We have just been so blessed that Lil' Man is such a happy baby. My days [& mood] would be completely different if he was a fussy baby. Here are some photos I took of him [on my phone] sitting next to me while I worked. I can't believe he ...

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Over the weekend we had a picnic to celebrate my father-in-law's birthday. And of course, it was one of the hottest days yet. My 9 month pregnant sister-in-law brought her 3 year-old twins (by herself - yes, applaud her) & her new camera (a Canon Rebel EOS). I couldn't believe ...

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Oh man! I'm not trying to be a horrible parent! But I'm sure some of you may question my parenting after I tell you our new method for preventing diaper rash. It's not complex or expensive, in fact, it saves us money. But that is not why we are using ...

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[caption id="attachment_355" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Not a pooptastrophe, but a flourtastrophe that happened this week. She was helping me bake..."][/caption] WARNING :: this post contains pooptastrophes What a week! I've had ups & downs. I've been tested numerous times and I'm exhausted. I started my graphic & web design projects this week, after taking ...

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[caption id="attachment_234" align="alignright" width="300" caption="The Ingredients I Used"][/caption] With 3 kids in diapers, we go through a lot of baby wipes. So I was super excited to find a recipe for them that only costs 1¢ per wipe. Plus, my oldest daughter has uber-sensitive skin & these wipes will even work ...

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Yesterday was crazy busy. I had another pooptastrophe with Miss Cakes. Apparently, she thinks poop is like play-doh. I picked the house up before my mother-in-law arrived. Once she was here, I hopped in the shower and then went to the grocery store. Actually, it was the "re-launch" of our ...

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Had my third pooptastrophe as a mom. You won't see any photos for this pooptastrophe - it wasn't pretty. I'd say the first two incidences were class 1 pooptastrophes, which would make this one a class 3. Let me start with the first two incidences. Both of them involved my ...

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...of 3, my parenting is more lax. My Aunt said she remembered hearing Michael J. Fox say when you have your first kid, you sterilize the pacifier every time it falls on the ground before giving it back to the child; when you have your second child, you rinse it ...

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The girls were so excited when they received these Tinkerbell toddler beds for their birthdays. When a relative mentioned they'd like to get these beds for them, I did my research. I looked at the websites for Toys R Us and Wal-Mart and read the reviews. I find that reading ...

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Yesterday the girls fingerpainted drawings for daddy's birthday. Thankfully it was nice outside, because this could have been disastrous inside with a 29-month-old and a 17-month-old. With us being outside, the only thing that I had to clean up immediately was the digital camera. I set it down on the ...

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