Saturday, October 31, 2009

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY ELIJAH

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Our little man is ONE today! :::tears::: It went by so fast. It's hard to believe that this time last year I was in labor awaiting his arrival. My perfect angel was born at 3:20 in the afternoon. So tiny, helpless. So cute. I held him so tight wrapped up in that blankie. I kissed him so gently as I cried tears of joy. He looks bigger and older everyday. He does something new constantly. He is so happy and loving. I couldn't have asked for a better son. I just wish time could slow down a bit more. I cherish the time so deeply.

Baby's first year, my how it's flown
Look how you've changed. Wow! How you've grown
You've filled out heart with so much joy
We're so very proud of our little boy
Both Mommy and Daddy and all your family too
Wish Happy Birthday especially to you
As every day passes and we watch you grow
Our love will be constant we want you to know.


Mommy loves you Elijah!
Happy first Birthday!






(Poem by Pauline Oliver)

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Car seat safety

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Just buying a car seat doesn't protect your child. In fact, 3 out of 4 car seats are not used correctly. Making safe choices about what car seat to buy, how to install it properly in your vehicle and how to use your car seat properly is key to safety. One of the easiest things we can do for our children is protect them while transporting them. It doesn't matter whether you are going one minute or one hour, buckling up your children every trip, every time, could save your child's life.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration offers many resources to help you ensure you are making the safest choices when it comes to your precious 'cargo.'

Find them on Twitter: Tweet an actual safety expert on the @ChildSeatSafety account on Twitter. They will answer any questions that parents have about child passenger safety. This is such a unique resource from a government agency!

See their website: The Ad Council and the NHTSA have created a site with all the resources parents need to keep their smallest passengers safe:
http://childcarsafety.adcouncil.org/ Find your local inspection station, watch instructional videos, and even take a fun quiz!

*This post was not compensated in any way.

Wordless Wednesday - Getting his birthday suit cleaned

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With Elijah turning ONE this coming Saturday,
it is only fitting that he gets his Birthday suit cleaned.




We also let him pick his own present...

Elijah says: Happy Wordless Wednesday!
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Trick or Treat Gifts

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You know that old saying, "It was as easy as taking candy from a baby?" Well these Halloween gifts are way easier (and better) than GIVING candy to a baby!


MyPacifier.com, the original personalized pacifier has some darling 'BOO' designs created just for Halloween. Or accessorize your little one with a cute little pirate skull paci! Check them both out, as well as all their designs at www.mypacifier.com


A great accessory for Halloween are these great Calliope Boutique tennis shoes and mary janes are just 'boo-tiful!'. Each one is individually hand-painted and adorable! They have glow in the dark eyes, elastic no tie laces, and are pre-treated for children. Non-toxic acrylic craft paint and a textile medium ensures extra-long life and the shoes are even machine washable!!! They come in infant and toddlers sizes 1-10. For all their styles and tons of other cute gifts check them out at http://www.calliopeboutique.com!

CCC Gifts has adorable custom clothing and gifts! A great selection and all can be personalized with your child's name. Just pick the design you like and then pick what type of clothing you want it on. From different types of t's to toddler A-line dresses, you are sure to find something you like. They also carry cute little baby tote sets. Complete with tote, long sleeve body suit, and bib, these wonderful gifts can even be gift wrapped for a small fee to make giving even easier! Check out their selection at http://www.cccgifts.com.


Prissy Poofs specializes in beautiful gifts for little girls and their line of Spooky Poofs (tutu's) would be a perfect Halloween treat for your little princesses! Witches, Lady Bugs, Kittens, Lions, there is sure to be a style you love! To see Spooky Poofs and all their collections please visit http://www.prissypoofs.com

Saturday, October 24, 2009

A year ago today...

