Since Vintage Tees are all the rage, we wanted to find some that we could show off and with some mommy pride to boot!  What we found was also Earth friendly from Booby Dooby!!

I wear my I Love My Kids shirt with pride and the kids glow when I wear it too!  There’s nothing like showing your kids and the world how much you love ‘em!  These shirts are SO soft and at only $34, SO affordable!  Get one for the kids too so they can sport their love for you!!

Congratulations to commenter Natalie P. who is the big winner of a gorgeous new complete 3 piece bedding set from Seth & Grayson!!!

Many thanks to our very generous sponsors! And thanks, of course, to our loyal readers!! Your comments were super great this week and Seth & Grayson really appreciates your feedback so much!!!

Just tell me she’s not the cutest!  TRY IT!!  I dare ya!

Crista

*UPDATE: Hurry up and get your entries in!  It’s almost over!!!*

Surprise!  It’s not Tuesday and we’re posting NEW SWAG!  Yes, things are definitely going to be different around here:)!!  Guess you’ll just have to keep checking back to catch it all!

So, do you need a break from belt buckle madness?  Enter to win a Myself Belt for your little independent thinker!! To enter, visit their website and leave a comment letting us know what you think about Myself Belts!

This SWAG ALERT will be open for daily entry until  whenever we say so… even THAT’s a surprise!  Our same fabulous SWAG ALERT rules apply, including EXTRAS, but if you need a refresher on the details just CLICK HERE or visit our “SWAG INFO” page by clicking the tab at the top of this page. Winner will be chosen from the comments posted and our subscription list on Tuesday via random.org.

CLICK HERE to subscribe, giving yourself an extra entry!!

It’s hard to see my babies growing up.  I can hardly watch my oldest walk to the bus stop without my heart quietly breaking inside!  I know, I’m a sap!  But there are times when I thank God above that my boys are getting more independent!!  Like when they need a little assistance in the bathroom…I can totally live without that!

When I found the Myself Belt, I was thrilled!  Anything that can help me out with the pain of belt buckles is my friend!  Especially with little boys who wait till the very last minute to use the potty!  With it’s one-handed closure and easily fastened and unfastened, The Myself Belt is perfect for kids of any age to use!  It’s Mom-invented (not surprisingly), award-winning, kid functional, fashionable and fun to wear!  Not to mentiont that my little guys are so proud of themselves when they can do it all by themselves!  Seeing that proud smile makes the fact that they are growing up bearable…almost.  Oh, and shall I mention their great price?!  You can buy yourself some freedom for only $9.99-$25.95!!  Check out www.myselfbelts.com and order two or more for free shipping!!!

A friend of mine started making these and bringing them over. They are the richest, most awful thing you could probably do to yourself, but man, do they taste good!

You can use any type of chocolate for the coating, I suggest white or dark.

Ingredients

• 1 package Oreo Cookies
• 1 package of Cream Cheese
• 1 bag of chocolate chips

Directions

Crush Oreos – This is actually what made us finally go out an buy a food processor. Please do yourself a favor and use one! Or, as one reader suggested (Thanks, Aura!), put the Oreos in a bag and let your kids stomp on them!

Using a blender or diligently smashing with a spoon (the hard way), mix Oreos and cream cheese together.

Roll into 1 inch (or smaller) balls. Melt chocolate.

Stick a toothpick in an Oreo ball and dip it in the chocolate. Set on wax paper and allow to harden.

Take to your next potluck!

Image by Rebekah Pavlovic

Wow!  Yes, this week is totally wow.  We are giving away one of Seth & Grayson’s ultra luxe complete 3 piece bedding sets of your choice valued at up to $400 (USD, as they are a Canadian company and prices on their website are in CAD:).)  We are rescuing you from cartoon-room-itis!  Who loves ya?!?!

To enter, visit and leave a comment letting us know what you think about Seth & Grayson!  Be detailed!  Simple comments like “nice” or “I would love to win this” will not be accepted as entries out of respect to our fabulous sponsor and our fabulous readers who really take the time to tell us what they think.  Thanks for understanding!

This SWAG ALERT will be open for daily entry until Monday, May 18th at midnight PST.  Our same fabulous SWAG ALERT rules apply, including EXTRAS, but if you need a refresher on the details just CLICK HERE or visit our “SWAG INFO” page by clicking the tab at the top of this page. Winner will be chosen from the comments posted and our subscription list on Tuesday via random.org.

What do you do when your little one grows out of the crib? It’s almost like it sneaks up on you! Your sweet little one is all of the sudden ready for a real bed… Don’t want the Disney Princesses sprawled out over your princess’s bed at large scale?  Want your little prince sleeping in a room not covered in Elmo or Thomas The Tank Engine?  Yeah, we’re not so into that either.  Enter Seth & Grayson!

The set pictured above, Brynn, is our Favorite bedding set for girls.  Isn’t it gorgeous?  The fabrics are absolute luxury and the quality of the construction and materials mean that you will not have to worry about wear and tear or that washed out look later on.  Gorgeous, gorgeous gorgeous!  Notice their candy roll pillow at the top – all of the details matter with Seth & Grayson!  The fabric ribbon ties at the end make into a super full bow with long tails on each end.  Best throw pillow ever, we think!  You’ll love the hidden zippers on the duvet covers and pillow shams too.  They open and close with ease and a unique feel that only a true luxury product would have.  If only Eloise knew about Seth & Grayson, she surely would have dressed her bed in this exact set!

