Prematurity Awareness Month

Since I have had two premature babies, both born at 35 weeks I wanted to spread the word about Prematurity Awareness Month. If you make a donation to March of Dimes on your Mastercard, Mastercard will match your donation! So give to a great cause, and donate today with me!

Shop Indie, while helping animals in need

I stumbled across this fabulous site Crafters for Critters. They sell great items by indie designers, while 100% of the proceeds are donated to help out animal rescue organizations. So if any of you took the handmade pledge, to buy handmade gifts this holiday season here's your chance for helping out two-fold!

Yummy!

Look what I found! A yummy delightful cake sachet in many guilt-free different desserts! Not only are these adorable, they smell like lavender. A portion of the proceeds of your purchase go to help several different charities listed on her website.

Lounge Sets

I am just sharing a few of the lounge sets that I recently finished and added to our website. I really love this look for this time of year! Fashionable yet functional for everyday wear!

Trick or Treat!

Halloween was a blast for the kids! We went trick or treating for about an hour and Ryan was ready to come home :-). Just had to share our fairy princess and darth vader! We got TOO much candy so I have been putting it in the hubby's lunch so it will slowly disappear :-).

Take the pledge today, I did!

Okay I know Christmas sounds so far away but I saw this on a friends blog and thought I would share it here!Take your pledge today to support small businesses and independent designers that make hand-crafted goods. So don't go and buy another pair of dearfoams, why not give a unique hand-crafted gift that will be remembered for years to come??

Lauren's 2nd Birthday!

We had a fun little celebration for Lauren at Chuck E. Cheese on Friday night to celebrate her 2nd birthday. She had so much fun! We were driving home at around 10:00pm and she was still singing and dancing in her car seat all the way home! Here is a little slide show of her special day.

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Getting back in the groove

Well, after a rough third trimester with my pregnancy, and the early birth of my son Ryan, I am finally getting back in the groove! I suffered from cholestasis of pregnancy and had issues with pre-term labor. I had three short hospital stays in the last few weeks because I was having contractions, so they put me on magnesium to stop labor. It was successful each time. I was induced at 35 weeks and delivered a healthy baby boy on September 3rd, 2007 at 7:39pm. He weighed 5lbs. 14oz. For being a preemie, he is doing great! He is about 7 weeks old now and I am finally getting the hang of having three kids. Doesn't that sound crazy? It's just more multi-tasking and more pre-planning to be productive on a day to day basis. Lauren and Eric are really starting to warm up to our new addition, and it's very rewarding to see them bond.

Little Prissy Princess

Here's one of my latest listings. I had so much fun making this for my princess!

Eric's 5th Birthday Party today!

My big boy is having his 5th birthday party today! OMG, I can't believe my baby is turning 5. As I pause and reflect on the last 5 years, what wonderful memories our family has. I wouldn't change a thing about Eric's upbringing so far. I think that we as mom's are our own worst critic. My life has become so rich and fulfilled since Eric was born. My marriage was taken to new levels and parenting has been such a rewarding experience.