Award Thank You's!

I was recently gifted with {2} amazing awards from {4} amazing ladies!

The first award I received was this gem:

I got this from Chance and Marta.

Have you ever visited their blogs?

You should--these {2} are so talented and sweet--I heart their blogs and them to pieces! You really need to go and see their creativeness and their adorable children!

The rules of the One Lovely Blog Award are: accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link. Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you've newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award. Now it's my turn to pass it along!

I honestly can't only give this away to {15}!

Seriously. I love all of the blogs I read. So if you're taking the time to read this?

Please take this award. Because I heart all of my readers--really, I do! Congrats on the award!

I received the Honest Scrap award from Summer and Heidi.

These two lovely ladies are so crafty, too! You wouldn't believe the cuteness they come up with. You know the tutu Isabella was wearing for her birthday party?

Guess who I bought that from?

Summer! And if you're in the market for a custom made tutu? She's having a sale on those and everything else in her shop for 25% off! Pretty sweet, right?

Back to the award rules.

1. Say thanks and give a link to the presenter of the award.

2. Share "10 Honest Things" about myself.

3.Present this award to 7 others whose blogs I find brilliant in content and/or design, or those who have encouraged me.

4. Tell those 7 people they've been awarded the HONEST SCRAP and inform them of these guidelines in receiving.

Here are 10 random things:

1. I have freckles on my cheeks, nose, arms...Leo thinks they're adorable and Isabella calls them moles. Lovely.

2. I have possibly the biggest sweet tooth of anyone I know. It's sick. No wonder I can't lose anymore weight!

3. I love reading. Nothing too difficult, though! Light reads all the way. And magazines? Um, I'm a magazine junkie. My faves are Glamour, Real Simple and Us Weekly. Told ya light reads!

4. My feet are so ticklish. Is that how you spell 'ticklish'--it looks really strange. Anyway, when I get pedis I'm the girl you'll find giggling over and over. It's ridiculously embarrassing!

5. I'm a caffeine addict. I must have coffee in the morning and I drink a ridiculous amount of Diet Coke throughout the day. Without it? Yikes!

6. I often daydream of having a spa day. But on the rare chance Leo tells me to book one? I don't. I'd rather use the money on my girls. Or my husband! I just could think of so many different ways that I could spend that money.

7. This year on my Christmas list I want new towels/washclothes/rugs for our master bath. And a Chi iron. And new sheets for our bed. I've been needing replacements for all of the above for awhile, so why not ask for them for Christmas?

8. I never miss an episode of Desperate Housewives or Grey's. Ever.

9. It drives me crazy when Leo plays his video games. Yet I always find myself buying them for him for Christmas and his birthday! So when I feel like complaining? I have to remind myself...no. more. video game gifts!

10. I buy wine based on what the label looks like. I just bought the cutest bottle (haha! that just sounds funny) with a black and white damask print. It's called Kate and Cassie--bought it at Super Target in Mobile last week. It's delish!

Okay, and because it's getting late and I have a lot I need to do before heading to bed I will pass this one on later. Thank you to all {4} wonderful ladies and bloggy friends for these awards.

I heart you all so much!

Gonna Spread Some Love....

Patrice from Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman recently gave me an award.

Thank you, sweet Patrice! Do you have any idea how you just made my week?

I know I have a few readers out there. I know I have a few commenters out there.

And I love you guys for it! So much so I am going to pass this award on to some of you. I wish I could give ALL of my faithful readers an award. Maybe I could create an award to give to everyone? Hm. Now that's a thought...

Anyway (why is it I always get so sidetracked when writing? Maybe just to show that my brain is always going in a million different directions....?), as with any other award there are some rules. Here are the rules for the Smile Award:

Characteristics for the Smile Award:
1. Must display a cheerful attitude. Check! I almost always am cheerful.
2. Must love one another. I adore my readers!
3. Must make mistakes. Are you kidding me?! Mistake is my middle name....
4. Must learn from others. I have learned sooo much from my blog friends.
5. Must be a positive contributor to blog world. I try to be positive!
6. Must love life. I LOVE my life...wouldn't have it any other way
7. Must love kids. Check! I love love LOVE kids!

These are the rules for The Smile Award:
1. The recipient must link back the the award’s creator
2. You must post these rules if you receive the award.
3. You must chose 5 people to receive the award after receiving it yourself
4. You must fit the characteristics of the recipient of the award, as posted by Mere
5. You must post the characteristics of a recipient.
6. You must create a post sharing your win with others.
7. You must thank your giver.

So here is the hard part. I can only pick 5. (But like I said, if anyone wants to help create an award I will give it to each and every one of you. Cross my heart!). Here are the peeps that I have chosen:

1) Amanda from Lifelong Playdate

2) Laural from Mamasphere
3) Leslie from Got Kids, Need Valium

4) Beth from A Real Anti-Supermom

5) Shannon from A Crafty Mom's Blog



My second award is from Laural over at Mamasphere. Thank you, Laural! She is hilarious! She ALWAYS makes me laugh and not in the quiet way...but the laughing so loud and hard my husband looks at me like I may be losing it or so hard tears coming streaming from my eyes...good times, good times!....Anways, her blog is one of my faves. Promise me you'll go over and give her blog a good reading through.

This is the Proximade Award. To translate from Portuguese to English, it means:"This blog invests and believes, the proximity." Meaning, that blogging makes us 'close'- being close through proxy. How awesome is that??

"They all are charmed with the blogs, where in the majority of its aims are to show the marvels and to do friendship; there are persons who are not interested when we give them a prize, and then they help to cut these bows; do we want that they are cut, or that they propagate?"

Then let's try to give more attention to them! So with this prize we must deliver it to 8 bloggers that in turn must make the same thing and put this text.

Here are my 8:

1. Krystyn from Really, Are You Serious?.
2. Susan from Fordy Days and Nights.
3. Heather from A Boy, A Girl, and A Pug.

4. Elaine from The Miss Elaine-ous Life.

5. McMommy from The McMommy Chronicles.

6. Amanda from Not So Extraordinary, But Always Exciting Life.

7. Becks from Little Miss Pearsonality.

8. Jennifer from Life with the Burk Family.