I love baby smiles!!

GIVE. Thanks ;)

This is the time of year where we all reflect on our blessings. A warm bed, a roof over our heads, nutritious food, health, etc. Why not share your blessings with those who need help the most? Even if you are on a super tight budget, for only a few hours of your time, you can donate to those in need. Looking for ways to give back without spending any money? Here are a list of sites where you can search for your local charities:

Find a blood donation location: http://www.redcrossblood.org/make-donation
Find a breast milk donation location: http://www.hmbana.org/index/locations
Find a food bank to volunteer at: http://feedingamerica.org/foodbank-results.aspx
Find a homeless shelter to volunteer at: http://www.homelessshelterdirectory.org/

"Be the change you want to see in the world." - Mahatma Ghandi

Share your breastfeeding tips!

Oatmeal is a yummy way to increase supply.

Mommy Necklaces give nursing babies something to focus on so they don't whip their head around as much. *ouch*

If you don't want to spend a bunch of money on nursing tanks for under your clothes, you can use a BeBand that's the same color as your nursing bra and pull it all the way up. You can't tell the difference!

Big T-shirts double as nursing covers in a pinch, just pull the bottom of the shirt over your baby's head. This is a great tip to use with the one above so you aren't showing any skin.

If you have large breasts like I do, try different angles until you get baby to be able to latch without their nose being buried in your breast. This frees a hand so you can eat or type.

No-handed BFing without a Boppy - sit cross-legged with baby's head on one leg and baby's butt in your lap, that way you don't have to use an arm to support baby's head. If you're in a chair, cross your legs like a man (ankle of one leg over the knee of the other) and do the same thing. It might hurt your back a little more, but it helps you be able to get stuff done on the computer.

What tips and tricks do you have?

SAHMs...What do you do all day?

11/8-11/14/2010


Monday

Take Jacob to school
Pump for Jessica

Playdate

Pick Jacob up from school

Visit SIL in hospital when DH gets off work

Tuesday

Take Jacob to school
Pump for Jessica

Housework

Pick Jacob up from school

Jacob to Karate

Jacob to Soccer

Watch Megamind

Wednesday

Take Jacob to school

6 weeks PP appt (get Mirena in)
Pump for Jessica

Try to nap

Pick Jacob up from school

Playdate

Thursday

Take Jacob to school
Pump for Jessica

Mall walk with Fall 2010 group

Pick Jacob up from school

Karate

Soccer

Friday

Take Jacob to school
Pump for Jessica

Housework

Pick Jacob up from school

Moms' Night Out

Saturday

DFW Walk for LUNGevity
Pump for Jessica

Try to nap

Parents' Night Out - Rocky Horror at midnight

Sunday
Church

Museum

Pump for Jessica

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I never thought about it before, but I can only recall 2 years when I didn't go trick-or-treating. I have always found a kid to go with, be it my sister, my cousins, my brother-in-law, or my kids :P It's really depressing how trick-or-treating has become a lost practice here in DFW. More and more people are just going to their church for "Trunk or Treat" or a "Fall Festival" on Halloween Night. It makes me kind of sad. What can I say, I'm my father's daughter! Here are some pictures of my parents' house the past two years...I can't wait to see what this year has in store:

Spooky Stories Under the Stars

Another playdate this evening. We headed back to Euless Public Library for Spooky Stories Under the Stars. We heard some silly and spooky stories and then ate Oreos and drank "blood" (Hawaiian Punch) while decorating monsters. A great time was had by all!

Fall Frame Playdate

While Jacob was in school, Joshua and I went down to Lucy's house for a craft playdate. We got to hang out with Lucy and Jacelyn (Joel took Kacen to the zoo), Candace, Sawyer, and Sawyer's birth father, Jason, plus Tamara (my friend I'm donating milk to) and her kids, Joey, Jenna, and Jessica (Joshua's milk buddy). We had so much fun! Joshua and Jessica were nursing pretty much the whole time, but they are only 4 weeks old, so what do you expect? Luckily for me, Joel got back right at 2:30 which reminded me that I needed to pick Jacob up from school at 3. I got there right in time ;) Thanks for having us over, Lucy!