Toys for Babies Holiday Guide and Giveaway over at B-Inspired Mama!

Head on over to B-Inspired Mama! to check out her Top Toys for Babies Gift Guide and while you at it enter to win Melissa & Doug Rattle Rumble Push Toy!  Every baby needs a push toy and this is a great one!   Go check out a great blogger and have fun entering the giveaway! :-)  Happy Holidays Everyone!

Crappy Mom? Why Sure!

There's a lovely group of bloggers out there currently writing "Crappy Mom" blogs.  I saw them and thought I'd join in. Thank you Jen @ Life with Levi for all your thoughts and blogs.  I am proud to say that I am a Crappy Mom too!  Here are some reasons why I'm a Crappy Mom! :-)

Why I'm a Crappy Mom

I breastfeed Sophistication

I use disposable diapers

I hug her several times a day

I give her kisses all the time and will until the day I die, even when she pushes me away

I plan on homeschooling her

I use organic products when I can afford them but don't loose sleep if I don't

I let her eat off the floor ~  A little dirt never hurt

I will let her play outside

She has already played with water straight from a hose and will continue to do so

I let her play with my phone even though it goes wonkey when she does

I follow regular vaccinations

I forget to disinfect her toys before she plays with them

I co-sleep

I walk out of the room to go potty and come back in the room and shes has puffies everywhere... I let her eat them anyways...

I use words like tinkle and potty in adult conversations

She is rear-facing in her car seat and I will continue to do so for as long as possible

When I come home from work I run to go get her instead of going potty, even though I've usually had to go for over an hour... ( and yes even when I point it out to myself I still use the word potty)

I swear in front of her when I stub my toe

I let her play with her toothbrushes hoping that when she gets older she won't fight me on brushing her teeth

I cry when she "hits" me instead of saying no

I save the word "no" for big scary things

I let her pull all the DVD's off the shelf and play with them... then spend an hour after she goes to bed re-organizing them

I let her watch Glee and Dancing with the Stars with me even though they are on past her "bedtime"

I let her stay up until 2 if she wants so she will sleep until 10

I teach her about God, however I also teach her about other versions of God

She will be brought up Christian, however have a healthy dose of Jewish and a little Buddhist thrown in too to teach her tolerance

She gets Hanuka and Christmas ~ Thanks Grandma Sue!

Her favorite Aunt is a lesbian and I couldn't be more proud of her!

I grumble and grouch when she wakes me up at 5am even though she didn't go to sleep until 11

I work second shift as a server to pay the bills

My husband and I live in two different states and visit each other when we can afford too otherwise we Skype

My husband returned to University to finish his degree for our daughter so he misses stuff so I get to take lots and lots and lots of pictures and video :-)

Sophistication has over 10 gigs of pictures and video taken of her already and shes not even 1!  This will be interesting when she's an adult

I put my blog on hold because she comes first in everything

I have lots of blog ideas but no time to accomplish them being a single mom of an almost toddler that does not have a regular sleep schedule

This blog took me 5 days to type up with several interruptions including an 8 hour ER stay for me and I don't care

And last but not least I enjoy when my husband tosses her in the air even though I'm terrified that he'll miss her because it brings them both such great JOY

These are some of the many reasons why I'm a crappy mom and I'm damn proud of them.  I'm sure I forgot some things but it was nice writing them down too...   I love my family!  Hey there's another one! < 3

Go enter a giveaway!

Enter the GeoSafari Tuff Cam giveaway at The Link Fairy!

I know the bottom link is broken and I can not figure out how to fix it, however if you click HERE it will take you to the giveaway page on The Link Fairy.

http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/share-code/NDA4NGNmMWYyYzRmMWU5YTM3ZWQyNzc4YzhjMzgxOjE3/

I can't decide on a set! Help me pick Sophistication's Skip Hop set!

In a couple days Sophistication will be 10 months old.  This made me realize that I need to start shopping for her first birthday.  We all want to make our babies first birthdays memorable.  I keep looking at blogs, lists and advice on what to get her for her birthday.  She does not need clothing, toys or books.  The reason she doesn't need books is I already owned too many to count from my childhood and she belongs to a book club already.  I found Skip Hop through Citrus Lane.  I love their luggage, backpacks and lunch-bags.  The only problem is I can NOT decide which ones to get.  Therefore I am taking advice from others.  I picked out sets that I like and just can not decide which one to get.   Group A is the Bee/Ladybug/Frog combination.  Group B is the Dog/Cat/Mouse.  and Group C is a mix of 5 and I can only choose three so there is even more flexibility there.  The Monkey is a must for Group C, as it is the only one offered in the luggage but I still need to narrow down two out of the Zebra/Elephant/Giraffe/Hippo choices.  Let me know what you think and after Sophistication's 1st Birthday you'll find out which set was chosen.  :-)   Thanks for the help and input.  < 3 

If you would like to view the other options click on the links below to see all the 

choices available from Skip Hop.

Skip Hop Backpacks  $20

Skip Hop Luggage  $ 38

Skip Hop Lunch Bags  $14

Oh and I have a 25% off total purchase coupon that I want to utilize which is why I want to get all three at once.

We have top teeth!

 We have top teeth that have finally broken through!

Sophistication stole mommy's corn on the cob.  Took her a few minutes but she figured out how to munch on it... at least for a minute or two.... :-)

Disliking Blogger's Mobile App

So I have been attempting to publish my recent blogs through the mobile app for Android and some how have messed my ENTIRE page up!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????GRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am unsure how this happened and all of the posts I thought I had posted either disappeared into the ether or are saved as drafts.  

The only reason I can think that this has happened is that I just received a new mobile and still had the old one activated for blogger as I sometimes use it on WiFi around the house.  The camera on my old phone is decent and I use it near water so if it gets ruined I don't care as it is not my "good" aka new phone.  So here's to hoping I get everything fixed in the next day or soo as I've messed up many many things... :0/

Thanks for bearing with me! :-)

Dee aka Sophistication's Mom!

New favorite food? Oh yes I do believe so....

Today we tried a new food four the first time.... fig newtons... I do believe that sophistication loves them! She ate three whole cookies by herself. That is not including the crumbs that ate everywhere.However she feed herself three and I'm sticking too it!  What are your toddlers favorite snacks?