And the sex of the baby is...

A BOY!!!!!
We are so excited. We will have the perfect family. Not that it wouldn't have been perfect with another girl. But 2 girls and 2 boys. What more could we have asked for. We have been blessed with so much.

1st day of school

Scarlett had her 1st day of pre-school today. She was so excited. Last night she went and picked out her clothes and got her back pack all ready for school today. She had some issues waking up early this morning but thank goodness we didn't have to worry about getting Evan ready at the same time due to him being on a Fog delay.
Evan, Paisley and I all took her in for her 1st day. She was so excited. She had no problems leaving me. She actually wanted me to leave so she could go play with her new friends.
She came home all excited to have spent the morning making friends and playing. This week in school she is just getting used to everything going on. Next week they will start learning about apples. We have been working at home on her letters and her name. She is having some problems with her letters but it will come. I think she actually knows them she just likes to play like she doesn't.



Scarlett by the door where Evan takes his school picture every year

Paisley 6 months.

Can you believe it. Paisley is 6 months old. She is 1/2 a year...HOW DID THAT HAPPEN...Time has just really flown by. She is such a great little baby. I really couldn't have asked for a better one. She is smiling and laughing. Rolling over and attempting to scoot. Hopefully soon she will be crawling. She is still having problems sitting up on her own but with a head like hers I am sure it tends to topple you over LOL..
Since we have been such awful parents and haven't had time to take her to get pictures done we did some here at the house on our own. Hope you enjoy...

Evan's 1st day of the rest of his life.

My little boy started 1st grade today. I can't believe how time really does fly. It really seams like yesterday he was born. But 6 1/2 years later he left me to spend more time with somebody else. He was thrilled to go to school today. So much that he woke up at 5am. He is going to learn so much in the next 12 years of his life and this is just the beginning.
He is such big boy. He started a new school and to wanted to ride the bus on his very 1st day. His sister hasn't known what to do with herself today, other than follow me around asking when Evan is going to be home. It will be so exciting to see the paths that he chooses as he continues on with his education. Oh the places we shall go.

Giveaway Disney on Ice.

Kandi and I thrilled that we have been invited to team up with Mom Central and Disney on Ice celebrates 100 Years of Magic. What it means for you is we get the opportunity to offer our first contest to our readers!! We are giving away something exciting!! A 4-pack of tickets to Disney on Ice.

How do you get entered in our contest? It is very simple and there are quite a few ways to enter. You can choose 1 way or all the ways, it is up to you.

You can
1. Tweet about it (make sure we are following you)
Andrea is @ daisiesforu and Kandi is @shevigirl

2. Post on Facebook (make sure we are your friends)

3. Write about it on your blog. (post your link)

4. Post a comment on our blog and tell us about your favorite Disney movie.


This is only to the Cincinnati, Ohio show being held at US Bank Arena. The show is on September 23 at 7:30 pm. We must have all entries in by Sept 8and the winning number will be selected by random.org. We would love to see you there! Please pass this chance to your family and friends.

As a side note, if you do not win our totally glidin'(get it..heehee) giveaway and still want to see the show, we have been given the opportunity to extend a special offer. Here are the details. Purchase a 4-pack of tickets for ONLY $44 for weekday shows, OR receive $4 off of weekend show tickets by logging onto www.ticketmaster.com and entering the coupon code MOM.

You can also check out this Facebook link and join the Disney on Ice celebrates 100 Years of Magic group for the Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio areas!

Good Luck and we can't wait to see you there!!

Busy Busy or just Lazy?

