Baby L Comes to Visit

Meet baby L.

His first name is Isaiah. He is 2 1/2 weeks old. Here he is with his parents, shortly after his birth.

A closer view

Well, today he came to visit. Yes, I do mean that we were privileged enough to watch this little one at our house today while his mommy was out.

He slept for the first hour and a half, and I just sat by his car seat, trying to will him awake. Perhaps it's because I'm a youngest child, but little babies bring out the "kid big sister" in me that I never got to be to any true younger siblings.

J: "Mom, when's he going to wake up?!"

M: "Jess, let him sleep."

J: "Why won't he wake up?" Whispered quietly, "Wake up, baby."

I was so happy when his feeding time rolled around, so I could finally wake him!

Isn't his hair amazing?

Truly, isn't it?

Speaking of hair, I'm sorry for the bed-head and PJs. I'm still on break.

(But just to clarify, I was practicing at 5:30 this morning.)

Did You Know?

Did you know that the Sunday paper contains lots of savings?

My Nashville hostess, Mandi, is a full-blown "couponer." Because I, too, want to be a frugal shopper, I picked her brain about how she cut her grocery bill by 1/3. She shared the site Southern Savers with me. Although I'm still getting the hang of it all, the site was very helpful. I was thwarted several times in my attempts by faulty printers, but I still managed to find a lot of great coupons! What I really enjoyed was cutting out all of the deals in the paper. I then compared my manufacturers' coupons to the buy-one-get-one deals at Publix. The next step was an examination of the cupboards and fridge. A quick peak revealed what items I could cross off my list. I have several great coupons that I can apply to items that are already buy-one-get-one. Oooo! This makes me so excited! From the list I planned out some meals for my family this week.

Did you know that Publix will also accept competitors' coupons? Watch for weekly Albertsons coupons in the mail.

Happy New Year...

...and GO GATORS! :D

'nuff said.