Etsy!

Man I love etsy! What a great way to help promote people and handmade items! I have bought a couple things off of etsy that I previously blogged about. Well when I was signed in the other day I saw I could make a little widget of things that I liked so I thought I would share.

New Layout!

So through my random blog searching I came across a really fun blog and I loved the layout! Turns out its one of the premade ones that you can download through blogger.

The original Layout background is orange but when I imported the layout style the old background I used to have kind of stayed and changed the orange to the blue and I just gotta say I love it!!

Still keeping the credit for the old one up on here though but I think I may be sticking with this one for a while. I like how simple and clean it looks!

What do you think?

today's babysteal

oh man I am so jealous of todays babysteal!

if you dont know Babysteals is a website where everyday they have a "steal" of a baby item. It could be anything! Some times its babylegs or maternity clothes or toys or outfits. Pretty much about anything! So far I have bought a couple things off of babysteals and I wanted to blog about them.

The first thing I bought off of babysteals was my diaperbag. It's a dante beatrix diaper bag and so far I really like it for when we are going to be gone longer than just a couple hours. I can fit all my diapers and wipes and toys and it has a really nice changing pad with it.



I do have one gripe and that is that unless I take everything out of my purse I have to keep my own separate purse too. I need to find a little pouch or something so that when I have the diaper bag I dont need to lug my purse around too.

Lets see I spent about 64.00 for that diaper bag the regular price being 140.00 so I got it for half the price after shipping.

My next babysteal was an Organic Ergo Carrier. These normally run for 135.00 and I got mine for 80.00 after shipping. This again was almost half the price.



I loved putting Wilson in this in the newborn stage. He loved to be snuggled and if I had things I needed to do I had 2 free hands. I want to buy the newborn insert next time for my next child because I was always worried he was going to slide out but sometimes I would just wrap him in a light cotton or flannel receiving blanket and I got the same effect.

I haven't used it out as much as I thought I would though. I do find it easier to put Wilson in his carseat/stroller and push that around and I have felt sometimes that both Wilson and I would both get hot especially this summer because it was SOOOOO Ridiculously hot this summer. UGH!


My last babysteal that I have bought is the Innobaby Packin Smart Sets. This thing is pretty cool!



I got a 2 pack set for about 20 bucks after shipping and these things are about 36 bucks. I had bought a cheap formula dispenser like this one:



Looks super cute but let me tell you it is a PAIN to get that lid back off. It drives me absolutely crazy!! ARGH!!!

So this innobaby one is a lot easier you just stack however many you need and press the sides to lift or take off whichever one you need fill it up with whatever and stack it back on. Easy and super easy to clean too!

I want to buy one more since I gave one to my sister in law as a gift which brings me back to what I was jealous about!

Looks like they had more innobaby packin smart stacks for sale today and these ones were in colors!

I have just a plain white one but I would've loved to buy one in the blue or yellow.



I'll have to try checking back and seeing if they will put it back up for sale.

That's another nice thing about babysteals is if you are paitent and there was something you saw but decided to not get but really wish you had, there is always a chance they will put it back up for sale again!

Of course Babysteals is bad if you are like me and love to shop. It's sooo hard to not check everyday and not want to buy the steal. Well except for when it's girly stuff but if I ever have a girl.. it will be game over for sure!

NOM NOM NOM

I've been feeding Wilson a small amount of cereal to get him prepared for solids. As a first time mom I had no idea what to do. One of my parenting books said to give him his bottle and halfway stop and give him the cereal and then finish the bottle.
Well that was a HUGE mistake. Wilson immediately got very angry with me for taking his bottle away. Sooo.. I knew next time not to feed him like that again.

Next up trying to give him his cereal before his bottle. Well that didn't go over so well either. I feed him the cereal in the morning and normally when he first wakes up he is ready to eat. So I think he was too impatient to really want to try eating from the spoon.

Finally we've got it down. I feed him AFTER he has eaten his 6-8 ounces. I give him a good burp and let him hang out for a little bit and then feeds him! YAY!

I think he is doing really good considering he and I both have no clue what we are doing. I can already tell Wilson will be eating us straight to the poor house. What an appetite this little boy has!

I can't wait until we start feeding him actual food food. Although when I see what his diapers are going to be like I might be changing my tune.

It's just another little milestone for our growing little guy. Everyday Andy and I are constantly amazed at how he is growing.

Wilson and his friend.

Wilson loves his turtle!! It's so cute watching him grab it and try to figure out how he can eat it.

I am feeling a little under the weather. I wasn't sure if it was allergies or a cold but yesterday I was in horrible shape. I think it is a combination of allergies, less sleep than I am used to (my normal average was 9-10 hours I now get 7 if I'm lucky 8) and a slight cold.

Luckily I have an awesome husband and wonderful in laws who watched Wilson longer than they normally would've. I feel a lot better today but I may need to watch it. Try to eat a little better and try to get to bed earlier.

Luckily Wilson isn't sick or at least not yet anyways.

Wilson's First Game.

Unfortunately the Colts lost to the Texans for their first game. Wilson was a bit fussy that day and it must've been because of this! Haha

How cute is he with his matching Dallas Clark Jersey Onesie though? Love my little man!

4 months checkup.

Yesterday morning we got to take Wilson to his pediatrician. He isn't quite 4 months yet but that's when the appointment was scheduled for.

Overall the visit went great! Wilson is doing great. He's now 14 pounds and 25 inches long. He has slowed down a little on the growth chart but it was a big jump from his 1 month to 2 month appointment, I think from all the eating and growth spurts.

He had to get 3 vaccines, 1 oral which he sucked down and 2 in each leg. Last time he had to get 2 in each leg and really didn't do too bad.

This time was even better. He hardly noticed the first one until it was almost over and when he got stuck in the second leg he cried for less than a minute.

It's always so sad hearing your baby cry but he did so great and was over it super fast.

On a side note. I had changed his diaper right before we left and thought well it's only an hour long visit or less i'm sure I shouldn't need to grab one. My inner mommy voice was telling me maybe I should bring ONE just in case but I ended up ignoring it and off to the drs we went.

Well wouldn't you know but in that whole hour he was peeing like crazy in it! OOPS! Mommy lesson number 1: Always have a diaper on you!

Looks like I failed that one. Thank god he at least didn't go poop in it! Normally I'm not too worried about the pooping. He normally only does that when he eats or right after he eats.

This weekend looks to be a busy one with Andy's brother and sister and our niece coming in for the week! We cant wait to get Wilson and Amelia together and see how they interact with each other.

It will be the first time all of us actually get to see our sweet little niece in person so we are very excited and happy!