The Belle Baby Carrier Review & Giveaway!

I have several baby carriers. I have had 2 Bjorn carriers, a Moby wrap and recently I just had the opportunity to try out the Belle Baby Carrier and all these carriers are great in their own unique way.
The great thing I love about the Belle Baby Carrier is that it folds up so small to fit inside my diaper bag for when I need to use it. And trust me I need to use it. I often have to go grocery shopping with both my toddler and baby in tow and there is no way you can put both a baby and a toddler in a shopping cart, you have no room for any groceries if you do! So I will carry baby B in my carrier and J Myster sits in the front of the cart and we happily do our shopping and Baby B is comfortable hanging out with me.  With the Baby Belle Carrier your baby can hang out facing outward or inward. This carrier is made for babies 8 to 30lbs. 

And if you are into organic, this carrier is 100% organic, made of cotton and hemp materials. And don't worry about out sourcing with the Belle Carrier, these carriers are made in Colorado! ;) That makes me happy!

This carrier also has a detachable head support which is great if your little one falls asleep in the carrier. The head support can safely keep your baby's head upright, or when they are older you can easily remove the head support from the carrier and they can ride forward facing like you see in the picture below with baby B.

This is my cute little baby B hanging out in the Bellie Carrier. We love using this carrier for when he just wants to look at everything.

Another thing I like about this carrier is how adjustable it is. I have a very small frame, and the waist adjustment can go as small as you need it to go or up to 49 inches long and the cross over straps in the back make wearing baby comfortable.

So how can you get a Belle Baby Carrier, you can visit http://www.bellebabycarriers.com/ and choose between nine different designs. I loved the organic moss. That is the green carrier you see here in the picture above, but you can choose between organic black, organic sand, organic jubilee, classic cappuccino, classic black, classic hoot, classic leopard,  or classic orange blossom.


You can also buy the Belle Baby Carrier at some top online retailers like Amazon, Diapers.com BabiesRus and ecomom.com .

But of course I've been allowed to give away a Belle Baby Carrier, and I couldn't be happier to do this because it really is a great carrier.

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Preparing for Childbirth

I'd like to introduce you to my guest blogger today Katie Moore who will talk to you a little bit about preparing for childbirth:


Preparing for Healthy Childbirth

Even before a mother delivers her baby, there are steps she should take in order to prepare for the new arrival. Although some of these preparations may not be obvious, some simple considerations have helped plenty of women face the unexpected during the birthing process.

Birthing Classes
The importance of birthing classes cannot be overstated. It’s no secret that giving birth can be an incredibly laborious task, , but there are training programs widely available to new moms that foster the physical and mental endurance necessary to take on the birthing process unscathed and deliver a healthy baby.

Birthing classes are available at hospitals and birthing centers alike, and each have their own unique approach. Common methods that have historically proven to be effective will cover the signs and stages of labor, positioning the body for giving birth, and how to deal with the pain and control the emotional stresses that arise from it. Birthing classes are also a great place to learn about all of your options when it comes to your delivery. One of the new, innovative options is cord blood banking. Cord blood banking is the collection of the remaining blood in your baby’s umbilical cord after birth. Stem cells from your baby’s umbilical cord may potentially be used in a future medical treatment for that child or a sibling.

Hospital Bag
Not to be overshadowed by mental and physical preparation for the big day, the infamous “baby bag” must not be forgotten.. . Mothers sometimes spend weeks compiling amenities to stow in the bag, and never use them. Research shows that a light bag makes for a more pleasant stay, as more baggage makes organizing and finding things later unnecessarily daunting. Many online forums consisting entirely of mothers answering birthing questions are available, including discussions on what to pack in the baby bag.

Newborn Feeding
Many expecting mothers keep a keen focus on birthing the baby, but also have a few key points to think about for soon after the baby is born. One of the first important decisions is whether or not you plan to breastfeed or formula feed your baby. There are classes that specialize in breastfeeding available at hospitals, local breastfeeding support programs and lactation consultants if you do decide to breastfeed. Physicians typically have inside knowledge of facilities that are highly recommended within the medical community. Formula feeding is also a choice of many expectant parents. Talk to your doctor to see which formula is best for your baby.


"This article was written by Katie Moore. Katie is an active writer within the blogging community who discusses maternity, motherhood, prenatal health, child birth and other topics within this niche. If you have any questions or would like to connect with Katie please contact her via twitter @moorekm26."

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Have A Great Smile?

Do you and your kids have awesome smiles? Want to show off that amazing grin? Enter this photo contest!

The contest offers the chance to show off pics with your adorable children and have the opportunity to win a professional teeth whitening session in NYC for busy moms who need a get-away and a beauty pick-me-up.

The contest goes from now until February 24th. In addition to the big NYC grand prize, there are daily prizes and chances to win teeth whitenings in selected local areas!

