Friday, January 30, 2009

HURRY...These Giveaways Are Ending SOON!

That's right guys! My Bring In The New Year With Style giveaways are almost over!! There are quite a few that end in less than 24 hours, with even more ending on February 1st!

ALL of the giveaways that I have going on right now end in just over a week! Some are ending on each weekday next week!

Every one of my giveaway is listed on my right sidebar. Just click on it and you will be taken to that giveaway!

These are the giveaways that are ending 1/31 and 2/1! Go and make sure you've entered them and done as many extra entries as you can!!

-Snack And Play Travel Tray(ends 1/31)

-Zipper Bottom Bag(ends 1/31)

-Diaper Case (ends 1/31)

-Custom Photo Pendant (ends 1/31)

-PopATot(ends 1/31)

-DaBib in your choice of style and color(ends 2/1)

-Slanket (ends 2/1)

-Sock Grams-TWO Winners(ends 2/1)

-Boon Frog Pod (ends 2/1)

-Boon Potty Bench (ends 2/1)

I also just posted a new giveaway this morning and did one last night. Those are the last giveaways listed on my right sidebar!

Miracle Blanket Review And Giveaway

You've just had a baby and everyone says you should swaddle your baby in a blanket because it calms them. Well, my little man was big on crying and swaddling him really tight did help. The problem is, he would kick and come out of that blanket in no time! I don't care what size blanket we used, he would just come right out.

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As most of you know, I'm pregnant with my second and have been on a search of products to make my life easier with a tiny baby and a toddler and to share them with you! I recently found the Miracle Blanket which would have helped me out so much with my first! It is designed to swaddle your baby and KEEP them that way! Your baby won't be able to make their escape from his blanket so you won't keep having to wrap them back up!

It is so easy to use that you will be able to do it with your eyes closed! There is an instructional video on their website. There are no buttons, snaps, knots, or Velcro for you to mess with! After only a few simple steps, your baby will be swaddled tightly.

Here is a picture of it unfolded so that you can see what it looks like on the inside!
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I was able to try the Miracle Blanket out on a 2 month old and was completely taken with it! Not only was it so easy to do, but the baby seemed so happy to be wrapped in it. He quickly fell asleep after we wrapped him! I am going to purchase another one so that I always have one ready with this baby.

Some features of the Miracle Blanket include:
-Made of 100% cotton
-Helps ease fussiness for ANY baby
-Helps prevent facial scratches
-One Size fits all up to four months
-Stops Colic
-Helps baby sleep

They are certain that you will be as happy with this product as I am that they offer a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee! If you are not happy with the Miracle Blanket, they will refund 100% of your purchase, including shipping!

It gets better, if your blanket is damaged in any way-even if it is your fault-they will replace it at any time for up to five months after your original purchase!

This is a company that completely believes in their product and you should as well! They have thousands of satisfied customers who haven given their testimonials on this page. You don't only have my stamp of approval, you also have thousands of other parents who back the Miracle Blanket!

I believe that every parent with a new baby should have the Miracle Blanket. It is a necessary item that will make their life so much easier! This blanket is proven to help babies to sleep better, so why not give it a try? Every new parent needs as much sleep as they can get!

Buy It
You can purchase a Miracle Blanket in many great colors for $29.95!

WIN IT!!
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The fantastic people behind Miracle Blanket are giving a Miracle Blanket to one of my readers! The winner will get to choose which color they want!

To enter, visit Miracle Blanket and tell me what color you'd choose! This is required and must be done before the extra entries count!

EXTRA ENTRIES!
You can do any of these things for an extra entry. Make sure to leave a separate comment for EACH thing you do.

1- Put my new button on your blog! If you have my old Two Of A Kind Button on your blog, take it down and replace it with the NEW one! THANKS!!

2- Follow my blog. Go over to my right sidebar and click on Follow This Blog! Current followers count too! Leave me a comment letting me know that you do!

3- For THREE extra entries, Blog about this giveaway and link it back to my blog AND Miracle Blanket!

4- Follow me on twitter AND tweet about this giveaway. Please leave me the link in your comment where you "tweeted" about the giveaway. Just following me does

5- For FIVE extra entries, purchase a Miracle Blanket before the end of this giveaway.

6- Add my blog to your technorati favorites! (click on the button in my sidebar) Leave a comment letting me know you did!!

7- Subscribe via email to my blog. Type in your email address over to the left and hit submit! Don't forget to activate your account

Contest ends at 11:59pm EST on February 9th when I will draw a winner at random. PLEASE leave your email address if it is not visible on your profile. I will notify the winner on February 10th and they will have 36 hours to respond before I will choose a new winner!

Continental US And Canada ONLY!

Don't forget to enter all my other giveaways listed on my sidebar!

Aloha Friday #14

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It's Aloha Friday again over at An Island Life! Answer my question and make sure you post one on your blog! After that, go relax because today is Friday!!

