So here are the rules of this cute award:
- Put the logo on your blog or within your post.
- Pass the award onto 12 bloggers.
- Link the nominees within your post.
- Let the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
- Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award.

Here is my list of blogs that make me smile

Baby Makes Three
Chasing Groundhogs
Happily Ever After
Life in the Soupbowl
Adventures in Adam Land
This Magic Life
Happiness Times Two

Okay so not exactly twelve but these are some that I look forward to reading when they have a new post in my feed reader. And now I have to run and get dinner started (just meatloaf and potatoes, nothing exciting, but the leftover meatloaf will freeze well for after baby and that’s my goal at this point!)

Hello out there!

Kelli
Jenny
My friend Eileen (not a blogger)
Carrie
Amber
Tami (actually she just had her baby)
Beautifully Unique
Lauren
Kasey (it’s actually her first but since we are talking about all these pregnant people…)

That’s a lot of pregnant ladies. Am I jealous? Kind of. But not in a mean way. More like in an Oh my gosh, I think I want to be where they are now kind of way. Most of these people have kids right around Bailey’s age. A few of them, we started reading each others blogs during our pregnancies. They are ahead of me this time. I know it’s not a race. But I finally, finally feel like I want to catch up.

(NO, I AM NOT PREGNANT)

My wonderful friend Jen gave me this blog award. I am glad she thinks my blog is fabulous. I think that she is! And there are also a few blogs that I think are fabulous. You should check them out if you are looking for new reading material!

1. Chasing Groundhogs- She got married, got a new job, and moved to Alaska within the last six months. How much more interesting could life be? She’s also one of my best friends in real life.

2. Mutha Mae- She’s super funny. Sometimes you wonder if she’s high on painkillers. Sometimes she is. (Okay, but that’s because she recently had major surgery!) She has three adorable girls and tells great stories about them.

3. Canape- She’s back! An amazing friend and a wonderful blogger who was recently on hiatus and just started blogging again. Stop by and give her a big welcome back to the blogosphere!

4. Three Times the Love- She’s a very talented writer AND a mom of three. Both of those are things I would like to be someday. One of the reasons I love her blog is that she has made me rethink several issues. She has some great insight and her posts are interesting and entertaining.

5. My Five Little Monkeys- A great person and a fabulous mother. She has triplets AND twins. She is funny and real and her kids are adorable. I probably need to take some patience lessons from her.

If you were nominated and you want to play, just pass on this award to five bloggers you think are fabulous!!

The requirements for this award are to list six things that make me happy, then tag six more bloggers.

Six things that make me happy:

1. When Bailey feels the sudden need to snuggle with me and buries her face in my neck. Even if it’s just for a moment.
2. Diet Coke. It makes me so happy. Unless it is on the floor of my car. Then it makes me so angry. I’ll have to share that story with you sometime.
3. Sometimes after we eat dinner, Jonathon offers to do the dishes. Sometimes. And there are usually still pots on the stove afterwards. It’s the thought that counts, though, and that makes me happy.
4. Sleeping in late on a Saturday morning. Jonathon lets me do this about every other weekend since he is a morning person. And 9 or 9:30 really feels LATE now! Finally he will come in and put Bailey on the bed to wake me up, and I love that too.
5. Getting Avon orders from a lot of different states, especially because I want to beat this one particular girl at the contest. Because she thinks she has a big internet business. Okay, she really does sell a lot online- but I know I at least beat her with my first few states!! And they’re still coming in. Thanks guys.
6. Weight Watchers. Yes, I’m at it again. I would much rather lose weight “naturally” than by using weight loss pills. Wish me luck!

The final requirement for this award is to tag 6 more bloggers that are Kreativ.

I am being kind of un-kreativ and I am just going to tag anyone who wants to play! I know, so lame.

Sometimes I have a lot to say, and sometimes I feel like a “blah” blogger. Lots of times its just pictures of my kid. She’s cute, though. Other times I talk about random things like when I was in college, or my feelings about politics, or shopping for engagement rings or toys or whatever. So hopefully I have enough to write about to keep me going through the whole month and not be too boring!

Here is the link:
http://www.mindbites.com/tags/the-baby-formula

And the person you vote for is the one with the title “Cleaning up toys” or something like that. She has brown hair and a big hot pink boa around her in the picture.

