I Love Coupons!

I have always been a "couponer", but since I am working part-time now I have become a serious "couponer". I love to save money! I know this is going to make me sound old, but I enjoy clipping coupons and looking for deals to go along with them. I get so excited to see what coupon I can match up with what is on sale. By using coupons when items go on sale, you can save a lot of money! For example...my most recent trip to Publix.

TOTAL SPENT FOR ALL ITEMS SHOWN IN THE PICTURE: $8.50!!!

Bath Time

Logan hates baths! I don't know why, but he screams every time he has to take one. He has been this way since he was born. Well, tonight I decided to try and give him a bath in the sink since it is a smaller area. I thought he might not be as scared. When I first put him in the water he started screaming and had a panic look on his face. After a couple of minutes of screaming, he quit. He started taking his hand and slapping the water. Water was going everywhere and I was soaked, but he was happy so I let him keep doing it. He actually seemed to enjoy his bath tonight!! I hope this becomes a trend.

As we were wrapping up bath time, I turned off the water and grabbed a towel. Logan leans over and grabs the faucet on the sink and tries to pull himself up into a standing position. This is the first time he has tried to pull up. And of all places....the sink!

Clothes, Clothes, and More Clothes....

Mom and I decided to go through Logan's spring/summer clothes and organize them by size. We then hung up his spring clothes that he can wear now in his closet. (Logan is just now going into a clothing size of 6 months). Wow...I knew Logan had a lot of clothes, but I had no idea he had this many!!

I believe it is official, mom and I have a problem/addiction!

Lunch Date

Today Logan and I had a lunch date with my good friend Brandi and her son Tanner. Of course we ate mexican food, what else would we eat?!?! We had a good lunch and good conversation. The boys were not sure what to think of each other. They both did great though! After lunch we all ventured out to Walmart to pick up a few items. Logan and I had a great time with our friends Brandi and Tanner!

Here are a couple of pictures of the boys.

Logan and Tanner at Las Maracas


Tanner and Logan at Walmart

Logan's Baby Dedication

This morning at church we had Logan's baby dedication. We were honored to have Ms. Sonja do Logan's dedication. Ms. Sonja has watched Chris grow up since he was 12 years old. She means a lot to our family and we were so excited to have her dedicate our son. We thank God for giving us Logan and we ask for His guidance in raising him.

Sonja Dedicating Logan


Side Note: Sonja said she thought Logan was going to grow up to be a preacher because he was trying to grab her microphone. Too funny!

Reflecting Back

I wish I had started this blog when Logan was first born, but I am just now getting around to making time for blogging. I am looking forward to blogging so that I can write and share about things that we are doing. I think it will be fun to look back on later down the road.

As I sat down to write this blog I started thinking back to when Chris and I first decided we were going to "try" and have a baby. It was an exciting time for us. After a year of trying with no success, the excitment was starting to go away. I was reading over an old blog entry I had written on November 13, 2008. It talks about the stuff that we went through trying to get pregnant. The title of the blog was "Tested, but Choosing to be Hopeful". The blog read like this:

As most of you know by now, Chris and I have been trying to conceive for a year now with no success. I really never thought it would be this hard. I guess I just thought as soon as you were ready to have a child, you stop your birth control and next thing you know you are pregnant. Not for us....

In March of this year I found out that I have an under active thyroid and the doctor diagnosed me with Hypothyroidism. He started me on a very low dose of snythroid. I was a little nervous about starting this medication because I didn't know a lot about it. I talked to my doctor and she told me it might actually help our chances of getting pregnant. I didn't realize if your thyroid levels were not within the normal range, it can affect you getting pregnant. After a month of being on the medication, my thyroid levels were within the normal range! I thought now that my levels were in the normal range, surely we would get pregnant. Nope...

Chris and I met with my OBGYN in September 2008 for infertility. She suggested I get a HSP scan done. This is a scan of the uterus and fallopian tubes. I went and had this test done at Baptist hospital. It was painful! The test results came back and the scan showed that my uterus and tubes appeared normal. But, they did notice something that looked like calcium deposits. They were not sure of the location of the deposits. My doctor then recommended me getting a Pelvic Ultra Sound to determine where the deposits were located. After the Pelvic Ultra Sound was done, they thought it was a dermoid cyst on my left ovary. Since this was found, my doctor immediately wanted to treat this and we had to put the discussion of infertility on the back burner. I was scheduled to have the cyst removed at Baptist Hospital on October 8, 2008. The surgery didn't quite go as planned. When the doctor went in to remove the cyst, she found that it was not a cyst, but a mass on the left ovary. She was very concerned that it was cancerous. She ended up having to remove my left ovary. The test results came back benign, praise God! She also said when she tried to go in through my belly button to do the surgery, she found an umbilical hernia. She had to repair the hernia too. Also, she stated she found that I have endometriosis. I met with the doctor last week for follow up. She said she feels like Chris and I only have a "fair" chance of getting pregnant on our own. She has referred us to a doctor at Nashville Fertility to discuss our options.

It has been 5 weeks today since surgery and I am getting better every day. Chris and I have decided to keep trying on our own for at least the remainder of this year. After this year, we may meet with a doctor at Nashville Fertility to hear what they have to say and decide what to do from there.

I have been praying for over a year now for God to bless Chris and I with a child. I know that God knows the desire of my heart and I know that he will bless us with a child in his timing. I am choosing to believe that the reason we have not gotten pregnant before now is because God knew that I had this mass on my ovary and He knew that it needed to be taken care of. If Chris and I had not been trying to get pregnant, I would not have had the test done which found the mass. So, during all of this I am choosing to be thankful. I am thankful they found the mass, were able to remove it all, and the test results came back benign! I am now praying for my body to completely heal and for God to prepare my body for pregnancy. As Chris and I start trying to conceive again, I pray that God blesses us with a child in His timing, not mine. For me, that is hard to understand sometimes. But God knows what is best and I don't want to doubt His timing. I am choosing to be hopeful and believing that God will answer my prayers.


Little did I know that I would get pregnant in November of 2008. WOW!! I am so thankful that God answered our prayers. Logan Bradley Cusson was born on August 11, 2009. What a blessing!!

8 Months Pregnant


Chris & I are so excited!


Logan Was Just Born!!