Giveaway & Review: Happy Baby Organic Superfoods from Happy Family Brands!!!

Say hello to the Mini Marine's favorite new organic snacks by Happy Family Brands!

After being contacted by Happy Family Brands Associate Manager for their Military Division to conduct a review and giveaway, I had my husband look into the nutritional value of their Organic Superfoods Snacks. He's the health nut guru of the family and was pleased and impressed with their snacks ingredients. (This says A LOT!) From there I was given the "green light" to say yes! :)

Happy Family Brands Organic Superfoods has snacks for baby's, Toddlers, Kids AND Adults!! They are sold all over the states from Publix, Harris Teeter and even at several Commissaries aboard different Military Bases!!! 

There are Military Happy Mama's aboard Joint Base Charleston, Eglin AFB, Fort Stewart and Fort Bragg!!! 

JOB OPPORTUNITIES for MilSpouses! 

Are you a Military Wife who would like to represent Happy Family Brands? 

There are current paid positions open aboard: Camp Pendleton, Fort Campbell, Fort Hood and JBLM!!

Happy Mamas on the installations educate the Military Families on healthy feeding options for their children through samples and organic food classes!!

Click HERE for full details on becoming a Military Happy Mama today!!!

Review:

As a good mom (or weird to everyone else in the house) always does, I took a taste test of each snack before letting our Mini Marine have any. Much to the disgust of the man-child watch me eat "baby" food. That was until I raved about how yummy it was and he asked to also try the Veggie Pals Carrot Orange Apple Chews and Happy Times & Happy Yogis snacks. Only to then say: "Man Mikey you're lucky! Those things are good!"

Baby sure didn't argue as he sucked down Happy Baby Grains, Happy Baby Greek Yogurt and Happy Squeeze in seconds! Or when he couldn't shovel the Veggie Pals, Happy Times or Happy Yogis into his mouth fast enough!! I'd say he enjoyed them A LOT!! Pretty cool that they sell them at Harris Teeter out here too!! 
Happy Baby= a Happy Mama which= a Happy Family!!

Giveaway!

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May is for Moms: An Interview with Myself

Sept 15th 2004

April 5th 2012

1. Before you ever even had children, how did you feel about being a mother?

Honestly, I had always said I'd never have children. That I would travel the world, meet new people, and do a million activities that I had always dreamed of doing.... I'm beyond happy that I have my boys though! World traveling will happen, just as the others have, together as a family! 

2. Since becoming a mother, what is something that has happened that you never thought would?

 I NEVER thought I would one day become a SAHM.... I had worked since I was allowed to with a student workers permit. Even with our oldest I had worked from home for a couple of years. Now I do again, with blogging and reviews, but this is definitely much more fun. It is on my own time/the children's time, and we are able to ENJOY our time together as a family.

3. Is being a mother less difficult, more difficult or exactly how difficult you imagined?

Oh, so much more! So many more worries, having to think of what you do say and how you act, because they WILL repeat and remember! 

4. What is your fondest memory of being a mother (so far)?

The fact that when I held my oldest for the first time I knew that God existed. i had been stuggling with His presence for 2 years at that point. But holding my little guy in my arms showed me He was there all along silently guiding me through all the difficult times to that very moment... And all of the hugs, I love you's (I hate you's), cuddles, milestones achieved, excitement over great grades.... There isn't just one really..

5. If your children only learn one life lesson from you, what do you hope it is?

That pursuing their dreams through hardwork, remaining honest with themselves and others, helping those that would normally be turned away, and slowing down to enjoy life will take them further than they ever imagined.

Throwback Thursday.... Baby Fever?!?!

So many bloggy friends are pregnant, just had a baby this month or have little ones under 3 months.... Am I crazy for thinking "I want another baby" when ours just turned ONE 2 weeks ago!?!?! And a few weeks ago I was telling my husband that I think I'm done.... Until he laid out his wants and thoughts on it all and suddenly I'm saying lets start trying now! ;) Well, at least the practice of trying.... But we have unofficially stated we'll see where he's at with his new command in 6 months, and go from there. :)

So, in the meantime, I'll just take in photos of all my friends baby bumps and little ones, and try to remind myself that I still need to catch up on the lack of sleep over the past year and half from our little monkey!