My question for this week is:

What is something that you've learned lately? It could totally just be useless information!

The Pink flamingos that have been in yards for decades was actually designed by a real artist as a serious piece of art.

Yesterday I was gone from 10 in the morning until 8 at night, I learned that once my mailbox on AOL hit 999, it wouldn't accept anymore mail! I had NO clues it quit accepting mail after 999! So if you sent me mail yesterday and I did NOT respond, it was because it is completely lost in La La land!

I also learned that I should NOT wear those black shoes walking around the park even though they LOOK comfy! They hurt the top of my foot by the end of the day!

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Spa Baby Tub Review And Giveaway

How many of you have been excited to put your new baby in the bathtub for the first time only to be disappointed by the shivering and screaming? I know I was! As soon as his cord came off, I couldn't wait to get pictures of him taking his first bath. It ended up being a very unhappy experience with him shivering and screaming! We cut the bath really short and I only got 2 pictures of my mad baby.

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Thanks to the Spa Baby Bath Tub, our new baby won't have to go through this traumatizing experience! Let's face it, tiny babies love the warmth and the regular bathtubs just don't provide that for them in an inch of water.

The Spa Baby Tub takes the European approach to bathing babies. For years, they have been bathing their babies in tubs that allow them to sit in a natural upright position with warm water up to their shoulders. This allows babies to feel as if they are in a similar environment to that of their mommy's womb!

It is easy to use for Newborns up until they can go in the big bath tub like Mommy and Daddy! Not only is this bathtub relaxing, it is also super safe! The Spa Baby Tub is free from BPA, phthalates, PVC, and lead!

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My Thoughts On The Spa Baby Tub
I was able to use this tub on my neighbor's 3 month old. I did watch the instructional video before I took it over there because it seemed like it would be a little awkward with a baby who could barely hold his head up! You have to hold the baby with one had and bathe with the other. It actually ended up being a lot easier and natural than I had originally expected!

We chose a place that we could bathe him with ease. We tested the water and filled it up where it would come to his shoulders. This took a little trial and error but we figured out the right amount of water.

I was immediately impressed. He seemed very happy and relaxed. We were able to wash him and he loved it! I'm sure with practice we'll get better and more relaxed with using it, but it seems to be a big hit!

I didn't want to post any pictures of that baby using the Spa Baby Bath because he's not mine. There is a gallery of babies in their tubs on the website!

I can't wait to use it with our own new baby when he is born in a few months! I will definitely post pictures of him relaxing in his Spa Tub!

Buy It
You can purchase the Spa Baby Tub for $44.99 on their website.

WIN IT!!
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One of my readers are winning a Spa Baby Tub!!

To enter, visit the Spa Baby Website and Tell me something that you learned about the tub! This is required and must be done before the extra entries count!

EXTRA ENTRIES!
You can do any of these things for an extra entry. Make sure to leave a separate comment for EACH thing you do.

1- Put my new button on your blog! If you have my old Two Of A Kind Button on your blog, take it down and replace it with the NEW one! THANKS!!

2- Follow my blog. Go over to my right sidebar and click on Follow This Blog! Current followers count too! Leave me a comment letting me know that you do!

3- For TWO extra entries, You can subscribe Via email...type your email into the box under my button and hit subscribe! Leave me a comment letting me know you did!

4- For TWO extra entries, Blog about this giveaway and link it back to my blog AND Spa Baby!

5- Follow me on twitter AND tweet about this giveaway. Please leave me the link in your comment where you "tweeted" about the giveaway. Just following me does

6- For FIVE extra entries, purchase a Spa Baby Tub before the end of this giveaway.

7- Add my blog to your technorati favorites! (click on the button in my sidebar) Leave a comment letting me know you did!!

Contest ends at 11:59pm EST on February 9th when I will draw a winner at random. PLEASE leave your email address if it is not visible on your profile. I will notify the winner on February 10th and they will have 36 hours to respond before I will choose a new winner!

Continental US And Canada ONLY!

Don't forget to enter all my other giveaways listed on my sidebar!

To get back to the Bloggy Giveaway Carnival, click HERE

A Thousand Words Thursday#16-It Has Begun

Cheaper Than Therapy

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I'm not sure if you can see in this picture, but that is lip liner on my floor! My 17 month old decided it would be fun to draw mommy a pretty picture on the floor! I caught it before he did too much and was able to clean it up, but kept thinking what if he did this on the carpet!

So I guess I'm in for it now! This is the first time he's drawn on anything other than paper or himself! And all I can think is THANK GOODNESS it wasn't my carpet! AHH..the joys of having kids!



For more A Thousand Words Thursday, check out Cheaper Than Therapy!

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Pack Of Three Safe Sippy Cups Review And Giveaway

I have juice stains all over my carpet. Those stains are a direct result from sippy cups that don't do what they advertise-They LEAK! I have been in search of a sippy that doesn't leak for a while now. If I'm lucky, every sippy cup that I've tried only works half the time. I've gone through at least 5 different brands and they ALL leak at some point!

