Book Giveaway

Tami from Titus 2 Heart is hosting her first giveaway. If you’d like to win a copy of The Proposal by Lori Wick head on over to this post by October 1.

Win a set of organic herbal beanbags

Here is another “green” giveaway! Head on over to My Two Boys for your chance to win a set of organic herbal beanbags from Therapy Shoppe! These look wonderful!

Win 2 Reusable Bags

The more I read about how we are harming our environment, the more I am trying to do things to preserve it. I have begun recycling, buying organic, subscribed to “going green” newsletters and am checking into a few other lifestyle changes to help “Save the Planet!” One very simple thing we can all do is reuse bags rather than using paper or plastic. Do you want to win 2 resuable bags? They are actually very stylish looking! Head on over to Musings of a Crunchy Domestic Goddess for details on entering this contest.

Win $50 Cash!

Anton over at the Halloween Blog is offering up a $50 prize to a lucky winner. To enter just post about his new blog and the contest post.

Easy as pie!

Win a $100 Visa Card

Do you LOVE to travel? Have you been somewhere romantic that you loved and would like to share with Mike and Carolyn? Head on over to this post at Mrs. Mordant for a chance to win. My hubbie and I have been all over the world so I had lots to say! I miss traveling!

Win an Ipod Nano!

Do you want to win a super chic red video ipod nano? I do! This is a very cool prize! You must be a blogger! Head on over to this post at It’s Write Now as they are celebrating their 3 month anniversary. The contest ends on October 31 at midnight. There is plenty of time! : )

Real Parenting

When does “parenting” begin? Or shall I ask, when did I become a mom? Was it when my tear-filled eyes looked up and met for the first time the most adorable brown eyes I have ever seen from a cold, hard operating table making the previous 14 hours of grueling labor become a distant memory? Was it that first night when we brought our baby boy home from the hospital and woke up with him EVERY hour and a half? I became a mom the moment the pregnancy test showed a positive sign in the window. My life changed that cold rainy day in our Edinburgh flat. I didn’t know how drastically it would change. I didn’t know that the freedom and reckless abandon with which we lived the previous 8 months backpacking all over Europe would become a beautiful memory displayed in pictures, videos, and blogs. I didn’t know that my body would no longer be my own. I didn’t know that I would spend 21 weeks on bedrest trying to give my unborn son the best chance at survival, forgoing everything including my job, my friends, and my freedom. I didn’t know that all my hopes and expectations of how I wanted to experience pregnancy and birth would be shattered only to be replaced by the most intense love I have ever known for someone I had just met. I didn’t know that it was easier to care for my son when he was inside me. I didn’t know that 7 years of nursing experience working with healthy and ill infants would not prepare me for being a mommy to my little boy. I didn’t know the intense drive I would feel to protect my son from anything that would hurt him. I didn’t know that staying home and caring for my baby boy would bring more joy, satisfaction, and fulfillment than any day working on the floor with my patients. And I would do it all over again! Being a mom is hard work. I don’t always have the answers. In fact, so very often I don’t have the answers. But at the end of the day, my baby boy is loved and cherished. We have been given an enormous responsibility to care for this precious life.

Dedicated to my precious baby boy who is a miracle and a blessing from God. I love you Joshua Cian Bailey, Love Mommy

Two Moms in a Blog Birthday Contest

Two Moms in a Blog is hosting another wonderful giveaway. Here is what you can win:

A fabulous make your own stuffed animal kit from FunOnTheArk.com valued at $20.00

*3 month gift subscription to Menu Planning Central $60 value
Menu Planing Central is the premier all inclusive Menu Planning Website Online.
They also offer an excellent complimentary Menu Planning Basics Report free at www.menuplanningcentral.com

* A gorgeous leatherette photo book that you make from your digital birthday photos compliments of photomemoriesalive.com valued at $50.00

* 10 handmade thank you notes provided by FunEvents4Girls.com valued at $20.00

Head on over here for details on entering. Good luck!

Win $100 Gift Certificate to Halloween Mart

With Halloween just around the corner it would be nice not to have to buy costumes! Well, Two Moms in a Blog are hosting a giveaway where one of you will win a $100 gift certificate to Halloween Mart. Halloween Mart has costumes for babies, toddlers, kids, adults and even full-figured individuals! That’s a whole lot of costumes and I’m sure you will be able to find tons of fun stuff to spend the money on! If I won, I would buy the Baby Minnie costume, the Southern Belle costume, and a Musketeer costume for my hubbie (I know, I’m over but one can splurge a little right?). Head on over to this post for details on entering including how to gain extra entries and really increase your chances! Can’t believe fall is upon us.

Oh, check out the other giveaways on the site as well!

Rolling Over

Josh turns 3 months tomorrow and he’s already been rolling over for a week! It seems very early but I guess it’s a “variable” milestone. Anyway, I’ve been so nervous about him rolling over in the middle of the night while hubby and I are asleep because of SIDS. I don’t sleep like I used to anyway and so far I’ve woken up every time he’s rolled over (the joys of motherhood!). Everything I’m reading says not to put blankets, wedges, or anything but the baby in the crib. I welcome any experiences with rolling over or suggestions on how to keep him safe.

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