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This Week In Pictures

This week in pictures was a little sparse. But it started off with J myster getting a lovely Valentine from his grandma that he is holding up in one of the pictures below. The top left one is J Myster at the gym and this little stinker loves running with his tongue just a flapping in the wind. He's such a little ham. The bottom picture of J Myster is when he helped mommy make Valentine brownies. That day he was excited to return a valentine to grandma and give her a brownie too. He made some Valentines for her and we cut a special heart shaped brownie aside for her, but once it was wrapped up and man handled by J, it didn't look like a heart anymore. And of course the little stinker on the right is my little Baby B jamming out in his bouncy seat to some Frank Sinatra and Michael Buble while mommy did dishes. I had to snap a picture of his cuteness and he's starting to get the hang of smiling when I get the camera out. Oh lets see who else loves the camera that much....Oh thats right, J Myster! Looks like I'm gonna have two little hammy children posing for the camera all the time.

Earlier this week my son built me a house and he said that I had my own room and I didn't have to share it with Daddy. Then later he destroyed the house with a giant truck.

How cute is my little family? One day I'll be in the pictures with them...maybe. ;)

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Share Your Blog Posts (Meme)

(Week 15)

How many times have you participated in a blog hop and had someone come over to your heartfelt blog post and simply say "Hi, I'm following you from such and such blog, please follow back" ?

Well lets try to get a little deeper.

You spent a lot of time writing that post and you want more than a Hey I'm following you, follow me back comment don't you?

This blog hop is for sharing your heartfelt blog posts that you'd like more recognition for. This is not to gain followers, its simply to enjoy what we all like most, good blogging, good reads and sharing. Think of this as a show and tell hop. Grab your cup of coffee and be prepared for some good reads! :)

What are the rules?

1. Link up your "BLOG POST", something you've written from the week, not a giveaway or an advertisement or a link to the current coupons out there. They will be deleted. (yes I do them on my blog, but I don't link to them, if people are interested, I don't need to lure them that way)
2. Visit a blog post on the linky that you plan to spend time on and actually read their post to give a heartfelt comment back.
3. Put the Hop Button in your post or sidebar if you plan to participate.

That is it!

This hop will start on Fridays and last all weekend long. Yes you can link up more than one post from the week, or any time really, just be reasonable, don't be a linky hog.




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Facebook Funny

Ok,

Do you have those relatives, or even friends who walk into a conversation, either in real life or say on facebook and have no idea what they've walked into, but their mere comment takes the conversation to a whole new level? That was this morning as I was sipping my coffee scanning my news feed.

Now before we start, I will tell you my husband has a dirty mind. There is no changing that and most of his facebook updates consist of something that can be taken the wrong way. He does this on purpose. Many laugh, many pretend they didn't see the update, and my mother in law often does this. This time she didn't know what she was stepping into, but it made my morning as I nearly spewed coffee all over my computer screen.

Now I've taken a screen shot of the conversation, but I've changed the names and blurred out the profile images to protect them, but I just couldn't help blogging about this this morning. I also want to say that my husband and I are friends on twitter so of course I knew he had a twitter account, but I said what I said to escalate the conversation to see what responses my husband would get. I guess over the years my husband has corrupted my innocent mind too. Ok, well I've never really been innocent, nor have I ever pretended to be. ;)

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The Yum Yum Dish

So since my morning sickness subsided with baby number 2 half way thru pregnancy, my appetite has been vengeful. It really has. I gave myself an excuse for snacking...why by golly I was pregnant! Let me snack! It was probably my choice of snack that was the culprit to the extra 10 pounds that has yet to shed off 11 weeks post par-tum. ;) I also blame having a baby during the holidays.

Well I was given this bowl to try out and review and to be honest, I've had a hard time with it. I've had a hard time writing this review for it because writing this review means I have to instill a little bit of will power. But the idea is amazing, as long as you have the discipline for it.

The Yum Yum Dish is your snack bowl. This bowl is great for weight loss. Its great for kids who get a special treat and you are trying to teach them portion control, or that once they have consumed their treat, that they get nothing more. The Yum Yum bowl makes you responsible for your own snacking.

How to use the Yum Yum Dish:

Fill up the Yum Yum Dish with your not so good naughty treat.

You know the one that when you open the bag or box, before you know it, you are half way done with the container? 

YES THAT ONE! ;)

For Me its been Thin Mints, this week! 

Those Girl Scouts really are naughty! 

...Another reason why those last ten pounds are not falling off. 

So fill up that Yum Yum Dish...

then sprinkle it with Reeses pieces! ;)  

...then chocolate syrup...

(I'M KIDDING, even though I know some of you thought that was a good idea! ;) )

I repeat, I'm not advocating doing this.

There are better things to eat! 