Then I got the Safe Sippy. I admit, I was totally skeptical when they sent it to me and just knew that it would leak like all the rest. I put it to the test immediately!

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I filled it with juice and held it upside down. Not a drop came out. OK, I was impressed, but now for the real test. I gave it to my 17 month old son and watched. Again, absolutely nothing leaked out! We been using the Safe Sippy Cup for a few weeks now just so I could tell you if it really is as amazing as it seemed to be that first day. It IS! I am completely impressed with this product and give it two thumbs up! It DID leak ONE time, but that is because I didn't have the valve in all the way so it was a total Mommy error!

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Not only does this fantastic sippy cup not leak, it is also made of stainless steel. The Safe Sippy is free of BPA, phthalates and DEHA. They had extensive testing done on these cups to make sure that they are completely safe for the most important little people in your life! The spout IS made of plastic because who wants to sip out of stainless steel? That would be a chipped tooth waiting to happen! It has gone through all of the testing and has passed! This is the safest sippy you can give your little treasures!

That leads us to the other amazing features of the Safe Sippy. It has handles that can be removed if you wish so that your little one has the best grip possible! It has a tapered body and a thermoplastic sleeve!

For a recap, this is the SAFEST sippy, the only sippy that I've found not to leak, and it has a fantastic modern look! Your child will be completely safe and in style with the Safe Sippy!

Buy It
There are many websites that sell the Safe Sippy. For a complete list, click HERE! It retails for about $17.00.

WIN IT!!
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Kid Basix is giving a pack of THREE Safe sippy cups to one of my readers! One reader will get a blue, green, and pink Safe Sippy!

To enter, visit the Safe Sippy Website and tell me one website that you could buy one at! (HINT: Look under the Buy Tab!)This is required and must be done before the extra entries count!

EXTRA ENTRIES!
You can do any of these things for an extra entry. Make sure to leave a separate comment for EACH thing you do.

1- Put my new button on your blog! If you have my old Two Of A Kind Button on your blog, take it down and replace it with the NEW one! THANKS!!

2- Follow my blog. Go over to my right sidebar and click on Follow This Blog! Current followers count too! Leave me a comment letting me know that you do!

3- You can now subscribe Via email...type your email into the box under my button and hit subscribe! Leave me a comment letting me know you did!

4- For TWO extra entries, Blog about this giveaway and link it back to my blog AND Safe Sippy!

5- Follow me on twitter AND tweet about this giveaway. Please leave me the link in your comment where you "tweeted" about the giveaway. Just following me does

6- For FIVE extra entries, purchase a Safe Sippy before the end of this giveaway.

7- Add my blog to your technorati favorites! (click on the button in my sidebar) Leave a comment letting me know you did!!

Contest ends at 11:59pm EST on February 5th when I will draw a winner at random. PLEASE leave your email address if it is not visible on your profile. I will notify the winner on February 6th and they will have 36 hours to respond before I will choose a new winner!

US And Canada ONLY!

Don't forget to enter all my other giveaways listed on my sidebar!

To get back to the Bloggy Giveaway Carnival, click HERE

Wordless Wednesday #15-Beware Of The Bird

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Hubby thinking "PLEASE don't poop on my head"!

For more Wordless Wednesday go check out 5 minutes for mom!

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Two Blue Peas Monogrammed Lovie And Pillow Giveaway

Have you been looking for some really fun baby and toddler items? You should take a look at Two Blue Peas!

They have many practical items that have a fun twist! I absolutely love their washcloth sets which are actually a puppet for mom or dad and a washcloth for baby! I think my little man would get the biggest kick out of those!

Two Blue Peas carries items for bath time, bedtime, and mealtime! They also have some adorable clothes and gear for babies and toddlers. The baby bedding on their website is just so sleek and modern! I can't decide which one I like the best. Their variety of items is simply amazing!

Many of their items can even be monogrammed for a fun personalized touch! This is a picture of their lovies which can also be monogrammed.
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Buy It
You can buy the lovie by Angela Dear for $12 and the Pillows for $16.

WIN IT!!
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Two Blue Peas is giving a MONOGRAMMED Lovie AND Pillow to one of my readers! You get to choose which ones you would like to have. This giveaway is valued at $44.

To enter, visit Two Blue Peas and tell me which Lovie and pillow you would choose(under bedtime) AND tell me another item that you really like!! You MUST do BOTH or your entry will not count!This is required and must be done before the extra entries count!

EXTRA ENTRIES!
You can do any of these things for an extra entry. Make sure to leave a separate comment for EACH thing you do.

1-For TWO extra entries, put my new button on your blog! If you have my old Two Of A Kind Button on your blog, take it down and replace it with the NEW one! THANKS!! Remember to leave TWO comments if you do this!

2- Follow my blog. Go over to my right sidebar and click on Follow This Blog! Current followers count too! Leave me a comment letting me know that you do!

