my big girl turned 3 years old earlier this month! we didn’t do a big celebration – just some sweets and pizza for the family. gosh, it’s been 3 years already – i remembered when she was just a baby and gave me drooling kisses…*sniff*

playing with the little gifts that mommy and daddy gave her

jaelynn and daddy

yesterday marked alex’s first official giggle! i was playing with him and telling him what a chunky monkey he is and all of a sudden, he giggled! it was a split second thing but there’s no mistaking it. he smiles a lot, but a giggle comes from the tummy!

he did it again today too! any day now, he’ll be giggling…LOL

here’s another difference between him and the girls: he sucks his fingers and thumb (more correctly, half his fist). then he drools all over his chin.

step2 train table

it’s not even halloween or thanksgiving yet but i jumped ahead and started shopping for christmas. i’m putting myself on a strict budget. when target was having a clearance sale on toys, i bought a few for christmas without spending alot. a few days ago, i won a huge lot of legos from ebay for $65 and some changes including shipping (the seller was wonderful and refunded me $5.48 back in shipping!). i also bought a step 2 train table from walmart for $47. jaelynn and faith love trains and recently got a chance to play with some legos and they love them.  we are trying to encourage more imaginative play and less tv so we are counting on these to provide exactly that.

we were at a consignment boutique the other day and they have a play kitchen on the floor. jaelynn played with that the whole time. everytime i asked if she was ready to leave, she’ll pushed me the other way and told me to go look at the pretty clothes…LOL i asked the shop owner how much the kicthen is since i didn’t see a price. she said she wasn’t ready to sell it because her granddaughter likes it too. when i finally got jaelynn out of the store, she was fuming mad at me. i had to explained a couple of times that the shop owner didn’t want to sell it. what a day!

i was gestational during my pregnancy. a week ago i went in for a glucose follow up test to see if that is over or if i still have it. i was very anxious about the whole thing but needed to get it over with so i went in on saturday. it was a two hour test and i brought a book to read so i wouldn’t be thinking too much about the what if’s if i fail.

anyway, i got a call early monday morning and my first thought was i failed!!! i answered the call and the rep from my doctor’s office informed me that my test came back normal. my reply was “so i’m okay then??!” it was a great feeling and i’m glad i’m okay for now.

the book i took with me was “the frugal duchess” and it was a great read. i thought she was pretty witty and the way the book was set up, it felt like readin a novel instead of tips and advices on being frugal. hahahaha

i couldn’t remember what happened the very first time faith lost one of her tooth.

a few days ago though, she lost one of her upper front tooth. james put the tooth in a ziploc bag because she said she wanted to put the tooth under her pillow for the tooth fairy.

one of the best things about kids at this age is that they still believe. i told james that i’m going to let her believe for as long as she wants. sooner or later, she’ll hear things and stop believing.

anyway, i said go ahead and put the tooth under your pillow and see what the tooth fairy gives you. she was very very excited.

the next morning, i was up feeding alex and faith walked in. she said, “guess what, mommy?” i asked, “what?” she told me that the tooth fairy didn’t come!!! the disappointment written all over her face broke my heart! james and i had forgot! alex was crying the night before and i was trying to feed and calm him. by the time i got him to sleep, i was bummed out so i went to bed. james must have forgot too.

i had to think fast! i told faith that the tooth fairy must have been very busy the night before because a lot of little boys and girls probably lost many teeth and she couldn’t get to hers in time. she was like, “really?” i said  yes. i told her to leave her her tooth under the pillow one more night and the tooth fairy will most likely get to hers. she was a little relieve with that so she said yes. she then asked me various questions, “how big is the tooth fairy?” “where does she live?” etc etc. i gave her some probable answers and she was satisfied.

i quickly went and told james he needs to put that on his phone for sometime at night so we won’t forget. lol

that night, she feel aleep earlier than usual so james went and took out her tooth and put $3 in the ziploc bag. the next morning, she came to our room as soon as she woke up and said, “close your eyes mommy!” i did and when i opened them, she showed me the baggy with the dollars. she exclaimed, “the tooth fairy came!!! she gave me $3!!” with a super bright smile. i love it and told her, “see?? she did came.”

she was very happy to say the least and i’m glad we remembered! *whew* the joys of being a parent….LOL

a few weeks ago, james stumbled upon this korean movie online. without reading anything about it, we begin watching and what an awesome movie! i won’t spoil anything for you – i’ll only say this movie did a fantastic job of combining horror and comedy into one. seriously – i couldn’t stop laughing at some parts (you’ll see) and there were definitely parts that were scary. there was one scene that made my heart thumped so fast and then i burst out laughing the next. what a fun movie!

so, i ask that you not read anything about this movie and just watch it. i’m sure you’ll love it too! the main character here is the guy from “sex is zero“.

to catch a virgin ghost aka sisily 2km : part 1 of 3 | part 2 of 3 | part 3 of 3

p.s. the quality of these videos aren’t bad at all. see for yourself.

our pockets & one purple grobaby stash

i was browsing diaperswappers late one night and saw a post that fuzzi bunz is running a promotion through october 30th. if you buy any 9 one size pocket diapers, you’re eligible for a $40 worth of products from their list which include everything from xsmall diapers to pocket inserts.

at that time, our stash consist of 12 nubunz, 3 bumgenius, 1 grobaby (thanks tana!!), and 2 one size blueberries and 2 one size haute pockets that i just bought off the fsot (for sale or trade forum) but hasn’t arrive. we were washing every 2-3 days and figure i could definitely use some more pockets. plus, with doing the math, buying the 9 fuzzi bunz and with the $40, my new diapers would only cost me about $12.48 each including shipping! they would cost me if i buy them from the fsot new.

now, knowing me, i would shop around and compare prices before buying and i did exactly that. pittsburg cloth diapers gave me the best price with the $40 promotion. it cost me $137.29 (including 10% off) for 9 one size fuzzi bunz pockets.  with the $40 reward, i bought 2 more one size pockets and 4 microfiber inserts. total? i will be getting 11 pockets. $137.29 divided by 11 = $12.48 (not including the inserts)! they retail for $18.95 each. a great deal right?? you can say that again!

shipping from pittsburg cloth diapers was super fast! i’ve been using my fuzzibunz since saturday and i them! they are so cute on alex’s bum and work great…lol the only thing i wish i’d done differently? buy more of the red and orange colors (i only got 3 reds and 2 oranges).