TinyLove Toys (link to giveaway!!!)

Wow!  So I don't normally pay much attention to non-book giveaways but this one caught my eye because I do follow this woman's blog.  The bright colors in the pictures today made me do a small double take followed by a 'where can I find these?!?' thought process.  So I kept reading of course to see where she came across them and how these fun infant toys were working for her girl...I got to the bottom and saw "Giveaway"  (yes, I see now that it was in the title....by "follow" a blog I mean that I read it whether the title grabs me or not and as I typically skim the title and go straight for the snippet in my Blogger Dashboard I totally missed it this time).  I had to share the opportunity with anyone I might be able to reach too.  Even if you don't enter/win the giveaway, their toys seem right on par with the big brands in stores widely available and I must say, a little cuter, brighter and sometimes downright more Momma friendly (see those attaching clips for their things??!).

So clearly y'all want the link direct to the post to see that giveaway so click HERE.

"THOSE" Days...

There are so many good days in parenting.  Honestly, they far outnumber the ones where you contemplate tube tying as a brilliant solution to avoiding too many more horrifyingly difficult toddler days.  It is wonderful being a Momma.  I swear I wouldn't trade it away ever...even on those tube tying thought days.

I never was warned that those good days and those difficult days would be one in the same though, and never did I think it could happen in such record times as to give you whiplash!  A good night's sleep leading to a playful toddler...a lunch and then a fought nap leaving behind an overly tired child not wanting anything to do with any requests made of them.

Or how about those days when you go into the bedroom and see a Waterbaby open and drained all over the bed and pillow in the middle of naptime??  Yeah, those days sure aren't fun ones either.

Hormones wash over me at less than a moment's notice right now being 28 weeks pregnant and crying in frustration is sometimes inevitable.  Those moments that I can't hide quickly bring a remorseful and cuddly two year old who wants nothing more than to make Momma feel better.  Of course that doesn't last the whole rest of the day because there are still missed naps and independence to deal with the rest of the day but those moments of cuddles are what get me through...at least until Papa gets home to take over for a few minutes!  ;)

30 Days of Thankfulness: Day One

Welcome to November everyone!  So glad to see you made it past the candy-induced daze (hopefully you continue to win that battle as the hauls begin to dwindle).  I've seen this November project two years now and each year I thought it was so neat and that I'd remember to do it "next year" since it had already started. Thankfully someone else was on top of it this year again and I happened to see it right away or I probably would have missed it again.

So my first Thankful is for timely Facebook posts...okay, so maybe I'm more thankful for friends who have much better memories than myself.  ;)