3- You can now subscribe Via email...type your email into the box under my button and hit subscribe! Leave me a comment letting me know you did!

4- For TWO extra entries, Blog about this giveaway and link it back to my blog AND Two Blue Peas!

5- Follow me on twitter AND tweet about this giveaway. Please leave me the link in your comment where you "tweeted" about the giveaway. Just following me does

6- For FIVE extra entries, purchase anything from Two Blue Peas before the end of this giveaway.

7- Add my blog to your technorati favorites! (click on the button in my sidebar) Leave a comment letting me know you did!!

8- Sign Up for their Email Updates. The box to type in your email address is located at the bottom center of the main page.

Contest ends at 11:59pm EST on February 5th when I will draw a winner at random. PLEASE leave your email address if it is not visible on your profile. I will notify the winner on February 6th and they will have 36 hours to respond before I will choose a new winner!

US ONLY!

Don't forget to enter all my other giveaways listed on my sidebar!

To get back to the Bloggy Giveaway Carnival, click HERE

Five Sets Of Burp Cloths Giveaway-5 Winners

As most of you know, I'm pregnant with our second baby. I thought I had many of the basics when my son was born, but I am finding more and more items that would have made my life so much easier!

A Mother's Boutique has items to help you prepare for a new baby! I am impressed by their large selection. There are just so many things that I wish I would have had with my first.

I can't possibly name all of the amazing things that they carry, but they do have breast pumps, slings, maternity clothes, nursing shirts, and other breastfeeding accessories.

They even have a blog that is packed full of helpful information for pregnancy and caring for a newborn!

I never had ANY nursing shirts while I was breastfeeding with my first child and I am determined to have some with this baby! A mother's boutique carries so many adorable nursing tops like this one.
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Aren't these maternity and nursing pajamas super cute?
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I think that I would have breastfed longer if I would have had a nursing cover! I have one ready for this baby!
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They also have a large selection of burp cloths.
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Buy It
The burp cloths come in different size sets and range from $13-$20!

There is FREE shipping on qualified orders over $60!

WIN IT!!
A Mother's Boutique is giving a set of two burp cloths to FIVE of my readers! FIVE winners will get a set of burp cloths of their choice(She may not have the one you want, so you need to tell me your top 3 choices)!

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To enter, visit A Mother's Boutique and tell me your top 3 choices of burp cloth designs! They may not have a set available in the pattern you want so I need to know your top 3 choices! This is required and must be done before the extra entries count! If your are chosen via Random.org and have not done these things, your entry will not count and I will find a new winner!

EXTRA ENTRIES!
You can do any of these things for an extra entry. Make sure to leave a separate comment for EACH thing you do.

1- VOTE for A Mother's Boutique HERE! Leave a comment letting me know you did!

2-For TWO extra entries, put my new button on your blog! If you have my old Two Of A Kind Button on your blog, take it down and replace it with the NEW one! THANKS!! Remember to leave TWO comments if you do this!

3- Follow my blog. Go over to my right sidebar and click on Follow This Blog! Current followers count too! Leave me a comment letting me know that you do!

4- Grab My "Bring In The New Year With Style" Button and put it on your blog!

5- You can now subscribe Via email...type your email into the box under my button and hit subscribe! Leave me a comment letting me know you did!

6- For TWO extra entries, Blog about this giveaway and link it back to my blog AND A Mother's Boutique!

7- Follow me on twitter AND tweet about this giveaway. Please leave me the link in your comment where you "tweeted" about the giveaway. Just following me does

8- Go visit their blog, read any helpful article and leave a comment! Thank them for this great giveaway!

9- For FIVE extra entries, purchase anything from A Mother's Boutique before the end of this giveaway.

10- Join their email list to get monthly promotions! There is a blue button in the middle of the main page, click on it and fill out the information! The button is also on the bottom of the left sidebar.

Contest ends at 11:59pm EST on February 4th when I will draw a winner at random. PLEASE leave your email address if it is not visible on your profile. I will notify the winner on February 5th and they will have 36 hours to respond before I will choose a new winner!

U.S. Only.

Don't forget to enter all my other giveaways listed on my sidebar!

To get back to the Bloggy Giveaway Carnival, click HERE

Totally Talented Tuesday #8-The Imitator

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I hope everyone can join in and link up with Mr. Linky at the bottom of this post to show off the talent in your house! Just post about the talent going on around you on your blog!

Talent can be anything from anyone you know! Do you have a new Basketball player at your house? Did you create a new scrapbook page? Post about it! To read more, click HERE!

Evan's latest talent is probably the most fun to me! He imitates EVERYTHING we do! I mentioned in my NotMe Monday that I love dancing around the house because he does everything I do, even if I add a little jump in there! While watching the Backyardigans the other day, he was swirling and jumping just like they do!

This is him imitating Hubby reading the paper. In the first picture, he is looking really hard at his daddy to see what to do. In the second he is doing exactly what hubby is doing!

