A little of this and that...ending with a GIVEAWAY!!

Amelia is down for a nap, so I thought I would take a moment to say hi! She is sleeping so well. I've started giving her a bath right after her last bottle (before bed) and I'm telling you - a bath wears the girl out! I was only giving her a bath right before we would leave to go somewhere, instead of every night. Our doctor said giving her a bath every day could dry out her skin and make her eczema worse. Her eczema is actually much better since we switched to t.ide free and are using all a.veeno products. Thanks to all of you for your advice! Anywho, back to her sleeping so well. Since giving her a bath right before bed (for the past 3 nights) she has slept from 11pm-5:30am two nights and 10pm-4am the other. How great is that!??

She is such a happy baby. I will go in to see if she's awake and just barely peek over her bassinet. If she's awake and sees me - this is what I get. All smiles. :)


She loves the ceiling fan. I catch her just staring at it, grinning from ear to ear.


I actually cooked dinner last night. There's something about winter that makes me want to bake but not cook, which means we eat out way too much. Alex came home and asked what was for dinner. It was SO COLD outside, I did not want to pack Amelia up and go out, so I did what my Momma would do. I thawed a pound of hamburger meat and threw something together! We had hamburger steak, garlic mashed potatoes and green beans. I really did feel like my Mom...she can grab a few items from her pantry and whip up something delicious in no-time flat! Alex thought it was great. I think he was starving and it wouldn't have mattered what I put in front of him. ;)

Since Christmas is over and all the decor is packed away, I find myself ready for spring. I'm already thinking about planning our vacation to the beach. Alex reminded me that the first day of winter was December 21st. HA! Does anyone else feel this way, once the holidays are over? Alex and I are making a list of things that we want to accomplish in 2010 - I'm sure I'll be sharing some of them with you. We are big list people...we both love crossing something off our list, once it's complete! :)

The Christmas gown that Amelia is wearing in the pic above was made by a little etsy shoppe that I found called My Duck Duck Goose. She was great to work with - she shipped Amelia's gown the very next day, so that she would have it in time for Christmas. And can I just say, I LOVE ETSY!! I have found some of the cutest things on there for Amelia and at such reasonable prices. This gown being one of them!

Soooooooo....I would like to do a giveaway for a Valentine's t-shirt for your little one! I have already put my order in for Amelia's and I think your little girl, boy, niece, nephew, (whomever you wish to give it to) should have one to wear on Valentine's Day too! To enter all you have to do is take a look at Wendy's site and come back here and let me know which one you like best! Random.org will choose the winner on Friday morning, January 8th! If you do not have a blog - please leave an email address for me to reach you.

Love to all,