Let's add something new to my plate......

Well I have added something else to my plate. I posted a few weeks ago, a new adventure. My 7 month old and I have started a little home business, Cutie Patootie. I have worked on the products, etsy website, blog, facebook page, and everything else between feedings, baths and playtime!

Check out my Cutie Patootie blog and go "like" my facebook page. Once things settle down a little for me, I plan on added many more items to the product list!

My Cutie Patootie Blog
My Cutie Patootie Facebook Page

Time Flies When Your Busy Having Fun!

Well, I looked up and realized that it has been forever and a day since my last post! Between the dirty diapers, feeding, beating summer heat, visiting family, starting my own business, and 6 month check-up/shots, let's just say it has been crazy!

So our sweet baby girl turned 6 months old this month (Aug 5th to be exact)!

 Of course with the 6 month birthday comes the horrible 6 month shots! i have to brag a lot and say that my baby is the best when it come to shots! She cried for about 5 seconds after the 3rd and finally shot was stuck in her, then looked up at me (while I was hugging and soothing her) through those big crocodile tears and smiled at me. There is nothing better than the sweet smiles of a precious baby. The shots must have tuckered her out, because my husband and I were barely out of the parking lot before Emma Kate was out cold!

While our precious little girl slept, we went shopping for supplies for my new business venture. Yes, I know the question comes up, how are you going to juggle a new business adventure on top of house, new baby, previous business (CEO Moms), and doing some part-time at home work with my pre-pregnancy job? I wonder myself!

I have really become domesticated over the past week. I have made and frozen 3 months worth of baby food and I have been busy getting items ready for my new etsy shop. I have decided to make some baby items and start my own business. Making the items with Emma Kate on my lap is easier than coming up with a name for my business!!!! Emma Kate's first bite of carrots did not go over too well........

The task of making some diaper wipe covers, however turned out good.......

This is just some of what I have been doing, trying to get ready to open my shop.

Well, I have taken all day to write this choppy post. Too many interruptions and distractions. I am going to end this rambling post after 6 hours of trying to finish it. I guess it is safe to say that "time flies when you are busy having fun"! Until next time!

The Versatile Blogger Award!

I received my first blogging award thanks to A Mom from the burbs! Thank you very much for passing the award on to me.

Here are the rules:

       1. Thank the person who gave you the award.
       2. Share 7 things about yourself.

       3. Share the award to 15 other bloggers who you have recently discovered and think are fantastic. Link to each of the recipients and let them know they've won.

Step #1 - Thank you again to A mom from the burbs! I love reading your blog.
Step #2: I'll do my best to answer all 7 questions for step 2:

1. I have only been blogging for about a month now, and I am still trying to juggle everyday tasks with the daily blog posts. (I write them in my head all day as I change diapers, nurse, and clean house!)
2. I was born and raised in the South and don't have plans to live anywhere but the south!
3. My daughter, Emma Kate, was born via C-Section (emergency after 13+ hours of labor!)
4. I met my husband on a blind date and we got married 7 months later! Our daughter arrived 4 years and 1 day after we were married.
5. Sewing, crafts, and home design are a passion.....I am trying to get my new website/etsy shop up and running soon!
6. I am the oldest of 3 children, therefore a natural "mother hen".
7. My husband and I love to workout together, cook, and spend time with our little blessing! We are BIG on family time and spending time with our families!

Step #3: The following list will be in no particular order. These are the bloggers I recently stumbled upon and enjoy reading very much! Thank you for sharing a little piece of you with everyone.

1. 4MyKiddos
2. Bargain Moms
3. Christian Frugal Mama
4. Family of Four
5. Life In the Slow Lane: Tale...
6. My Name Is Mommy
7. My Wee View
8. Pickles And Paisleys
9. The Secret is in the Sauce
10. Mommygaga
11. The Southern Belle Baby
12. The Undomestic Momma
13. Little YaYa's
14. Mamabzz
15. Simply Stacie

Creating a New Normal | Efficient Homemade Baby Food

It has been awhile since my last blog. I am trying to adjust to the blogging world, juggle my home businesses I am working on, and the day to day tasks. Well, today my sweet baby girl is 6 months old! I am sad that she is growing up so fast, yet excited about the future. So, this day is definitely bittersweet. I realized that after her 6 month check-up next week, I will be starting her on baby food. For the past 2 months, Emma Kate has been eating rice cereal a couple times a day. I am one of those parents that tastes/eats everything that is going into my child's mouth (besides the milk), so I have had Mylicon, Tylenol, and rice cereal. my siblings and I were raised eating lots of vegetables and meats. We were not picky eaters, so I knew that I always wanted my child not to be picky, but rather a lover of vegetables and fruits. I have heard kids in the grocery store yelling at the moms that they don't like those vegetables, and how they want all this junk food. I cringe! No wonder Mississippi ranked #1 in obesity! Because of my love for vegetables and fruits, and the fact I have no desire to taste processed baby food, I began looking into making my own baby food.
After all of this rambling, I just wanted to share with you an awesome link that I found through a friends facebook page. I cannot wait to start making Emma Kate's baby food next week, after we get the go ahead from the doctor.
Check out the following blog and see for yourself how easy it seems to make your own baby food, and just how healthy it will be for your little ones.

Healthy Eating to all my Followers!

Creating a New Normal | Efficient Homemade Baby Food

Follow Me Back Tuesday

Well it is time for Follow Me Back Tuesday. Our awesome hosts have enabled the many mom bloggers out in the blog world to meet other moms! It helps us follow each other and learn a plethora of information! So let's follow back fellow followers! Take the link at the Little YaYa's Blog and follow the instructions! Get to followin'!!!!

• Follow all 5 hosts and leaving a comment on their blogs.
• Make a post about FMBT and add a link (Click HERE!!)
• Follow as many blogs as you like. (Leave a comment so they can follow you back).
• When you receive a comment from a new follower, return the favor and follow them back.

Fun Follow Friday

I know that it is not Friday, but I found this tonight and thought it would be okay to be one day behind in the blogging world! lol!
Fun Follow Friday hosted by Simply Stacie and My Wee View. The goal of this hop is to get new Google Friend Connect Followers for your blog and be introduced to new blogs to follow! They wanted to keep it fun and easy so all you have to do is add your blog link and start blog hopping and following away! You aren’t required to write a post for your blog for Fun Follow Friday unless you want to (but they really appreciate it if you do – to help get the word out).
I hope to meet y'all!!!! Looking forward to blogging with all the moms!

Bebe Bella Designs

Here is a deal from Bebe Bella Designs. If you sign up for Bebe Bella Designs email list at www.bebebelladesigns.com you will receive a free $15 to be used at www.bebebelladesigns.com. There are many items under $15 so all you pay is shipping which starts at $5.00!

(I got my code right away too!)

Also, currently all the satin and minky chenille blankets are 50% off. This makes the blankees $10.00 (originally $20), the baby blankets $20.00 (originally $40) and the toddler blankets $27.00 (originally $54)! The code is xmas50 at checkout! This offer expires July 25th.

Both codes can not be used together though.