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I'm going to have to start taking more pictures when he is doing what we're doing!

Now, post about the talent in your life and leave a link in Mr. Linky!

Monday, January 26, 2009

Cutie Pies Custom Creations WINNER!

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Thank you to everyone that entered the Cutie Pies Custom Creations giveaway for 20 4x6 Valentine phot cards!

Please keep her in mind for you valentines cards and any other invitaions or cards you may send out throughout the year! Her prices are fantastic! Visit Cutie Pies Custom Creations HERE!

The winner is Charlotte from Life's A Charm who said:
"2-blogged! http://www.lifesacharm.net/blog/?p=1288"

Be sure that you've all entered my other giveaways and done as many extra entries as possible! They are all listed on my right sidebar!

Stroller Pad And Stroller Blanket Giveaway

Lets face it, babies can be difficult to travel with! They need so many items on every trip! Do you know any websites that will take care of all your travel needs as far as your baby is concerned?

I found the PERFECT website that will take care of all your baby travel needs! Tots on-the-Go has everything from strollers to apparel to make traveling less stressful with your baby! All of their items are absolutely adorable and the selection is fantastic!

They carry the top name brands and help you in every way to make your selections! There is even a showroom in Richmond, VA where you can go and try out their products. They have years of experience to help you decide what you need! They have spent hours testing the best products that are out there.

To make your life easier, they have free shipping on orders over $99 in the Continental US and a 45-day return policy! If that wasn't enough, they also have a price match guarantee!

Again, they have so many items on their website that I couldn't possibly name them all! Here are just a few examples of their items. TO see everything, please visit Tots on-the-Go!
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Look at this adorable stroller pad!!
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Tots on-the-Go also carries the MyMonkeyMoo stroller pads and blankets! The stroller pad has two sides, a soft and cozy side and then a cool and fashionable side.

A few features include:
-Adapts to all strollers
-Reversible for Moms who want variety
-Machine washable
-Doubles as a changing pad
-13" wide x 32" long
-Comes in a variety of adorable patterns

The blankets to match are just as amazing as the stroller pads!

The stroller blanket features include:
-Designed for use in strollers
-Reversible
-Machine Washable
-Soft and cozy on one side, cute pattern on the other
-26" wide x 32" long


Buy It
You can purchase the My Monkey Moo stroller pad for $69 and the My Monkey Moo Stroller Blanket for $64!

WIN IT!!
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Tots on-the-Go is giving a MyMonkeyMoo stroller pad AND stroller blanket to one of my lucky readers!!!

To enter, visit Tots on-the-Go and tell me which pattern you would choose for your stroller pad and stroller blanket! ALSO, tell me another item that Tots on-the-Go carries that you like!This is required and must be done before the extra entries count! If your are chosen via Random.org and have not done these things, your entry will not count and I will find a new winner!

EXTRA ENTRIES!
You can do any of these things for an extra entry. Make sure to leave a separate comment for EACH thing you do.

1-For TWO extra entries, put my new button on your blog! If you have my old Two Of A Kind Button on your blog, take it down and replace it with the NEW one! THANKS!! Remember to leave TWO comments if you do this!

2- Follow my blog. Go over to my right sidebar and click on Follow This Blog! Current followers count too! Leave me a comment letting me know that you do!

3- Grab My "Bring In The New Year With Style" Button and put it on your blog!

4- You can now subscribe Via email...type your email into the box under my button and hit subscribe! Leave me a comment letting me know you did!

5- For TWO extra entries, Blog about this giveaway and link it back to my blog AND Tots on-the-Go!

6- Follow me on twitter AND tweet about this giveaway. Please leave me the link in your comment where you "tweeted" about the giveaway. Just following me does

7- Go visit the Tots On-the-Go Blog and leave a comment letting them know how great their website is and that you entered the giveaway!!

8- For FIVE extra entries, purchase anything from Tots on-the-Go before the end of this giveaway.

9- Add my blog to your technorati favorites! (click on the button in my sidebar) Leave a comment letting me know you did!!

Contest ends at 11:59pm EST on February 5th when I will draw a winner at random. PLEASE leave your email address if it is not visible on your profile. I will notify the winner on February 6th and they will have 36 hours to respond before I will choose a new winner!

Continental U.S. and Canada Only.

Don't forget to enter all my other giveaways listed on my sidebar!

NotMe Monday #9



1. I did NOT dance around the house most of the week because my little man is immitating me! I did NOT put a little jump into all the dances because it is soo funny to watch my 17 month old try to jump!

2. I did NOT get ice cream AFTER my kid went to bed because I didn't want to share! IF I did, it would be because it would make him hyper.....NOT because I wanted it all to myself!

3. I do NOT hope that my early ultrasound was wrong and that this IS actually a girl(even though I would totally love to have another boy)! There is always hope! Those early ultrasounds alwasy turn out wrong....right?

