I WON!!!

You should have heard me here in my house a few minutes ago - I just one the Grand Prize on the latest Born Green Giveaway. Listed below are the things that I won. I am so excited! What fun it is to WIN things :)

1. Baby Planet - Endangered Species Stroller, Monarch Butterfly Edition
2. Jack's Harvest - Gift Certificate Certificate
3. Blessed Nest- Organic Nesting Pillow
4. Laptop Lunch- Laptop Lunch System
5. Mother's Milkmate - BPA Free Breastmilk Storage System
6. Naturepedic - Organic Crib Sheet Set

Now onto my NEXT entry - I'm entering to win 2 fitted cloth diapers and a cover made by Mandi's Menagerie given away by, "From Dates to Diapers". Since I love to cloth diaper I'm ALWAYS looking at what else is out there to make things easier! VERY cute diapers that Mandi makes :)

giveaways

My good friend Amber (baby wearing buzz) told me about a giveaway to the magazine kiwi, dedicated to "green living". I know I would love to win and if you are interested you should check it out too! You'll find the giveaway at Green Kiddos blog. Oh and I loved the quote on the page, "growing natural kids in a not so natural world".

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Another giveaway that Amber told me about was the Born Green Giveaway. They have three prizes and I would of course LOVE to win one of them. The link to that one is BABY BUY PRODUCTS - she's got a lot of good information on a lot of different products. Definitely a lot more than I've heard about!

Ellie and babies

A good friend of mine gave birth to her little boy, Micah about 2 weeks ago. He is only 5 lbs 10 oz and we got to take her a meal yesterday and hold her little one! Elizabeth went with me. We had so much fun on the ride there - listening to music, car-dancing and giggling back and forth. When we arrived at Jessica's house I put Ellie down and held Micah for a few minutes - SO TINY! After I handed Micah back Jess and I chatted for a few minutes. Ellie plopped herself down on the floor and put her hands out - obviously indicating that she wanted to hold Micah. I was blown away - it was her very first time seeing a baby that small and she was so enthralled. She also found a baby-doll they had in the house and started carrying it around. I can't wait for her to have her own doll and to see her new baby brother or sister. It's going to be so much fun to see her as a big sister!

teething

Ellie has not been a happy girl lately. I think her molars are coming in and she is a mess - at least when she's awake! The only consolation I have to having a clingy and whiny child is that she is sleeping 12 - 13 hours a night (which is normal) and taking 2 naps during the day adding up to 2 - 4 hours of "me time"!

of trips, fevers, rashes, hair cuts & jury duty

Chris had some work to do on a house out in Arizona this past week so last Tuesday night (the 26th) we drove out to Mesa for a few days. Ellie and I left on Wednesday to visit our good friends Kip 'n Carrie and their two boys an hour south from where Chris was. It was a good visit. At first Caleb (4 1/2) and Joshua (2) were ecstatic to have a little girl around. But after a few days little Josh wasn't as thrilled. "No" he would yell @ her and when we explained that she was just a baby he would frown and say, "not a baby". My favorite thing that happened was when Josh was in the bath and Ellie wanted to get in - Carrie told me to go ahead and after I did Josh looked at me and said, "I don't want her in here". I explained to him that she was going to stay in to which he replied, "I want out". Wish I could have caught that on camera! By Sunday he was back to loving her and being being very tender and sweet with her. What a change!

We gave Ellie bangs . . . I don't have a picture of her new hair cut yet - but I will soon. She was getting frustrated always having hair in her eyes - her hair frames her little face so cute now!

the fever was on Friday - 102.6 but other than being hot she ate well, was a busy little bee and decided that playtime was Friday night from 2 - 3 am (I guess that would really be Sat morning)! She ran a low-grade fever all day on Saturday and by Sunday was doing much better. Then Tuesday morning I took off her pj's to see a light rash all over her little belly and her throat. There's not much that can be done since it's roseola, but I hate to see it all over her!

Chris sent us home on a plane last night - he needed to stay one more day @ the property. I'm @ Jury Duty today - getting "caught up" w/ any and all internet-related things! Elizabeth is hanging out w/ Grandma. It's nice to have a day "off", but I'll be glad to get back to her tonight!