Baby's First Phone Call Giveaway---FOUR Winners!

Before my first son was born I was worried about how I would spread the news of his arrival. With texting and media disabled on my cell phone and no internet access, I relied on my mom and husband to relay the messages to everyone. It was very confusing and some people didn't hear about Moose's arrival until after I was discharged from the hospital three days after I had checked in.

That's why I am very excited to hear about Baby's First Phone Call!

What is Baby's First Phone Call?
It is a telephone service that you are able to set up ahead of time with all of the phone numbers of people who are anxiously awaiting the news of your little one's arrival. After your little one has arrived, you simply call and record a message with your baby's stats and anything else you would like to include. The message will automatically be dispersed to your call list that you set up ahead of time. Instead of making multiple calls along your phone chain, Baby's First Phone call allows you to make just one easy call that will be forwarded to friends and family. You can learn more about it here.

I will be reviewing this service in May or early June after the arrival of our second little man!

Baby's First Phone Call service would also make a great baby shower gift for the special expecting mother in your life.

Would you like to try this service? You can check it out here, or you can be one of FOUR lucky Life Happens During Naptime readers to win a FREE $50 Gift Certificate here! (PS These gift certificates do not expire, so if you are not currently pregnant you can keep it for a future date!)

Here's how to enter:
Publically follow my blog via Google Friend Connect and leave me a comment saying that you do, as well as a valid e-mail address where I can reach you if you win. This one is mandatory.

Extras: (leave a separate comment for each to count)

• Subscribe to LHDN via e-mail.
• Follow me on twitter.
• Follow BFPC on twitter.
• Tweet this giveaway up to 2x daily (at least 4 hours apart). Include @naptimemama and @FirstPhoneCall as well as the URL linking back here.
• Put LHDN on your blogroll, leave the URL here.
• Put the LHDN Button on your blog, leave the URL here.
• Blog this, linking back here to this giveaway and to BFPC's site.
• Fan BFPC on Facebook.
• Fan LHDN on Facebook (button on the right).
• Enter one of my other giveaways (1 entry per giveaway)
• Tell me who you would give this gift certificate to or if you plan to keep it for yourself.

Fine Print: This service currently only available for US and US area codes. Ends 3/1/10.

Quiltcreator Gift Certificate Giveaway

I love quilts. I'd love to learn how to quilt. But what I'd love even more is someone else with more talent than I making my dream quilt for me!

That is exactly what Quiltcreator does! They allow you to customize your own quilt colors, themes, fabric and pattern and then they do all the hard work to make your dream come to life.
Well, in a show of February Love, Quiltcreator is offering up a $50 gift certificate to one of my lucky readers! Can I just say how jealous I am of the winner?

How to Enter:
1. Go to Quiltcreator and tell me what your favorite theme is (you will have to go through the customizer to view the themes). Don't forget to leave your e-mail address so I can contact you if you win! (mandatory entry)

Extras:

1. Follow LHDN publically via GFC
2. Follow Quiltcreator on twitter.
3. Blog this, linking back here. Valid blogs and current entries only, no cheating please. (2 entries)
4. Follow me on twitter.
5. Tweet this up to twice daily, at least three hours apart: Create your dream quilt with a gift certificate to @quiltcreator from @naptimemama! http://bit.ly/afoCfV
6. Tell me who you had it mind when you picked your favorite theme
7. Grab my button and tell me where you have it
8. Subscribe via e-mail
9. Become a Quiltcreator Facebook Fan
10. Become an LHDN Facebook Fan (link on right sidebar)

US Only, ends 2/26/10

in case you were wondering

Papa did bring home our crib last night. And our mattress, too.

you've missed the bullseye on customer service, target

I called two Target stores this morning and placed a hold on a crib and mattress at each store. Why? Because it is on sale today and comes as a package deal with a crib mattress. Pretty awesome right? Maybe.

I go into one store to purchase, only to find that the one and only crib they had in stock (which the lady had promised me she had put on hold) was gone and they had no record of my calling in. So the Customer Service Rep offers to call around to different locations and find my crib, something I had already done from the comfort of my own home earlier in the day. I asked him to check the location nearest my home, which is the other store I had called in to earlier. Repeatedly I asked (borderline nagged) him to make sure they also had the mattress that comes with the crib as a package deal. He assured me again and again that they had both and he had placed a hold on both for me.

He also gave me a $3 off voucher due to my inconvenience. I will ignore the fact that $3 won't even cover the gas I spent to drive to that store. Okay, fine. Thanks for your time.

Fast forward.

My dear husband stopped by said Target after work and, lo and behold, they have the crib but no mattress. He asks if he can just buy the crib and get a voucher for the mattress, nope. But once again, the Customer Service Rep offered to call around to different locations to find my crib and mattress. Which she, of course, would put on hold for him. And heck, maybe she even gave him another $3 off coupon for his inconvenience. Maybe.

So now, at almost 9:00 pm, my husband is driving forty minutes out to another Target in hopes that they actually followed through on their promises and are holding said crib and mattress. The ending to this story has yet to unfold.

Thanks Target, for your awesome customer no-service. Maybe next time I'll stick with Wal*Mart.

Flower Duet Review and Giveaway

Ready for Spring, but Spring not showing up?
Flower Duet helps bring Spring into your home by teaching you how to arrange flower bouquets like a pro!

The Review: Flower Duet has a 30 minute video explaining the steps on how to choose flowers, how to "condition" (or prepare) them, and then arrange! I found this video very helpful and actually learned quite a bit about what to look for in choosing fresh flowers and what to avoid. How I wish I had gotten this video before my wedding! These flower bouquet tutorials will teach you how to make stunning bouquets and save you a bundle on wedding flowers, special occasions, or in your own home. What is nice about this video is they show the basic steps to creating beautiful arrangements but give you the freedom to choose any two or three flower types that you want.

Want to learn to arrange flowers like a pro? You can purchase this video at Flower Duet.

Or you can win one here!

Mandatory Entry: Check out Flower Duet's Floral Design Gallery, pick your favorite flower arrangement and tell me what it is! Leave a valid e-mail address in the same comment.

Extras!:

Follow Flower Duet's blog via GFC (publically)

Check out Flower Duet's Facebook and Fan them. Leave me your name.

Follow my blog via GFC (publically

Subscribe via email (and confirm!)

Follow me on twitter

Tweet this up to three times per day, at least 3 hours apart: Want to arrange flowers like a pro? Win a how-to DVD from Flower Duet and @naptimemama! http://bit.ly/drfmOt Ends 2/26/10

Blog about this and link back here. Must be a valid blog and recent entry, no cheating please. (3 entries)

Steal my button and link me to where you are stashing it.

Ends 2/26/10. Open worldwide.

wordless wednesday:belly snugs

monkeyin' around

Look what came in the mail today from Moose's friend Parker's mommy...