4. I did NOT get my blog redesigned by Hilary at Simply Yours Designs! And I am definately NOT hoping that you add my NEW button that Lolli made for me to match!

4. I am NOT super excited about the bloggy giveaway carnival this week and hope I make some new friends!

5. I do NOT hope that you've entered most, if not all of the giveaways I have going on! I KNOW some of them are for babies, but don't you know SOMEONE who is having/has a baby?


Want to know what more people did NOT do? Go visit My Charming Kids!

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Random Picture Challenge Aug 07

The picture challenge today over at 4 Little Men and Girly Twins is to show the 30th picture in your Aug 07!

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I knew mine would have something to do with my little man because he was Born Aug 3rd 07. This is my mom and dad holding him at the hospital on the day he was born. This picture made me cry and laugh all at the same time! I shed a few tears because of the memories of that day and how fast it has all gone by.

I hope you play along! It's fun to take a walk down memory lane!

AND My New Button!

I had a new look so I need a new button too!

One of my newest bloggy friends, Lolli from Life Is Sweet made a button that matches my new blog look amazingly well!!

If you have my old one on your blog, please take it down and replace it with this NEW one! It's also an extra TWO entries into my last three giveaways, so if you do this, go to those giveaways and leave two comments letting me know you put the NEW button up!!!






After you do that, go give Lolli some love on her blog! Tell her that she rocks for making my new button!!!

Here is HER button!
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My New Look

Check it out!! My blog got a much needed "face lift"!

Cute Blogspot Designs

What do you think?

I want to thank Hilary from Simply Yours Designs! I actually won a giveaway on her blog, Hil's Blog! Please go check out her designs and her fun blog!!

Hils Blog


She's super sweet and so easy to work with! If you've been thinking of having anything done to your blog, please go get to know Hilary! She is amazing!

Go visit her blog or her design website and give her some comment love!!! Tell her what a great job she did!

Friday, January 23, 2009

SodaStream Review And Giveaway

To get back to the Bloggy Giveaway Carnival, click HERE!

Have you ever thought about how many bottles and cans you are wasting from drinking soda? Americans throw out hundreds of bottles and over 1500 cans every year!

The SodaStream soda maker saves all those bottles and cans from being thrown out or recycled! Their BPA-free plastic bottles are reusable for up to three years! The sodamix is highly concentrated and cuts down on packaging for that as well. There is no high-fructose corn syrup or aspartame in their huge variety of flavors!

The SodaStream allows you to make homemade soda. No electricity or batteries are needed so you are also saving on energy! The power needed comes from the compressed CO2 bottle. Once they are used, you can send them back to Soda-Club to be cleaned and refilled with CO2 drawn from the air!

It only takes seconds to make delicious soda in your own home! It is simple and fun to make. There are only 4 steps!
1-Fill the reusable bottle with water.
2-Hook it into the Soda Maker and add the fizz using a button.
3-Poor your desired flavor into the bottle.
4-Drink it!

We got a black/silver fountain Jet to match the rest of appliances in our kitchen! The Fountain Jet is sleek and modern looking so we just keep in on our counter.

I admit that I was a little hesitant and thought that it would be harder to use than they said, but it was actually really easy and only took a minute for us to have it set up and a bottle of soda ready to drink! I was also worried that it wouldn't taste very good, but we all loved it!

My parents, brother, and sister were all here to try it out with us! We were all pretty excited to give it a try! LOL, the smallest things can entertain us! I think we were all curious to see how it would all turn out.

For the first time that you use it, you have to put the CO2 bottle in the back.
Its really easy to just put it in place, after that you just put the cover back on!
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You put the bottle filled with water in the slot and push the CO2 Carbonator button to add carbonation to the water. It says to do this about 3 times or until desired carbonation. We did it 3 times with the first bottle and we all agreed that it needed more carbonation than that! I would do it at least 4 times the first time you make some unless you don't like your drinks to be very carbinated! Each time you press the button, you will hear a fizz to let you know it is working.
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We used the Fountain Mist(compare to Mountain Dew) SodaMix for our first try. All you have to do is fill the cap to the line and then poor it into the bottle. I think it tastes very good! Like I said though, with our first bottle, we didn't add as much Carbonation as we should have.
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And that's all there is to it! After just a few steps, you get soda and can save the environment all at the same time! Just think of all the bottles and cans that my family is now saving! They carry many different flavors including regular and diet mixes!

Each of those Soda Mixes like in the picture make 12 liters of soda and are only $4.99! PLUS, if you buy 8, you get the 9th one free!

Buy It
There are many kits available for purchase. You can also buy more Soda Mixes separate. To start, you can buy the Soda Lover's kit for $95! This kit includes the Fountain Jet in your choice of color, 2 CO2 Carbonators(each will make about 60 Liters), 2 reusable BPA-free bottles, 3 economy sized flavors of you choice, and a variety of sample-sized flavors.

