My baby started trying to crawl yesterday! He got up on all fours, and scooted just a tad. It was the cutest thing ever! I was so excited that I immediately yelled for Patrick, but that ended up being a bad idea because it scared Axel and made him fall. 
He tried again, though, and this time I kept my mouth shut and just ran for my camera. I turned it on, but it died before I could take a picture! My battery was dead. UGH! I searched everywhere for my battery charger, but I couldn’t find the darn thing anywhere! (We are still semi-unpacked at the new house.) I am freaking out now! I’m going to look some more today, and hopefully I’ll find it quickly so I don’t have to buy another one. Those things aren’t cheap. I don’t have much time, though, because I’m sure he’ll be walking by tomorrow. 
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On another note, I am working on getting our budget in order. We have been spending way too much money on food! The goal we have set is to spend less than $450/month. So far, we haven’t gotten there. We went over by $200 in November. (Thanksgiving didn’t help.) I’m really trying to pay attention at the grocery store, and I’ve been “fairly” good about planning meals, but sometimes it’s exhausting, and I just end up saying, “screw it.” I know Christmas will add spending in other categories in our budget, but I’d really like to avoid going way over on food.
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I’m thinking of posting our meal plan for this month soon, as soon as I get it polished, and worked out completely. It includes meat, but no dairy, soy, or eggs. Axel is allergic to all of those things, and thus can’t have my milk if I’ve eaten them. We actually just found out about the eggs a few days ago. Axel wasn’t having bowel movements like he normally does, so we had to really crack down and figure out what I had eaten. Eggs were definitely the culprit. I just wish I would have found out sooner so I wouldn’t have had to put Axel through such constipation hell.
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After this month, we’ll be going vegan. (I love how people, including myself, say “going” vegan, as if it’s a place we’re visiting, lol.) That should help our budget a tad bit, and our health! Go beans!
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