Blog Hop, hosted by Mommy Digger and Mommy of Two Little Monkeys

I joined a blog hop today on one of my favorite blogs and thought I'd share it while Lilz is calm :)




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Today in Pictures

Today we woke up at a decent hour (10am thanks to Fall Back) and Lily filled up on boobie milk. She was thoroughly pleased. Then she took a loooong nap in her vibrating bouncy chair. After waking up and finding out we were going to Target, she was happy.



Unfortunately, it meant getting up and out into the wind. That wouldn't be a problem if the sun wasn't so bright. Not the dreaded car seat!!



The car ride wasn't too bad, and sitting in mommy's pouch and being able to see everything was a treat. She even got some headbands! Unfortunately, GreatGrandmommyBunny continues to say they look like they're squeezing her brains out.



After it's all said and done... oh my gosh she loves playing with her toy :)

Sightseeing at Target

Today we went to Target, and taking Lily wasn't too bad. She's a really good kid, but I think what kept her from being fussy was being in her sling.

I got this awesome sling at Sevenslings.com that I was carrying her around in. Her head was poking out, making us look like a mommy and baby kangaroo. She didn't get fussy or anything because she was looking at everything in the store. She didn't have TIME to get fussy! She eventually fell asleep... when we finally got to the toy section! Silly little girl :) She slept most of the time, though she did enjoy people telling her how adorable she looked.

It was really funny hearing people talking around us saying,"Look at that baby in the sling!" I was also proud of Lilz because she didn't pitch a fit or cry. I think she really had a great time :)

We also got her some little headbands, too, so people don't mistake her for a boy.

Giveaways I'm Entering

Here's a list of giveaways I've been entering:

At Momma Told Me:
Namaste Inc. Conscious Fashion, $224 Grand Prize Giveaway and Showcase~ 11/19
Diamond Candles: This Year's Hottest Gift~ 11/20
SleepyPod: Luxury Pet Carrier~ 11/19
Mangroomer: Private Shaver Giveaway~ 11/19
Mimobot Tokidoki Flash Drive Hello Kitty Giveaway~ 11/20
KinderGlo Holiday Designs and Giveaway~ 11/19
The Great Alaskan Bowl Company Giveaway~ 11/21
The Mountain: Big Face Tees $100 Family Giveaway~ 11/20

Makobi Scribe:
Win Your Gifts Holiday Hop $300 Giveaway
Red Envelope Leather Excursion Duffle Bag Giveaway
Dell Laptop Giveaway

Newly Crunchy Mama of 3:
Juppy Baby Walker 11/10
Comforts For Baby Gift Set 11/06
WIN YOUR GIFTS Giveaway Hop! ARV:$525.00 11/07

Jamie's Precious Peas:
Win Your Gifts Hop | $255 Prize Package

Simply Stacie:
Win Your Gifts Holiday Hop | Win $50 Carters GC (US & Can)

Vanessa Robert Weddings:
$50 Gift Card to By Becca's Shop -- 11/5

Formula Mom:
Win Your Gifts Holiday Hop! “Stocking Stuffers” Prize Pack ($218)

Tales From the Nursery:
$100 Prize Pack – Win Your Gifts! (US) 11/7
5 Piece Pur Minerals Starter Kit ARV$39

Kelly's Lucky You:
Over $100 in Toys from BKids Soft Blocks, ActiVision Moshi Monsters, Klutz Bracelets, Piggy Paint and Nanoblocks – Ends 11/7!

Updates on the Lily-meister

In order to try and be more organized, I am putting all of my Lily-related stuff as well as anything about giveaways and whatnot. I love my TurtleTeeth Designs, but I think it will be morphing into something greater so I would like to keep Lily away from the morphing.

It has also been a while since I updated about my little girl <3 She's getting so big! She's already 10 weeks old and at the rate she's going she'll be crawling soon.



We've been cloth-diapering with disposables here and there. Charlie Banana brand has been good to us. I think the only time she leaked was my fault for forgetting a snap somewhere. I would like to get her more, but I'm on a tight budget. People gave us a whole lot of disposables and I didn't want them to go to waste. The Huggies were cool, but we had many poopy explosions out of the diaper. Now we're trying Luvs, and so far nothing has escaped, even overnight.

However... Her Grandmama and Grandpapa Lee have ordered her a set of Sunbaby cloth diapers. They'll be here eventually and I'll see how they go. I'm excited :)

Breastfeeding! Where to begin? I love it, I won't lie. At first I thought it was going to be weird pumping and seeing my milk in a bottle when other people feed her, but then I realized it was probably weirder for people to drink milk from another species. Then again, I don't like milk so I think milk-chuggers are weird :P :)

I'm going to stay strong and continue breastfeeding the full 6 months, but I am DYING to use the Baby Bullet. Even if I can use it just to use it I'd be good, but it's exciting!

