tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62368651372997360012024-03-20T01:04:24.378-07:00baby blogbabieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845327895019543873noreply@blogger.comBlogger1388125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236865137299736001.post-54394709242528115052011-03-29T06:31:00.000-07:002011-03-29T19:23:40.823-07:00DaBib- Review and Giveaway!!!If you have ever fed a child, you know the typical scene. Food is everywhere. Not only is it on baby, but its on you, the dog, and everything within 5 feet of you. Well, we have tried a bazillion bibs and either they are too small, {B} can take them off easily, or they are too stiff and he refuses to wear them.Then I found these gems...DaBib! The bib (or DaBib I should say!!) is the perfect babieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845327895019543873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236865137299736001.post-43782811510832531752011-03-27T19:31:00.000-07:002011-03-29T19:23:40.847-07:00and the winner of the Kinderglo night light is...The winner of the Kinderglo night light is... ...#168 sueparks2003THANK YOU everyone for entering this giveaway! I am blown away at how many awesome and diligent readers I have. Please make sure to enter my other current giveaways! I also have a great one coming up tomorrow, so check back! Winner has 48 hours to claim her prize, otherwise I will choose a new winner.babieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845327895019543873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236865137299736001.post-23348546929298718842011-03-27T16:16:00.000-07:002011-03-29T19:17:06.322-07:00365 Love Letters Week 12My daughter is (half) asleep in my arms as I type this one handed. I get a little lonely at night sometimes when I finish editing these photos. I stare at picture after picture of my daughter and get strangely excited for her 1 am feeding so I can see her squishy cheeks in person again, and kiss them. She wouldn't let me put her back down so here I am, finishing this post one handed. But I babieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845327895019543873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236865137299736001.post-28496111366995213262011-03-26T13:49:00.000-07:002011-03-29T19:17:06.326-07:00Not paying for your kid's college doesn't equal debtThis post brought to you by Ashworth College. All opinions are 100% mine.My friends at school were talking about their college funds. When they asked me how much I had in my savings account. Money wasn’t such a personal thing back then. Or at least we didn’t know it was. So when I got home I asked my parents how much was in my college savings account.My mom chuckled. I was confused.“Well?” I babieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845327895019543873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236865137299736001.post-11946483197232628072011-03-25T15:29:00.000-07:002011-03-29T19:17:06.330-07:00Thirteen WeeksI don't know how much more of this I can take. I mean, really. I don't even want to write anything else - let alone put it somewhere for other people to read - because I'm depressing myself.I was feeling lovely and peaceful and philosophical, and then yesterday hit, and now today, when I would have been 13 weeks pregnant and my baby would have been the size of a medium shrimp. Instead, I'm still babieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845327895019543873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236865137299736001.post-58306956875384911592011-03-24T17:05:00.000-07:002011-03-29T19:17:06.333-07:00Half-empty, Half-fullThis morning, Westley asked, "Mommy, is there another baby growing inside you?""No, honey. Not yet."His little face melted into a frown, and he started to cry. I tired to get him to tell me what was upsetting him, but he didn't want to - or couldn't - talk about it. It didn't matter. I knew. The adults who had been joyful and busy and liberally peppering their speech with the word "baby" are babieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845327895019543873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236865137299736001.post-79606932093256043622011-03-24T13:10:00.000-07:002011-03-29T19:17:06.336-07:00New Camera Lens: He Says She SaysCarter's Flower Bubble Sunsuit c/o Grandma- Thank you! :D Curly Hair Clippies from WalmartHe says: “Why do you need a camera lens that costs more than our TV?”She says: “Why do you need fancy golf clubs that cost more than my lens?”Plus, golf clubs can't capture moments like these!What say ye?babieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845327895019543873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236865137299736001.post-79102624608013478912011-03-23T17:24:00.000-07:002011-03-29T19:17:06.339-07:00Loss for WordsI think every woman who's had a miscarriage must hate the word. Maybe I'm being overly sensitive (you'll forgive me for that, right?), but miscarriage sounds judgmental. It's that prefix. Mis- means "wrongly" or "incorrectly." Which just makes me think I did something wrong, because I was the one carrying. If only I'd held onto that baby correctly!For similar