First snowfall

Christmas came early for Mom!

Ray gave me the best Christmas presents ever! First, he's now holding his bottle! He only get a bottle about once a day, and these last few days he's held it all by himself! Priceless!

2nd, Brian can now do this with Ray. I always get nervous when he does this, but look at that face. :)

And 3rd, Ray can now sit up! He still is a little tipsy, but will sit up for a few minutes at a time.

Oh how I LOVE this boy. He's such a "Ray of Sunshine" in our lives. :)

Look What I Did!

Yup, I did this! Without my Mom! This is huge for me, I rely on my mom a lot for sewing instructions. To be honest I don't really read them, I just hand them to my mom and have her interpret what they want me to do. (I love you mama! You are amazing!) But I decided I would do this bag with out the assistance of my Mama. I will admit, I did have Brian help me with a few spots. Yes my husband that knows very little about sewing helped me. I got stuck in a few spot and just didn't get it! I needed a fresh pair of eyes to help me. He was so helpful. Love ya lots moose! This bag is HUGE! Brian asked if I was going to put Ray in there, I probably could. (But I wont :) I really love it. I get board of my purses and diapers bags after a while, and need to switch things up. I hope this will out last my attention span for a while. :)

Freakin Cute Freestyle!

Elise competed in her first freestyle competition. It was the Cuttest thing ever! She rocked it! We were really afraid she was going to clam up and not do it, but she did it! Brian and I were proud parents. She got 1st, and wears her medal everyday. (For those of you that don't speak "clogging." Freestyle is something they do to show off your best steps. You do about 4 sets of 8 counts. Kind of like a solo, they do it 3 times on stage. The 1st and 3rd time everyone goes at the same time, the 2nd time your by yourself.)

Happy Halloweeeeen!

Happy Halloween! We had a great weekend. It was nice to spread things out, instead of everything all on one day.

My little Pup.

Meow! Cute Kitty.

Off to Grandma's house. Little Red Ridding Hood. This costume was actually mine when I was little.

The Halloween parade.

Adobe Halloween never disappoints. Brian's section did Harry Potter, he chose to be Hagrid. Therefore I was the one to make the costume.

Don't tell Brian, but I've got a thing for tall guys with bushy beards. ;)

These were the only pictures I got from Adobe before my batteries died :(

For trick or treating on Halloween night Brian walked around the neighborhood as Hagrid. Scaring the bejezzus out of everyone! Super fun! :0)

What we've been up to.....

I knew you were wondering what the Wells' have been up to. Well here we go..........

Ray is big enough and holding himself up enough to be in our car/bouncer/thingy. He loves it, for the most part. :)
Melody didn't get dressed today until about 1. What can I say, I pick my battles. She's our Little sass! :)

Elise is loving Kindergarten. They had red ribbon week this week. Today was crazy hair day. She said she wanted 14 pony tails. But I add a little twist. ;)

Ray is a rollin' fool now! He rolled over to his back for the first time and then back to his stomach 10 seconds later! He now trying to scoot too! Oh boy, am I in trouble or what!?

Life's been pretty entertaining around here. :D

I'm coming clean......:)

Hi, my name is Ann and I'm a "coupon er." Yes yes, I'm one of "those" people you dread being behind in line. I have a binder, with dividers so I can keep them all organized and pretty. I get several newspapers, just for the coupons. I've never read any of the newspapers we get. But I do make sure they go into the recycling! I try not to clear the shelves at stores, unless it's a scream in deal, then it's every man for themselves. :) I was introduced to this addicting hobby about a year ago by my friend Katie, at the time I just found out I was pregnant and lacked all motivation and energy to start anything. I think I was more discouraged to start, so I put it on the back burner. I was noticing how much great stuff my friends were getting, and building up a good stock pile. I knew having a baby would mean buying diapers and eventually formula. And I didn't know how I would make that work since we were barley getting by. So about 2 months after Ray was born I asked my friend Tammy to "hold my hand" and help me start the process. I thought it would be so hard and frustrating, but I was wrong. It was kind of tricky at first, but I feel like I'm getting the hang of it. Our fridge, pantry (and we have a huge one!), cold storage and freezer are pretty full. I love to just look at it sometimes. I'm spending about the same amount but getting about twice as much! Ray's closet is full of diapers and wipes, he's in a size 2 right now and I've started buying size 4's because were so stocked up on 2's and 3's! All of them I got at about 1/2 price. We have about 8 cans of formula sitting in our pantry that I got at about 1/2 the price too. We've got cereal, granola bars, soap, toothpaste, chicken nuggets, frozen veggies, pizza, yogurt and so much more! This has been such a blessing. Who knew saving money could be so addicting! So I'm sorry for those people who get stuck behind me in the check out line. but I'm saving my family a ton of money! :)