Being in the house all winter is definatly not my favorite thing about living up here in Ohio. I really start feeling like a caged animal by the time February hits.This year it feels horribly like that since I am now home full time.I am finding myself rather discouraged Josiah is yet to really begin talking and he turned two in January.His doctor seems to think he needs speech Therapy and while I think it wouldnt be a bad idea to explore The husband I think wants to wait it out as he beleives he will talk when he is ready. I am sure that he is right however being around a two year old who has multiple outbursts daily already and added on top sevrel more because he cannot comunicate through words what he would like is incredibly frusterating. Gage is growing fast at last Dr's appointment two weeks ago he weighed in at 11 pounds and 12 ounces. And was a whopping 23 1/2 inches long.That places him in the 50th percent for weight and 75th for height. No rolling yet just tons of smiles and a small laugh here and there for stupid things I do, but the precious toothless grin makes it all so worth while. Gage was hospitailized too recently with Bronchiolitis and the flu. He was put on a breathing machine and albuterol and recovered slowley but made almost a full recovery by week 4! These little boys of mine bring me more joy than I ever beleived they would.
I am so proud to say I purchased him (Gage)a crib myself, through survey websites and the gift cards the sent me to amazon.com and a 10$ off coupon to Amazon I received in a free issue of american baby I got him a Graco Lauren convertable crib. I was so ecited this was the same exact one we were looking to get him from BRU but held off on for finacial reasons. I have become quite thrifty these days anyways, besides the surveys for extra amazon cards or cash I have participated in a couple product trials like one for face wash that paid 20$!
And found some pretty excited deals on baby diapers and accecories we needed, I found pampers swaddlers on clearance for 7 dollars at target and used $2's off manafacturs coupons combined with a $1's off target coupons and walked away with two packs for $4 each.Kroger also had a similar deal recently they clearanced Pure and Natural diapers for 7.42 and I had $3 off coupons they sent in the mail from huggies so i got them for $4.42.Makes me feel like I am acctuually contributing to our finances when I have been able to make it so my husband has not personally had to buy a single diaper for our soon to be three month old yet. I love it! I am also thrilled to list some of the best survey websites at the bottom of this page if anyone is interested.they are a great source of small amounts of spending money and they are free and never have attempted to sell me anything. I will also include some site i have received free stuff from just because who doesnt love free stuff!
-survey sites-
surveyspot.com
opinionoutpost.com
opinionsquare.com
mysurvey.com
globaltestmarket.com
valuedopinions.com
mypoints.com
swagbucks.com
veiwpoints.com ( this one is a tad different you have to wait till the run promotions and follow their guidlines to writing reveiws and they will pay in amazon cards)
---free sites,fun sites---
houseparty.com
shespeaks.com
bzzagent.com
absurdlycool.com
vocalpoint.com
couponingtodisney.com ( a mom's blog with links to awesome freebies)
