Whoops! On Thursday night, Jason, the boys, and I were on our way home from a potluck to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week. As we were in the car, Jason said, “Did you post anything on your blog about World Breastfeeding Week?” Um, no, whoops! I did not post anything about it. When I thought about it, I realized the reason I didn’t is because it was such a part of my life and my daily blog reading that I assumed everyone would know. Who doesn’t know that World Breastfeeding Week is August 1-7? Then I realized that until 2 years ago I had not heard of it.

So, I guess I need to consider this my chance to spread the word. Maybe next year, I will be able to announce it earlier and invite a few of you to a world breastfeeding week event!

This is my favorite so far. It’s not quite the right shade, but it’s fun, different, and oh-so-close! I think I might need to explore some of the colors that are like this one but just a little different.

Raisinberry

I liked this lipstick a lot. In fact, I applied it once in the morning and I reapplied it later in the day because there was just enough left for a second time! Also pictured is A. He decided that he was not going to be spending any time playing on his own this morning, so now it’s a picture of mommy’s lips and A eating a plate from our kitchen set.

Amber Glow

Let’s all remember that it is 99% unlikely that one will take a good picture when doing a self-portrait. Just concentrate on the lipstick color. Unfortunately, I don’t think this one worked out very well for me. It was a little orange. It’s a Mary Kay lipstick called Toffee Caramel.

Toffee Caramel

A couple people have brought to my attention that when they leave comments on my blog, they are receiving an error. I’m sorry about that! I didn’t even realize it was happening. Normally, I get an e-mail telling me someone has left a comment. When I realized that I hadn’t been receiving them, Jason started to investigate. He tried a few things, and he thought maybe it was the theme (background) that I had on my blog. He thought maybe it wasn’t compatible with the newest version of wordpress. So, I changed my theme. If you’re reading this on a feed reader, stop in. It looks really nice if I say so myself. Anyway, Jason is still working on it. If you leave a comment, they are going through. Hopefully it will be fixed soon.

Yuck. I do not like those transitions. Going from three naps to two didn’t seem to be too tough. Going from two down to one is not pretty at our house. Lately, A has been fighting his morning nap. He used to go down okay, and then about three hours later, he’d take his afternoon nap. Well, in the last week, the morning nap has become a struggle. So, for the past few days, we have tried to go without it. Neither option is great. Today, A had a 8 minute nap on the way to town to get gas and go to the library. Then, he was pretty sleepy during lunch, so I laid him down thinking that he should sleep for at least an hour or two. Well, after forty-five minutes, he was up. I tried to help him go back to sleep, but he didn’t think that was a good idea. So, right now, we’re at 12 months old, awake from 7am to 7 or 8pm, and 1 hr of sleep give or take 10 minutes. Maybe tomorrow will be better?
I keep trying to remind myself not to get too frustrated, because as with anything else at this age, it’s a phase and it can change overnight. Hopefully tonight is that night!

For some time now, I’ve been looking for a fabulous recipe for hummus. I’ve found a few that are fine. I found one that was decent. I also found one that was not good at all. I just haven’t found one that is great, though.

I really like the hummus from the store. It’s so expensive though for such a little container. I should be able to make my own for a fraction of the price, right? Well, I can make my own, but it’s missing…something. Mine seems to have a bland taste and not be rich and deep like the flavor of the store bought hummus.

My recipes are all pretty similar. They all contain chickpeas/garbanzo beans, olive oil, lemon juice, tahini, garlic, and salt. I just vary the proportions of each ingredient, but I just can’t get it right! Heather! Do you have any gourmet magic? Anyone else? Even sitting here, I’m getting a craving now for some really good hummus. Too bad the stuff I made on Sunday is just okay.

That was what I was thinking earlier while I was laying down with A to help him fall asleep. Unfortunately, now I cannot remember just what that great idea was. I’m sure it will come to me as soon as I post this one or even better, while I’m in the shower. So, be on the look out. I may have a flash of brilliance coming up in one of my future posts!

It’s been just over 6 months since A was born! Time goes so fast. Six months of tandem nursing. Six months of being a mom of two. Six months of night feedings. Six months of loving another little person more than I ever thought possible.

Loving his Jumperoo and his sunglasses that he is wearing at K’s insistence

Jason snapped this picture of me and A at Target one day

Thanks to Corin at The Human Pacifier for my very first blog award!

Here’s what she had to say about my blog: “The Beautiful Letdown for the most creative, and in my opinion, well…beautiful…blog name with the best play on words.”

By accepting this Excellent Blog Award, I have to award it to 10 more people who’s blog’s I find Excellent Award worthy. I can give it to as many people as I want but please award at least 10. Thank you out there for having such great blogs and being such great friends! You deserve this! If chosen, you agree to the same information above. If chosen, also feel free to award people who have already been awarded…

Here is my top ten list of blogs that I feel deserve an Excellent Blog Award:

1. Adventures in Babywearing- Thanks for the Babywearing tips! I’m a wannabe babywearer, and reading your blog inspires me to get out my mei tai when it’s been on the shelf a little too long!

2. BreastfeedingMums Blog- Sinead was the first person to comment on my blog and encourage me to keep writing. Her blog has great breastfeeding information, and she recently started a social network for women.

3. Breastfeeding 1-2-3- I can always find some good information here. I like her breastfeeding quotes and reviews of books that I don’t always know about or have the time to find on my own.

4. The Lactivist Breastfeeding Blog- This is the first breastfeeding blog that I started to read regularly. It’s also one that I know when I have a new thread in my blog reader there will be something thought provoking and well worth reading.

5. Mama Knows Breast- This is one of my newer finds. Right now I am particularly loving her posts of “One Mom’s Story” giving different breastfeeding experiences.

6. Not a DIY Life- I found this blog during NaBloPoMo and I’m still enjoying it.

7. Nursing Your Kids- This is another blog I found during NaBloPoMo. Still enjoying this one, too!

8. On Pans and Kneadles- Since I’m always looking for new recipes, I appreciate this blog for saving me from eating spaghetti with meat sauce 10 times in one month.

9. Mama Speaks- I love this blog! It’s reviews and links to products and websites that are mom-approved. I just recently started reading this one, and I love when I go there and find a new entry.

10. A Blessed Life- This is one of my favorite blogs, but I may be a little biased since it belongs to my husband’s sister. She is a photographer and is constantly posting pictures of the cute kids she photographs and my beautiful nieces! What more could I want from a blog?