Going Away for the Weekend...

We are going away for the weekend and will be back Sunday. We have a graduation party to go to and we have to visit my husband's family. I'm sure our 4 year old will have tons of fun playing with all the boys around his age!

I'm leaving you with 2 photos from today that I took... They are my life!

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Moms Get Your Wow Back!

I came across a Mom Makeover site while surfing the web. This sounds really interesting and fun yet quite expensive. I'm not sure if any real work at home mom could afford this...

Anyway, Mom's what did you do to get your WOW back? Have you thought about a makeover?

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MommyFest 2005 - You Should Stop By!

MommyFest 2005 has officially started. It will go on from today until the 26th! It is an interactive online convention for Moms featuring lots of chats, shops, and prizes! Visit MommyFest today and tell them Amanda sent you!

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Eastern Kentucky High School Sports Discussion

Many of you are arriving to my site via searching for bluegrassrivals.com

Well, the reason is because it's my husbands site and I talk about it and him quite often on my blog.

There ya go...

Go To BlueGrassRivals.com - a Kentucky High School Sports Forum Site

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Baby Photography Tips

Have you ever wanted to take better photos of your baby or toddler? If so, then check out the new page on Baby Photography Tips that I put up HERE

This is one of my favorite photos...

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New John Mayer CD is coming in 2006!

Yippee! Well, I dont want to wait that long but at least I'll get to hear some new John Mayer songs. I love John Mayer's music! I can listen to all of his songs over and over again! My husband thinks I'm crazy when I listen to them over and over and over...yeah, you get the picture..

You know what else I love...My 4yr. old's Trix Triple Cherry yogurt..yum!

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Future Child Football Star

He is going to be a football star and a lady's man!

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Greys Anatomy Season Finale

It's true the season finale of Greys Anatomy is next sunday. It seems like this show just started! Previews for next week's season finale of Grey's Anatomy look interesting! Have you seen the previews? What do you think?

Does Meredith Kiss George? Will Alex get together with anyone? Does Derek have a wife? Will Dr. Yang keep the baby? Tell us what you think?

Who else out there enjoys Grey's Anatomy just as much as I do?


Check out the theories on the ABC Message Boards and head on over to MY boards to talk about why you love Grey's Anatomy too!

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Piglets Big Movie - Current Favorite

Piglet's Big Movie is the current favorite in our home.

It's a family movie, it's a fun movie. It's centered around the theme and lesson of "You are never too small to do BIG things".
But, where did this suddden affinity for Winnie The Pooh come from? Our 4 year old boy normally isnt into Winnie The Pooh. In fact, I dont think he has ever watched a Winnie The Pooh cartoon up until Piglets Big Day. Now that is all he is wanting to watch!
What are your thoughts on this? Have your little ones seen this movie? If not, I suggest you go get the dvd for them to enjoy!

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All About Me...really...

I was asked today why I blogged? So I'm going to start from the beginning and give you a whole background on me and how I happened upon the Internet...

Back in October 2003, while I was in the MBA program I had to make a site for a graduate class. After that ContestForMoms.com was born. I originally started this site as a hobby and just a fun place for moms with a directory of contests. It became a whole lot more. Within a few months, I had people emailing me to advertise on MY site. People wanted to give me money so I went with it. I later opened another site to give other moms information about working from home.Here it is HomeJobsForMoms.biz
Then in 2005 I started another site - OurSmartBaby.com - and I recently turned it completely into a blog.

Now about me and my family. I am a 28 year old Mom of 2 amazing little boys. I have an MBA degree. Currently my MBA degree is useless since I choose to stay at home with my children. I hope it will prove useful when I finally decide to enter the real workplace...if I have to...plus I will eventually have to pay off that $20,000 student loan. My husband is currently in grad school full time. He is pursuing an MSIS degree. It's basically a Masters Degree in Computers. He will be done in a year. He also has a website BlueGrassRivals.com
He is incredibly smart and talented (um, he's also sexy).

I started blogging because I can and because everyone else does. I'm not a writer. I'm a website Administrator. My blog is a way to let my viewers get to know me on a more personal level...and it's fun!

I have a wonderful and beautiful family!

There ya go!

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My Husband is not a photographer and I need a Makeover

Ok, Here's a photo of me...my husband took the photo a couple days ago when we were playing around with the camera...

Anyway, I need a new look..help me out! Should I cut and color my hair or should I just be me?



Oh Yeah, in case you didn't already notice, I'm a UK Wildcat fan! How can I not be? I live here...

