My Baby Shower

Almost seven months after baby is here and I realized I never posted about my amazing baby shower!

First, the theme! Great for boys! The theme was borrowed from Tisha Campbell's Cirque Du Bebe theme highlighted by the Hostess with the Mostess Blog. I loved this theme because it was not your typical baby boy blue theme and I loved the colors and how they popped!

My sisters hosted my shower in the end of April and my gorgeous friend Erica of Sweets & Fonts, designed the invitaions.

 Front

Now Let's get to decor! WARNING: PIC OVERLOAD 

 This was the favors table, water bottles & lollipops!

 Closer pic of lollipos, they simply read "Thank you".
I use the little suitcase to store aaron's first! His first baby hat, onesie etc...

 I love this little elephant, he's part of my living room decor now. ;)

 Yummi Fruit

 Dessert table - cupcakes, gumballs & caramel popcorn!

 This table was where my sisters put the prizes for those who won any games.

 me at the sweets table!

 Food Table. Menu: meatballs, sandwiches, salads, cheese platter, lemonade & punch!

 Those little animals were piggy banks that people put money in, we still put money in them & they will be in aaron's room.

Me opening gifts - 9 months preggo! :)

Source List
listed below are links of where I know my sisters got the inspiration, printables, where items were purchased etc.... If I am missing anything and you have any questions, please let me know.

Invitation Inspirations
DIY: Paper Treat Cones
Printables
Hostess with The Mostess Facebook Album
DIY: Feather Trees
Invitations Design from Sweets & Fonts  - Printed with Vistaprint.com
Cupcakes from Clement's Pastry

Weary

Today is not a good day! I am sitting here taking a mental break from my work and just wondering how other mommies do it?! how did my mom do it?!

I am tired, my husband is out of town, I have a basket of laundry by my bed that I need to fold and I have been eating fast food all week.

Traffic has been nuts and has been turning my 1 hour commute into 2 hours, Aaron STILL does not sleep thru the night, but he did on Sunday for the first time ever and NEVER AGAIN.

We have several employees that have moved on from this job so I am not only doing my job but others as well and training new employees.

I need a vacation!

How do others do this everyday!? How do you do it?

What's Hot for Mom's

I love being a new mom and I love finding great resources, products etc.. that will help make my life easier, I mean why reinvent the wheel right? that being said, I quickly bookmarked this site when I stumbled aross it a couple weeks ago: http://mommytomommy.tv/ - This week they posted a new video called: 

What's Hot for Mom's & Dad's We Like to Follow. Check it out!

Gotta Have It: What's Hot for Mom! from Kimberley Blaine on Vimeo.

My favorite things from this segment are the Babba Car Seat Covers and the Start Cooking Website, they get down to the basics of cooking and have videos! I can't cook so I know I will be spending hours on that site. And those car seat covers are freaking adorable!

What's  your favorite item or website/blog in the video? 

Must Read Blogs & Tweet Peeps to Follow

I am one tired mama. I have a 6 month old who thinks sleep is the devil! So there is nothing to update in my life other than I’m literally a walking zombie right now – speaking of which, has anyone caught that new show The Walking Dead on A&E? It’s pretty good, and this is coming from someone who hates zombies, they give me nightmares. The show originates from a comic series and my husband is an avid comic book reader so he put me on to the show – I love how it is more about the people’s lives, and how they are coping rather than people being eaten all the time!
Anyway – I follow some great blogs and I though I would share some of their posts that have gotten me thru this long week (These blogs are mommy, home décor, social media & photography related):

Busy Mom Tips: 20 Hot toys for Christmas

Betty Crocker Wannabe: Christmas décor Inspiration  and be sure to check out her awesome free pintables!

Sometimes Sweet: Delicious Baked Ziti Recipe  - I love her pics & personality

Full of Great Ideas: Ballard Inspired Burlap Covered Vase

Nesting with Naill: Mommy’s deep dark confessions

Not Just Baby Talk --- I am a new follower

Small Space Style

Vanity Rich – Great Make up tips & tutorials!

Kevin & Amanda

Money Saving Mom

http://newlatina.net/


3 really cute mommy photography blogs:

http://ashleysisk.blogspot.com/p/inspiration.html

http://katherinemariephotography.com/

http://www.thearthurclan.com/


and who doesn’t read Bower Power, Young House Love, Kelle Hampton and A Cup of Jo.


Are you a Latina? And on Twitter? Follow these people!

http://twitter.com/TikiTikiBlog

http://twitter.com/UnaMamaConHijas

http://twitter.com/LatinaBlogger

http://twitter.com/lbconnect  

http://twitter.com/ellamedia

http://twitter.com/spanglishbaby

http://twitter.com/thoughtsofamomy

http://twitter.com/MsLatina

Got any blogs you love to read? share them please.

Enjoy and let them know how you found out about them! :)

My REAL Tips for a Better Marriage - Post baby

My girlfriend Diana emailed me a link to these great marriage tips and asked me if they were true, and yeah they are but come on, add a baby and real life to the mix, sometimes you just need some REAL tips! Here are mine:

1. If you feel like yelling & cussing him out, do it! It’s better to get it all out and move on then hold in it and have a grudge later. I know yelling isn't always best but hey that's how I deal!

2. Don’t compete. It’s easy to get caught up in, "I did the dishes 3 times this week" or "I stay up with the baby more than you", try not to do that, it will just cause an unnecessary fight.

3. Be real & be you 100% of the time. It isn’t about pleasing people all the time anymore, you need to be happy first!

4. The husband needs to learn how to cook & make a couple meals occasionally. I love when my hubby treats me to a homemade breakfast! Same goes for cleaning.

5. Chocolate. I like chocolate. Get us Chocolate!

We have only been married 2.5 years and have a 6 month old so I am sure I will be adding to this list, but this is what has helped us so far.


Got any tips that have helped you? Share!!!! I’ll compile & re-post.

November Blog Hop

I have been learning so much about social media the past couple months in trying to promote my blog & getting involved in my job's social media projects. I want to share all of that with you, so I'll start with the following tip.

Participate in blog hops, meme's & linkys.

I am now participating in my first Blog Hop, if you'd want to join, LINK UP!

Weekend Recap

Aaron spent the night with his grandmother sat night. At first I was bitter and sad that I have to share my baby and for the first hour we spent the whole time talking about our little guy and wondering what he would be doing if he was home at the moment.

Then we got over it! And were so excited we didn’t know what to do with ourselves!

So what did I do – SLEEP!!! Then I made myself a rootbeer float while catching up on episodes of the office and glee!! It was awesome!

Then I realized I was slacking on my project 365 and went to a nearby lake and walked a good 2 miles and snapped away – got to take pics and get exercise in, it was great!

I am hoping this week flies by because I hope to take the little man to the park on saturday and snap pictures of him while I practice using the AV & TV mode on my canon. I found this tutorial and used what I learned on Sunday so I am excited to practice with my boy!