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This time last year I was pregnant with Elijah. Yesterday was my due date. We had been to the doctor or hospital at least once a week for the last few months. We had just returned home this time last year from one such visit. No, I still wasn't in labor. {then tell these contractions to KNOCK IT OFF}



I weighed 167 lbs and was exploding with baby belly goodness. I was happy but tired. I was so anxious. I wanted Elijah here already, but at the same time wanted just a bit more time to myself. Dave worked at home for the last few weeks so that he would be close to me when I went into labor.



I spent the last few months laying in my bed, the bed we had put for me in Elijah's room or on the family room couch. I passed the time by hybrid scrapbooking, writing, reading, playing video games, watching movies, blogging, tweeting and enjoying my quiet time. If you were a follower of my pregnancy blog you might remember my banner those last few weeks. Dave made it for me:


I also spent weeks, days and hours 'nesting'. I was so in to it I even sat and sorted BUCKETS of the small legos by brick type and color when I ran out of baby stuff to do. Elijah's nursery had been complete. His clothes for the next YEAR were washed, sorted, and put away. I read Elijah every book that was on his shelf. Dave & I had just put together Elijah's crib a few days before so there was really nothing left to do... but wait.



Every day for the last month of my pregnancy I woke up to Elijah hiccuping. It was so cute. I sung to him. I talked to him. I read to him. I was in love with him even if I didn't know who 'him' really was yet. I was so excited to finally be able to hold him.

It didn't really occur to me that my whole life was about to change.

What a difference a year makes.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Wordless Wednesday - tasty!

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I never realized all the choices and brands before I had a baby! My lil guy is a eater! ...okay more of a snacker! lol! He cant get enough of Gerber's Graduates Lil Crunchies (baby cheese puffs) and he newly LOVES the little baby tv dinners.

Happy Wordless Wednesday!
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Changes are ahead!

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Hi all! I need to be honest about a few things before I go on. After blogging for years, I made the decision last year to close my personal blogs and then my pregnancy blog and make it all one. This was a HUGE mistake. I took years of work and erased it all. I started this blog to chronicle my life, my life as a mom, and then mine and Elijah's life together. I thought it was good to have it be about our 'life' instead of keeping it separate. I was wrong. Even the best parents NEED to have themselves still. After a year this blog has gone through many changes. I am sure many of you have noticed it started severely lacking personal posts. Especially if you were a reader of my prego blog or my personal blogs, you knew I updated daily, sometimes multiple times. Well anyway, due to many conflicts of interest I feel this blog, my blogging in general, has suffered. A big thing to point out was it wasn't until this blog that I EVER had peers from real life other than my close friends read my blogs regularly. And honestly that bothered me. It made it hard for me to post because I was afraid I would be judged or looked at differently due to my opinions on things. I was all of a sudden afraid to post about things like sex or my body, or even say a cuss word. It made me paranoid and insecure. and even though traffic is not a main concern and not WHY I blog, it hurt my traffic. Which means it hurt my sponsors and hurt the pay I could be making from this.

SO in order to attempt to fix this, this blog will now be SOLELY about Elijah. Things to do with Elijah. It will grow with him, it will talk about him, and it will be his.

I am moving ME elsewhere. It is not complete yet, but my new home will be http://www.erinjeany.com. Yes, I know. Totally fitting, right? Erinjeany.com will be ME. All ME. All the time.

linkexpired will still be the same. Although we do have a new contributor...

But I just thought I would explain that. Some posts will be moving from here to there during a transition period. So bare with me.

Thanks for reading.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Where The Wild Things Are Imax Sitewarming - Fun & Prizes on Monday!

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Are you as excited as we are about the Imax release of Where The Wild Things Are?

Then join us Monday, October 19th, from 9:00 to 10:00 p.m. ET as we Sitewarm the IMAX Facebook page with a Twitter party!

It promises to be quite a 'wild' party with a chance to win some awesome Where The Wild Things Are prizes!

For more info & RSVP please click HERE
or visit http://resourcefulmommy.com


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Brought to you by Momfluence.This contest and party are part of a campaign sponsored by IMAX.


Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Happy Panda Baby Halloween

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One of my favorite brands is Happy Panda Baby. I love their tagless snappies, t's and the cute little panda that adorns each piece! It's high quality and SO soft!

Elijah's very first Christmas outfit was actually this Happy Panda snappie to the left. It says "Dear Santa, Grandma says I've been a very good baby!" He looked so adorable in it and it fit him so well!

Since Elijah is a Halloween Baby I am always looking for cute Halloween themed clothing. What is cuter than a panda holding a pumpkin? Your baby wearing a panda holding a pumpkin!

Check out their new fall design! Available on lap t's, snappies, toddler t's and as part of a beautiful Halloween diaper cake!



Wordless Wednesday - Baltimore Comic-Con

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This past Saturday was the 2009 Baltimore Comic-Con! @misterperturbed, @beavharris and I went and had a great time! We got tons of photos, free comics, posters, and buttons, and I had the chance to speak to vendors that sell comic inspired toys for an upcoming examiner story.

But one of my favorite moments of the whole day was our return to the light rail station...
...Nothing beats coming home to Elijah's smiling face!


Happy Wordless Wednesday!
(technically Wordful Wednesday this week!)
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Simply Spray fabric paint for Halloween

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From the company:

Create Halloween Horrors with New Fake Spray Blood
Fabric Spray Paints Offer a Low-Cost Costume and Décor Solution

Warwick, RI (September 2009) Halloween favorites, from blood-thirsty vampires and ghoulish decorations to lovable ladybugs, can easily be created this year with Simply Spray®, the only non-toxic, non-flammable aerosol fabric spray paints. Launching nationwide this fall, Spray Blood is the newest Halloween tool from Simply Spray, which also offers a line of Soft Fabric Paint in 19 colors for simple do-it-yourself costumes and décor.

Spray Blood allows users to create realistic-looking bullet holes, dripping blood lines and blood splatter effects on fabrics, plastic, glass and rubber. The paint provides an inexpensive (MSRP $5.99/can) and simple technique to add fake blood to horror-film inspired costumes like vampires and villains and to create gory table-scapes and Halloween decor. The fake Spray Blood comes in a nitrogen-propelled can and emits virtually no fumes so it is safe and eco-friendly. Five-minute costume ideas include using Spray Blood to create:
  • Hospital scrubs into post-operating room surgeons
  • Rolls of gauze into bloody mummies
  • Crisp white aprons into messy butchers
  • Swimsuits and foam boogie boards into shark attack victims
Simply Spray Soft Fabric Paint is also non-toxic and safe for children. With an expansive color selection, the soft fabric spray provides simple solutions to add and change the color of costume pieces or to create a costume with stencil, pattern or free-hand designs. Popular Halloween colors Brite Orange, Black and Green Apple can be used for Halloween-themed tie-dye or to create custom trick-or-treat bags and decorations with designs such as spiders, ghosts and jack-o-lanterns. Costume ideas include transforming:
  • White angel wings into pink fairy, black gothic or red devil wings
  • Tights, gloves and canvas shoes into colorful accessories for superheroes, fruit and veggie characters, animals and cartoon personalities
  • Old t-shirts and bell-bottom jeans into tie-dyed peace-loving hippie clothes
“Halloween enthusiasts love how realistic the fake Spray Blood looks and how easy it is to use. There’s nothing else out on the market to create this effect in a non-toxic spray paint formula,” said David Reizian, founder and inventor of Simply Spray fabric paints. “The Soft Fabric Paints are used for apparel and home projects throughout the year and are a natural to create inexpensive but colorful and creative costumes.”

Spray Blood and Soft Fabric Paint stay soft to the touch, a drastic difference from traditional spray paints that harden and stiffen soft fabrics such as cotton. All Simply Spray fabric paints are non-toxic and non-flammable, making indoor projects safe and convenient. Unlike

traditional aerosol spray paints, Simply Spray paints are nitrogen propelled and completely eco-friendly. The water-based paints will not harm the environment when discarded, unlike most dyes and aerosols.

