Halloween Costumes: Ladybug & Hi-C Drink Box

Here are a few more entries for our Halloween Costume Contest. Email your photo to us by Sunday, 11/2 at 7 pm ET to enter. You can win one of two Blurb Books or a Jackaroos' diaper clutch. Plus, you may inspire others who are in need of Halloween Costume ideas.

Honor Lauren, ladybug, submitted by her Aunt.

Jeserae said, "We spent 2 weeks on this costume. It has every single detail that the regular drink box has all the way down to the barcode and expiration date. We started from a brown cardboard box and just added all the details."

Mommy Chic Organizational Products Plus Monthly Contests To Win Your Own

As a little girl, I always loved to have the trendy notepads, pens and calendars. Not much has changed now that I'm a mom. Since I don't have an iPhone or any type of PDA, I still like trendy organizational products. So, I was excited to be given the opportunity by MomCentral to review the stylish Simply Chic and Eye Candy collections from Carolina Pad and Paper and Jacqueline Savage McFee.

I headed to Wal-Mart (that's where the collections are available) to check out the collection and didn't know what to choose. There were trendy notebooks, binders, folders, whiteboards, pens, magnets and more. But the thing that caught my eye was the Simply Chic Laptop Tote. How perfect for a blog addict, like me!

Wanna win some for yourself? Check out their Glam Your Office contest and enter to win Carolina Pad and Paper prize packs that they are giving away each month.

Two Winners: Blurb Books Giveaway

Congratulations to Carla (comment #22) and Rebecca (comment #46) who each won a blurb book in our blurb book giveaway!

Carla said...
I would do a blog pictures and text book for my baby's first year. I have been wondering if something like this what out there!

Rebecca said...
I would make a blog book so that as a busy mom of 4 kids, whose business has been hit by Hurricane Ike, I would not have to take the time to scrapbook everything I have blogged about.
We'll be in touch with each of you or you can email us here.

HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST - ANOTHER CHANCE TO WIN!!!

If you didn't win, but still want a chance to win one of two more blurb books, enter our Halloween Costume Contest. Email your photo to us here with "Halloween Costume Contest" in the subject line. We'll be posting some entries over the next two weeks. Deadline to enter is 7pm, Sunday, November 2nd! Here's a sneak peek:

Mom-preneur Shop-a-Thon for Christmas Gifts!

Check out Tip Junkie's Mom-prenuer Shop-a-thon. She is featuring LOTS of amazing mompreneurs who sell unique, fun, and creative gifts that you can purchase for your friends, family and yourself this holiday season. Be sure to place your orders now and support these amazing women.

BBA Headlines

:: The Ultimate Gift of Love
An Illinois mother was dead set on giving her baby up for adoption. It was a hard choice - and one that she had accepted - until she found herself in the hospital having an emergency C-section eight weeks before her due date. When she saw her newborn, she began to have second thoughts.

:: Five New Options for Baby Websites
A handful of new companies aim to create the ultimate baby website. Check out Baveo, Kidmondo, TotSpot, babyZbook, Lil' Grams.

:: Soothing Tiny Fliers
Adults aren't the only ones in distress when they fly, although our pain is mostly psychic. Babies and small children have narrow eustachian tubes, which causes the distress. Eustachian tubes help equalize the pressure on both sides of the eardrum. Adults know that chewing gum will help pop the ear and restore the balance, but it's generally a bad idea to give an infant a wad of Dubble Bubble. There are, however, other ways to relieve your baby's discomfort.

:: Airlines Say Goodbye to Baby Perks
While it hasn't made the same headlines as baggage fees and fuel surcharges, more airlines are dropping the preboarding call for families with small children.

:: Movement Rises for Workplace Parenting
What's one of the biggest perks that employers can offer new parents? More time with their babies. The Parenting in the Workplace Institute offers suggestions on how to implement baby-to-work programs, and has identified more than 100 companies and public agencies across the country that permit parents to bring their babies to work.

Ask a Toddler: How to Throw a Tantrum

Last Chance...

...to enter our double blurb book giveaway. Click here to enter before 7 pm ET today (Sunday).









You can also enter to win two more blurb books, plus a new diaper clutcharoo from JackaroosBoutique.com, by entering our Halloween Costume Contest. Email your photos to us.

Teaching Babies to Stay Asleep

This is interesting: parents are learning they can turn to sleep trainers that effectively teach babies to stay asleep. Check out the video and let us know what you think.

Blog Hopping: The Ride Home

By Katie
BBA Contributor

I just had to share pictures of the ride home. On the way to Washington, the main problem that we had with the kids was that Karleigh kept poking the little ones in they eyes. Needless to say, they didn't like that very much. So...my parents came up with this cardboard divider so that Karleigh couldn't get to the little kids.

A few hours in to the drive, she heard Savannah and called out, "Savannah, where are you?" It was pretty funny. We thought the drive would be better if the kids were all asleep so, we decided to leave at 8:00 on Thursday night. Unfortunately, Karleigh didn't get the memo about sleeping all night in the car...so...none of us got any sleep, but we made it home safe and last night I slept from 8:00 at night to 11:00 this morning!!!

We had so much fun in Washington. It made me so grateful (for the millionth time) for the family that I have. My parents bought all of the kids these little toys to take home. They all sang different song so we heard the ABC song at least 100 times on the way home!

