Random Ramblings
I constantly find that I have just a few random thoughts that I’d like to share but they don’t really go well together so thus a random ramblings post is born. Here are some random thoughts I’ve had lately…
I love meeting new bloggers so I decided to join Monday Minglings.
I am reading The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury simply because I heard the book mentioned twice on the TV show Criminal Minds. I already was reading another book (Something Wicked This Way Comes) by Ray Bradbury and The Illustrated Man sounded fantastic.
Drama King lost his second tooth. It’s the bottom one, right next to the one he lost a week or so ago. He’s growing up way too fast.
We’re having my favorite foods for dinner: Steak and corn on the cob. Would be better if we had baked potatoes to go with it but we didn’t pick any up so we’ll be serving it up with rice. Tomorrow’s another grill day for dinner as we’re doing burgers and fried zucchini.
Why do Frosted Flakes have to cost so much when I am craving eating cereal like a kid?
Little T receieved a $20 Walmart gift card for his birthday and he has already spent it. Last night, we stood in the toy section for over 30 minutes while Little T looked at every single wrestling action figure before settling on the two he was going to buy; Goldust and Evan Bourne.
While thinking of Walmart – Why do they put items in their clearance section when they are not marked down or even on sale? I was so, I mean VERY, excited because there was about 6 of the same Leapster game on a hanger marked $2 and I had a $5 off coupon so the item would have been free. The had a variety of LeapPad items with clearance stickers so I thought what a great find. I picked up two of the games and took out the coupons. As skeptical as hubby and I are with clearance items, we used a price scanner to assure it would ring up correctly at the register and guess what? Yep, you guess it. It was not marked down. In fact, it was more expensive then the other games I’ve bought in the past. So again, I have to say I’m not inclined to return anytime soon. I think I’ll stick to shopping at Target.
Blogmania Giveaway Preview
I know you’ve been sitting on pins and needles awaiting our announcement of our Blogmania prize package. Currently, we are gearing our package around safety. Our theme is “Play it Safe”. I’ve contacted a variety of safety related companies and have had some great responses. If I don’t list a company that you would like added, please let us know.
On to our partners for the September 2010 Blogmania…
First up, we have National Emergency ID and you may remember them from when I did a review of the IDs the boys have been using for years. They have graciously offered up their National Emergency Medical ID Package which includes 2 Free IDs every year to age 21. Make sure you come back to our site to find out what extra items they are also including with their ID package.
And in the theme of safety, I am partnering up with SafetyTat to provide a SafetyTat package in your choice of Girl, Boy or Multi. Keep your eye on our site because we’ll have a review of their product before Blogmania. And we’ll have a special discount code for you to use on your order of SafetyTats.
Of course, I couldn’t leave out my local readers so I have a special treat for you. Siobhan of Stroller Strides (Tucson) is offering up a gift certificate to help those new mommies get out and moving. Sign up for your first class now and it’s FREE. Can’t beat trying before buying and they offer reasonable prices per class or membership packages.
This is just the beginning. Over the next few months, I will be contacting more companies to add to this prize package. And, remember, if you have a company or product in mind that you think would be a great addition to this package, please contact us.
UPDATE: Blogmania published our first preview. Want your company in our next preview? Contact us TODAY!
7 Years Ago…Our Lives Changed Forever
Seven years ago at this moment, I was sitting in a hospital bed awaiting the birth of our first child. At the time, we did not know if our first child would be a boy or a girl. We were overwhelmed with the wonders of who our child would look like, what to name said child, and PAIN. Well, I was only feeling some of the pain thanks to an epidural but I felt pain none the less.
Now, I feel it necessary to write about Litttle T’s story so our newest readers have a chance to understand a little bit about him. He’s had a few bumps in his life to date so we’ll start at the beginning…
My pregnancy with Little T was fairly uneventful with the only real problem was when ever I ate anything that had cilantro as an ingredient. Cilantro gave my horrible heartburn which was a huge deal for our Mexican food loving family. His birth, on the other hand, was much more eventful. Prior to delivery, he breathed in meconium and was not breathing upon delivery. He recovered fast but none of this prepared us for what we’d face over the next few years.
He hit all of his milestones on or before the “expected” date. Well, all except talking. He walked early. He danced early. He ate early. He grew fast. He counted early. He could add and subtract up to 5 early. But he didn’t talk like others his age and we knew something was wrong. We got the normal ‘He’ll catch up’ or ‘Einstein didn’t talk until he was 3′ or ‘It runs in the family so don’t worry’ but that didn’t stop us from worrying. By the age of 2, our pediatrician was in agreement that something was going on so we began a myriad of testing. We did a standard hearing test. Inconclusive because he was unable to vocalize his answers. We did a sedated hearing test. Perfect score, the little bugger hears better than the average child his age. The technician just kept going to see how well he could hear. She gave up long before he stopped hearing. We saw our fair share of doctors who tested him for autism, aspergers, other spectrum disorders, ADHD, ADD, and many other neurological and speech disorders.
After all of this we were told, “He has Apraxia.” And off Tim and I went in search of an answer. What is Apraxia? Does he need speech therapy? Will we ever understand him? What can we do to help him now? And every other question a parent has when faced with the unknown.
Little T at age 3
My Very First Award
I was shocked when I got a message on Twitter from Shannon over at Mom State of Mind telling me that she had something for me on her blog. Imagine my surprise when I checked her site and saw she had won the Sunshine Award and subsequently nominated our site to carry on the award.
Here are the rules for the Sunshine Award:
* Nominate 12 other bloggers
* List the award in either a post or on your sidebar
* Link your nominees within your post
* Let the nominees know you have passed this on to them by commenting on their blog
Now, I’ve had a pretty busy few days so I haven’t had a moment to sit down a type this up but I’ve been thinking about all the wonderful blogs I read. I’ve narrowed it down to the following 12 blogs:
- Shhh…Mommy’s Hiding
- Organized Everyday
- One Savvy Mom!
- Granny Loves Gift Baskets
- My Charmed Life
- The Italian Bella Diaries
- Pickles & Lollipops
- My Charming Kids
- Aubut Family
- And Twins make 5!
- Make and Takes
- Sugar Pop Ribbons
Blog Shout Outs
Over the past few months, I’ve won a handful of giveaways so I thought I’d do a shout out to the sites/blogs where I have won. If possible, I will link to the blog post that I won so you can read about what I won.
- 5 minutes for Mom – Pair of Kidz Banz sunglasses in red during the Chris Mann Live Streaming Show
- Organized Everyday – necklace handmade by Joanna
- Smarty Pants Mama – Wonder Hangers – Keep watching for my overhaul of the boys closet using these.
- Mom State of Mind – EcoSmart Organic Insecticide Value Bundle
- Shhh… Mommy’s Hiding – Zestra sample
I’ve also posted about winning a variety of things from MomLogic when we won.
Stop by the sites above and enter some of their giveaways.
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