher gifts so I want to look for things we can make that are pretty frugal. Brenna has 6 different teachers for Options!

Can you believe it's the last week of November already?!

week in review

We're slowly settling into a routine with the baby during the day and he's sleeping pretty well at night. Last week was too busy with activities outside the house so this week I made an effort to stay home. And I have to say I've loved it. I also felt like I was coming down with mastitis but it cleared up after a couple days of nursing more frequently and using a warm washcloth.

Zane has had a runny nose and cough, and Scott caught it. He was pretty miserable for a few days but they both seem to be on the mend now.

From his class at Options, Aiden brought home a caterpillar. I had my doubts, but we did end up with a butterfly.

A friend from MOPS had her baby boy on the 2nd and I was able to take her a meal and see precious Lukas.

Wednesday night was the AWANA Grand Prix races. Both Brenna and Chase won a couple of their heats, but didn't prevail in the end.

Brenna ( and dad ) designed a Target truck, while Chase opted for a black Corvette.

We are not quite back to full schooling, but getting there. I've learned I need to find some activities to keep Zane busy. When left alone, he gets into all kinds of mischief! =)

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I've also been perusing a lot of frugal cooking blogs. With 8 of us now, including a teenage boy and a pre-teen, I'm finding I have to make more food. And with grocery prices being so high and buying diapers for 2, I need all the frugal ideas I can get. Tonight we're trying out something called Bubble Pizza.

That's about it around here. This weekend Scott works for a few hours on Saturday and I have MOPS. Sunday I'm hoping to get the boys' hair cut and spend some time planning our school lessons for next week.

Oh, and I've also been loving on this sweet face. =)

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3 weeks

Daddy's lap

It must be pretty comfortable.