Happy New Year!

I hope you all have a great night tonight with friends and family at your New Year's Eve parties. Please remember to be safe and designate a driver or call a cab! We will be enjoying time with some dear friends and their family, so I hope your night is filled with love and laughter as well.

Keepsake Baby Plate

I received this beautiful Keepsake Plate from Community Service Systems/Original Baby Plate to review. I LOVE the idea of the plate having all the "essential" information in one place for you: Name, birth date, time of birth, birth weight, and location. The craftsmanship on this plate is impeccable! It is porcelain and you can  have the text/photo done in either pink or blue. Who would have guessed, right? Personally, I think the blue is much more appealing.

My only hang-up about this purchase would be that there is no option to get a different mode of display. It comes with an attractive but very cheaply-made plastic stand. This wouldn't be a problem if you didn't have a CHILD in your home! I would prefer to see something more substantial, preferably a hanger, for use as a display. In all honesty, I have a 16-month-old who thinks she is a monkey! If I had this on a stand or table anywhere NEAR her, she would climb up and grab it (then proceed to fling it to the floor, enjoying the shattering sound as it hits). I understand the company's desire to save money. However, it would be nice to at least have an OPTION available to change the type of display stand you want: Plastic (no cost), Metal (maybe $1-2 more), and Hanging ($2 or so more).

I have considered ordering one for my Fuss (and any subsequent child, to be fair), but I don't have a place out of reach enough to put the plate on display to justify the $40 price tag at this time. I think the plate is adorable!! It just isn't very practical.

**Originally posted by me 8/14/11 at Bunny Berry Blog**

Kindle Fire Giveaway at Sweep Tight

I am a sucker for books! I love to read (and re-read) my books and get lost in them for hours. It honestly drives my husband batty because I always want to buy the book. More recently I have been borrowing more books from friends and family, but I would LOVE to have a Kindle. Especially the Kindle Fire since it's Wi-Fi capable and I can download on the go. Check out Sweep Tight and see if you can win one yourself!

Wordless Wednesday

Christmas Day (Excuse the crappy picture, I used my cell and then had to run just after the pic was taken)

Two Announcements

Thanks to LaDonna at Mom Blog Society, I now have 756 Facebook fans! YAY! I really appreciate her help in that and plan to celebrate hitting 1,000 fans with a giveaway. I have one sponsor thus far and am trying to line up a few more right now.

Second, but not least by any means, I'm teaming up with Angela from Life With My Littles for her Birthday Blessings Bash next month! I will be giving away a $25 gift card to Cherished Style by Jasmine Julian. I thank Angela for all of her help and advice on blogging and life in general. Since we first met (through a giveaway on her blog, actually), she has become a wonderful friend. Go over and show Angela some love from me!

<a href="http://lifewithmylittles.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="One More Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest" src="http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m542/outofthoughts/celebrate-2.gif"/></a> PSSST! Add this button to your sidebar for extra entries into the Birthday Blessings Bash!

Win a Toshiba Laptop!

Enter to win a Toshiba laptop! All you have to do is fill out the RaffleCopter form below! <3 Much love!

And a big Thanks to LaDonna who put this all together!! Go show her some love on Facebook.

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Christmas is Over...

Now what? Time to relax and clean up the mess! I am currently sitting in a living room full of toys and clothing Fuss, Daddy, and I received for Christmas. I have a few of the clothes already put into the laundry to be washed, Fuss's clothes are being sorted and stored by size, and Daddy still has to make sure his fit!

Fuss, of course, made out like a bandit! She got a kitchen from "Santa", a big Clifford, Backpack (yes, the Dora one), a Dora flashlight, and a couple bows and random things from Mommy and Daddy. Books, clothes, and dishes/food to go with her kitchen from Mammy (my mom) and TT (my sister). Last, but not least, she got a Leap Frog Tag reader, a doll house, and a grocery cart from Grandmommy (Daddy's mom) and Paja (Daddy's Dad). She also had a few "pre-Christmas gifts" from my trip to see my Dad in November: A few outfits, stuffed cats/animals, books, and some recorded stories. This kid is wanting for NOTHING! LOL.

About 2 weeks ago, the 4WD went out on Daddy's truck. We ended up getting it fixed for $300 instead of $600-800, but it still wasn't a great time to have that happen. Of course, we STILL have no snow on the ground. However, if we'd waited, it would have snowed like crazy and we'd have been stuck. Life gets crazy sometimes, but it's well worth it!