As far as toys go, her Great-Aunt Melanie bought her a baby gym thingy. It's a cushy pad with these bars that meet together in the center and have toys hanging off of them. The center has a mobile and it plays music, plays music and lights up, or plays music and spins. It's so freakin' awesome :)



She is still sleeping in the bed with me. I really don't know what I'm going to do when she does eventually move to a crib. I think I'll be more affected by it than she will! But, in all honesty, it's just so much easier to be able to feed her in bed then fall back to sleep. Heck, she doesn't even open her eyes at night anymore -- she just hits me 'til I get up and feed her. I don't have to worry about squishing her because I sleep so lightly with her there I don't move. She's constantly gravitating toward me, so I'm the one that's got to watch falling off! We start her off in the center of the bed and I switch sides in the middle of the night depending on if I can feel my arm or not. She'll get so close that I start moving to make sure she has room to breathe... Then when I wake up I'm right on the edge!

Well, better get this blog finished up. Still have a lot I want to do to it.

Lily- Week 2

I'm a little slow in posting week 2 thanks to moving drama.

Little Lily Bud has already been out to 4 restaurants since she was born, and not once has she cried or been upset. She demanded boobie milk twice, but other than that she was either asleep or just chill :) Such the little angel.

Now for some shout-outs because this has been an awesome week for Lily. As in, Momma won her some stuff! :D Most of which has already come in the mail.

From Swagbucks.com I got a free $15 promo GC for Ecomom.com
From Just By Living I won a $15 GC to Ecomom.com
THEN I won a $40 Ecomom.com GC from Consumerbell.com

I was excited to say the least, lol. Bought Lily 2 GroVia Newborn Diapers, two Newborn Kissaluvs hemp diapers, and baby face balm :)

Earlier in the week I got her WonderBumpers in. Won those from Couponing Shopaholic :) Pink and Chocolate.

From ToBeThode Lily is getting a Baby DeeDee Sleep Nest I won her :)

Not to mention the awesome Milkin' Cookies I won so Lily will never be without milk :) At least 'til the cookies are gone :) Won those from Life With Captain Fussybuckets :)

Earlier I won a BornFree bottle for Lily, but it still has yet to arrive. Thanks Raising My 5 Sons! That where I won :)

I've won some other things as well, but that's what Lily is getting :)

Right now she's sleeping in my arms. Cannot believe it's already been 2, almost 3 weeks since she was born.

Last night I set her about a foot away from me in the bed to sleep... I woke up and she was sucking on my shirt in her sleep. So precious :) I don't know who will have a harder time with her in a crib -- her, or me?

For all the stress around her, she's a calm and happy baby. She smiled and laughed at me today. I wasn't aware they did that this early, but she did. She still has dark eyes that look more slate grey than blue. They'll probably be like her daddy's dark eyes :)

Tike still likes to sleep around her. I'm dreading having to give him up :(

I'm hoping we won't have to...

Lily was having a reaction with little bumps around her eyes. It isn't like the newbie acne, but more like an actual rash. It's gone now, but I'm trying to figure out if it was something I ate or the cats or what.

Her cord fell off :D I'm holding onto it for now. Weird, yes, but I don't care <3
She has a little left, but I don't want to mess with it... I'm a wuss, I know!

And now we wait to post week 3 :) If I get the chance I'll post before then

Lily- Week 1

So I've been a mother a little over a week and I've learned a lot. Made mistakes already, but learned I can do this!



Lucky for me, Lily doesn't cry very much. I don't know if that is because I meet her needs before she has to cry or if she is just a calm baby. It's kind of nice, but not at all what I was expecting.



We had her 1-week check-up and she grew! Of course she did, but the doctor was impressed because she has been breastfed. According to him it's apparently common for breastfed babies to lose weight their first week because of latching problems and stuff like that. Not Lily! She now weighs 6lbs 11oz!! Yay! She was 6lbs 9oz out of the womb, and 6lbs 4oz when we left the hospital. :) He also said I didn't seem like a first-time mom, so I think that was a compliment.



She is currently sleeping with us in the bed if she isn't in her little bouncy seat Allyssa and Kera gave her. I'm not too proud of this, but yesterday I made a bad mistake. It could have been worse, so I'm thankful I was just startled. I was so tired yesterday that before getting into bed I put Lily in her seat without buckling her in. I zonked out, and luckily Joseph's mom came in to check on us and found her on the floor. When she said that I sat straight up and started freaking out. She was fine, though, just laying there making the "feed me" face. I will NOT make that mistake again. I have been so worried about SIDS that I rarely let her out of my sight, though I know she's okay.



So far, so good. I just want her to stay a newborn forever <3 She's so precious!