reasons, I cannot bring myself to saybabieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845327895019543873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236865137299736001.post-47003887256742035242011-03-23T11:42:00.000-07:002011-03-29T19:17:06.341-07:00Grobag Gro ClockAvailable at Dear-Born Baby Here $49.99babieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845327895019543873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236865137299736001.post-52058892105151658852011-03-23T09:37:00.000-07:002011-03-29T19:17:06.343-07:00Post-Kid Kitchen: Spectacular Cookies of AwesomenessThe one thing that made this weekend not suck entirely was baking cookies with my guys. It started like this: Westley wanted to ride in Rob's car, but the car seat was in my car and Rob didn't feel like moving it. I told Rob that if he moved the car seat, I'd make cookies for him. Oatmeal-raisin cookies. His favorite cookie.(Does "oatmeal-raisin" get a hyphen? I think it does. Unless you're babieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845327895019543873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236865137299736001.post-51004079361836250252011-03-22T21:11:00.000-07:002011-03-29T19:17:06.346-07:00TimingDo I wish I had waited longer to have my daughter?What would it be like had I not had my her when I did? Would I be in grad school? Working another job? Creating a better nest egg for my future children? Sometimes I don't even feel like I'm worthy enough to be her mom. Like it was selfish of me to leap so soon.On the other hand, I don't even hear the pitter patter of my first child's feet along babieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845327895019543873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236865137299736001.post-57733525382445612412011-03-22T13:12:00.000-07:002011-03-29T19:17:06.349-07:00New lookLike my new digs? The new and improved Design Girl, aka Danielle Moss Graphic Design & Photography freshened it up for me. Figures the one time I dress my daughter in a plain onesie ends up being the one I love and using as my header. Something about her sweet innocence and genuine smile gets me though.If you're looking to freshen up your blog you can get $10 off your deposit for a new designbabieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845327895019543873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236865137299736001.post-47800467519012581942011-03-22T12:54:00.000-07:002011-03-29T19:23:40.854-07:00Teething Bling - new winner!So, our 1st giveaway winner did not claim her Teething Bling prize after 48 hours, so I had to choose a new winner! The new winner of the Teething Bling pendant of her choice is...#70...Trisha!Trisha has 48 hours to claim her prize or I will again choose another winner! Hopefully I won't have to do that! Thanks again everyone for entering!babieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845327895019543873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236865137299736001.post-32340771028323853902011-03-21T22:26:00.000-07:002011-03-29T19:17:06.352-07:00365 Love Letters Week 11I love her more and more every day and can't wait to share these with her. I already am in a way, but someday I hope she can look back and appreciate these words of wisdom and photos I've captured for her.I appear in two photos this week and realized a little late that we're posing almost the exact same way. Self-portraits suck the creative juice out of me. I'll try harder next time. I love my babieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845327895019543873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236865137299736001.post-58444146170914982622011-03-21T17:18:00.000-07:002011-03-29T19:17:06.355-07:00Thank YouI'm feeling overwhelmed by all the love that has been pouring in over the last 24 hours. Thank you for your unbelievable kindness here and elsewhere. I feel the weight of your messages like arms around me, I really do. I'm so grateful, and I wish I could send each of you a handwritten thank-you note and a batch of cookies.Today has been a day of comfort food, baths, and heating pads. I think I'vebabieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845327895019543873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236865137299736001.post-31935422662587851612011-03-20T19:40:00.000-07:002011-03-29T19:17:06.358-07:00Fade AwayI hate everything about this post.Yesterday around lunchtime, I went to the bathroom and noticed some reddish streaking on the toilet paper, and a tiny blood clot about the size of a mustard seed. Rob and Westley were out running errands, and the house suddenly seemed uncomfortably quiet.I paged my midwife, and stood in the silence. Then I set the timer on the microwave for 20 minutes. (If you babieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845327895019543873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236865137299736001.post-84699785807522255202011-03-20T17:25:00.000-07:002011-03-29T19:23:40.859-07:00Boogie Wipes~ review and Giveaway!!!If you have a kid, you know how annoying it is when you try and wipe a baby or child's nose. Rarely do you actually get the boogery mess because they are moving around, freaking out, or their nose is so raw from you using dry, hard tissues over and over again that they refuse to even let you near their face.Let me introduce to you the wonderful world of Boogie Wipes!WHAT in the world are boogie babieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845327895019543873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236865137299736001.post-9422522003850950102011-03-20T11:53:00.000-07:002011-03-29T19:23:40.866-07:00And the winner of the Teething Bling necklace is...