6 Months Old!

I can't believe our little lady is half a year old already! She has really grown up this past month.

Kaitlyn...
*is now sitting up
*is now rolling over both ways
*sits forward in the stroller without the carseat
*naps about an hour and a half in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon with a little catnap in between
*loves to chat it up while riding in the car
*now takes baths sitting up in the inflatable duck tub
*loves ANYTHING that crinkles
*loves to visit Lexi outside. She smiles and squeals everytime she sees her
*is sleeping 10.5-11 hours at night!
*eats rice cereal three times a day plus the usual milk feeding
*loves to touch faces

Our friends Ryan and Ashley came over to take Kaitlyn's 6 month pictures. I'll post those later when I get them. Aaron and I took Kaitlyn outside to take some of our own as well. Kaitlyn was much more interested in playing with the leaves and grass so there wasn't much smiling going on. Here are a few from today...

Fall Visit

Last week we were blessed to have family visit. Aaron's Grandpa and Grandma Rocke came Wednesday night after youth group and left Friday morning. The weather was beautiful and we spent much of Thursday outdoors. Kaitlyn was great and let them love on her. That was such a blessing to me because for the past few months she's had a hard time letting other people take her.
That Friday night Aaron's parents arrived for the weekend. Kaitlyn was great for them too! It was so nice to have family here. I'm convinced that Kaitlyn was so good because she recognized their faces from the family photo book I made for her. :)

Our Little Sitter

Yes, that's right! Kaitlyn is now sitting up on her own. Aaron and I still need to stay close by because she will occasionally fly backwards but she is doing a great job! Because she is now sitting up we graduated her to riding forward in the stroller and no longer using the car seat. I'm sure she loves facing out and seeing everything around her and no longer just the sky and our faces. :)

The Forgotten Child...

Since Kaitlyn was born Lexi the cat has gotten much less attention. Part of me thinks she likes it that way. She is a cat afterall! :) The biggest change in Lexi's life is that she is now a total outside cat. Kaitlyn and I go out many times a day to visit her. Kaitlyn starts kicking and squeaks and squeals as soon as she sees Lexi. Aaron propped open a window in the shed so Lexi can go in and out. She is adjusting well and seems to really enjoy being outside.

Love for Coupons

Since Kaitlyn was born we have gotten into couponing. Since I'm not working we are doing our best to save money wherever we can. Every little bit helps! Aaron and I go to Jay C on the way to church every Sunday and buy a paper; sometimes we buy 2 depending on the week. That afternoon I cut out the coupons and put them in our binder.
Coupons are really worth it when you combine them with items that are on sale. On Friday night we look through the Walgreens and CVS ads for good deals. When we first started we went to Walmart and wrote down prices for the items we buy so we know whether items at those stores really are good deals. It's saved us from buying things we thought would be a good deal but really weren't. We are also careful not to buy anything we wouldn't normally buy just because we have a coupon.
On Saturdays we check the blog Hip2Save.They always list all the deals you can get with coupons at Walgreens and CVS. They also find deals using online coupons that you can print. This blog also has deals for other stores and other random deals like free samples for products and codes for Pampers points (which we will be getting free Christmas photo cards with our points!). Aaron and I have saved $300 so far this year using coupons (That's the total with the cost of papers taken out)! We didn't get real serious with it until June so next year will be much more I'm sure! It's such a rush to get things for cheap or for FREE!