Guest Post: Krystal

Hello! I'm Krystal and I blog over at Krystal's Kitsch. While I've never met Danielle, I feel like I "know" her since we have a mutual friend--Jen! Since Danielle is expecting numero dos and I'm well on my way to having my first, I thought I would share the first helpful baby book I read--Baby Bargains. This book is really popular with girls on The Bump and I wanted to see what the fuss was about.

It's a massive book--608 pages! But, it's not a very wide book. The pages are narrow...there's just lots of them. There is SO MUCH information but it was easy to process once you dived in. I think what I liked most about the book was the general knowledge stuff that I had NO idea about. How many diapers would you need in a year? How much does it cost to breast feed versus formula? What do you need in a diaper bag? They estimate it will cost $7,000 for a baby in its first year.... Yikes. Since I'm the first person I really know to get pregnant and go through this process, I didn't have many people to ask these kinds of questions to. It will REALLY help when I'm ready to make a registry or make purchases myself. I can use its reviews as a guideline to see what products in my price range are recommended. They always list "cheaper" versions of expensive and popular products. I really liked that section. The only thing I didn't like was my crib was rated an F in the last edition....this new edition (they reprint every 2 years with more info!) bumped it up to a B-. Well, that makes me feel better. They even have a website where you can download a sample chapter and join their community for more reviews of products.

Buy it on Amazon for $11. It's worth it if you're totally clueless like I am and can't seem to navigate the thousands of baby products out there that all seem so similar!




Ummm..okay..so I had no idea about this book with Rylee! Poop! I totally would have ordered it!

Thursday randoms

• Rylee LOVES playing with her daddy!

• I made homemade lasagna the other night & well the turn out wasn't so great. The top layer of the noodles cooked fine & the first layer (closest to the bottom of the pan) did NOT cook! I even baked it longer than what I was suppose to. Overall it was tasty, just with not-cooked-all-the-way noodles..ha ha HELP?!

•   Last weekend was the Sun n' Fun & instead of paying $35 to get in we went over to my moms house & watched the show for free! Weee. See how close we were? Okay, not really..my zooms lens is just that awesome.

• Rylee finally got her wee squeak shoes in & she was terrified of them at first & now she loves them. They are so annoying though! haha

 

A little early Easter

Since we are going to be on vacation during Easter, we had it on Sunday with my family. (Jeremy's family doesn't celebrate Easter.)

My mom wasn't very toddler friendly with their Easter baskets. Tons, tons & tons of candy. Candy that a toddler shouldn't even be eating anyway. Somehow Rylee knew this was a candy bracelet and freaked the hell out if we tried to take it away.

Of course they had to go for the same eggs, duh!

 And Rylee is always trying to steal other peoples stuff!

My mom bought these little 4 wheelers for Christmas for them- 1 pink & the one above. Rylee refuses to ride on the pink one & Ethan refuses to ride on his- so they trade..babies are crazy!

Liquid sidewalk chalk!

Rylee loves playing outside & loves chalk. Then I saw this liquid chalk..really?! I figured this would be such a messy time so she went outside naked because I didn't want to worry about her ruining any clothes. Naked+being outside+chalk= a happy toddler.

Of course she had to stick her hands in the cups & then knock them over..what fun is it if you don't make a complete mess?

And then we had to stick our feet in the chalk...

Oh, what fun. She was wondering what was on her at the end of this..

This is a must to do with your toddler this summer! It's virtually free as long as you already have the stuff in your cupboard like I do!

1 cup of corn starch

1 cup of water

Mix together & then add food coloring!

8 weeks

I have officially decided that I suck. 

I thought I was going to take full belly pics every week, but I have failed...big time.

 I have no time or desire to get ready, put my face on to get a pic.

This will have to do from now on or at least until I start feeling better.

I will admit that I'm a little scared about how much bigger my stomach is this time around (so far). I didn't last the full 40w with Rylee & I don't see how I could have, but if my stomach is bigger than last time- god help me. Seriously. 

Sickness: All day sickness blows. I get it when my stomach is the slightest bit empty- so I just keep eating. oops.

Food: I'm not a big fan of meat right now.

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Guest bloggers wanted

I need guest bloggers!!

Who wants to do it?!

It will be the week of April 6th-15th. 

Please email me if you're interested!

dnsmith09  @ gmail . com

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Thursday randoms

• I cooked a pot roast, for the first time ever, and it was okay. Kind of dry. Blah. I'm over cooking.

• My back ordered sandals have FINALLY shipped. I only ordered them 2 months ago. Good thing it's summer all year long here.

• We went to one of our favorite BBQ places and Rylee was being a holy terror until we let her have some...I think it's safe to say she loved it!

• I had to babysit the other day & she wouldn't stop crying so Rylee thought it would be nice to give her a hug & when she did? She screamed even harder!

•  We have pink eye #2. Along with 5 new teeth coming in- 4 of which are molars. Can you see why I've been so busy lately? My poor baby. :(

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