I can't believe our little dude is 6 months old (I know crazy right????). This little guy decided on Saturday to start saying Mama.... Completely melted my heart...
and then on Sunday he started inching forward... He already rolls around everywhere and can pivot and change directions so he's practically mobile... but he decided he had to get up close and personal with our box fan and started inching forward... SCB flew off the couch so fast as he lunged at it...
(The fan now lives on top of the chest freezer since its too tempting for our little guy)
Work continues to be "interesting" as more changes to the department keep coming down the pipeline. I almost applied for a job at another city. It was a graphics and marking job, but since it was only part time (30 hours a week), the change in benefits would have made it financially unfeasible. The gal was even willing to do a 4 day work week for me and I was sold until I found out about the $1200 out of pocket cost each month for family health insurance....
Speaking of insurance, open enrollment came by and come January we will switch from Kaiser to United....We will miss Kaiser, but for the price of me and Eli on Kaiser, the whole family can have United and it covers everything just like Kaiser did since its a really good plan for my work... plus the pediatrician I had picked out if we went with my husbands insurance last year, will also take United so I don't have to find a Pediatrician for little dude. Were going to squeeze his 9 month visit in, in December before the switch goes through since they don't do any vaccines on that one.
Despite the lack of posts, I did keep track of our spending:
September 2015 Spending:
- Tithe: $677.00
- Housing:
- Mortgage: $1,367.10
- HOA: $325.00
- Insurance: $187.00 + $336.00
- Internet: $52.99
- Cell Phones: $45.00
- Electricity: $136.46
- Groceries: $303.04
- Cars:
- Gasoline: $141.68
- Car Maint: $38.00
- Car Registration: $89
- Carpooling: $5.59
- Eating Out/date nights: $105.82
- Clothes:
- SCB: $37.77
- Medical
- Eye Exam: $70:00
- Vitamins, etc: $40.43
- Baby: $210.69 (Formula, Cereal, Bottle Nipples, 2 convertible car seats)
- Daycare: $880.00
- Gifts:
- $26.33
- Pocket Money: $80 ($40 each)
- OTHER
- Toilet Bowl wand; bread bags: $20.20
- Food scale: $12.95
- 2 video games: $86.38
- Tithe: $7,049.00
- Electricity: $658.02
- Internet: $444.24
- Cell Phones: $590.11
- Housing:
- Mortgage: $13,020.13
- HOA: $2,745
- Insurance: $187.00 + $336.00
- Groceries: $3,160.65
- Automobiles:
- Gasoline: $1189.95
- Car Repairs: $830.17
- DMV Renewal: $188.00
- License Renewal Fees: $66.00
- Insurance: $681.66
- Carpooling: $44.70
- Eating Out: $1,071.64
- Fun Money: $720.00 ($40 each a month)
- Clothes- SCG: $468.44
- Clothes- SCB: $412.90
- Doctors/Hospitals/Etc
- Baby Prep Classes: $100
- Shot at Walgreens for SCB: $19.70
- Food @ Hospital: $57.53
- Hospital Photos: $44.16
- Prescriptions + Vitamins: $227.22
- Dr. Visit: $45.00
- Hospital Pump Rental: $87.40
- Hospital Pump Purchase: $350.00
- Eye Exam: $70.00
- Baby:
- $214.43 (6 Nursing bras, Changing pad cover, diapers, wipes, bottles, petroleum jelly, gauze pads, stuffed animal, activity mat, onsies/clothes, bottle supplies.)
- $180.74 (Bottles, bottle supplies, nursing bras, bulk wipes, clothes, etc)
- $118.00 (Diapers, Formula, Swaddles, etc).
- $221.13 (Stock up for the daycare house too. Diapers, wipes, formula, burb clothes, storage box, additional cheap $1 bottles from Walmart, milk storage bags, pump membranes, binkies, etc.)
- $210.69 (Formula, Cereal, Bottle Nipples, 2 convertible car seats)
- Daycare: $1,430.00
- Roxy:
- Flea/Heart-worm meds: $258.92
- Shots: $18.00
- New Leash $23.10 + $14.44
- Kibble and treats: $39.86
- License: $27.00
- Grooming: $14.50
- Valentines Day: $116.66
- Easter: $89.73
- Gifts:
- Squeeze Present: $50.36
- Push Present: $113.95
- Flower "Thank yous" for baby shower $16.17
- Birthdays: $226.95
- Father's Day: $40
- Baby Shower: $81.50
- Anniversary: $63.28
- Aunt Nancy: $26.33
- Other:
- House Items
- New Keys for house, mailboxes and cars... plus key chains: $19.96
- Office Organizing (File organizer, receipt holder, binder clips, pens, desk drawer containers): $25.05
- Bar Soap, Batteries, Hygiene items, bed cover, toy hammock, silicone tray: $62.90
- Wire hooks, Silicon muffin and ice cube trays: $25.63
- Walmart odds and ends: $161.72
- Kitchen Items (Silicone baking cups, spreaders, muffin pan, ice cube trays).$55.38
- Pens/Spatula: $3.08
- Organizer bins: $36.57
- Home Depot (Fix changing table): $23.41
- Church Cannery: $62.50
- Corner Shelves for Eli's Room $13.55
- Safety Pins: $2.47
- Bankers Boxes: $18.23
- Salt & Pepper Shaker Set: $5.00
- Toilet Bowl wand; bread bags: $20.20
- Food scale: $12.95
- Computers/Tech/Video Games
- Light Switch: $27.71
- Video Games: $52.60
- 2 video games: $86.38
- Additional lights for the computer desk $118.96
- Epic computer case of all computer cases. $204.24
- New office chair, Camera and memory card, thermometer, and canned air. $287.16
- WiiU Controler cable: $25.92
- Radio Shack (parts to convert swing to wall power) $49.11
- Fitness
- Fit Bit Covers and WiiU fit meter: $32.74
- Dietbet: $115.77
- Vending Machines and soda during baby classes: $17.32
- Soda Overages: $40.03
- Tax Prep $61.98
- CED lights for my moms house: $10.40
- Car charger for pump, pony toy, and lego bag: $25.88
- Toys for my husband; Lego sets, ponies, etc. $98.84
- Road Runner store membership -- $24.99
- Hospital Prep Items. $167.01
- Hair Cuts $66.00
- DVD: $8.62
- Photo Shoot Pictures: $150.00
- Movie Tickets: $18.35
- Shutterfly: $199.88
- Canvas Pictures: $209.47
- Screws: $4.52
- Toilet Parts: $20.36
- Light Switch Plate: $3.97
- Slow Cooker: $43.19
- Computer Paper + Book: $ 6.21
- Amazon: $29.41
- 1 Up Box Renewal: $60.23
- Costco Renewal: $55.00
- Bridesmaid Dress: $129.55
i hope you post soon! I've been checking back to see how things are going. But I do remember what life is like with a little one....very busy with seemingly no time to even do things like take a shower.
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