3 Months- Collyn

Collyn is my little itty bitty boy! Alden was huge by this point... Around 15 pounds. Collyn is no where near that.

GROWTH: Weight: 11 lbs 4 oz Length: 23 inches

Sleep: Most night we are sleeping most of the night. He goes to bed at 9:30 PM and will wake up once sometimes at 4:30 or 5:30 AM. Then, sleeps until 7:30 AM. He will sometimes eat and then go back to sleep until 9:30 AM. He's my good little sleeper... Finally. I'm still waiting for the full night of sleep, though.

EATING: Collyn is still nursing. He nurses every 3-4 hours for about 20 minutes at a time. We added rice cereal to his diet to help him gain some weight. He has fought it a little bit, but we are adding a hint of banana baby food. Breastmilk is so sweet that I think he isn't fond of the plain flavor of rice.

CLOTHING: 0-3 Month

DIAPERS: Size 1

DEVELOPMENT: Cooing a TON! Smiling and belly laughing. He tried to roll over, but still can't get past his side. He can lift his head up off the floor. He is holding his head really well when he is in the sitting position. He can reach out and grab toys, especially the ones on his play mat.

Happy Halloween 2012

We had a wonderful Halloween! Alden was Elmo (Pictured with his cousin Alexie who is a Samarai)

And, Collyn was a baseball player

We stopped by my parents house to see everyone before we left for the Halloween Carnival at our church. This is Collyn and his cousin, Parker.

Sarah and I holding our youngest children.

Then we went to our church for a carnival. There were lots of games. Alden enjoyed it a lot, but we left early because both boys were getting pretty sleepy.

All-in-all it was a great day!!! Happy Halloween everyone! :)

Discounts where you least expect it

Following up on my "How to be thrifty... or cheap" blogs (Haha), here is something else I learned about different discounts.

I was never the person to talk someone down on a price. Never. If the tag said a certain price, I paid it. Things have changed.

With 2 kids that we are still trying to pay off their hospital bills, plus my hospital bill, I decided I would give the hospital a call and see if we could extend the amount of time to pay it off.

With Alden, they gave us 2 years, no interest, to pay it off. Collyn came 19 months later, 5 months before Alden would be paid off. This through us for a loop. So, I called to see what I could do.

I didn't know, but I do now, most hospitals how a Financial Assistance Program. They mailed me a form to fill out about our monthly bills, spending, and income. Then, we had to mail it back with 3 months bank statements. I just sent it back, but this will be a chance that they could lower our hospital bill or eliminate it completely (Doubtful!). But, if we could get it lowered just a teeny bit, it would be so worth it.

So, if you just had a baby, look into it. If things turn out good, I will let you know how much we saved. :)