I didn't realize that it had been so long since I last did a blog. I swear I am much better at this...I have been pretty busy at least I think or I have been pretty lazy others may think. OH well.
We just returned from Tommy's sisters house. We went up there to celebrate my niece Sophia's 1st birthday. It was great to get away and share this special day with family. Christie did a part traditional Korean 1st birthday. With the tol table and Sophia wore her Tol-bok ( I always thought that it was called something different.) The party went well. The kids had a blast with their cousins playing. It was so nice to get away. I am sure Paisley didn't think so. She is just a child that doesn't likes to travel. She didn't sleep well the entire time we were gone. Needless to say I don't think we will be traveling with her for some time.
Paisley is growing like a weed. She is 5 months now. She is developing such a personality. She smiles and giggles all the time. She talks a lot. She is trying her best to move around it just isn't really happening to well. She is sleeping thru the night (when we are home and not traveling) She also got her ears pierced a few weeks ago.
We got some not so great news on Evan's school last week. We didn't get in. We were in open enrollment last year and were hoping we would be able to return to that school this year. But no such luck. We were declined due to the 1st grade class being to large. BOOOOOO...Right now I am not sure where we are going to go. I am not happy with any of the choices out there but I guess I have to choose soon.
Scarlett is ever so excited to be getting ready to start preschool. She has been talking about her new school friends (which she hasn't even been yet) She will be going 2 days a week. She can't wait. She is also getting ready to start a new year of dance. We are switching dance schools this year. She will be taking 2 dance classes. Ballet and tap. She loves dancing.
Everything else is going well. Please continue to pray from my family as decisions need to be made regarding my grandmother. Life has been difficult and it is wearing on all of my family.
Oh I forgot. I had an ultra sound 2 weeks ago. The baby is doing great. So we are still on trac for February.
Sorry there is no pictures. Somehow I managed to forget my camera this weekend. So I have to get some from my in-laws.

1st in the Mann house

We have had alot of firsts in the house lately...I somehow managed to get some of them on video.

Wookie went swiming in the pool


A gnome invaded our house and was folding my towels.





That gnome sure looks a lot like Scarlett

The kids made it Kings Island and this is the 1st ride that they ever went on.




notice Evan's face pure fear. Scarlett on the other hand is just plain nuts.

Evan and Scarlett's first fish on their own. We were at the inlaws for the 4th and they went fishing in their lake.


That was Scarlett's fish but she was too scared to hold it.





And the coolest one of all...



She rolled over for the first time yesterday. Today she has been a rolling fool..They grow so fast.

I hope you have enjoyed the catch up of the 1st's in the Mann household.

update of Paisley

Paisley turned 4 months old yesterday. Time really flies by doesn't it. I took her in for her check up and to get her ears pierced. She is 17.6 lbs.Boy is she is a chunk. She is growing like a weed. She is over 100% for her height and weight but somehow she made it on the charts for her head. I am not sure how that happened since she has a big ol Mellon head. She did so well with her 3 shots. We decided to get her ears pierced next week when I have to take her back to get another shot. She wasn't fussy last night. Thank Goodness for Tylenol. She is such a trooper. She is doing great all of her milestones she is right on track with everything.

Coupons

A lot of people have been asking me what sites I visit to assist me in my coupon shopping. The first group is places you can go to, to print off coupons. The 2^nd is blogs that I visit to find the best deals to add to my coupon shopping. The blogs always link to others so I visit them also. I am signed up for updates on the blogs so when they post new stuff I get notified about it.

http://www.afullcup.com/ (great place for store coupons such as target)

http://print.coupons.com/CouponWeb/index.aspx?pid=13306&zid=iq37&nid=10

http://www.meijermealbox.com/ (Meijer store coupons)

http://www.pgesaver.com/Sites/PG_eSAVER/Page/HomePage

http://www.redplum.com/

http://shortcuts.com/

http://www.cellfire.com/ (Kroger card add ons.)

http://www.hotcouponworld.com/

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=0&t=836711 (best coupon site..)

Also a great place to get coupons is the ALL YOU magazine they only sell at walmart or you can go to amazon.com to get cheap subscriptions. I got a 2 yr subscription to it for $5

Don’t forget your Sunday paper. The dollar store carries them for only $1.

http://www.dealseekingmom.com/

http://www.centsible-sawyer.com/

http://mommysnacks.net/

The type of organization that I use is a binder Then I

put baseball card holders in it to hold my coupons . It makes it easy for me to see. I have tried a few different types of organization and it hasn’t been able to help me like my binder… Let me know if you have any other questions. You can also check out Kandi’s blog she uses pretty much the same stuff as I do.

Don’t forget Kmart has there super doubles this week up to $2 so you can get $4 off..WOW Just be careful they tend to have higher prices.

Meijer and Kroger always have doubles up to.50 Meijer only doubles 2 of the same coupon…

Kandi and I are attempting to get a shopping blog going to once we are up and running we will let you know..It will have all our shopping adventures and tips.

Adding to our family yet again...

God sure is funny....
We found out a few weeks ago that we will be adding yet another blessing to our life come February 5, 2010. It was a bit of a shock to say the least but we are thrilled now. Paisley will have someone her age to grow up with and share all kinds of stuff with. I saw the Dr yesterday and he said there is no concerns of having kids this close together except I will never sleep again. I laughed and said you think I do now.
So the kids will out number us by far.