And the Winner Is....!!!

COMMENT #10!!!!  Kellie!  You actually won something!  Yay!  I'll get with you to arrange delivery and such!  Thanks everyone for participating in my first giveaway!!  Karen who makes these cute things is oh so generous though and she said if you mention my blog in the comment section she will give anyone of you $1 off your very own Ouch Pouch...I highly recommend it is the cutest most adorable compact first aid kit around.  Here is the oh so cute fabric Miss Kellie has selected! 

Collections....

Real Quick! Today is your last chance to enter to win an oh so cute Ouch Pouch.  Click Here to enter! You are CRAZY not too!

Well...I USED collect carousels...  This is my only "real" collection.  My dad started me on the collection...I think it's sweet.  He started me and my sister a collection.  Mine was carousels and hers was clowns... I'm glad I got the carousels!  I still have a fondness in my heart over them but they are all in the attic because there really is no good way to decorate with them...they just aren't "in"...

Now  that I am a mom you can find me collecting....fabulous dresses for my girls, hair bows, artwork created by Darby, piles of laundry, dust and dirt in the house, pictures and the like...

To keep me "hip"... I ALSO have a very minor collection of jewelry, scarves, and shoes!

If money were no object...I WOULD collect fabulous paintings for my walls. 

Bald and Toothless

Click here if you haven't already entered to win the giveaway of a fabulous Ouch Pouch!

Also reminder, my friend Carissa's blog design kit and design giveaway ends tomorrow night at 9 so hurry over here to enter!

On to my post! Carson turned 9 months old 2 days ago, so I thought I would fill you in on what is happening with her these days! She is so stinking cute (of course I am biased). If you can't figure it out from the title of this post she is STILL without hair or teeth! I have heard of babies not getting teeth until like 15 months and stuff but MAN I hope she gets them before then! The major difference between this month and last month is that she can pull up and boy has she mastered that task. She is crawling around everywhere like a maniac. You can't keep up with her! She loves her sister she lights up when she see Darby after an absence or a nap. It is so sweet, it makes my heart smile. So at 9 months she def. babbles da da da although she does not have any association to the word and the person. I try to teach her to say ma-ma but she usually just says da-da and then looks puzzled bc she doesn't understand why it doesn't sound like what I said but she wants it to ; ). The past few days though when I try and tell her to say ma-ma she does say ba ba ba, so we are getting closer, yay! I just love her to pieces...I don't want her to get any bigger! I just want her to stay the cute little chubby, bald and toothless baby forever! Does anyone know how to make this happen!?!

The Ouch Pouch!!

So excited to make the big giveaway announcement! Karen who is the runs the PillowSoCute shop on etsy has so graciously allowed me to give away one of these fabulous Ouch Pouches to one of my readers! I got one of these about a month or so ago for myself and got one for a friend too. They are a great size to throw it right into your purse or diaper bag and go. Anyone can use one...you don't just have to have kids! Lots of fun fabrics to choose from. I will also be filling it with the essentials so it will be ready to go when it arrives in the mail! So how do you win??? Here is how!

Well you need to be a follower so hop over to the right side of the blog and click the follow button. Once you do that, click here to visit the etsy shop and pick which fabric you might choose should you win and leave me a comment and let me know! You can also have another entry if you post a link back to this giveaway in one of your blog post and just leave me another comment letting me know! So there you go...2 chances to enter.

The winner will be chosen using an integer generator (not a favorites contest). The giveaway will close at 10pm on Friday, 2/26. I will announce the winner on Saturday morning!! I hope you win!

Love Day Giveaway!

First of all, Happy Valentines Day!
Second, check out a couple ways I tried to make Valentines Day fun for Darby (and Carson). I got the Idea to put the hearts on the doors from a blog or website I don't even remember somewhere online. I would have filled the whole door with them but that is all the red and pink construction paper I could find (I thought I had more!). I put compliments on them. I had to learn a hard lesson about complimenting people so I am glad to do this for my girls. So where is the best place to get Valentines Day ballons? The dollar store! Paid only $1 for each balloon. I have a cute girly cookbook that I got a fun Idea for donuts out of and so I share them with you all.










So what is the Giveaway? Well....My friend Carissa is hosting a givaway! A good one too! She designed my blog for me and she is partnering with The Design Girl to....well just go to her blog and I'll let her explain and maybe you could be the winner of a fabulous blog design!