3 Months

We are entering infancy and exiting the newborn stage. Leo is the big 3 (months) and we are no longer sleeping through the night again! Hooray for 2 - 3 hours at a time all night again. Yes, Leo, I love you and I like spending time with you, but not at 2am, 4am and again at 6am. Here is just a small sampling of our attempt at a 3 month photo. He wasn't very interested in and then threw up all over himself. Men...

 

Not Interested in Pictures

Dirty and Angry at the Flash



So close to rolling over....

I wish I would have gotten a better picture of Leo here, but he gets very freaked out by the flash on the camera and my I couldn't get one at all without it. I wanted to compare Nora and Leo with the same pajamas on, but it didn't turn out quite as planned. People are always telling me how much the two look alike and I truly agree...just wish I had better proof. 




Nora 4 1/2 months

Leo 3 months

iRate for the iPhone

Time for some lashing out. I just returned home from the grocery store where I couldn't  possibly wait to blog until tomorrow. While this event is fresh in my mind I am going to rant and rave about the state of our community.

A gentleman, his wife, his daughter, and granddaughter were in front of me. All three adults had an iPhone. This wasn't disturbing in the slightest, most everyone has one (except for me and Joel) has a smart phone. It wasn't until they paid for their groceries with food stamps that whistles, bells, sirens, flames and grenades starting exploding behind my eyes. Let's do some math here, I hate math, but in this case I am willing to do some nasty...

3 iPhones: $199.99 each = $599.97 total

3 data plans: $30 each = $90 per month = $2160 for 2 year contract

Family Plan: Pretend $100.00 per month = $2400 for 2 year contract

Total 2 year cost: $4560.00

Total monthly cost: $190.00

$190 a month is what they could be saving towards groceries every month instead of using food stamps. I understand times are tough and even the most savvy of consumers are struggling, but when you are struggling and carrying an almost $200 UNNECESSARY bill every month - it's time to trim the fat.

To quote a famous dentist "If you have a cell phone and/or cable tv you should consider yourself rich."

Thank you for your time.

Mama's New Spin Cycle

Something fantastic has happened in the Stammen House. We have a new washer and dryer! When we moved in 4 years ago we purchased a (very) used washer and dyer from Craigslist. It worked for what we needed at the time, relatively small loads on an infrequent basis. Now with a family of 5 it wasn't holding up too well. The dryer smelled like it was smoking if it was put on High Heat, so we had to run it on Low Heat - which meant running it twice in order to dry half a load - which meant washing a very small load - which doubled my laundry duties. Insane. Now that we have new ones that are glorious I don't know what to do with my spare time...finish other projects...exercise...watch TV...play outside with the kids...post more...the possibilities are endless.

I thought I would take this time to post of Nora-isms as well. She is a funny one and her sayings are getting to be more and more interesting. Here are a few I hope you enjoy.

Me - "I'm going to color the sky blue."

Nora - "That's not a big idea!" (aka a "good idea")

Nora dropping a cracker, sitting on Leo's hand, running into the wall, putting shoe on wrong foot, "That's ok."

Me - "This piece goes here." (puzzles)

Nora - "Are you kidding me?"

On talking about Princesses, referred to as "Princeaprincess".

Mary (aka Ariel)

Cinderbella (aka Cinderella)

Rapnoozle (aka Rapunzel)

After asking Nora 4 times to do anything where she has said no the 3 prior times, "Fiiiine..."