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Visit me today at the Swapper!!

Hi Folks!

I’ll be at the swapper (aka The OC Marketplace) today with my friend Cheri at Sweet Lily Tutus!
She has some new Birthday stuff for girls you will L-O-V-E!!
We’ll also have the Baby Dazyed Journal… perfect gift for new moms! (I’ll be using one in about 7 weeks)
Visit me.
PLEASE!!
The Eli’s Lids SALE is almost over so get em’ while they last!!
I’ll give you a hug at the booth!!
Check my tweets or the Eli’s Lids Facebook Fan page to find out what booth we’ll be in.
Admission is only $2 (kiddos under 12 FREE)!
 
88 Fair Drive – Orange County Fairgrounds
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Peace Out!!

by: Kara Noel Lawson

MOMday Morning!

How exciting is this!?!?
Just to summarize the video for those of you who didn’t watch it… (tsk tsk)
The 1st MOMday (Monday) Morning of EVERY month Blessed Nest, B.Y.O.G. & Eli’s Lids will be hosting a giveaway.

But not just any giveaway…
The prizes are our awesome products:
one B.Y.O.G. Labor and Delivery Gown, one Blessed Nest Nesting pillow, one Eli’s Lids Trucker Lid, one Eli’s Lids Snowboarder Lid and one Eli’s Lids tee!!
AND $75!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES, you read that correctly.
$75 of Cold Hard Cash!
(Is a VISA gift card “cold” and “hard”… maybe more like room temperature pliable plastic?)

 Why?!?!? (you ask)

Because we love you.
REALLY!!
We are so proud to be part of this amazing Community of Moms and Bloggers and we want to give back to Y-O-U! 
In an effort to reach out and connect everybody with everybody,
(too lofty of a goal?… I don’t think so)
every month we will be featuring a Mom Blogging Community/Forum AND a Mom Blogger.
We created MOMday Morning to serve, love & nurture mom bloggers, the women/men who support them, & their readers. 
Because we all need something to look forward to on Monday… um… I mean MOMday, right??
Don’t you love it!?!?
I knew you would!
You don’t have to be a mom or write a blog to enter.
You just have to be you… which I think YOU do so well! 😉
This month we are highlighting… 
The Smart Girl’s Guide to Life
Blissfully Domestic is just packed with loads of fun things for everybody! From recipes to crafts to green living to giveaways to blogging tips! They even host a lil’ shindig you may have heard of called BlissDom. They are a one stop shop for all things to make you… well… Blissfully Domestic!
Check them out and it won’t disappoint. (FYI – I write for Blissful Creating, Arts and Crafts section.)

 Our featured blogger this month is none other than the founder of Blissfully Domestic,  Allison Worthington! 

She started a personal blog, Mrs. Fussypants, in 2007 and things have really snowballed for this lovely Mom Blogger! She is the co-founder of the oh-so-popular BlissDom Conference, and the author of the digital book, The Smart Girls’ Guide to Twitter. If that doesn’t keep her busy enough she has 5 sons and a step daughter to boot!! A recent post I love of hers is about choosing to keep a personal blog public. 
(Thx for your input Allison! We really appreciate you. Smooches, The MOMday Morning Gals)

Allison lives just outside of Nashville Tennessee amidst all the tragic flooding! Check out her moving post about the Nashville floods (complete with loads of pictures) and her thorough list of ways to help folks effected by the floods!
Wanna help right away?
Donate to Hands on Nashville. 
 How to win… (open to all US residents)
Main entry (mandatory): Leave a comment telling us how you make MOMday (Monday) fun in your house. (My favorite tip just may get a lil’ something in the mail too!)
So you want extra entries??
I don’t blame you! 
These prizes kick a&$!!
~Follow Blessed Nest, B.Y.O.G. & Eli’s Lids on Twitter or let us know you already do. (1 entry each)
~Tweet the following about MOMday Morning! (1 entry every day!)
Be refreshed for MOMday Morning http://bit.ly/bTg6vM Enter to win awesome prizes AND $75 cash from @BlessedNest @BYOG & @ElisLids
~Become a fan of Blessed Nest, B.Y.O.G. & Eli’s Lids on Facebook or let us know you already are. (1 entry each)
~Add the MOMday Morning button to your sidebar. Code below. (1 entry)
MOMday Morning
For every extra entry, be sure to leave a separate comment on this post! i.e. If you follow Blessed Nest, B.Y.O.G. & Eli’s Lids on twitter leave 3 separate comments!
For more detailed rules go here.

***Giveaway open 2 weeks! Ends MOMday (Monday) May 24th 9:00pm PST***

Thank you for serving, loving & nurturing us throughout the years.

by: Kara Noel Lawson

Happy Mother’s Day!

