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At Olive Kids you can find nostalgic children’s bedding and coordinates designed with vibrant colors and fun in mind. Paying close attention to detail, comforters have outline quilting, shams have embroidery and soft plush, cotton sheets have attached ribbon details - all of which are available at a price that is affordable!

One of the top sellers over at Olive Kids are the Personalized Floor Pillows. Personalized Floor Pillows measure a whopping 20″ x 26″ x 2″. The outer shell of these pillows are made of machine washable super soft plush and are embroidered with character icons that match each bedding pattern that Olive Kids has to offer! The inner pillow is gusseted, quilted, and 100% cotton with a sterilized polyester fill. The quality of these pillows are outstanding! Actress, Angela Bassett, recently picked up Personalized Floor Pillows for her twins, Bronwyn, and Slater! Check out Jayden enjoying his Personalized Floor Pillow!

Just a heads up, Personalized Floor Pillows retail for $59.99 but are currently on sale for $47.99! So pick up a Personalized Floor Pillow while they’re on sale!

Olive Kids has been a successful business for 10 years! To celebrate, the owners of Olive Kids are having having a huge giveaway! The grand prize is an entire Olive Kids room valued at $750, first place is a Personalized Package valued at about $250, and five runners up will receive a Personalized Placemat Pack and Name Tag worth over $50! Go on over and enter this fabulous giveaway! Entries must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. PT on June 30, 2008. Grab a Personalized Floor Pillow or Personalized Placemat on your way out!

Today Jayden had another well visit and he is doing really good. He got a little fussy in the lobby so I had to take him to an exam room to nurse him. Shortly after, the pediatrician was ready for us. Usually he sleeps during his visits, but today he was wide awake and stealing hearts. He was just cooing away for the nurse. I got a video of him doing it a few days ago. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the video off our camera and loaded onto my mac, but I will try because it’s time we post a video. So anyway, the pediatrician is still excited that I’m successfully breastfeeding and continues to encourage me. She and the nurse almost drooled over Jayden, which brings me to this question.

Do you think that it’s in the pediatrician and staff’s job to compliment babies or do they truly mean it? Or is it just something about all babies that make people go nuts over them? Does it come natural?

Here are Jayden’s stats for today.
Weight: 9 lbs 11.5 oz. He’s a little whopper! May 12th he weighed 7 lbs 15.5 oz.
Height: 21 3/4 in. May 12th he measured 20 3/4 in.
Putting him in the 50th percentile.
They measured his head too but we don’t remember the measurement!

I’m going to have to work out to strengthen my back because at the rate that he’s growing, I won’t be able to wear him. Babywearing is something that I really looked forward to doing, so I will be pulling out the Ab Lounge! I can’t let Daddy hog the privileges of carrying Jayden!

I took some pictures with a point and shoot camera while waiting on the pediatrician to come in the room. I wish I had a compact camera that worked much like an SLR. Carrying around the Canon Rebel is such a hassle, so I keep a Kodak Easyshare in my purse.

In a month Jayden will be due to get his shots. All he’s had was Vitamin K so far. You know I’m in all sorts of panic because of the whole uproar with certain vaccines, MMR in particular. What kind of bothers me is that I haven’t been able to find any information regarding African American babies and the affect vaccines have on them. Does this mean that severe reactions to vaccines haven’t been much of a problem in African American babies? Who knows. I certainly won’t set myself up to think that. At any rate, I ordered The Vaccine Book to help us decide which shots we want to allow, whether they’re on time or postponed. Hopefully I’ll find some answers. There’s always something to keep a mother worried…

I see Tanyetta doing these all the time, so I kind of stole her idea. Tanyetta, you don’t mind do you? No? Ok good, so here we go!

This picture was taken at my brother’s and cousin’s birthday party at a skating rink in September 2001. Ahhh we look so young in this picture! We had only been dating for 3 months; Jayden wasn’t even a thought back then. I was 13 and she was 14, which should give you guys some insight as to how old we are now. Yes, we’re youngins! This should also give you all some insight as to how long we’ve been together. And it’s only the beginning!

So go ahead, you know you want to laugh, especially at my blinged out brace mouth! That’s alright though! Because I will be trolling each and every one of you all’s blogs and the moment you do a Flashback Friday or the like revealing an embarrassing picture of yourself, I’m going to be the FIRST to laugh back!

Dear Jayden,

I want to share with you something that you may not remember, because you were only a month old.

It was on the day of Monday May 26th 2008, Memorial Day. Daddy and I had just finished up our grocery shopping at Walmart and were checking out while chatting with the cashier about baby stuff. I held you close in a Snugli carrier. As the cashier finished scanning our groceries, I felt a vibration much like my cellphone rip from the Snugli. At the same time your legs extended from their usual curled position. I looked down at you confused because I had left my cellphone at home. Before I knew it, my right foot was drenched in seedy, mustardy glop. You had pooped on me! You blew that diaper to bits, right there in the Walmart checkout line. Being the loving mother that I am, all I could do was laugh out loud, and so did the cashier. She offered us some paper towels and called cleanup to mop up your poo. Daddy thought he was off scott free since he had actually been wearing you earlier. I had decided to wear you as the basket had gotten too heavy for me to push. That’s alright because you got him good this morning (May 28th 2008) as he was changing your diaper. You launched your Grey Poupon combo right at Daddy’s tummy. Bwahaha!

Love,
Mommy

Last month, I won a Mama Mio The Smoothie Spa-at-Home Kit from one of Due Maternity’s weekly giveaways! I meant to blog about it but had a bajillion other things on my plate. Although I’m late, I still want to share my prize as well as encourage you all to enter Due Maternity’s giveaways. You can win! The Moisturizing Shower Cream is lightly scented and leaves my skin feeling soft. The Supersmooth Body Buff helps keep my skin exfoliated. I use this in areas where I broke out during the pregnancy, my back in particular. I had some major bacne going on. The O-Mega Body Oil is aromatherapy to my nose. I rubbed this on my belly during the pregnancy and I still continue to do so. The picture to the left is of me at 36 weeks pregnant posing with my Mama Mio The Smoothie Spa-at-Home Kit. I was holding it backwards and didn’t realize it! I got a good laugh at myself. I can’t believe I did that! I’m wearing a Spring Baby tee, which is one of my favorite maternity tees. Hopefully I’ll get to wear it again. See, Daddy and I were both cursed with winter birthdays, so we want our kids to be able to enjoy their birthdays in warm weather. That way we can all go out and celebrate outside instead of hiding in from the cold.

Due Maternity is having a Memorial Day Weekend Sale! If you’re shopping around for Maternity Clothes, now is the chance to take advantage! I miss wearing maternity wear! *cries*

Note: Discount coupons of any kind are not valid for items in the Due Outlet section. Check out Look Who’s Preggo where you can create little preggy dolls with your face on them. See how you, your friends, or family members would look preggy! Try your luck at winning a Skip Hop diaper bag from Due Maternity, there is hope!