Soft Fabric Paint is available in 19 colors (MSRP $4.99/can). Spray Blood (MSRP $5.99/can) is available at Walgreens, Wal-Mart, Jo-Ann Stores, Michaels, A.C. Moore, iParty, participating Party City Stores and online at www.spraypaint4fabric.com. Made in the USA. For product demo videos and project ideas visit www.simplyspray.com.

About Simply Spray
Deval Products, LLC, manufactures Simply Spray, the only non-toxic, non-flammable, odorless aerosol fabric paint. The Simply Spray product line includes Soft Fabric Paint and Stencil Paint sold at Jo-Ann Stores, Michaels, A.C. Moore and Hobby Lobby and Upholstery Paint, Paint It Black and Spray Blood available online. Based in Warwick, RI, Simply Spray prides itself on creating environmentally friendly paints; all products are made in the United States. For more information, please visit www.simplyspray.com
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What Mom has to say:

Although I have not tried this product, half the mess and half the time is the impression I am getting from their site. If you need to dye or paint something on fabric easy, this looks like an awesome way! They have different types of spray for different jobs. Upholstery, puff paint, and what I thought was really cool was they have their own type of spray on blood!

Need to make a murder scene or zombie costume for Halloween? This may be a fast and realistic looking alternative. Not to be used on skin, but they claim it looks good on fabric, rubber, plastic and glass. They even have a guide on the product page for getting it to look like a bullet hole, blood spatter and dripping!

Their paints are also recommended for Halloween crafts with the kids. They would be a great for Halloween themed tie-dyes, custom trick-or-treat bags, decorations and more! Check out their seasonal gallery to see some of those ideas visualized!

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Five For Fighting: Slice {album review}

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When Hub and I first started dating he used to play Five For Fighting's song 'Superman' quite often. I thought it had great sound and loved the message. When their song '100 Years' came out in 2004 I loved it as well and even bought the CD, 'The Battle For Everything.' So when I was offered the opportunity by the One2One Network to review Five For Fighting's new CD, Slice, I jumped at the chance.


Debuting October 13th, Five For Fighting's new album, Slice, will be the their fifth studio album. They have sold over 2.5 million albums so far and Slice promises to only help that number grow.

The first single off the album, Chances, was released in July as a digital download. I enjoyed the song as soon as I heard it and could not wait to hear the remaining 10 tracks!

I sat here trying to think of a way to describe this album as a whole to you, but I think this press release says it best:

"If every album provides snapshots of where an artist’s mind at heart is at the moment, Slice, the latest offering from John Ondrasik (aka Five for Fighting), is a collection of digital jpegs and faded Polaroids. The album takes stories of friends, family and even American servicemen, and sets them to music shot through with the spirit of the great songs of his youth. It’s a diary, or a blog, in which Ondrasik speaks his mind about current issues, experiences and sentiments, while setting those thoughts to piano, bass and drums."
Jon's voice and tone in each song will lets you not only hear the words, but feel the emotions he puts into it. The lyrics all tell you stories and the music ties it all together perfectly. My favorite song on this album is track number 9, Story of Your Life. To hear samples of Slice's tracks visit Amazon's Slice page here. I enjoyed this CD and think if you are previous fan of Five For Fighting, you will really enjoy this album as well.

Click HERE to order your own copy of Five For Fighting: Slice

If you are looking to see Five For Fighting live, you should hurry and order your tickets soon for their current tour, 'An Acoustic Evening with Five For Fighting'. I noticed tonight some locations are already sold out! Get location and ticket information at http://www.fiveforfighting.com.

If you can't see him live John is also doing a few TV appearances this month:
  • CBS Saturday Morning 10/10
  • The View 10/14
  • The Today Show 10/16
Make sure to visit John and Five For Fighting at: http://www.fiveforfighting.com
On twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/johnondrasik
On YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/fiveforfighting
And On Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/fiveforfighting

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Pyle of Love Reviews

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