Mother’s Day 2006 – fetus Eli gave me a snoogle…

Mother’s Day 2007 – We started our tradition of a Mother’s Day picnic after church…
I’m not a huge gift gal and I thought that a beach day/picnic tradition will carry on through their teen years. They can surf (with daddy) and scope out for hotties (do people still say that?) while I get my beach reading on!
(found out I was preggers with Cora Jane 3 weeks later!!)

Mother’s Day 2008 – Hanging with Mommy friends at church. Can you find Eli and 3 month old Cora Jane?? I’m sure we went to the beach for a picnic but we must have forgotten our camera…

Mother’s Day 2009 – A walk and a picnic at the lake.

Mother’s Day 2010 – We went to church then expected a hot afternoon for the beach picnic. But it was freezing!! Thank goodness I’m always ready with Lids in the car!!

We hit up Cafe Rio for lunch then went to get Cora Jane’s first hair cut… because if you can’t go to the beach you get your hair cut… right?? Very random… but I loved every second 🙂 I’m thinking I have a date with the laundry pile this evening!

Being a mom rocks!! Whether you are soaking up the sun or doing laundry today, I’m sending you blessings!

Check back tomorrow, as we extend the MOM’s Day fun with a big surprise!

by: Kara Noel Lawson

$5 $10 $15 SALE

In honor of our new Summer Lid…

There shall be a sale…

Don’t forget the Summer Lid is available in black or red…

How do you like them apples???

by: Kara Noel Lawson

Bird’s Nest – Wordless Wednesday

Remember the cute tree I clipped the flower bows on?
Eli brought me the bird and told me the bird needed a nest.
I told him we would make one… thinking it would be a fun craft.
This is what I found on the tree later that day…

He made his own nest with the blocks!!

Don’t forget to check back on Monday for the big reveal of our Top Secret Mom Project!

Check out Angry Julie Monday and 5 Minutes for Mom for more Wordless Wednesday links!

by: Kara Noel Lawson

Whew… an Easter Review!

I can’t believe I never did an Easter Review!
I mean, it’s my favorite holiday!!
Oddly enough it’s also the only holiday Hot Hubby and I always exchange gifts!!!
Weird, huh?
You already saw our Eggs and our early morning.
The kiddos adored their Easter Baskets. Their favorite items were the capes from Stringbean Company…

Hot Hubby got new Rainbows and I got loads of candy and new Bare Essentials foundation. (Oh how I love a practical gift… I was just about out!!)

We headed over to my parents house for the usual home smoked tri-tip and all the fixins’! The tri-tip is the best. You should come next year and try it!
My parents throw the best Easter Egg Hunt. Some eggs are designated “big kid” eggs… as in they aren’t filled with candy or stickers like the lil’ kid eggs… they are filled with cash-o-la!! 

 This year, instead of one grand prize with $200 in it… OK… $20 🙂 There were 2 eggs with $10! Wouldn’t you know it, one of the little ones got one of the $10 eggs. She threw the useless “paper” on the ground and took the candy out! HA!! We let her keep it… I mean, look how cute she is…

Here’s our group shot! 
I love these folks. 
As I look at this picture the thing that strikes me most is only my parents and grandmom are blood related to me. (Not counting my children of the fetus, of course!)
I often wonder about family dynamics and relationships. 
Is there actually something about being “blood” related that makes you closer?
Is there something more powerful about the relationships that aren’t blood? You know, the kind you choose!!
What makes a family?
I would love your thoughts!!

As the day wore on, it stated to get a bit chilly. Good thing we had our Lids!!



Now I’m off to the dentist to get a filling fixed. Because we wouldn’t want to put Hot Hubby’s bonus toward anything fun. Wahh wahhh wahhh…

PS
I’ve been working on something REALLY REALLY REALLY awesome with Blessed Nest and BYOG. 
One hint… 
On the first Monday of every month our three businesses will be helping you. 

Yes, Y-O-U!!

The actual debut will be Monday, May 10th! (in honor of Mother’s Day)
Check back here on the 10th. I promise it won’t disappoint!!
REALLY!!

by: Kara Noel Lawson

Our Lips are Sealed

What do you do if you are a mom blogger with your mom blogger friends?
Make a Lip Dub of a kick a$& 80’s song, of course!!
Check out me and my buds Suz (Alive in Wonderland), Marcy (The Glamorous Life Association), Andrea (Hip Moms Who Work), Roxanne (Me and My Monster) & Beckey (Hippo Brigade) make fools of ourselves…

If you can’t get enough, and want to see me in all my awesomeness, check out the next one! We did it in one take with my makeshift webcam…

(stop laughing!)

Still can’t get enough!?!?!?
Check out my post over at the OC Moms Blog about Facebook. I reveal some Facebook statuses that didn’t make the cut!