Rewind Week

Hello dears! I have crossed journeys with most of you from the baby blog hub of "TOP BABY BLOGS.com" and it has been exciting, fun and amazing getting to chat with so many of you! A couple times a year they reset their vote counter dilly back to zero, which I think is amazing so we all can discover new and incredibly delightful blogs! That being said, if you think about it this week, would you please click on the brown button on the right hand side of my blog that says "TOP BABY BLOGS" ? Your clicks will help my blog to stay in the top 10, which is allowing me to connect with a bunch of amazing readers, new friends and dears such as yourself. You can vote once a day from your iphone, laptop or desktop computer. Staying there has also been bringing lots of new sponsors. If you visit this the blog this week, just give a click-a-roo over on that brown box (and then they ask for one more click when you are there).

Muah! I hope you are enjoying the giveaway this month! Have a fabulous weekend ladies!

A Talk With Grandma

My little man has grown into quite the talker as of late. While I work on a couple of posts for today- I thought I'd post this conversation he had with Grandma. ;) Enjoy.

Giveaway!

This Giveaway is now closed my dears.

This month I'm going to do a group giveaway and one lovely such as yourself will receive this bundle of wonderfulness.

Petunia Pickle Bottom is the desired mommy treasure of the baby bag world. I have two and LOVE them! Would you like to tote your baby's tushy gear in this stylish pink delight!? My awesome mom sponsored this giveaway for one of you lovelies this month. A gorgeous pink PPB bag from their Cake collection. She has a cool blog called The 52 Club. There are 52 weeks in a year and the motto is lose a pound a week! It's focus is getting back in shape and she has amazing articles that are great for moms who want their pre-baby bodies back. You can check it out HERE.

Snapshot Rock is a great place to find up-cycled vintage goodies that have retro screen prints added to them. They sent us so many amazing goodies that we are enjoying SO much! For our giveaway they sent us a vintage baby burp cloth with a hipster print and two amazing hand made journals for you to scribble your ideas and plans in.

Evidence Jewelry is an INCREDIBLE new find! Her work is timeless and couture with a modern and bohemian flare. She is giving the winner of this month's giveaway their choice up to $45 from her Summer 2011 collection! I drool over all her pieces! Stylish, unique...you will be making some fabulous additions to your jewelry get up from her collection.

Like them on Facebook HERE!

You can enter the giveaway by doing the following:

First entry:

In one comment tell me that you browsed each of the sponsor's sites, and what piece you would choose from Evidence Jewelry if your were to win along with your email address so I can contact you when you win. ;)

Other entries (you may enter once a day for additional entries)

leave a happy comment, maybe tell me a happy little love tidbit since it is Valentines week or just a random smiley face.

I will announce the winner 2 weeks from today!

Also, it's not a requirement to enter the giveaway, but I thought I would let you guys know that the Top Baby Blogs site is about to reset their numbers back to zero this Friday. I have met SO many amazing mommies and cool ladies from that site and it is where most of our traffic comes from. So, if you could, please click once a day the brown button on the left hand side of my blog that says "Top Baby Blogs". It will help keep us in the top ten which has helped us SO much in connecting with amazing moms and gals like yourself. It will also help bring more fabulous giveaways to you guys. Thanks lovelies so much! xoxo -Jess

Forest Friends

Micah Lyric is one of Káel's little buddies. She is the sweetest thing with the cutest smile and most endearing voice. Her momma, Lorean is pretty amazing and a dear lady love friend of mine. She has a pretty cool blog you should check out HERE. She is awesomeness. We were on the journey of being a baby spa around the same time so when both our babies finally decided to make their debut, they were destined to be friends. ;) Lorean's husband is an amazing illustrator, designer and videographer. Check out this stop animation vid he made, documenting Lorean's pregnancy. I think you will love it.

micah with her mommy and daddy- lorean & david

An Incredible Journey Begins from David Stanfield on Vimeo.

Tunes and Such...

The Civil Wars are one of my absolute FAVORITE bands right now. They have deep, sweet and raw textures in their melodies. Their voices blend with an old grace and perfection. If you haven't listened to their album you have missed a bit of beauty in your day. :) I've been listening to them all week in my house and thought you might enjoy some tunes and such. ;) Sam and I are going to a super bowl party at some friends of ours house now. I hope you have a lovely beginning of the week.