WIN IT!!
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Soda-Club is giving a Fountain Jet soda lover's start-up kit retailing for approximately $95 to one of my readers! This kit includes the Fountain Jet in your choice of color, 2 CO2 Carbonators(each will make about 60 Liters), 2 reusable BPA-free bottles, 3 economy sized flavors of you choice, and a variety of sample-sized flavors.

To enter, visit the Soda Stream Website and tell me the three flavors that you want to choose(click on the flavor button on the left side)! This is required and must be done before the extra entries count!

EXTRA ENTRIES!
You can do any of these things for an extra entry. Make sure to leave a separate comment for EACH thing you do.

1-For TWO extra entries, put my new button on your blog! If you have my old Two Of A Kind Button on your blog, take it down and replace it with the NEW one! THANKS!! Remember to leave TWO comments if you do this!

2- Follow my blog. Go over to my right sidebar and click on Follow This Blog! Current followers count too! Leave me a comment letting me know that you do!

3- Grab My "Bring In The New Year With Style" Button and put it on your blog!

4- You can now subscribe Via email...type your email into the box under my button and hit subscribe! Leave me a comment letting me know you did!

5- For TWO extra entries, Blog about this giveaway and link it back to my blog AND the Soda Stream Website

6- Follow me on twitter AND tweet about this giveaway. Please leave me the link in your comment where you "tweeted" about the giveaway. Just following me does

7- For FIVE extra entries, purchase anything from the Soda Stream Website before the end of this giveaway.

8- Add my blog to your technorati favorites! (click on the button in my sidebar) Leave a comment letting me know you did!!

Contest ends at 11:59pm EST on February 4th when I will draw a winner at random. PLEASE leave your email address if it is not visible on your profile. I will notify the winner on February 5th and they will have 36 hours to respond before I will choose a new winner!

Continental U.S. and mainland Canada Only. No AK, HI, PR or APO addresses, nor any maritime provinces.

Don't forget to enter all my other giveaways listed on my sidebar!

Aloha Friday #13

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It's Aloha Friday again over at An Island Life! Answer my question and make sure you post one on your blog!

My question for this week is:

What is your favorite thing to cook? Either because you enjoy cooking it, or just because you're good at it and it tastes good.
I love making Chicken Parmesan! I have figured out how long I need it to be in the oven so its just so YUMMY! Its one of my favorite things to eat so that makes me want to do it even more and its so easy!

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Baby Bug Shoe Designs Review And Giveaway

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I don't know about you, but I am obsessed with buying cute shoes for my little man! I can't imagine if I had a little girl! I would have a new pair of shoes for almost every outfit!

I found some amazing shoes over at Baby Bug Shoe Designs and I fell in love! Ruth's site is full of handmade, soft soled baby shoes! You will find the perfect pair of shoes for your little one!

Not only are the absolutely adorable, they are also made from high quality faux suede that is super soft! The bottom of the shoes are made from a durable nonslip material. My favorite feature is that they are machine washable!!!

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Ruth sent me this brown and blue pair to check out! Come to find out, this baby looks like it might be another boy so these will be perfect for him! They are so adorable and will go with so many little boy clothes.

I was amazed at how soft they feel. Any baby would be so lucky to wear these super comfortable shoes! The soles are even a non slip material so you're baby won't slip and slide while learning to walk.

These shoes come in 4 sizes for newborns up to 24 months. There are many different designs that you may want to order in every size! She loves to customize shoes for her customers! If you have had a design for a pair of shoes in mind, just email her to talk about it!

Here are some cute little girl shoes.
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She also does different embroidery and monogramming. These are a pair of my favorite ones!
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Buy It
You can purchase a pair of the regular shoes in any of the 4 sizes for $19.50! The embroidered and monogrammed shoes are only $24.50-$25.50!

WIN IT!!
Baby Bug Shoe Designs is giving a pair $19.50 shoes to one of my readers! If you want one of the monogrammed pairs, you can pay the extra!

To enter, visit Baby Bug Shoe Designs and tell me which pair of shoes you are going to choose! Remember, the $19.50 pairs will be free, but if you want them to be monogrammed, you will just have to pay the few dollars extra!This is required and must be done before the extra entries count!

EXTRA ENTRIES!
You can do any of these things for an extra entry. Make sure to leave a separate comment for EACH thing you do.

1- For TWO extra entries, put my new button on your blog! If you have my old Two Of A Kind Button on your blog, take it down and replace it with the NEW one! THANKS!! Remember to leave TWO comments if you do this!

2- Follow my blog. Go over to my right sidebar and click on Follow This Blog! Current followers count too! Leave me a comment letting me know that you do!

3- Grab My "Bring In The New Year With Style" Button and put it on your blog!

4- You can now subscribe Via email...type your email into the box under my button and hit subscribe! Leave me a comment letting me know you did!

5- For TWO extra entries, Blog about this giveaway and link it back to my blog AND Baby Bug Shoe Designs!

