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Wild Planet toys are FUN but John is so SLOW!!! (oh and Happy Birthday Honey!!!)

I LOVE that we get things for our family to review on this blog! I am the one who does the majority of reviews and I’m generally pretty speedy with them. John has done a few though and I have to say he is being super slow with one in particular, so slow that I keep thinking of writing it for him BUT that would set a bad president (so I’m just bugging him about it instead and of course just because today is his birthday I’m posting about it). So here is what you’re missing... [Read more...]

posted by Heather on October 11th, 2008
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In EXACTLY 2 weeks from this moment John and I will be driving to the hospital to have our 4th (and last) baby. I am not sure how I feel anymore… am I “ready” to have a newborn again… do I feel “ready” to be not pregnant? I have never been pregnant before when I wasn’t sure that I would be pregnant again in the future. This time should be my last time being pregnant and as much as I turn into a major grump during most of my pregnant months, I will miss it... [Read more...]

posted by Heather on October 10th, 2008
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2 weeks to go!

In EXACTLY 2 weeks from this moment John and I will be driving to the hospital to have our 4th (and last) baby. I am not sure how I feel anymore… am I “ready” to have a newborn again… do I feel “ready” to be not pregnant? I have never been pregnant before when I wasn’t sure that I would be pregnant again in the future. This time should be my last time being pregnant and as much as I turn into a major grump during most of my pregnant months, I will miss it... [Read more...]

posted by Heather on October 10th, 2008
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Wild Planet toys are FUN but John is so SLOW!!! (oh and Happy Birthday Honey!!!)

I LOVE that we get things for our family to review on this blog! I am the one who does the majority of reviews and I’m generally pretty speedy with them. John has done a few though and I have to say he is being super slow with one in particular, so slow that I keep thinking of writing it for him BUT that would set a bad president (so I’m just bugging him about it instead and of course just because today is his birthday I’m posting about it). So here is what you’re missing... [Read more...]

posted by Heather on October 11th, 2008
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Some posts from Halloweens past!

I love October and Halloween has definitely become my favorite holiday. Being so pregnant this year with baby #4 arriving exactly one week before Halloween, I am not going quite as crazy with Halloween unfortunately (no party). I figured we’d start early decorating though just so I didn’t “forget” or get too pregnant. Ethan and I got out a bunch of decorations the last week of September and for days he kept asking to put up more (I guess we got out about 1/2 to 2/3 of what... [Read more...]

posted by Heather on October 6th, 2008
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Contests

Once Upon a Potty Book & CD (WIN the BOYS version)!

Potty training can seem like such a huge deal at times. I have gotten two boys potty trained and managed to live through it, hopefully the two girls will be even easier! I take any help I can get though so I gladly accepted the Parent Bloggers Network’s offer to review the girls version of Once Upon a Potty with 26 month old Jamie. She had been making some good potty progress this summer but she just doesn’t seem ready to leave diapers behind right now. I’m in no mood to push the... [Read more...]

posted by Heather on October 9th, 2008
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Today is my birthday so I figure a great way to celebrate is to give something away! In the 6 years I have been a mom, Huggies has been the major brand of diapers that I’ve used. I have tried other brands from big brand name to small and Huggies are honestly my favorite. I don’t want to mess around with leaky diapers and Huggies have served us very well. Of course I LOVE free things for both myself and for our wonderful readers so I’m happy to say that Huggies has sent me some... [Read more...]

posted by Heather on October 7th, 2008
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I have put it off for awhile but I am now ready to take the plunge and switch to metal water bottles for our family. When I started looking for new bottles it annoyed me that Sigg (and Klean Kanteen) seemed to be the only options. I wanted more choices so I searched online and found Earthlust stainless steel water bottles. At first I thought the name was silly sounding but I got past that when I looked closer at the bottles. These are quality bottles with BEAUTIFUL designs on them! I was very excited... [Read more...]

posted by Heather on September 18th, 2008
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Some posts from Halloweens past!

I love October and Halloween has definitely become my favorite holiday. Being so pregnant this year with baby #4 arriving exactly one week before Halloween, I am not going quite as crazy with Halloween unfortunately (no party). I figured we’d start early decorating though just so I didn’t “forget” or get too pregnant. Ethan and I got out a bunch of decorations the last week of September and for days he kept asking to put up more (I guess we got out about 1/2 to 2/3 of what... [Read more...]

posted by Heather on October 6th, 2008
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