Compare

Here is a little comparison for you...Lexie at 3 months and Beth at 3 months.  Cute, huh?

Yep, they are definitely related!

Couponing

So, I have decided to join many of the fabulous moms that I know and start seriously couponing.  I have always tried to hang on to the odd coupon I pick up here or there and I consistently pick up the ads for my local grocery store before a shopping trip but I have never really focused on collecting and using them judiciously.  But a couple of weeks ago I happened to be standing in line behind a SERIOUS coupon user and watched her save over $50 off of her total.  She ended up paying only about $75 for $150 worth of groceries.  I tell you, I was inspired. 

This kind lady let me chat her up while we were both packing our groceries and she gave me a few tips.  One of them was to save my manufacturers coupons for when items are put on clearance...like after the holidays.  What great advice!  Today I picked up a Glade candle for only $0.33!  Originally this would have cost around $4 but because it was a holiday scent Walmart wanted it off of their shelves.  They were charging $2.33 for it and I had a manufacturers coupon for $2 off.  This "holiday" candle is actually just apple cinnamon in a holder with a snowflake design on it...not a problem for me.  Especially when it only cost me $0.33!  I am really excited about this new (to me) way to stretch our family's money!

My New Years Resolution

Hey All!


My New Years resolution this year is to put something up here at least 3 times each week.  Even if it's just one sentence or one photo...I am aiming low!  Love to you all for the new year! 

Mark, Beth, me and Lexie at my mother's house on Christmas Day!

Ultrasound results!

So, the ultrasound results are in...and we are having another girl!!!  Elizabeth Rose Scheper will be here somewhere near 10/10/10.  All of the results look good and she currently weighs about 2.5 pounds, right on track!  Once I get my scanner up and running I will post the ultrasound images.  :)

New Jersey/ Williamsburg vacation

Lexie had a nice time on our vacation out East to visit the Scheper family.  Although it was hot and Lexie got sick part way through, it was a successful trip.  Here are some of the many, many pictures that we took.

Lexie was an ANGEL during the airplane ride and the 8 hour drive!

Lexie LOVED her first time swimming!

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Lexie, Jenny, Uncle Mike, Aunt Sarah and Cousin Andriana.

Jenny and Lexie in one of the replica Powhatan homes at Yorktown.

Grandma Scheper and Lexie outside of Yorktown.

Lexie's cousins (Jacob, Michelle, Jillian, Cassandra, Helen and Devon)

The whole gang out at dinner.

Lexie 10 months

Lexie is so mobile these days that we had to add a toy in the picture to get her to sit still! 

Lexie's 9 month

Lexie had her 9 month appointment about a week ago and I am just now finding the time to write about it.  Again, she is a very healthy baby.  Praise God!  She is currently 17 pounds, 12 ounces (30th percentile) and about 28 inches long (75th percentile) so she is long and lean!  Very good to hear!  She also apparently has a huge head (90th percentile).  Mark says that this is to house all of those brains!  LOL!  She did very good at the appointment and it certainly didn't hurt that there were no shots to deal with this time. 

Lexie has been busy learning more and more new skills.  She is a very fast crawler these days and is able to pull herself into a standing position.  She hasn't tried to move her feet once she gets up there but we can see that this will happen any day now.  Lexie is also the proud owner of 4 teeth, 2 top and 2 bottom.  :) 
Lexie's current repertoire of tricks includes giving kisses, waving and playing peek-a-boo.

Lexie's 9 month shot.

Lexie's first pigtails.

Tried out the swimming pool but the water was too cold...so we hung out on the blanket instead.

Exited to be able to reach into the toy box on her own!

Lexie discovered "behind the couch."  A world previously only explored by the dogs.  

And in the process she found the only outlet we hadn't baby-proofed...and A LOT of dog fur!  

Oh, the joys of being 9 months old!