My New Venture In Couponing...

I know, I know...2 posts in one day. But this one is really cool. So I went to a fabulous coupon class in March, have been using her FREE program since then and just last week she e-mailed saying that she was looking for assistants because she can't keep up with the demand of coupon classes that she teaches. So I interviewed thinking I would never get the job because cool things like that don't happen to me...but I did get it!! She called Friday saying that I was hired as one of the assistants!! I am super excited about this!! I love sharing the coupon love, and now I get paid to do it!! (even though I would do it for free) I called Justin to tell him my awesome news and his response was "well now your addiction is paying off". He has been threatening to send me to coupon rehab. I always tell him my great deals and he listens so patiently.

Anyway so if anyone wants me to teach a FREE class I would love to. If you do take a class from me then you get an awesome deal on your subscription to the Daily Herald (she works for the Herald, hence the reason you get the good deal). Let me know if any of you are interested. It could be a group of friends or family, a church group, a work group, whatever you want. It is definitely a worthwhile class, I mean who doesn't want to spend less on their grocery bill right?! If you are interested leave me a comment or e-mail me at alcingolani@yahoo.com.

Little Boys

This morning Jaxon was playing outside riding his bike. He comes in to find me and tells me he needs to wash his hands. Yeah...he had spider guts on them!!! I asked him where the spider was and so he takes me out on the patio where I see a dead spider (the best kind) smeared on his bike tire and on his hands. I had a total melt down, freaking out because I worry about him playing with the wrong kind of spider. A few weeks ago we found a black widow in the back yard and ever since then I have been extra paranoid. Justin came home to pick up his lunch during my melt down and told me to call a bug sprayer to come spray our yard. So needless to say I have someone coming today to spray my house and yard for bugs.

Price for bug sprayer...$65.00

Price for mom not having to worry (as much)...PRICELESS

Race Car Hat

Friday night Jaxon and I decided to wrap Daddy's Father's Day presents. We bought him a Nascar hat as one of his gifts and Jaxon was wearing it while I wrapped the other gifts. So we get the hat wrapped up and hide the gift bag (not that Justin would peek...). So Saturday morning Jaxon gets up and starts saying "race car hat...race car hat". Justin asks me what he is talking about, and I couldn't keep a straight face...so Justin got the hat early. I guess I will have to remember that Jaxon has a good memory, (we are talking an awesome memory, even better than most adults) and not wrap gifts while he is around. Aaahhh...the joy of children!

Nothing New

So I feel like I really don't have anything great to blog about. Life has been pretty low key and normal...knock on wood! My sister and nephews moved here from Texas so we have played with them for about the last week. We have some fun things planned for the summer, parades, fireworks, rodeos, and our 4 year wedding anniversary. Four long, long years...sometimes it feels like we have been married forever. Anyway, Justin is doing well with his job and he is glad that it is warm enough to ride his motorcycle to work. Jaxon is doing well, and as for now has no injuries...that could all change though in a matter of minutes! I am doing well, just living life! Anyway, that about sums it up for now...hopefully some fun posts in the future!

A Rough Week for Jaxon

This past week was a rough one for Jaxon. I am glad it is over and hope we never go through another week like that again. Let me explain each day and the chaos that was had at the Cingolani Household...

Sunday: A normal Sunday during the day. We got through eating dinner and decided to lay out on a blanket in the backyard and let Jaxon play til it was time to get ready for bed. As we are laying there I said to Justin..."You know, one of these days he is going to fall face first into that cement wall." Justin says "Don't say that, you are going to jinx us."

Monday: A normal Monday. If you remember it was hot that day so I let Jaxon run through the sprinkler in the afternoon. My mom stopped by on her way home from work and we were sitting on the cement wall chatting and I kid you not, Jaxon is running full boar, trips over his beach towel and lands cheek first into the edge of the cement wall. It was the kind of hit that you could hear. So I pick him up to check for any cuts, luckily none, but a lot of bruising and swelling.

Sorry the pictures are kind of blurry. These were taken a day or two after it happened. We have watched it all week change from black, to purple, to green and today it is almost gone. I was a little nervous to take him out anywhere because people probably think I socked him and gave him this black eye. Poor kid!

