Hello Monday

Please enter my giveaway.. there's just a few hours left! This is my first giveaway in several years. I'm a little rusty so hope I'm doing it okay but there are three, very easy mandatory entries. Please do all three to enter. 

Keep in mind even if you don't have a baby or baby on the way these are great, gender neutral items that would make a perfect baby gift for someone else! Thank you so much!! 







We had a crazy week last week and a crazy weekend. Every single person in this family has been sick in the past 7 days so we've been pretty much shut in for quite a while now.



Alex had the flu for days. I started getting the flu a few days ago. J and the girls all had a bit of stomach virus but bounced back pretty quickly. I spent all day yesterday in bed. It honestly wore me out just to sit up in bed, watch a show on my laptop and play a game on my phone. I'm feeling a little better today. I managed to get Alex to school on time this morning and haven't gone back to sleep since. Hopefully I'm past the worst of it. Indie is the one (of course) who had both the stomach virus and flu like symptoms. Poor child always gets the worst of it. Thankfully her stomach virus didn't last too long at all and her flu like symptoms don't seem nearly as bad as what Alex and I have had but she's very congested and gets pretty miserable even though she's been up playing, watching movies and eating pretty well. Praying that we all recover quickly! Frankly, I'm sick of feeling like crap and being stuck at home and it breaks my heart to see Indie so miserable. :(



Alex got his glasses last week. Even though he's still getting headaches he thinks the glasses are helping. I guess it may take awhile to see a big improvement. He's been drinking Gatorade every day and I've been trying to give him magnesium powder in a drink once a day. All this sickness has thrown us off but I'm thinking he needs an allergy med, magnesium, multi-vitamin and a B12 vitamin. He probably needs to get off dairy and gluten too but that's so much easier said than done. Both dairy and gluten effect me so I'm thinking he could have a sensitivity as well....



Besides being sick nothing much is going on around here. Alex and J are getting Alex's Pinewood Derby car ready for the race on Saturday! They're planning to sand and paint the car tonight. They still need to get decals and weights.



I never thought I'd say it but I'm totally obsessed with Disney at this point ha! I've joined a group for Disney tips and planning. I have a Disney list on Amazon of all the things I want to buy before our trip. We aren't going to Disney until November but I'm a planner!



Hope everyone has a great Monday and I would really appreciate it SO much if you would enter my giveaway!! Thank you!!



I'm linking up with Hello Monday today!!

Nettles Notions Review & Giveaway!!

I'm so excited to host my first giveaway in quite a while! 

Nettles Notions sent me an adorable Baby Bear Knit Hat and a pair of Cartoon Animal Slippers to give away to one lucky reader! Both items would be perfect for either a baby boy or baby girl! Even if you don't have a new baby of your own these would make a perfect baby gift for someone else! 

There are three mandatory entries but this also gives you three chances to win!! Please be sure and do all three!



1) Please follow my blog

2) Go to Nettles Notions. Come back and comment on this post with one of your favorite items from their shop

3) Follow Nettles Notions on Instagram.



I hope you'll enter and would love for you to share with your readers also!! a Rafflecopter giveaway

I was also excited to receive two adorable headbands from Nettles Notions for Sol and Indie to try!

I love that the prints are almost identical, just different colors... perfect for sisters! And the girls love them too! I can't find these prints on their site anymore but the Polka Dot Bow headband is a similar style.



While the girl love the headbands I think this particular style would probably work better with an infant or toddler who doesn't have quite as much hair. I couldn't get the headbands to stay on very well (or maybe I just wasn't putting them on properly ha!)



The girl weren't very cooperative when I tried to take a few pictures. They did have fun though and I love some of their expressions here even if their hair is a little crazy and the photos are a bit blurry ha!!