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2009

rugwinnerchristybennett.JPGCongratulations to Christy Bennett of Goshen who won this week’s giveaway — a 6×9 foot Disney-themed area rug (priced at $359.99) from Flooring America by Carpetsmart! Christy is going to have a lot of fun shopping because there are tons of different patterns, colors and textures to choose from, including Toy Story, Winnie the Pooh, Cars, Disney Fairies, Disney Princess and even Hannah Montana.

Christy has a 6-month-old son named Ryan. You can check out his super cute baby pictures on Christy’s blog (www.lifewiththebennetts.blogspot.com). Baby Ryan has a black sleigh-style crib and changing table in his room which is decorated in baby blue and chocolate brown. Christy promised to send us a photo of Ryan playing on his new rug in a few weeks.

Christy is a work-from-home mom who manages to squeeze in some work for a real estate development company during the baby’s nap times. Her husband, Micah, is an electrician. Congrats to the Bennetts on the big win, and we want to say a big “thank you” to our sponsor Flooring America for the generous giveaway.

carpetsmart.jpgIf you didn’t win the rug but would love to have one, go by Flooring America (Springdale Highway 412 location) and check out the Disney display. (You can also see rug options by clicking here and following the links in last Monday’s post.) There are some really cute rug designs to choose from. And be sure to check back with us often because we’re always dreaming up new giveaways for our fellow mamas.


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July
2009

This happens to me all the time. I’m in the kitchen, watching the Today show and rushing around to get the kids fed, dressed and ready to go wherever we’re headed — basketball camp, Vacation Bible School, playdate, etc. Then Matt or Meredith mentions an upcoming segment that I’d REALLY like to see, but I get distracted with kid duties, or we have to leave before the segment comes on. It happened again recently when Al Roker mentioned something about “The Six Secrets of Happy Families.”

Since I didn’t get to watch it, I figure some of you probably also missed it. So I surfed over to the Today show website and embedded the video here for your viewing pleasure. Pretty interesting observations. Click the play arrow below.

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July
2009

mudpieonesie.jpgI defy any of you mamas not to melt a little and say “Awwwww… that’s adorable” when you see these cute little baby girl onesies we spotted recently.

Shannon and I were doing a little shopping at Melody’s Choices, one of our website sponsors, searching for something to give a friend who just delivered her first baby girl. Then we spotted these initial and tutu onesies by Mudpie. Oh, our hearts swooned.

We ended up going with the initial onesie since we knew the baby’s name starts with a “J”. We even got the matching socks to go with it. Both the onesies pictured here are $22.99 each, and the polka dot socks on the baby below are $8.99.

Most of all, it sure was fun to look at all the new super-cute girly stuff. You can check it out for yourself at either of the Melody’s Choices locations, at the Northwest Arkansas Mall in Fayetteville or the Pinnacle Promenade in Rogers. Happy shopping!

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