coupon lady.

this chick is insane.
coupon lady.
i think the most i've saved on one trip is $55.
however, i did go to jewel yesterday and got $15 of stuff for $1.48! with a $2 rebate so that kinda equals free, right?

and i have to say that my coupon madness has rubbed off on nick. ;o)
he was buying something online and saw that they had a rebate and then did an internet search for a free shipping code and ended up saving like $20.
so proud.

{side note: i'm a little miffed at blogger. this is now twice i've set up autoblogging and it hasn't posted my scheduled posts... grrr.... totally ruining my goal to post daily. and it's not even my fault!}

food!

want some?
he's enjoying some pasta courtesy of gerber...

i think he likes it. ;-)

trying to lick it off of his face!

aw, chubby lil fingers covered in mess!

yum.

and onto desert. applesauce with a spoon. all by himself! {i mean he can't get much messier!}

sorry bout the picture overload. but i think he's kinda cute... and i'm a bit brain dead this week so pictures are the easy way to go!

12 months.

way late, of course...

- has crawling down pat.
- had his first haircut.
- celebrated his first birthday early. loved, loved the cake.
- has had 2 more antibiotics for pesky ear infections.
- has momma and dadda trying to figure out what to do about above infections.
- missed 2 weeks of daycare due to side effects of antibiotics.
- weighed in at 22.8 pounds and was 28.3 inches. total shorty.
- still has only 4 teeth.
- waves, claps, and says more in sign language. however, he sometimes waves to get more food!
- pulls to a stand. he's been doing it for a while, but i'm not sure i've blogged it.
- is a completely loved and adored little boy.
- wanted nothing to do with his 12 mo. photo shoot...

unhappy ben = great picture of all four of his teeth. yes, mommy is trying to stay positive!

trying to escape!

eating mr. panda's butt..

happy when daddy is swinging him in the air...

a forced smile through his ever present binky....

happy easter.

ben did awesome meeting the easter bunny. i'm sure next year he won't be such a fan. picture courtesy of walgreens. they give you one free picture with the bunny. can't beat that!

also, made some pop cupcakes. total surprise, right? orange pop + yellow cake = tasty!

{all frames on photos from rhonna farrar purchased at two peas....}

easter was great. both of them. lots of fun goody baskets for mr. ben. and he was super great at both outings. have to say he is a huge fan of dumplins and cheesecake. ;-)

kickin ass

and taking names.
well, whatever. i'm on a roll.
now have 4/6 to do list items complete. and one is nick's so i have one left!
i think it's the type a personality in me. i have to make and cross off lists. i do sooo much better with lists.

also enjoyed easter number one today! didn't take many pictures. but am happy to say that ben and mommy and daddy got easter baskets. so fun! might have to go drink some of what came in my basket after this uber busy day!!

yay x3

-tom tom has a home. thank you!

-also, have 3.25 projects completed!
{i'm a quarter of the way through our closet. ;-P}

-ben has been off of baby food/bottles for a week and is doing great!

now off to bed. had a long day. nick was able to leave work early so we headed to lighthouse mall. yay shopping! however, i think nick might have spent more money than i did! and then had dinner with his mom at quaker steak. yum. fried pickles.

for sale.

one tom tom.

we have a garmin.
i know who needs two gps's?

we didn't buy both. honest. i received tom tom as a gift from my office for christmas this year. great gift, no?

we try out tom tom like twice. aren't fans. i think it's just because we are so used to george.  decide that we're keeping george and getting rid of tom tom.

we bought 'george' the garmin almost 6 years ago. for a pretty hefty penny. however, we bought it from costco when their return policy was you could return any item, any time for a full refund. {it's also why and where i bought my rebel.}
we've used trusty george forever. love him. just didn't want to update his maps. can get pretty expensive.

we've since returned george. rip lil buddy. and have purchased another garmin for much, much cheaper. woo hoo for making some money back... and again from costco who still has a lifetime return policy on gps's.

point of story. we are selling tom tom. yes, i'm selling a gift. whatever. judge away! ;-)
info here.
only $100.
please email me or post a comment here if you are interested in giving him a good home.  thought i would let you guys have first dibs. then it will be posted on facebook or maybe even craigslist.

oh and for you not so local peeps... i think it'll ship flat rate. even in a priority box. so not to bad on shipping for ya. ;o)