If this is any inspiration to you- comment and let me know that you voted, and I will link to your blog. I know that’s nothing huge, but who couldn’t use some linky love?

On another topic- I was curious if anyone has gone through Insurance Bureau for auto insurance. We got some info from them and I was wondering if anyone had an opinion. We have considered switching from State Farm, but right now we get a multiple line and multiple car discount, so it would have to be a whole lot cheaper!

Thank you to Beth and to Dawn for this award. You both rock, and you are so sweet to think of me. I love your blogs, too. They are part of my daily reading.

Now, I get to share the love by distributing the award to others. But first the rules are:
1. The winner can put the logo on his/her blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate up to 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of the people you’ve nominated

Here are the people I am nominating. I love their blogs.

1. Baby Makes Three- my friend Sarah’s blog about her life and her little miracle baby Claire. Never a shortage of cute baby pictures, and I can relate to her in-law stories.

2. Will There Be Cake? She recently “moved” blogs and this is her new one. She’s just getting started there, but I love her writing and it’s worth checking out!

3. My Charming Kids- I’m sure MckMama doesn’t even know I exist, but I am amazed by her. She has three kids under three and is pregnant with the fourth; a little boy. He has a heart condition, and she doesn’t know what the future holds for him. But she trusts God completely for the health and life of her son, and she is an inspiration.

4. Adventures in Adamland- Beth and I have been reading each other’s blogs for a while now. Her son, Adam is close in age to Bailey. It is so fun to watch them grow and to see how similar and also how different they are!

5. Chasing Groundhogs- Also a good friend of mine IRL. She is in the process of moving to Alaska with her new (married this spring) husband. Her writing is honest and sarcastic and fun to read. She might not update for a few days right now because she is, literally, traveling across Alaska as I type this.

6. “>The Laughlins- Kasey is the wife of one of Jonathon’s old roommates. She is a teacher and I like hearing about her job and I always love seeing pictures of her decorating ideas. They are TTCing and could use your thoughts and prayers.

Seriously, go check out these blogs. Good reading material. I always love finding new stuff to add to my reader. You know, because then I can spend even more time on the Internet…

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Instructions:
1. Copy and paste this tag from “Start Here” to “End Here”. (don’t forget the image)
2. Place your blog’s name with your URL at the end of the tag. If you have more than one blog, please add them too! Just make sure that you post this tag in all of your blogs.
3. Tag 5 blogs that is not yet in this post (just to avoid duplications ^_^ )
4. This is the twist… Go to the 5 blogs that you tagged and comment on any of their posts. Why? So that search engines can crawl to your site. ^_^
5. Return to the Momhood Moments blog and leave a comment saying that you joined the tag together with the URL of the tag. I’ll be checking on it and add you in the master list.

Momhood Moments Tags You List:
1. Momhood Moments 2. Business Mars 3. Concealed Mind 4. http://www.ritzie.info/ 5. Vhiel’s Corner 6. Anything and Everything in Between 7. Can of Thoughts 8. moms….. check nyo 9. Mummy Diaries 10. It Is Nap Time 11. Lora’s Journal 12. My Life as Mama Jodi 13. Confessions of an Organized Mess 14. Harmony In Motion 15. Two Lines On a Stick
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I am tagging:

Andria
Canape
Jen B
McNulty Quads
Marriage 101

**If you are confused (like I was until Harmony explained it) please email me at tara (at) twolinesonastick (dot) com ~ this is a great way to get some linky love and a little bit of new traffic to your blog!

Shauna did exactly what I was imagining, only she came up with it all on her own and then showed me her ideas.  And she didn’t yell at me or get mad when I asked lots of stupid questions.

Last night, I took B to a Parents as Teachers event. During the song time I realized, “I think I recognize those kids!” I asked the mom if she was a blogger (I’m sure I looked like a big dork but I just had to know who they were. Mutha, I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT FEELING!) It was Sarahlynn from Yeah, but Houdini Didn’t Have These Hips.

I really get a kick out of meeting people whose blogs I have been reading for a long time or who I have read or commented on at some point. It’s nice to match a real person with a blog title.