If you want to listen to their music you can check out The Civil Wars' website or click HERE.

Beautiful Someone Sunday Week 5

It's Sunday already! While my little boy talks away I have been planning some pretty neato things. I'm planning a baby shower for one of my girl friends at the end of the month and writing out some production ideas for a video maternity series Sam and I will be doing as a project for the blog. An amazing February giveaway will be announced next week that you don't want to miss on top of that! Here are a few pics of some of my lovely friends for you this Sunday. :)

my beautiful friend mary-ellen.

the lovely miss jessica just got married to her love in a fabulous winter wedding.

the ever pretties, tori and molly

my childhood friend and gold medalist ice dancer love, morgan

oh, anna...so stunning,

Dinner Talk

I have very exciting news! Right after we made this little clip last night...Káel looked at Sam and SAID "DA DA"!!! Aaaaaahh!!! It was THE coolest thing! He just started doing this intense baby talk on Thursday night. While I was with my girlfriends, Sam sent me a video of him being put to bed, just jibber jabbering away. Makes my heart have so many warm and fuzzies. Sam was quite the proud daddy knowing that his boy's first words were "dada". ;) The last few days I've noticed Káel likes to talk after his morning nap and right before bed. Oh, by the way...excuse the pink bumbo chair, we thought we were buying green. We got home and low and behold, pink. We have never stopped to take it back. So, yeah. haha. It's been kinda a hard week so Forest boy's little conversations have been the best thing for my heart. Eeee! I love my boy. Enjoy.

Fabulous & Favorite Friday

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red hair....dreamy sigh

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i want to get some soft gold matte finish nail polish. free people used it in their last catalouge

probably the prettiest tattoo i've ever seen. artist: Amanda Wachob

one of my favorite things to do...find vinyl treasures.

leeeeaves!

sweetest baby mobile find on etsy

1,2,3 source

5 Months Old

Have you been having a lovely February so far? I have some really neato news! The blog has reached a whopping 400 followers! Oh my goodness. Wow. I'm excited to meet you guys as you peek in and enjoy the tid bits and musings here. It makes me smile to hear about you and your families. So, please drop me a line or scribble a comment. Hey, hey and welcome lovelies!

My little handsome is 5 months old already. Is that even possible? I find my days are more colorful and humorous than they were in the early days of Forest's babiness. His smiles, expressions that I interpret as a number of thoughts, make me laugh all throughout the day. One of my friends told me that as they grow some of the things that were hard early on will get easier and some of the things that were easy will get more difficult. um...WORD. haha. Where I used to just lay him down and he'd be content for long periods of time...now he constantly wants to move, explore and be a boy. Very loudly and vocally letting me know when he needs more distractions. Which, I love by the way. At times, when I just want to finish those last few dishes in the sink, it might cause me to sigh and blow a frustrated puff of air to tussle my bangs. It can be hard but when he busts out that smirk... it's over. I can't be upset. That is one of the easier things to me - He interacts with us SO much now. It makes the daily duties and caring so much more rewarding on the tired soul. He loves being on his belly and is starting to scoot. Most of the time he looks like he is sky diving. haha.

Little boy loves the computer and ceiling fans. He talks all time, telling me all his thoughts. *wink* His favorite thing to do is pull his blanket over his head then freak out because he doesn't always know how to pull it down. Then, he smiles and does it over and over again. He constantly is kicking his LEFT leg and is like a fish in the bathtub. He also loves sitting in his daddy's lap while he plays the piano. It's quite amazing and an awe filled moment when I walk in on those daddy/son times. Káel is genuinely fascinated and observant of Sam's fingers, realizing they are making the sounds. I love it. I love my handsomes.

I took these pics a couple days ago. Enjoy.

Káel Finds His Voice

Would you like to see something that breaks the records of cuteness.... Yeah, I know you do. ;) My little person has recently discovered that he can let out baby dinosaur screams. He's quite proud of himself. haha

Enjoy beauties!