the cold has come

Hi girls!  Finally found a little time to post!  I still have stuff I need to do though, but I thought I deserved a little break!  I feel like I accomplished a lot tonight, that merits a post, right?  And I have the hiccups and they're driving me craazy!


Anyway!  This week has been kinda crazy and busy.  Shea has been waking up a lot, been kinda sick, and I've had a few  long days hours at work, plus Shea has two checkups this week.


Here are a couple highlights from the past week:

• Shea started walking!  He still crawls if he can't find anything to pull himself up with, but he is walking without holding onto anything for a long time...usually he only falls down because he tries to run and can't keep his balance that well.
• I FINALLY bought new sneakers.  I have been needing some for over a year after I ruined them on a youth missions trip.  But I refuse to spend over $12 on a pair of sneakers.  Yes, I am cheap.
• I was given a bean cookbook at my WIC appointment.  Now that it is FREEZING and I have to turn on Shea's heat in his room or his poor hands get frigid, I am trying to stretch out our groceries to compensate for the higher utility bill.  This means lots of soups and less meat, so I'm excited to learn more recipes to combine beans and whole grains.  The soup I made this evening rocked and I still have plenty of it!

I made a list for myself today, and I almost did everything on it, plus some! 

• Put gas in the car (not on my list, but definitely needed)
• Called about our car payment (my checks ran out and the bank messed up my order, so I was double-checking it wasn't going to mess us up at all if it was late.)
• Paid other bills
• Took Shea to his 1 year WIC appointment
• Called Shea's primary doctor to double check his appointment this week
• Went grocery shopping for a few staples
• Put a load of laundry in
• Made AMAZING Lentil soup from scratch for the first time and some corn bread to go with it.
• Cleaned the Kitchen floor and vacuumed (I spell this word wrong the first time every time) the living room/entrance
• Cooking up a pot of white beans to freeze for quick soups later on.

Ah, that list makes me happy.  The only things I haven't gotten to (and probably won't today)

are updating our budget (I haven't done this since I started working and we paid off one car), and cleaning the guest bathroom.  Actually, I should probably clean the bathroom because my mom is coming tomorrow to watch Shea.

And now, for some pictures.

My big pot of soup and Shea and my bowls (it really was delicious):

Shea ate a bowl and a half and totally LOVED it!

Making crazy faces for the camera!

My new shoes!  $9 brand new at Target.  Yay.

OK!  Have a great week, ladies!  I am off to do a quick work out and then cuddle with my hubby and read some of my library books.