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10 Pampers Gifts to Grow Bonus Points – May 2010

// May 3rd, 2010 // No Comments » // Marriage

It’s a new month which means it’s time for more Gifts to Grow bonus points from Pampers.

This month, if you hadn’t already figured it out on your own, the code is FacebookMay2010.  Since it’s the same every month I went ahead and tried FacebookJune2010 but it didn’t work. I’m an instant gratification person and I don’t like to wait but Pampers is going to make me wait anyway.

So I’ll see you again on June 1 with the new code!

Interesting side note: By the time I save enough points to buy the single ticket to Sea World, Shamu will have long since retired.

Six Weeks With Daddy – Day #15 – It’s A Good Day For A Monday!

// May 3rd, 2010 // No Comments » // Baby

Today has been a surprisingly easy day. We started off the morning at 630 with him laying next to me on my pillow and listening to his favorite acoustic music. Then we had a bottle and a diaper change. Shortly after that he took about a 3 hour nap. We then had another bottle, a poopie diaper and we headed out into town where he slept the entire time.

I was approached but another stranger that told me how cute he was and then reminded me, “Enjoy it now because they grow up so fast.” I’m really getting tired of hearing that. When we got back home it was time for another bottle and we’ve just been playing and talking for about the last hour.

Now it’s nap time but he doesn’t want to admit it. He’s sitting in his bouncer half crying/fussing and then calming down and then starting back up and then calming down. In between he closes his eyes for a moment. It’s like he’s upset that he’s sleepy and he doesn’t want to miss anything. The only thing he will miss is me sitting on the couch and possibly doing a little tidying around the house.

It’s ok, you can sleep through that child because when you’re older you will be the one doing the tidying!

Now he’s sleeping.

Nap time – 3. Baby – 0

75 Free 4×6 Photos from Shutterfly

// April 30th, 2010 // No Comments » // Marriage

With Mothers Day fast approaching, I received an email from Shutterfly offering 75 free 4×6 photos. Since Mother’s love pictures of their kids, I submit to you this Mother’s Day gift idea that is heavy on love and light on the wallet.

Find your favorite pictures of your children and have them printed up through Shutterfly for free ( just use promo code FREE75) and head down to Hobby Lobby and pick up some great new picture frames that are 50% off this week. Get a nice Mothers Day card (don’t forget the card) and wrap the frames up in some pretty wrapping paper (don’t use leftover Christmas paper). You’ll have a couple of great Mothers Day gifts for less than $10.

For my wife I’m trying to pass off this new washer and dryer we bought as her Mothers Day present. So far it’s not allowed.

But they are red and red is the color of love!

Six Weeks With Daddy – Day #9 and #10 – It’s Payback Time!

// April 30th, 2010 // No Comments » // Baby

Mr. Mom was on TV today. I mention this because when I took off work to stay home with the baby I had thought to myself that I wanted to watch Mr. Mom since I would be just that for six weeks. Seeing it on TV today made me think that I should have thought of something better to happen than just a movie coming on TV. If it were going to come true I would much rather it be a winning lottery ticket or something.

Any who, Day #8 was a little off yesterday morning. It all started with the 6am feeding when I thought we were finished and all of the sudden I have almost the entire bottle spit up on me. I cleaned up the mess, wrapped the little one back up and continued on with the day. The next feeding brought the same thing but this time more volume.

It didn’t dawn on me until my wife asked me later that night, “Did you give him his acid reflux medicine today?” DOH I totally forgot to give him his medicine before bedtime the night before and the next morning. No wonder he kept spitting up on me!

That brings us to today, Day #9, where I have given him his medicine and he hasn’t spit up once today. I’ve been giving him this medicine twice a day for the last 3 weeks. I can’t believe I forgot when we’re almost at the end of the bottle!

He’s also made three poopie diapers today and that’s just down right mean. I think it’s payback for forgetting his medicine. By the time I heard the grunting and farting for the 3rd one I had to comment outloud, “Seriously?!”. He likes to smile when he knows he’s got the best of me.

There is a quick and easy summarization of the last two days. Spit up and poop. Oh and I got a root canal in between.

Two weeks down, four to go! I really don’t want it to end!

100 Pampers Gifts to Grow Bonus Points

// April 29th, 2010 // No Comments » // Baby

Pampers is giving away free bonus Gifts to Grow points (up to 100 points) for buying any Pampers diapers with their new Dry Max. I learned about this the hard way.

Because I like bargains, I recently bought a ginormous pack of Pampers Swaddlers w/ Dry Max at Sams Club.  252 diapers for about $35 (or 15 cents/diaper).

Little did I realize that when you buy a pack of Pampers diapers with Dry Max you get bonus Gifts to Grow points! As I entered my points yesterday I noticed that I had received 100 bonus points and wasn’t sure why. I wasn’t complaining though as I always accept free points. I later saw the promotion on their website.

So for my box if diapers I received 162 regular points plus 100 bonus points (the maximum you can get) for a grand total of 262 points. To take advantage of the offer you have to enter the codes before 5/24/10.

Enjoy!