Trip to nc!

So we took a spontaneous trip to North Carolina this weekend.  My husband's parents decided to bring his sister and her family their Christmas gifts.  They asked us if we would like to go along.  That was Thursday, we left on Saturday and we were back this afternoon.  Although it was a short trip we had fun as always. 

They took us to their aquarium, the North Carolina Aquarium Fort Fisher.  It was a very nice little aquarium!  Much better than the one we go to near us in Va Beach.  And the price was great!  Eight dollars!  Here we pay 21!  I always thought it was high and now think so even more!  If they can have low prices why can't ours?  I'll admit maybe ours does have a few bigger exhibits like the otters and the seals outside but I still don't think they need to charge that much.  If it were cheaper I would go more than once every few years.  And usually when I do go it is because I was given a free pass or I was with some one with a membership.  I'm not saying it is a bad aquarium I just don't feel as though I've gotten my moneys worth when I leave.  I do think it is well worth the drive to go to the one in NC! 

Liam loves to look at fish!  I'm so glad they decided to take us!  It's so cute to watch him try and catch a fish as it swims by!  It's also adorable how he gets startled when one sneaks up on him. 

Oh!  Liam said dada and momma tonight!  We were at dinner at my parents.  My mom was feeding him too slow he thought and decided to let her know it and said dadadada.  My mom asked if we heard it.  I heard him say something but it didn't register what.  We all looked at him as he proceeded to say dada again then momma!  I guess he decided to go ahead and get them both out on the same day!  After that he decided he liked dada the best and continued to babble that for the rest of dinner!  I'm so excited for talking.  Let's hope this isn't like his blowing raspberries.  He blew raspberries for a day and then stopped.  We shall see!

Here are some pictures from our trip!  Hope you enjoy!

Pictures!

I thought I'd make tonights post pictures of the baby!  Enjoy!

Geocaching adventure!

We went out on a numbers run today.  A numbers run is when you go out and grab as many caches as you can to bring you total finds up.  Though we didn't end up meeting our goal of ten it was fun.  It was a small goal I know but we were trying to grab some quick park and grabs while the little cacher napped in his carseat.  He napped for about an hour which gave us time to grab a few.  We did a few more after he woke up and had a bottle of course.  He enjoyed a walk around a small pond behind an office building.  I enjoy finding caches in nice little hidden spots like that one.  He liked the fountain and most of all the wind blowing his hair.  He loves the wind!  Although we didn't make our quota we did find 8.  Not too shabby but not great either.  We had three dnf's or did not finds.  I never like leaving with without a find especially if I know where it is and can't get it because of a muggle.  We had two of these today and one true dnf.  If that one was camouflaged it was very well done.  All in all a good day.  We will venture out again tomorrow in hopes to make a few more finds.  We are hoping to hit 200 finds by February 4th for the milestone meet and greet and hidey awards.  We need 58 more!  Wish us luck!

I won't break my streak!

I do not really have anything thought out to say tonight.  Liam was cranky most of the afternoon until I went to work and because of that I never put any thought into what I was going to write tonight.  I have five minutes to publish this or it will become tomorrows post and I will have lost my own challenge of writing every day!  Now four...and the baby just woke up!  Here is hoping he puts himself back to sleep, I'm tired.  Good night!

Coupons

I attempted to print coupons today.  I always get excited when I read about how someone spent fifty dollars on two hundred dollars worth of groceries.  I jump on the computer and start searching.  About fifteen minutes in I start to get discouraged.  I never seem to find any coupons for the things we buy!  It seems there is only ever coupons for frozen pizzas or shampoo I don't use.  I have come to think that maybe people who coupon don't use the same products all the time.  I like my body wash and get sad when walmart is out of my conditioner.  I'm not sure how I would do changing up my things just because I found a good coupon.  But then again I guess that's all part of the game.  But maybe they are just lucky and they use the products that commonly have coupons out there.  I'm not going to let this discourage me though I will keep trying.  I did enter a contest to win a year of diapers.  That would be nice.  I also signed up for free samples of parents choice formula.  But everytime I hit the send me my free sample button it just sent me to a find your walmart page so I'm not sure I will see those.  If I do it will be a pleasant surprise!  I'll try again another day.  Until then I hope you have better luck than I did!

Headache...

Nothing long tonight.  Terrible headache!  I will leave you with this advice, don't sit in a dance studio waiting area for two hours with a headache.  Especially one that teaches tap!  Good night.....

Day two of resolutions...

It's getting off to a slow start.  With the heat still out we stayed the night at my parents last night.  We tried to run a portable heater in our room and Liam's room at the same time.  Who knew they were on the same breaker.  We do now!  It didn't trip it it blew it!  So my husband and his dad replaced it tonight.  I missed my bed.  I may be short but I'm too tall to sleep on a love seat!  Needless to say I didn't get logged into wii fit last night and I doubt I'll get to it tonight.  I did however remember my reusable shopping bags and resisted the urge to take the easy way out and buy bottled water.  We didn't eat super great today.  I feel I'm going down quick here with these resolutions.  I'm going to try my best though!  At least I got the chance to write this.  Little Liam is napping here on the couch next to me.  It's still too cold in his room for napping.  But hopefully by bedtime it will be fine.  It's also incredibly too cold for a walk tonight.  It's snowing!  Flurries, but I would love to go walk in it!  Unfortunately it's too windy for the little guy.  Maybe tomorrow night!

New year's resolutions...

I've never been big into making new year's resolutions but this year I'm going to give it a try!  They won't be unreachable goals but things that I always say I will do and never get around to.

Starting today I will blog everyday!  Whether it be a short paragraph about the day or a topic I'd like to share or discuss.  I know I've said this before but this time it will stick!  My tablet is being shipped back to the manufacture due to technical issues.  Until then I will be using the desktop and my new MyTouch Q my husband got me for Christmas!  Which I love by the way.  Don't get me started on the mess I went through with my old one.  That might be for another day.

Be more earth friendly.  I will remember to bring my reusable shopping bags with me to the grocery store.  I was pretty good last year but I can do better.  Use my reusuable cups instead of buying or using bottled water.  This means find a way to bring water for Liam's bottle instead of using bottled water.  Start making sure we always bring a garbage bag with us when geocaching so that we can clean up the areas around the caches! 

Get organized!  We need to make our office usuable instead of our catch all room.  We have a great desk that is burried under random things.  Mostly my husbands tools.  I want that done by the end of the month.  I want to keep it organized all year, always!

Lose this baby weight!  I want to log into wii fit everyday, even if it is just for a few minutes or a weight check.  Take a walk everyday, long or short it doesn't matter.

Eat better!  This will help in getting rid of the extra flab.  Cut our eating out to once a week.  On the weekedns maybe.  I'd love to knock it back to every other week, but let's take baby steps first.  Drink more water and cut out soda.  If I do have a soda one per day and no refils if we are out!  I'll keep up better with the fresh fruits and veggies and not let them go bad before we use them.  And make lunches the night before and seperate snacks and veggies into easy grab bags for snaking or lunch packing.

Manage our money better.  Start shopping with coupons and make sure I remember to use the rewards programs we have signed up for. 

These aren't hard tasks to accomplish.  I'm sure I can keep up with them, right?  Wish me luck!