So you don’t have girls?  What?!?!  Well thanks for being so patient and hanging with us through all of the pink that is Bellaziza’s Favorite Things!  By the way, we’re working on it… promise.  Seth & Grayson is too!  They have some equally fabulous options for boys too!  This one is called Jarod and it really is chic, no?  It could be lightened up a little with some cool modern-ish stuffed animals too for your little sweetie.

Check them out online at www.SethGrayson.com to see their entire collection, and be in the lookout for their boy’s clothing collection coming out soon!  I promise we’ll cover it, ok moms of boys?  PROMISE!  We love our kids to live and sleep in luxury, and that makes Seth & Grayson one of our very Favorite Things!

PS – They do make larger sizes for larger beds…like, um, mommy and daddy’s!!!!!!!  Ahem.

Congrats to subscriber, Katie M., who is the winner of our Mother’s Day SWAG!!  Happy Mother’s Day to you…enjoy!!

Congrats to commenter, Cortney L., who is the winner of our BFT SWAG ALERT Bonus!  Thanks everyone for all of your fabulous comments on how we can improve our new website!  We appreciate your feedback so much:)!!!

Okay, we’re all moved and I’m ready to do this!  We recently relocated from Dallas back home to New York and I knew I needed to wait until after the big move to make my switch from disposable diapers to my brand spankin’ new Bambino Mio Cloth Nappy System! UPS delivered everything on Friday and I watched the DVD, and read the instructions thoroughly, being the cloth virgin that I am. I washed my ‘nappies’ in hot water as instructed and I was ready to go. Oh my gosh they are so soft and cushy after washing!  I’m in love!  I’ve never been intimidated by a product, so this is a new experience on top of a new experience for me.

It all seems pretty easy though, I must say! We did 4 cloth nappies total yesterday on Mother’s Day, so YAYEE!  Four less diapers in our local landfill – GO ME!!! I was a little scared to leave the house in them, so we did disposable for our little jaunt out for lunch and to visit family.  I also kept our little sweetie in disposables for bedtime. What can I say?  Getting completely comfortable will be a little bit of a process it seems. She is taking her morning nap in the cloth nappy right now though, so it’s getting better already:). I really like it so far and I feel like it’s my little contribution to our Mother Earth this Mother’s Day.

When we got the email from Amazon telling us about their Dream Baby Registry contest, we just knew we had to pass it along to all of our fabulous readers!

All you have to do is go to Amazon and create a Baby Registry. Then add 10 items or more, and you’ll receive an email letting you know that you’ve been entered! Easy as that!

The best part is, they are selecting one winner EVERY MONTH from May to December to win a Dream Registry valued at over $3,000, including a year’s supply of Huggies Supreme diapers! Who doesn’t want to jump on THAT?!

Can you imagine your name in lights?  Are you a fabulous mamma who deserves national recognition?  Know anyone else who is?  Okay, well we have THE perfect thing for you (and them)!

We just love these news-spoof Happy Mother’s Day e-cards!!!  Do check them out at HERE!  Trust me, it’s SO funny and one that you’ll definitely want to pass along to all of your girls!

CLICK HERE to see mine, and thanks Chantel!!!

Crista

So how many of you have twins?  Triplets?  Octuplets?  Alrightyyy…

We need to know what products moms with multiples just cannot live without!  We’d like to feature some of them on BFT and of course SWAG some lucky readers with them too!

Leave your comments on what products you would like to see us review for this upcoming segment, what your experience has been with them, or any relevant info like links, etc.

You may have noticed something has changed. Is it our hair? No. We lost weight? Well, in a way… That’s right! We totally redesigned the website! It was a long time coming!

One of the major new features is our current SWAG ALERT(s) will always be listed at the top of the site. Yeah, that’s right, I did put an “s” in those parenthesis. We will sometimes be running multiple SWAG ALERTS at a time. You’ll be able to come to the site and simply click on the SWAG ALERT of your choice to go directly to its corresponding post, and then you can just enter your little heart out!

We’d like your opinion on the new site! Play around, browse, and then come back to this post and leave a comment telling us what you think.

In leaving us your honest thoughts on the new site, you’ll be entered to win a SWAG ALERT Bonus! The prize will be a Baby’s Baker’s Dozen (that’s 13!) of Bellaziza Barrettes!

This SWAG ALERT will be open for daily entry until Monday, May 11th at midnight PST.  Our same fabulous SWAG ALERT rules apply, including EXTRAS, but if you need a refresher on the details just CLICK HERE or visit our “SWAG INFO” page by clicking the tab at the top of this page. Winner will be chosen from the comments posted and our subscription list on Tuesday via random.org.

This week we are giving away our Favorite 3 ring necklace for mommy and baby from Momma’s Jewels and a huge Gift Basket from Belli Skincare valued at over $300!!!  Our Favorite friends at Belli Skincare were recently guests on The Doctors and are giving one lucky reader a gift basket stuffed full of their incredible products, just like the one featured on the show!  Talk about the star treatment for one lucky reader!!!

To enter, visit and leave a comment letting us know what you think about Mommas Jewels and Belli!

This SWAG ALERT will be open for daily entry until Monday, May 11th at midnight PST.  Our same fabulous SWAG ALERT rules apply, including EXTRAS, but if you need a refresher on the details just CLICK HERE or visit our “SWAG INFO” page by clicking the tab at the top of this page. Winner will be chosen from the comments posted and our subscription list on Tuesday via random.org.

CLICK HERE to subscribe, giving yourself an extra entry