Carrots

Celery

a head of cabbage...

But the key to that whole portion control thing is,

when the bowl is empty...

And the responsible you, will not fill that bowl up a second time! :) 

OH NO YOU DON'T!

That defeats the Yum Yum Dish secret. 

See the secret is at the bottom of the bowl. :)

Yum Yum Dishes are dishwasher safe and come with a lid to carry your snack with you on the go. To purchase a Yum Yum Dish go to http://www.yumyumdish.com/.
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What Are You Pinning? (meme)

Its a new round of "What are you Pinning?"

I thought I'd start a new meme where we can link up on our blog posts the things we've pinned on Thursdays! This meme is open all week long and starts over every Thursday. So feel free to talk about anything you have pinned recently in a blog post and share your pinterest profiles so we can follow each other.

1. So share what you've pinned in a blog post and link up. With Pinterest's new "embed" feature its easy to put your pins in a blog post now.

2. on the second linky, link up your pinterest profile.
3. Please share this button in your post so people know about this meme

Love this little monkey. My son loves monkeys and I think he'd absolutely flip over this little dude!

This would be perfect for my front walk way. A little bench, and then little pull out bins for the kids stuff!

Spring! Right now, there is snow on the ground and while I love all seasons equally, spring would be nice...minus the bugs. 

I love crepes! So why not learn to make them!

I totally need this for my coffee mugs! :) I love sock monkeys!

Seems interesting...might give it a try.

Spread the word and Happy Pinning!

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Man Cave

Guest post written by my buddy Aldo Mays:

What makes the ultimate man cave? Let’s start with a bar, a flatscreen tv, leather furniture, a keg, some dogs, and the ultimate tv package. So when I got a pay raise at work and bought my own house, it was time to start constructing my man cave. Of course when my buddies found out about my new house, I miraculously ended up with 2 new roommates. Oh well, I guess that’s just more people to split the bills with. Luckily, the bar was already built into the house, so I didn’t have to do any construction. Anyway, with the initial move, the requirement for the dogs was met. I already had the flatscreen tv covered from my apartment too. A quick Google search for direct tv pueblo and the largest plan they offered was installed the next day. Next, a run to the local liquor store and the keg was secure. Now if I could just find some affordable leather furniture, then the man cave will be complete. And now that I’m thinking about it, a king sized bed in my room, wouldn’t be too bad either.

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Atom N570 Netbook Giveaway!

Enter to win this Atom N570 Netbook! Here are the details of this amazing prize!

Key Features and Benefits:

• Intel Atom N570 mobile processor 1.66GHz, 1MB L2 Cache
  
  
• 1GB DDR3 DRAM system memory Expandable to 2GB
  Allows you to do the computer basics of web surfing, emails and documents
  
  
• 250GB hard drive Store 166,000 photos, 71,000 songs or 131 hours of HD video and more
  
  
• 10/100Mbps Ethernet, 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Connect to a broadband modem with wired Ethernet or wirelessly connect to a Wi-Fi signal or hotspot with the 802.11b/g/n connection built into your PC
  
  
• 10.1" no-glare display Intel UMA Graphics with up to 256MB total graphics memory

 Additional Features:

• Webcam with built-in microphone
• 3-in-1 memory card reader
• 3x USB 2.0 ports, 1x headphone jack, 1x microphone jack, 1x RJ-45 Ethernet port, 1x VGA port
• 3-cell lithium-ion battery, up to 3 h 39 min battery life

Software:

• Genuine Microsoft Windows 7 Starter Edition
• Microsoft Office Starter 2010: Includes reduced functionality versions of Microsoft Word and Excel, with advertising. PowerPoint and Outlook are NOT included. Purchase Office 2010 today and get the most out of your new PC.
• TMS security software (30-day trial)
• Backup and Restore options built into Windows allows you to create safety copies of your most important personal files, so you're always prepared for the worst

What's In The Box:

• Power cord
• 3-cell lithium-ion battery
• Quick Start Guide

Mouse:

The FileMate M2825 Wireless Optical Mouse provides the precision of 1000 dpi optical tracking and the freedom of wireless connectivity. It features a scroll wheel for faster scrolling and greater productivity.

FileMate M2825 Wireless Optical Mouse:

• Wireless connectivity
• Scroll wheel
• 1000 dpi
• Dimensions: 52mm x 95mm x 25mm
• Color: White and Asus Teal

Netbook Case:

The Merkury 15.6" Reversible Laptop Case is made out of shock-absorbing and weather-resistant neoprene material to protect your device and keep it scratch free.

• Slim, lightweight design
• Easily fits into backpacks, briefcases and other travel cases
• Soft, scratch-free neoprene offers superior device protection
• Premium neoprene is shock absorbing and weather resistant
• Compatible with laptops up to 15.6", and similarly sized devices

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