Preston's first swim lesson

Here is some video footage of our little man's first swim lesson at 16 months old! I have never uploaded a video before so I don't know if the quality impoves over time.. it is an HD camera so it should look a little better than this! If not, sorry for the quality!

Summer Cleaning Series- Part 3- Bathrooms and Master Closet

Today I felt a little sluggish, so I decided to take a nap with Preston and attempt this stuff when I woke up. Much to my surprise, it didn't take long at all to complete. Here are the photos!

The guest bathroom

My bathroom. Didn't think you'd want a pic of the toilet room :o]

It doesnt look like it but i organized my clothes..

You Really don't want to see Danny's side.. I am not even gonna touch it!

Summer Cleaning Series- Part 2- MASTER BEDROOM

Day two was a sucess! I did all the dusting, changed the sheets, cleaned and organized the drawers, and did all the laundry to prepare for tomorrow (bathrooms, closet). Not a whole lot to do in here except the dusting. Gave it a good vacuum too. I didn't take a picture of the other wall because its just a short wall with our TV and the entry to our bathroom which is messy still :o] See you tomorrow for part 3- bathrooms and master closet.

Summer cleaning series- Part 1- KITCHEN

I have been trying really hard lately to be better about keeping up on the deep cleaning. So I decided I need to do it every season rather than just "spring cleaning". So here is a 6 part series of deep cleaning room by room with after pics for those of you who have requested to see my new house.

It took me literally allllll day long, but with a toddler in tow you have to take breaks and play and clean up messes he is making right behind me! Not to mention the 30 min. nap and a break to watch Days of Our Lives :o]. So I did everything from organizing each cabinet and drawer to cleaning out the fridge, mircowave, and mopping. So glad I decided to do the room that requires the most work first to get it out of the way!!

Ain't she a beaut?!

Daddy's home!!

Preston was SO excited to see Daddy this morning after he had been gone at work up north for 6 days. He didn't hear Danny come in and when he saw him around the corner he started laughing his silly little laugh and went running after Danny. It was the cutest thing! So today we filled up his baby pool and let him have some fun splashin around! Here are some adorable pics!

I think he looks like me in this pic..

Lookin' up at Daddy!

Looks like we have a future fireman on our hands here..

One of my most favorite photos so far. He is so HAPPY!

Preston Pics

Here are some recent pics of our little man.. Growing up so fast, and getting so smart every day! For some reason, my pics are coming up jibberish letters to me, but when I post them they are fine so I can't really explain each pic. There is one of Mady and I on mother's day in there somewhere.. If anyone knows how to fix this please tell me!!

Baby Product Review

I have been doing really well with saving money by cutting coupons, making menu plans and buying off brands. I wanted to take the time to do a product review on the ODOR GRABBER UNIVERSAL ODORLESS DIAPER PAIL BAGS. For Mommy's who have babies and toddlers that use a diaper pail such as the DIAPER GENIE or CHAMP some stores (I got mine at Wal-Mart) now carry this new system for your diaper pail. Instead of spending $6 on the brand name refill I thought I'd give this one a try since it was on sale for $4.50.

WHAT IT IS: Individual bags for the diaper pail
HOW IT WORKS: comes with plastic ring to hold bag in place at the top

MY OPINION: I liked how thick the bags were. As far as being odor blocking, I would say I only noticed a small difference when compared to the original. I don't know about you guys, but I empty the pail every other day or so and it doesn't fill up the bag so I feel like I wasted an entire bag. Where as with the original, it's one giant bag and you cut it to fit however many diapers you want. For this reason alone, I don't think it was worth saving the 1.50 because in the long run the original refills last me about 4 weeks. These individual bags (10 count) will only last me about 2.5 weeks.