The Busy Giffs

September 5, 2011

Victorias Secret Giveaway




I just HAVE to share. Kori, over at Blonde Episodes is giving away a $50 Victoria Secret gift card to one lucky reader!


She's a super down to earth blogger and her fashion Fridays are things I only dream of! Check her out, follow her and good luck winning!

September 3, 2011

Overhaul.

So I will be overhauling the blog.

I want to go in a new direction.  There will be updates on our family life, tons of pictures of Emmalee and the pups, but stay tuned for thoughts, reviews and GIVEAWAYS! I'm working with some great artists, crafters, and photoographers and can't wait to pass one some of the love.

I will also be looking into post ideas so that it's not always just about us.  Some great ones I've seen are:
--Target Tuesdays
-- What I want Wednesdays
-- Thankful Thursdays
--Friday Confessionals

If there is ANYTHING you would be interested in seeing.. let me know and we can work it into the blog somewhere...

I am also looking for guest bloggers! Thought about writing but can't keep up with it everyday? Do you own your own photography company and want to show off your work? Share a GREAT recipe that you loved? Let me know!

Would you like to promote your services and goods?
Do you want to get more viewers on your website or Facebook page?
Let's work together! Email me for more information.

My goal is to make this more hands on and enjoyable for all so I hope you stick around to see the wonderful new changes.

<3

September 1, 2011

The Um... Thursday Update?

I truly am terrible at this now and I apologize.  Part of me is happy that I'm only posting about mundane things that really don't require me to blog/share everyday. My thoughts are just rambles and its never anything amazing.

We are both back in the swing of things, two full time jobs and surprisingly enough, we are making time for each other. After a crazy game of back and forth, we ended up going to Kenny Chesney's concert at Gillette Stadium, in the beginnings of Hurricane Irene! We met up and tailgated with some friends and our floor seats were wonderful! He always puts on a great show and I'm glad that in the end, we ended up going.





And the beginnings of Irene...



We are lucky that we live in a complex that has a high percentage of senior citizens because it makes us an NStar priority aaaand all the units has backup generators :) so we never lost power. We are VERY lucky! By biggest concern was how Emmalee would be, she doesn't need power to warm up her food but she likes the fan or her white noise machine to help her sleep and I wasn't sure what would happen without those. But since we didn't lose power, I guess it was fine!

Emmalee is growing so much everyday though.  She is still working on her neck control but gets stronger everyday and is now showing the beginning signs of rolling.  If shes on her belly, she'll start to rock back and forth a bit. Usually one of her arms is in the way and she cant quite make it but she still has a while to go before she hits that developmental milestone but its exciting anyways!

However my little piggy makes me nervous.  I pump at work so that I can continue to provide her with breast milk even when I'm not home.  Its time consuming and slightly obnoxious but its whats healthiest for her and will help her the most. Now I have NO problem with formula at all but where we are doing so well feeding, i want to be able to do it for as long as possible, which is funny because I didn't know if I'd be able to do it at all before she got here! Emmalee is 11 weeks old now (yikes!) and I've heard of the dreaded 11 week growth spurt but my god, can this child eat! 14 ounces while I was at work for 8 hours yesterday! I got home today at 4:30 and she was latched/falling in and out of sleep until 6.  Slept for a half hour while I had dinner and was back on from 6:30ish until 9. I'm concerned I wont be able to keep up with her much longer! I know I cant stress because that will simply hurt my supply but I hope she relaxes a bit because I am just keeping up with her while pumping and am not able to put away any extra like I had hoped to but it will work out...

You can feel the crispness in the air in the morning and summer is definitely ending but I am excited about the fall that's coming up and I cant wait for the coming months!

Home Update - 1 year in!

We're a year in the house and we've been making our way through each room.  I feel like every project takes so long and each project...