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The Comment Queen

Nah! Not Really. I rarely get comments. I average about 3 per week. Apparently I'm above commenting...um, that's a joke.
So, tell me why your not commenting, why you havent commented a lot in the past, and what I can do to make you start commenting more?

*Also, as I have seen on 1,000 other blogs, I am going to ask you what 3 things you'd like for me to photograph and I'll choose among those things...and post them ASAP for all of you out there in the blogosphere.

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A Day in the Park

It was very warm today so we took the boys to the park this evening and let them play for a while. It almost felt like summer had already started. It will be here soon and I'll be loving it!
Here are some photos from the park today...






So, when was the last time you took your kids to the park?

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Entertainment For Moms

Ok, so I've been working hard and just added another channel for Moms. It's an entertainment channel for Moms featuring celebrity mom links, celebrity baby links, quizzes, hobbies, and more for moms. Check it out HERE

In other news, the house is a mess. My 4 yr old ate pepperoni and potato chips for breakfast ( give me a break, please) and there are toys everywhere I look. We are all still in our pajamas! But hey, I got some work done. Whatever it takes...

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Here are those Baby CHOMPERS again!

The little one seriously loves to bite me...and it hurts! Every time he crawls over to me the first thing he does is munch on my thigh or one of my fingers...ouch!

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Channels and Home Business Success for Moms

I've been busy all morning working on new channels for my websites. I'll be busy for a couple more days but hopefully it will pay off and I'll be almost doubling my home business income within a month or two. I want to increase my income and be more successful. Along with success, I really need the money...

Monday has started out great. Ive gotten a lot done and it's beautiful here in KY.

Here is a link to the newest Mom Channel
It is still a work in progress. I'll be adding articles and resources continually. I'll be adding more channels tonight.

Then I'll be taking a break to help out my husband since this is his finals week in grad school. After finals he has 3 whole weeks off until summer school starts back up again. We hope to have lots of fun with our 2 little boys during that much needed quality time!

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Happy Mother's Day

I know it isnt officially Mother's Day ( It's actually Derby Day here in KY) yet but I dont plan on spending tomorow at the computer so I decided to go ahead and send out a Happy Mother's Day greeting to My Mother, My Sister's ( who are both Mothers), and all of the wonderful Mothers who visit my sites on a daily basis. Motherhood is very special. Cherish everyday as a Mother.

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10 months old and 7 Teeth - My Baby Today!

For the last couple of days our 10 month old baby boy has been biting and chewing on everything. He has also been waking up during the night ( which he normally does not do often). I wasn't sure what was wrong until this morning when I saw a new bottom tooth. He now has 7 teeth! Now I know why he has been biting more than usual and been waking up during the night. I hope he takes a couple week's break from teething so I can get some much needed sleep.

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Baby Contest

Parents love entering their babies in baby contests. There are several great baby contests online. Some baby contests are free and some are not. We even have a Free Baby Contest over at ContestForMoms.com

If you love entering your baby or toddler in contests and want to have fun and win some wonderful prizes then enter your baby in our contest today!
Here are some more fun Baby Contests to enter:

American Baby Contest

Babies Online Photo Contest

There are a lot more baby contests out there with many differen themes. Just do a search in google to see what you can come up with!

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May Fun in KY!

I took my little boys (and my camera) outside this evening for some playtime since it was so warm. I'm just glad it's no longer rainy and cold here. The sun is back out in full force..atleast for a day or two... I'm hoping this weekend is even more beautiful! How is your weather?

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April 2005 Hot Mom Contest Winner

Congratulations to Melissa S. for being our first ever HOT Mom Contest Winner. Read all about Melissa below.

My name is Melissa and I am a first time mom to Brady who just turned
one year old on 4/16. My family lives on the northshore of the Boston
area of Massachusetts. I have a Registered Nurse license. Before I had my
son I worked as a school nurse. It is important for me as a mom to have
some one on one time with my child. I know he loves fresh air so I go
for a walk with him as often as I can. I love teaching him new things so
I read to him and I explore different children's websites with him.

Melissa won 2 gifts graciously donated by PS I LOVE YOU and PETRA FASHSIONS If you are interested in purchasing from the Petra Fashions website please email Kimberly at carbonpetra@yahoo.com

We would also like to congratulate our runner ups, Karrie & Stephanie!

Moms, join in the fun and enter this contest. We will have a winner again in June ( this contest has a winner once every 2 months) so get your entries in to win some fun prizes!

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There's no place like home!

We are back from our mini-break! We left home Friday and got back home last night. Our kids had a fun time this weekend but were ready to come home. We are glad to be home and back to our regular schedule.

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