I LOVE Freebies!!

For the past few months I have been signing up for freebies that you can get in the mail. I have gotten a good amount of free stuff from cereal to deodorant to coupons. I really enjoy checking the mail since there is usually something exciting and free in the mail waiting for me! This week was a GREAT freebie week. I decided I would share my "winnings."

1. A health activity book for kids - I thought it would be nice to take to work and copy for the kiddies.
2. American Baby magazine
3. Ready Made Magazine
4. Country Home Magazine
5. Womans Day (I actually got 2 issues this week...)
6. 3 packet of Emergen-C and a 1.00 off coupon for a box. (I SWEAR by this stuff! It worked wonders for me in the fall - I didn't get too sick when all the kids at school were)
7. Reusable grocery bag and coupons for Earthbound Organic produce (I have completely switched to these bags - they hold SO much!)
8. Dove Deodorant and some dove coupons (which I already used!)
9. Old Spice body wash
10. Aquafresh toothpaste
11. A FULL sized Uncle Ben's Ready Rice! How Exciting! Those cost close to $3!! Plus a 1.00 off coupon!
12. Samples of Huggies soap and lotion for baby
13. Huggies baby wipes
14. 2 Huggies diapers


How exciting was that?!?!
I absolutely LOVE getting free magazine subscriptions! I'm a sucker for magazines, so getting them free is awesome.
It made my day. Ok, before you ask were I find these deals, let me list the websites that I check so you can get in on the fun....

http://freebies4mom.blogspot.com/

http://www.momadvice.com/blog/

http://www.heyitsfree.net/

http://freesampleforager.com/

http://www.freegrabber.com/

http://free-stuff-finder.com/


I also have the Google Toolbar - I use the auto fill function to fill in all those forms! I've been really pleased with all the free stuff I've received!!

Have fun freebie hunting!!

The Crib Bedding is DONE!

Here are pictures of the crib bedding, made by yours truly!! I'm so proud of myself :-). I found this adorable fabric... I really like the Owls. I was initially hoping to find something that had forest animals on it - but I had NO luck - nothing on the Internet or anything. When I saw this - I just fell in love with it and the colors. Looks like this crib is ready for a little boy!

Bumper, Crib Sheet, Dust ruffle

Quilt, Crib Sheet, alternate view of bumper

Dust Ruffle... I love the owls!

There you go! I hope you enjoyed it! I know I will :-)

My Birthday Present

I'm so excited...

Yep! Morgan and I have a camcorder now!! I am so excited to start playing with it. It's a 30GB hard drive digital camcorder. Hooray! We'll make sure that this baby's life is documented!

The almost 7th month belly..

A Pregnancy Photo!!!

I'm almost 7 months along. We go to the doctor tomorrow for another ultrasound and for my glucose testing, so I'll be filling you in on how long he is and how much he weighs tomorrow. I think that it is so neat that they are able to tell all that by looking at an ultrasound. I'm excited to see him!!

He's starting to get stronger! I've been feeling him move for the past 2 months, but he's starting to put force into his movements. It's fun to watch my belly move around when he does. I think that I'm also starting to tell which parts of the body he's moving. I'm guessing that the stronger movements are legs and feet, and the lighter ones, arms and hands. Every now and then I can feel either his head or rump (mostly his head... I think that he's heads up lately.

I'm still feeling pretty good. I am starting to get more pain in my back and rump. My feet are starting to swell too. Oh the goodies that pregnancy gives you!! But to be honest, I wouldn't give it up for the world!

Sewing, ever sewing....

I've been on a MAJOR sewing kick!! I made the owl bag (which is PERFECT to take to work - I LOVE it!) and now I've moved onto the baby bedding!! I've finished the crib bumper and the dust ruffle.... all I have to do is the quilt and a few crib sheets. After the crib set is done I have a few other projects!
-Baby bag (which I found a cute pattern and fabric at Walmart - so cheap!)
-Mobile for the crib - I'm trying to find a used one that I can completely customize...

I'll be posting pictures of the COMPLETED crib set as soon as it's done.... Hopefully by tomorrow!