Moms, you know the scenario...I picked Julia up after school and she told me that her class was having a halloween party tomorrow and she wanted me to make something.  So like every good crazy mother, I drove straight to the grocery store and stocked up on baking supplies.

( Bate, bate, bate, mix mix mix... )

I was browsing on Chapters.ca and came across some books that are already published or will be released soon.  Some of my fellow birth junkies may appreciate the heads up:

Labor of Love:  A Midwife's Memoir - by Cara Muhlhahn, Ricki Lake, Abby Epstein.  $20, will be released Dec 2008.

Homebirth in the Hospital:  Integrating Natural Childbirth with ( Read more... )

Charlotte was seriously grouchy yesterday evening but she nursed to sleep at 10:30 and I had her in her own little bed by 11 o'clock.  Of course, I didn't fall asleep until after midnight but she didn't wake up again until after 2 a.m. so she got a good stretch of sleep there.  When I took her to bed to nurse, she did just that - she nursed.  No ( Read more... )

My digital camera has been stressing me lately, then when my mom and 
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Christmas is coming soon.  My birthday is coming very soon.  And our new baby is coming not soon enough!

I've created a wish list so that my "near and dear" friends and family can shop for me without my knowledge (I'm too smart for my own good sometimes), and so I can refer to it when I'm baby shopping, or doing some 'retail therapy'.  I had ( Read more... )

Gift Certificate/Store credit for Canadian stores (to buy diapers and other baby stuff!)
Parenting by Nature
Weecare diaper company
For Baby With Love
Baby Oh My
Goodmama

Goodmama Hanging Wet Bag  - for diapers, but can be used for dirty laundry and wet beach stuff, Stick Fairies pattern, or Flashback pattern ($26 Cdn)   (Thanks

Goodmama medium Wet Bag - ( Read more... )