Tuesday: Another regular day. We went out to my parent's house around 6:00 p.m. We were watching 'Papa' fix Grandma's planter, Jaxon was maybe 10 feet from me watching a chicken dig in the dirt. Again I kid you not, I took my eyes off of him for one second and the next thing I hear is my mom saying "Amanda grab him!!" I look and I see Jaxon head first into their barrell fountain. I about died!! I pull him out and he starts coughing and crying. He wasn't hurt, and I think it scared him more than anything. I think what happened is again he was running (my kid doesn't walk anywhere!) and couldn't stop himself in time and fell into the fountain. So then he was soaked from his head to his knees, that's how far he went in. UGH!! If by now I don't feel like the crappiest mom, I don't know. My poor kid...but wait there is more!

Wednesday: We have every Wednesday off from the storage units so we usually run errands. Jaxon acted fine all day long. Ate well, drank well, ran everywhere. We get home around 5:00 p.m. and at 5:30 p.m. he tells me his belly hurts and that he is going to throw up. So I sit with him on the couch trying to see what is going on, and I notice he feels warm. It was another hot day so I thought maybe it could be that. My mother's intuition kept nagging at me so I took his temp and it was at 101.5 degrees. So I gave him a soda bath and some Motrin and tried to get him to eat and drink something. At this point I am concerned about what type of bug he has and yes the Swine Flu did cross my mind. I finally get him settled down and in bed around 10:00p.m. He sleeps all night, so I think we are good to go...

Thursday: I get him up and he throws up. Not a good way to start the day. I automatically think it is going to be one of those days. So we had a quiet morning and watched umpteen episodes of Dora the Explorer and by the afternoon he wanted to eat everything in sight. However this is where the runny nose, sneezing and yucky eyes come into play. So now we start his Allergy medicine. (P.S. Not to mention the poor kid still has a blackish eye and it is sore.)

Friday: The sneezing and runny nose seem better, now enter hacking dry cough. I swear I can't win. He is coughing and coughing all day long. And of course you can't give them anything for it. So I break out the humidifier and keep him full of liquids to keep his throat wet. And just to spare you more of your reading time, it is now Monday and the coughing is worse and sounds like something is breaking up in there. The poor kid can't sleep and has these coughing attacks throughout the day.

I swear...it has been the longest week of my life!! My poor little man has been through World War 3 and back. However his eye is looking a lot better, and I am hoping the cough will clear up in a few days. Thanks for reading my extra long post and cross your fingers that we don't have another week like this for a long time!

Bee's Game

Justin has said that he has always wanted to go to a Salt Lake Bee's game, so Saturday the 16th we went. We had great seats and they won like 16-2. It was such a great night and we had a lot of fun with just the 3 of us. Jaxon...being Jaxon!

Jaxon was fascinated with 'the bee'. He was so bummed that the bee never came over by us.

Justin & Jaxon...(why is it that mom's are never in any of the pictures?)

The view from our seats, just behind home plate.

If you have never been before, you should really check it out. The tickets are reasonably priced, I think ours were like $13.00 each. They also had some General Admission seats on the lawn that would be fun too.

Mother's Day 2009

Yesterday was such a great day. In fact it was such a great weekend. Justin and Jaxon helped me plant flowers and bought me some really pretty hanging flower baskets for my patio. We had a yummy BBQ with my grandmas and my Dad (my Mom was MIA cause she went to Texas to be with my sister so she wasn't alone on Mother's Day), then planted more flowers. Needless to say I found muscles in my back I haven't ever used before from the bending and squatting!!

This Mother's Day I really reflected on the title and privilege of being a mother. I am so grateful that I am able to be a mom and that I have a husband who wants/makes me stay home to raise him and help him grow. I wouldn't have it any other way. Being a mom is the best/hardest job in the world. I never thought that I could love someone so much as I love my son, but man, there aren't even words to describe it. I loved him from the moment I found out I was pregnant with him and it just gets stronger every day. Justin and I both sometimes say, "Did you ever think you could love someone so much?" It is seriously the best feeling in the world. I have to admit there are days where I wished I had a job that let me leave the house, but you know, they couldn't pay me enough. Not for what I get paid from Jaxon in sticky syrup hugs and messy face kisses. I even love being his mom when he is throwing up on me and Justin is running for the bathroom himself. (Justin can't stand the thought, sight, smell of puke!) I wouldn't trade my sleepless nights for anyone/anything else in the world! Hope you all had a great Mother's Day too!