#10.....CrystletellerdayWinner has been notified and has 48 hours to claim her prize, otherwise a new winner will be chosen! Thank you all for entering this giveaway! There will be more giveaways posted this week, so stay tuned!babieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845327895019543873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236865137299736001.post-69232143331181712402011-03-19T15:46:00.000-07:002011-03-29T19:17:06.361-07:00If SHE can wear skinny jeans...I was never a fan of skinny jeans. They just looked so tight and restricting. I've always been one to enjoy a pair of boot legs, or flairs. Lately the more I see them on people (mostly the women) the more I wish I could wear them.They look so skinny. I saw some skinny jeans (or jeggings, whichever you want to call them) for babies for $3 at Walmart and bought them in every color her babieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845327895019543873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236865137299736001.post-14302267912791690242011-03-18T18:46:00.000-07:002011-03-29T19:17:06.365-07:00Our Favourite Disney on Ice: Toy Story 3!!!As a child I never understood why my parent's weren't as keen on March Break as I was. Now with the tables turned, I totally get it. March Break adds to my job description, Event Coordinator. I need to be extra creative this week to keep the girls busy and I have my own personal pressure to make it 'special'! I was super excited to have the opportunity to take the girls to see Disney on Ice on babieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845327895019543873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236865137299736001.post-82156495733462280112011-03-18T11:56:00.000-07:002011-03-29T19:17:06.369-07:00Twelve WeeksSometimes I forget I'm pregnant, but it usually only lasts a second. Occasionally, Rob has to remind me, when I wonder aloud, "Why am I so tired?""You're growing a person - and a placenta - from scratch."When I think about it, it makes my head spin. There is a new, unique human being growing inside me. A human being who supposedly looks undeniably human at this point, with limbs, fingers, toes, babieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845327895019543873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236865137299736001.post-71235490301917304412011-03-17T17:03:00.000-07:002011-03-29T19:17:06.372-07:00The Pronoun GameWestley seems fully convinced that the baby is a girl:"When the baby comes, I will tell her all about robots.""Mommy, I will show the baby this puzzle and she will say, 'Wow!'""Is the tea going into the baby's body? I hope she likes peppermint!"I have no idea where this came from. I've been avoiding gender-specific pronouns since we first told Westley that "there's a baby growing inside Mommy." babieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845327895019543873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236865137299736001.post-87296638868146893152011-03-17T12:24:00.000-07:002011-03-29T19:17:06.375-07:00Baby shower gift ideas1. Sugar Sweet Baby Wrap: $40-$702. Rear view Carseat Mirror: $183. First Years Crib CD Player (or similar boom box for music): $404. Book of Bedtime Stories: $10-$205. Prenatal/ Postnatal Massage: $45-606. Hooded Towel(s): $10-$207. Leapfrog Scout Dog: $198. Bumbo seat: $409. Gift Card: $ Your Choice (but remember Babies R Us has a bigger markup)10. ?A friend of mine asked for baby shower babieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845327895019543873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236865137299736001.post-38503804008755061532011-03-16T19:23:00.000-07:002011-03-29T19:17:06.378-07:00Preschool-Shop 'til You...Co-op(This will be my last post about preschool for a while, I swear.)Way back when we were first looking at preschools (ages ago, in January), my online activity became almost entirely focused on searching for information about schools. The Web sites all started to look the same. The curriculum guides, "Parents' Corners," and Comic Sans began to blend together. One site that stood out - and not just babieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845327895019543873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236865137299736001.post-54877526936332731822011-03-16T07:10:00.000-07:002011-03-29T19:17:06.381-07:00Natural Family Planning: He Says, She SaysLook at Me Leggings c/o Agoo*Angelically* She says: "If it’s meant to happen it’ll happen anyway."He says: "If that’s the case it’ll happen despite multiple methods of birth control."What say ye? babieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00845327895019543873noreply@blogger.com