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Unprepared

In approximately 30 days I am going to have a baby.

30 days.

In 30 days I will go from two kids to three. I will have an almost-7-year old, a 4-year-old, and a newborn.

I know it, but I can’t really comprehend it.  On the outside we’re ready; crib, diapers, clothes, car seat – all ready.

But on the inside?  I don’t know.  I’m fairly terrified.  I’m so excited to meet my baby, and so TIRED of being uncomfortably pregnant, but I’m scared.  There’s so much I don’t remember about having a baby.  I have two children who already need, need, NEED me.  How can there be anything left?  Who will meet their needs when I am constantly breastfeeding for the next zillion months?  Will they resent the baby?  Will they resent me for spending so much of my energy on him?  Will they understand that I love them as much as ever?

It wasn’t that hard for Joshua to accept Sophie into our family.  But for Sophie, I think it’s going to be much more difficult to accept Jonah.  She’s been the baby for four years.  And I’m still not convinced she “gets” it – I don’t think she will get it until we bring him home.

Transition scares the pants off me.

But, it’s coming.  Like a freight train with failed brakes!  Jonah has already made his way into our hearts and soon he will be in our HOME.

I just hope I live to blog about it!

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Robeez at Diapers.com for $10.99 Shipped!!

I just did some more Robeez shopping at Diapers.com!! I love these little shoes! They last for-ev-er and neither of my kiddos could ever get them off. 🙂  I posted a deal on them a couple weeks ago and now prices have dropped even further and there is FREE shipping on Robeez!  You can get these adorable pink t-straps for just $10.99 shipped, and I picked up these truck Robeez for my new baby boy for just $11.49 – I couldn’t resist!

If you shop thru Ebates you can get 4% cash back on this deal plus $5 for signing up if you are a new customer! Just sign up here at Ebates and search for Diapers.com, then click thru the Ebates link. AND if you are a new customer at diapers.com, you can use code JENN9409 to save an additional 15%!!! So this can work out to be a REALLY sweet deal!!

To find the Robeez, just go to Diapers.com and click on “Clothing and Shoes”, then choose Robeez from the drop-down menu, then sort by price Low to High to find the sale shoes.  There is a GREAT selection!

Happy Robeez shopping!!

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Love at the Dry Cleaners

This past Tuesday, Emily and me and some other fabulous bloggers were invited to attend the grand opening of the Tide dry cleaners in nearby Mason, Ohio.  That’s right, you heard me.  A TIDE Dry Cleaners!  I’ve made no secret about the fact that I love, love, love Tide, and Emily feels the same way, so we were happy to attend. I mean, a Tide Dry Cleaners seemed like the BEST idea in laundry ever to me!

Of course, after we got the grand tour and saw how they did things – we were blown away by how cool the Tide Dry Cleaners is. If it’s from Tide, I expect it to be great and it WAS!  Here’s a few things that “wow’ed” us:

Cortney and me listening intently during the grand tour. It was fascinating!
  • There’s a DRIVE-THRU.  You don’t have to get your kids out of the car to drop off or pick up your dry cleaning.  The heavens parted and angels began to sing at this miracle!! Ok, that is a slight exaggeration, but really, EVERYTHING should have a drive-thru and Tide Dry Cleaners does!!
  • You can pick up your clothes 24/7.  That’s right, if you want to pick up your suit at 2:22 a.m. cause you are freaky like that, you CAN!  Or on your way into work at 7 a.m.  Twenty-four-flippin’-seven, people!  Now that’s convenience!
  • Pricing!  The pricing was very reasonable, and y’all know how cheap I am. ANY SIZE comforter for $20.  Twenty bucks!?? That’s a steal!
  • Special services: Tide Dry Cleaners can restore your garments to their former glory. Got faded blacks??  Try the “back to black” service for just $5!! Again, SO worth it to make that key black wardrobe piece look like new again.
  • Tech-nol-o-gy.  Tide uses Green Earth dry cleaning process to be the most environmentally-friendly in it’s dry cleaning service AND super high-tech machines to get your clothes done beautifully and quickly.  The efficiency of the conveyor belt and the combination shirt dryer-and-pressing-machine were really impressive!!
The computer-operated conveyor belt moves at lightning speed!

Drying and Pressing your shirt at the SAME TIME!

The Tide Dry Cleaners in Mason (check it out at 8100 Mason-Montgomery Rd.) is the training center and flagship store – but Tide is franchising these fabulous stores SO hopefully there will be one coming near to all of us soon! Emily and I were excited to hear that the Dayton franchise has already been sold, which means we should have a Tide Dry Cleaners in our backyard next year! WOOT!

Thanks to our friends at Tide for inviting us to this great grand opening.  We wish you ALL the success as you bring Tide standards to dry cleaning!

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Tide is compensating Emily and I for our time in both attending the event and posting about it. All opinions in this post are ours, and we were honored to be a part of this event!

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