Vacation!

Early Monday morning (Hubby says 5am!!) we are heading out to the beach for vacation! We'll be gone the majority of next week so I won't be around the blog too much but I have some AWESOME guest blog posts set up from some super great fellow mommy bloggers! You're going to love them! Plus there will still be Mom Blog Monday Blog Hop and Mommy Talk Tuesday this week too so be sure to come by on Monday and Tuesday to link up! 


I'm super nervous about how this vacation will go with the kiddos since Isaac hates the car and has never been away from home overnight. But I'm optimistic since he's slept a lot better this week than he has in a while. Either way, I'm super excited to get away and spend some quality time with family! 

Undercover Mama Review & Giveaway! {US and Canada!}

When I became a nursing mama things changed from finding something to wear that is cute and looks good on me to finding something to wear that I can nurse easily in and won't show too much when I nurse. I've always preferred to wear layers but even more so now that I am nursing so that I don't show of my belly or my back.  I was so excited to be given the opportunity to review an Undercover Mama nursing shirt because I knew the purpose of it was to provide the coverage nursing mamas want while nursing, but there are so many other great reasons I love it too! 


I like the idea of regular nursing tanks a lot, but I don't really like to go out in public without a bra on. I just don't feel right. And a lot of the nursing tanks I've tried with a bra make me feel squished and uncomfortable. The Undercover Mama nursing shirt gives you the concept of a nursing tank but without the built in bra feature and straps. Instead it hooks on to your favorite nursing bra but looks just like a shirt underneath! 

I really love how this shirt works because I have a few nursing bras that I really love and with this shirt I can wear those bras and still be covered. Also, because it clips on to my bra straps, it comes up higher on my chest so I'm not showing any cleavage off to the world. A lot of my other tanks show way too much cleavage. Another thing I LOVE about this shirt is it is   long enough to give me a layered look while wearing a shirt over it! It's super cute! 

Here I am with just the Undercover Mama shirt attached to my bra:

And here I am with a shirt over my Undercover Mama shirt:

So cute right?! The Undercover Mama Nursing Shirt is the ideal shirt for any mama who is nursing! It covers up all those areas you don't want showing while nursing and it works just like a layered tank so you can wear it with any shirt! I absolutely love my Undercover Mama nursing shirt! 

Buy It!

http://undercovermama.com/

Win It!

One lucky reader will win an Undercover Mama nursing shirt in their choice of black or white! (excludes lace trim shirts) 

Giveaway is open to US and Canada! 

Six Months!!

My sweet baby boy is already 6 months old!! 

At 6 months Isaac is:

-about 17 pounds

-still NOT sleeping through the night :( 

-Rolling like crazy! 

-Can't roll from back to belly yet though

-Sitting up!

-Can army crawl and get up on all fours for a few seconds!

-Is on solids and loving them!

-Is still breastfeeding like a champ! 

-Has TWO teeth!

Love this little man so much! 

Mommy Talk Tuesday! {Letters from Mommy!}

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Welcome back to Mommy Talk Tuesday! This week's topic is Letters from Mommy!
Write a letter to your child/children telling them anything you'd like and post it as a blog post and link up here!

Dear Noah and Isaac, 

Oh my, where do I begin?! You boys have rocked my world in every way. Before you were born, Noah, I didn't know I could love someone with my entire being. I didn't know what the saying about wearing my heart on the outside of me meant until you were here. You changed my whole life. You saved me. Without you I honestly don't know where I'd be. I was a crazy kid who didn't care about anyone but herself until you came along and made me a mother. Instead of being selfish and careless I had to be selfless and very careful, and I loved that. I love being your mom. It was the hardest thing I had ever done but it was the best thing I have ever done. You are amazing and I can't even remember life without my Noah bear!

And then you came along, Isaac. Mommy and Daddy loved being parents to Noah so much that we wanted to be parents again. We wanted Noah to have a sibling to play with and love and we wanted to complete our family. I was so excited to meet you and was as close to heaven as it gets when you were born. You are the sweetest baby and we all adore you so much! Being a mom of two has proven to be once again the hardest thing I have ever done but it is so worth it! I am so happy to have you in my life! I love how you prefer me over anyone else, and I love how you love to snuggle (Noah never was a snuggler), and I love how you grab my face and give me wet sloppy kisses. I love the way you and Noah look at each other and just giggle. I love that bond you already have with him. I know you two are going to love each other so much as you grow up and that makes me so happy. 