Halloween Money-Saving Tips

Jolie Wants to Adopt Again

On yesterday's Today Show, Angelina Jolie admitted to Matt Lauer that she and Brad Pitt are thinking about adopting another child, bringing their brood to a total of seven. [ Video ]

Blurb Books Giveaway

Don't forget to enter our giveaway for two blurb books. Check out the post here for details. Contest ends Sunday, 10/19 at 7 pm ET.

Protecting Babies from SIDS

Q&A With Kate Gosselin

Kate Gosselin, star of the reality series Jon and Kate Plus Eight, answered a few questions over at momtourage.com. Some of the topics include how she balances life, alone time and keeping eight kids on a healthy diet.

Blog Hopping: The Bow Fight

By Katie
BBA Contributor

We're past the year mark, and still no hair. I've had a few people ask me lately if she is a boy or girl. I just have to laugh and hope her hair grows in soon because the bows aren't working out anymore.

The weirdest thing happened a few weeks ago and it kind of freaked me out. I was walking out of Walmart with Savannah in the cart. This older - and when I say older I mean much, much older, like I'm hoping that he was somewhat senile - gentleman stopped me by grabbing my arm.

Um...freaky, please...don't touch. It got weirder though. He started rubbing my back, while he was rubbing his chest (his shirt was unbuttoned a few buttons) with his other hand, and he asked me if Savannah was MY LITTLE BROTHER. Huh? Never got that one before. I was so confused that for a minute I didn't know what to say. Um, no, this is my DAUGHTER!

Yikes.

By this point, Shera was pulling my arm because she was creeped out by all of the rubbing that was STILL going on. Then, he asked me if Shera was my MOM.

Uh...we gotta go.... We've been told all our lives that she looks like the older sister, but wow...wow!

Anyway, this shirt might have come in handy that day, although I'm thinking probably not!

Lisa Marie Presley Names Twins

Singer Lisa Marie Presley and her husband Michael Lockwood have chosen names for their twin babies. People magazine reports the girls are named Finley and Harper. The twins were born last week and weighed 5lbs., 15oz. and 5lbs., 2oz.

Father Names Newborn 'Sarah McCain Palin'

Mark Ciptak says he went behind his wife's back and listed their newborn daughter's name as "Sarah McCain Palin" on her birth-certificate application because "we are strong supporters of that ticket," according to the Kingsport Times-News in Tennessee.

"She wanted Ava Grace. So, with a clear conscience, even though I know I was sort of going around her back, I kind of secretively put down Sarah McCain Palin instead of Ava Grace on another set of forms that I acquired from the front desk," he tells WBIR-TV. "And as we were walking out of the hospital, I went ahead and gave those to the nurse."

Ciptak says told his wife about the switch the next day, while they were at the doctor's office. He says she was speechless. "I felt a lot of cold air coming from her way," Ciptak tells the station. (via USA Today)

The Shift of the Mommyblogger

Check out Rita Arens' very interesting post, "The Shift of the Mommyblogger," on BlogHer. It's obviously a very hot topic based on all of the comments she has received. What do you think? Has your blogging style shifted?

There's change in the air for the first wave of mommybloggers. They don't complain about their kids much anymore. In fact, they don't write about their kids as much as they used to. Have they lost interest? Lost their edge? Or are their kids just old enough to read?...

Special B-day Giveaway: 2 BLURB BOOKS Convert Your Blog to a Book!

:: THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED. TO SEE IF WE HAVE A NEW GIVEAWAY, CLICK HERE. ALSO CHECK OUT OUR HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST TO WIN TWO MORE BLURB BOOKS.

Today is our baby boy's 3rd birthday. Jack was the inspiration behind our own baby blog 3 1/2 years ago which eventually led to the creation of BabyBlogAddict.com.

In honor of Jack's birthday, we are giving away TWO BLURB BOOKS (each valued at $29.95)! If you are not familiar with blurb.com, you will be amazed at what they can do. You just download the blurb booksmart program for free, then you can actually turn your blog into a book. Check it out here, then be sure to watch the 5 minute tutorial about how easy it is to create a blog book. This is awesome for all of you baby blog addicts out there!

If you don't have a blog, you can also use blurb to create photo books, travel books and more.


I always read about how your blogs are your journals and baby scrapbooks. Now, you can actually print it out in book form!

I'm about to start Jack's first blog book, so I'll be posting more about blurb when I work with the program and get his book printed. I can't wait!

Here's how you can enter this giveaway:

1. Go to blurb.com and check out all the cool books.

2. Come back to this post on BBA and leave a comment letting us know what kind of book you would create.

3. Make sure we have your contact info (email or blog address) in your blogger profile or comment itself, so we can contact you if you win. Only one entry per person per giveaway.

We'll select TWO random winners then post them here on BBA next week. Each winner will recieve a bookmaking code good for $29.95. We'll be giving away two more books to our Halloween Costume Contest winners too!!!

This contest runs: Monday, 10/13 - Sunday, 10/19/08 at 7:00 PM ET.

Winner: Calendar & Stroller Suspenders

Congrats to Team Sherman (comment #11) who is the winner of the Double Giveaway for the Personalized Calendar from Baby Face Design and Stroller Suspenders by Omma.

Team Sherman said...
I love the birth announcements. I'm a new mom and birth announcements are on my to do list. I hope that I win the purse calendar.