Okay so my baby making days are over since I lack the reproductive organs necessary but it seems that every time Macy’s contacts me to do a review and/or giveaway for their First Impressions gift sets I have a friend or relative who is about to or just had a baby.

This time around it was my next door neighbor and I scored BIG TIME when I showed up at the baby shower with this awesome trio.  She’s having a boy and instead of getting her a newborn gift set, I opted for a 3-6 month set because I know she has tons of new baby apparel and I just thought this was as cute as can be.

I was right. (more…)

*Sigh*  School started! Yay! *sniff*  I’m so happy my baby boy has started Kindergarten! *wah*  We’ve been waiting for this day for so long, we’re all so excited!

Who do I think I’m kidding?  My BABY just started school!  My Baby! Now he’s going to grow up and leave me.  He’s going to leave me alone and find a cooler place to stay and meet someone and probably move out of state and I’ll stalk him so I can see my grand-babies. His new life started today!

*Ahem*

Well, so in sunny South Carolina in the town of Fort Mill, school has started.  I have two boys, ages five and two and even though they’re both used to “Mother’s Morning Out” programs and summer camps (daycare lol) and whatnot, Kindergarten is huge.  Fur everybody. (more…)

YAY, BABIES!

It’s amazing how it seems that everyone I know manages to get pregnant at the same time.  There will be a few months of regular life and BAM! Five women are expecting.

Everyone should know by now I can’t have anymore babies but that doesn’t mean I don’t want to review baby gear!  Talk about awesome, I get to have the joy of giving my expecting friends and family the best gifts on the planet for free!

When the folks over at Mâkaboo.com offered to have me review their product line, I was THRILLED with their timing. My cousin just have birth to a beautiful baby boy and he was born with medical complications.  He was a preemie with blood in his lungs.

Everyone wants to send along that perfect gift but in a situation as delicate as this, I wanted to send something truly special.  The offer to review the Mâkaboo.com line of personalized baby gifts came as soon as we knew our new addition was going to be okay and I wanted to send her something truly special. (more…)

YES.  I am absolutely not kidding you.  There is a company called My Tagalongs.  Before I tell you my story, I’m going to let them tell you who they are -

From the women who introduced the world to ready-to-wear disposable underwear, comes an exciting new line of 30 lifestyle accessories that are specifically designed to save time and make life a little easier. From purse organizers to tool cards, eco-chic totes to stackable jars for favorite creams, MYTAGALONGS has created a wealth of well-designed, practical accessories that can be conveniently stashed at the office, in the car or in a purse.

Now it’s my turn.  I was sent two things.  What you see above (I’ll get into THAT in a minute) and an ADORABLE little nylon purse organizer -

Pardon the pink behind it, I cropped the organizer out because that’s what I got with the thongs.

YES.  I SAID THONGS.  DISPOSABLE THONGS. (more…)

I love Macy’s.  They have the BEST baby gifts ever.  If you’re looking for a layette, you can’t beat First Impressions.   Six years ago, I found out I was pregnant with my first son.  Once announced, people kept telling me I had to register for a layette set.  I had absolutely NO IDEA what that meant.  Even though I was married and 27, I was one of the first to get pregnant out of all my friends, so layette’s weren’t exactly something we talked about regularly.

Well then the months passed and I got to do the baby registry thing and I was happily zapping away.  THAT was when I learned what a layette was.

According to First Impressions,  a layette is made up of all the soft pieces your newborn needs for his or her fist days and weeks.  These include: (more…)