Thanks Sun Country!

One afternoon a few weeks ago I went through the Wendy's drive through and got a Frosty.  When I got home I was stalling on the computer, probably not wanting to blog or something, and I decided to enter the code that was on the bottom of my Wendy's receipt.  I had to make a KS95 (a local radio station) account and enter the code on their website.  Easy peasy... I was done in a matter of minutes and probably said a quick prayer that I would win :)

Well, fast forward a couple weeks and I'm up north with my family on vacation listening to a voice mail on my phone "Hi Sarah, this is so-and-so from KS95 calling to let you know that you've won 2 Sun Country round-trip plane tickets"  What?!?! I was totally surprised and so excited!

I went to the radio studio a few days later and picked up my totally legit ticket vouchers that I can use toward and 2 round-trip domestic flights between now and August 2012!

I am like beyond excited about this... Ryan and I are looking for a cruise to go on after he gets home!  Yay, yay, yay!!! The most expensive part of a cruise for us Minnesotans is the plane ticket to get down to Florida or wherever the ship departs from, so this is going to be so perfect :)

So, I would like to say thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to Sun Country for these tickets!  You've made Ryan's homecoming that much more special for us :)  

And for those of you who've always wondered (like I have) if those codes on the bottom of receipts actually have a prize attached to them... they totally do!  Which is SO TOTALLY AWESOME!

Things That I Love: Baby Edition

My life has been less than blogworthy lately so I decided write about a few things that my babies have that I totally recommended to new moms, aunties that want to be the favorite, people that don't have kids but have to go to baby showers with a gift... all of the above!

#1

Glow Seahorse

We call it the glow worm.  It just sounds better.  This little guy glows and plays soft songs and gurgling water sounds for a full 5 minutes.  It's magical.  I can not tell you how many times I have pressed the belly of mrs pink glow worm and mr blue glow worm.  I just lay it next to Van's head and it puts him right to sleep... worked the same way with Peyton.  It's a God-send for sure!

#2

Receiving Blankets

I have 15 or 20 of these and I go through them in a week, if not less than a week.  I use them for so many different things...

Burrito Baby!

Babies love to be swaddled and it calms them down so quickly.  Peyton slept swaddled every night for at least 3 months... and Vandis is swaddled every night and lots of times during the day.

Spit Up Catcher

When Vandis spits up at night in his bassinet all I do is flip over or refold the receiving blanket that I place under his head.  That way he is not laying in a wet spot and I  don't have to change his sheets! Win Win!

Burp Cloth

Just throw it up over your shoulder or chest or lap... and you are covered!

Nursing Cover Up

When I'm around people that aren't Peyton or Vandis I cover up while I nurse.  Your welcome.  Receiving Blankets are the best for covering up with.  They are just the right size to cover and are lightweight enough that baby can eat without sweating up a storm or falling asleep.  Perfect!

Receiving Blankets are ALL OVER my house and car and purse and diaper bag! I use them constantly... LOVE THEM!

#3

Contours Options Tandem Stroller

This stroller is UH-MAZING. I love love love it!  There is a HUGE amount of storage space.

Peyton usually sits facing forward in the front. And I have Vandis' car seat facing me in the back.

But when we were at the zoo a couple weekends ago,Peyton was running around and not using the stroller.  I moved the car seat attachment to the front and the front seat to the back and faced it backward.  Then I reclined it and made Vandis a little bed.  It was perfect!

Here's how it looked when I had both of them in it on the way out to the car.

I bought it at Burlington Baby Depot (in Northtown Mall if you live nearby) for $120.  It came with 2 seats and the car seat attachment.  It pushes more easily than my Graco stroller that I had for Peyton... and that was  just a one seater!  

There are only 2 cons that I have found... 

In order to fold it fully (so that it latches shut) you have to remove the seats.  I don't fold it fully.  It juuust fits in the back of the mini van.  No big deal.

The seats do not have trays... they only have a bar. So when I want to give Peyton (and eventually Vandis) a snack to keep them quiet happy, I have to give her a container that she can throw off the side.  It hasn't really been an issue yet though.

There you have it folks!  My top 3 picks for baby :)