Pregnant with the Man-Child 4 days before he was born Sept. 2004

Pregnant with the Mini Marine 3 days before he was born April 2012

Baby's First "Walk" on the Beach

Last week my girlfriend invited me out for a walk on the beach. A MUCH needed walk on the beach!!! We took our pups and little man and headed beach bound! Baby B had a blast while I struggled to push the loaded down stroller and his chubby butt through the sand. There were over a dozen dolphins swimming within the shore and further out! We walked down to the pier and, a little more than half way back, we cut him loose. He didn't know what to make of the sand at first, then took off, stood at the edge of the water, ran away from it, ran back, and finally got the courage up to step in it. Turned around, lost his footing as his feet sunk in the sand and plopped right on his bum. Funniest thing that happened that entire day, his reaction was priceless! As we made our way back, a little crab wreaked havoc on me through my dog.... My arm was nearly pulled out of it's socket when Toby saw it and thought it was new chew toy... I still have the bruises on my arms from him wrapping around me and taking off... His face was touching the crab, I'm sure Mr. Crab snapped and got him, serves him right! ;)

Our Little Monkey's 1st Birthday Party!

On the Friday our Little Mikey Monkey turned 1!! 

On Sunday we had his 1st Birthday Party! The road to make this possible was beyond bumpy though! Between wanting to ring my husband's neck, wanting to consume more than a bottle of wine and wanting to just not do it all together, it turned out Perfect! Lesson learned: Start planning more than two weeks ahead of time and DO NOT wait until the day before to pick up decorations, food, etc...(It's so much easier for older kids! Still trying to get back into the swing of the everything with a little one).

I was able to find a bakery that made custom cakes & cupcakes! American Dream Cakes, Bakery. They are an hour away in Jacksonville, NC, but they have a store front that is only 30 minutes away and were able to bring the cupcakes and SMASH cake there for pick up! I LOVE how they all turned out!Perfect for the Monkey Themed Birthday Party that daddy chose!

Daddy decided to BBQ for the party which turned out to be great with the first day of amazing weather! Friends, the man-child's friends and even Baby B's buddy Baby R enjoyed the time outside!

 With it being a Monkey Party I HAD to find the perfect shirt for our Little Monkey/Mini Marine. After looking online and through Etsy, I came across several but fell in LOVE with this one! It is made by LittleGoodieTutus who also happens to be the wife of an Air Force Veteran! (MAJOR Bonus there! I love supporting Spouse owned and Veteran owned businesses!!!) She did an Amazing job and the shirt itself is so soft for baby's skin!

We took the party inside for snacks, play time and present time!

Then it was SMASH cake time! I'm not sure who was more excited, Baby, daddy or the kids...

 He didn't know what to do with it at first. Thought it was a toy, looked like he was trying to pick it's nose, tried turning it upside down. Then we took off a little piece for him and he went to town!

 Big Brother had been begging for a piece since we got it. We said he could have a bite but I don't think Mikey Monkey was too thrilled with it. ;)

  

Back off my cake man!

 Of course daddy wanted to help him along as he was enjoying the cake and taking slow small bites...

 From there it was ALL OVER... The Messy Monkey came to life and he dove in!

 Between our Little Monkey, Big brother and Daddy, that cake was destroyed!

Daddy took him in for a quick bath and then it was more outside play time to run off all that sugar!

Banana splits to wrap it up! A must for a Monkey Party!

Later that evening Big Brother and Little Man built a Castle together with his new blocks.

Then it was bed time for our Little Monkey as he enjoyed his new Sleepytime Monkey to sooth him to sleep. (We are still amazed that he went to sleep after all that sugar!)