Even though life with two little boys is crazy, and exhausting, and I feel like I'm running a circus sometimes I wouldn't change a thing. You two have given me purpose in life. You two are my life. If all I ever do is raise you boys to be happy, well-behaved, well-rounded young men then I am doing what I was called to do. Being your mom is the best job I have ever had and I am so thankful God chose me to be your mommy. I love you Noah and Isaac. 

Love,

Mommy

I'm excited to read your letters so please link up! 

**This is not just a blog hop! Please do not link up unless you have posted on the specific topic!**

Next week's topic is : Best and Worst Baby Items! Which items are you SO glad you spent the money on or received as a gift and what items were not worth it and didn't get used? 

 

Shake, Rattle, and Roll-Baby, Toddler, and Kids Giveaway Hop! #ShakeRattleWin

Shake, Rattle, and Roll giveaway hop is finally here! I am so excited to offer you a prize package that is perfect for a toddler or preschooler! 

My prize package includes:

2 Kid Safety Bands (Read My Sponsor Spotlight HERE)

A $25 Gift Certificate to Little One Books (Read my Sponsor Spotlight HERE)

The Book "What Children Need To Learn to Read" by Michelle Vallene (Read my Sponsor Spotlight HERE)

A $56 value for all three prizes! 

The Shake, Rattle, & Roll Giveaway Hop features a variety of great products for kids of all ages! Once you have entered to win here, be sure to visit all of the participating blogs at the bottom of this post!

To enter simply fill out the easy Rafflecopter entry form! You can do one entry or all of them! 

Giveaway is open to US residents only! 

Mom Blog Monday Blog Hop!

Are you a Mommy blogger?

Do you blog about your kids?

Do you blog about great things for Mommies?

Do you wanna meet other Mom Bloggers?

To participate in the Mom Blog Monday Blog Hop, the rules are super simple! All we ask is that you follow the 3 Co-Hosts: The Not-So-Secret Confessions of a First Time Mom, Luxury Living Frugal Style, and So Easy Being Green… the first three blogs on the linky! Then follow Spot #4 which is the featured blog of the week! After that, follow as many Mommy Blogs on the linky as you want... remember, the more you visit, the more visits you'll receive in return!

Remember: If you have a Self-Hosted Wordpress blog and are unable to connect with GFC, please detail, in your Title on the Linky, how you prefer other bloggers to connect with you!

We would LOVE it if you’d grab our button and put it somewhere on your blog or in a blog post! This would help us spread the word. However, you aren’t required to. This week's featured blog is... 

Hi everyone! I'm Sarah and it's great to be a part of the Mom Blog Monday Blog Hop! I am a stay at home mom to my 6 month old son, Boston. We are also an Army family. I started blogging originally because I was getting several private messages a day asking me about my sons awesome schedule, and how people could get their babies to nap like Boston! I decided to just start writing blog posts about it to share with whoever wanted to know. I talk about Army life, raising Boston (schedules, breastfeeding, starting solids, cloth diapering), as well as my personal life.

Shake, Rattle, and Roll Sponsor Spotlight! {What Children Need to Learn to Read}

I'm excited to tell you about another Shake, Rattle, and Roll Sponsor today! Michelle Vellene is the author of What Children Need to Learn to Read- The complete parent's guide to ensuring literacy, a love of reading, and school readiness and she is giving away her book to one lucky reader as part of the Shake, Rattle, and Roll prize package! 

Michelle Vellene is the mother of three children and has a teaching degree specializing in Reading and English. She created this books combining facts and proven educational techniques and fun learning activities to help parents give their children the opportunity to learn to read. 


I received this book to review and I love it! It is set up with ideas, tips, and activities to do with your children from birth to around age 5. It gives tips like read to your children every day and have books around the house and in the car so they will develop a love for reading. It provides checklists for parents to look at to ensure we are doing our best in helping our child develop language and literacy at every age. And my favorite part, it has fun games and learning activities for each age (birth to school age) to do with your children to encourage language and reading skills. I always struggle with activities and games to do with Noah that will help him learn, but now that I have this book I have tons of activities to do with him that are specific to his age and ability! There are even activities for babies! So I have activities I can do with Isaac too! The book also comes with a cd with songs and rhymes! It's so fun!


I am very excited to have this book and help my children learn to read! I love to read myself and I really want my boys to have a love for reading as well! I know this book is going to help me do that! 

Buy It!

Purchase on Amazon for only $14.95!

Win It!

One lucky reader will win the book/cd "What Children Need to Learn to Read" as part of the Shake, Rattle, and Roll prize package! 

Disclaimer: I was provided this product for free in exchange for a written review. I was not compensated any other way. The opinions expressed in this review are 100% my own.