6- Follow me on twitter AND tweet about this giveaway. Please leave me the link in your comment where you "tweeted" about the giveaway.

7- For FIVE extra entries, purchase anything from Baby Bug Shoe Designs before the end of this giveaway.

8- Add my blog to your technorati favorites! (click on the button in my sidebar) Leave a comment letting me know you did!!

Contest ends at 11:59pm EST on February 4th when I will draw a winner at random. PLEASE leave your email address if it is not visible on your profile, or make sure to check back here to see if you won. I will notify the winner on February 5th and they will have 36 hours to respond before I will choose a new winner! U.S. Only.

Don't forget to enter all my other giveaways listed on my sidebar!

A Thousand Words Thursday#15-Sex Of Baby Unveiled

Cheaper Than Therapy

I had my 3rd ultrasound yesterday! The main point was to find out if my cyst had gone down in size and I'm happy to report that it DID go down!

MY main goal was to try and find out the sex of the baby! I made friends with the ultrasound tech last time I was in there and she told me we would give it a shot!

I am ONLY right at 12 weeks but the baby's parts have already started forming and a friend of mine found out what she was having this early!

Things could change but we're PRETTY positive this kid is ANOTHER BOY! I think this ultrasound pic makes it PRETTY certain that this baby has BOY parts! She even checked from ALL angles for me...just to make sure!
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At least we're consistent...BOYS due in AUGUST! :) The good thing is we won't have to really buy any boy clothes! I could use a cute outfit to bring him in though!

Here is the heartbeat(this is the baby's back).
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AND...my new ultrasound tech friend decided to play around with the 4D ultrasound! Of COURSE, baby boy kept putting his hands in his face so we couldn't get a good look!
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I am also happy to report that I lost two pounds! I was totally ready to use the excuse that my shoes weighed at least 5 pounds each if I had gained a whole lot! I was THRILLED with my 2 pound weight loss considering I'm still carting around an extra 5 pounds from having my first baby! :)

For more A Thousand Words Thursday, check out Cheaper Than Therapy!

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Leg Warmers Review And Giveaway

I found a super cute website called Mama Runs With Scissors! She carries the most adorable leg warmers for girls or boys! They can come in different sizes for just babies and toddlers or for older children and adults!

Leg warmers are perfect if you need to add a little warmth and more style to a skirt or to just wear with a diaper! Do you have a short sleeve shirt that is in need of a little more style? Just put these on their arms and you have instant long sleeves and a fun new look!
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We got a pair of the Bike Legs and they are adorable! My little man loves wearing them around the house with a diaper! He thinks he is so cool when he struts around in them!

I wish that I would have had these when he was learning to crawl. He was always tearing up his knees! They would have also kept his little legs warm when he was crawling on the wood floors.

Mama Runs With Scissors also has combo deals that are priced 10%-25% below their regular prices! She doesn't JUST carry Leg Warmers, there are also Tutus, Onesies, and skirts!

Here a Tutu and Leg Warmer Combo!
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Check out this Onesie combo!
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You have to go visit Mama Runs With Scissors and check out all the fun things she carries to make your kid cool! She loves to do custom orders so send her any ideas that you may have!

Buy It
You can purchase a pair of the Kool Kid Legs for $8.00 and the Kool Kid Extra Long Legs for $10.00!

WIN IT!!
Mama Runs With Scissors is giving a pair of Leg Warmers to one of my readers!

To enter, visit Mama Runs With Scissors and tell me which Kool Kid Legs you like the best!This is required for an entry into the giveaway and must be done before the extra entries count.

EXTRA ENTRIES!
You can do any of these things for an extra entry. Make sure to leave a separate comment for EACH thing you do.

1- For TWO extra entries, put my new button on your blog! If you have my old Two Of A Kind Button on your blog, take it down and replace it with the NEW one! THANKS!! Remember to leave TWO comments if you do this!

2- Follow my blog. Go over to my right sidebar and click on Follow This Blog! Current followers count too! Leave me a comment letting me know that you do!

3- Grab My "Bring In The New Year With Style" Button and put it on your blog!

4- You can now subscribe Via email...type your email into the box under my button and hit subscribe! Leave me a comment letting me know you did!

5- For TWO extra entries, Blog about this giveaway and link it back to my blog AND Mama Runs With Scissors!

6- Follow me on twitter AND tweet about this giveaway. Please leave me the link in your comment where you "tweeted" about the giveaway.

7- For FIVE extra entries, purchase anything from Mama Runs With Scissors before the end of this giveaway.

8- Add my blog to your technorati favorites! (click on the button in my sidebar) Leave a comment letting me know you did!!

Contest ends at 11:59pm EST on February 4th when I will draw a winner at random. PLEASE leave your email address if it is not visible on your profile, or make sure to check back here to see if you won. I will notify the winner on February 5th and they will have 36 hours to respond before I will choose a new winner! U.S. Only.

Don't forget to enter all my other giveaways listed on my sidebar!
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