And the WINNER IS.....

We have a winner!!!!!!

 

Congratulations to (drum roll please)…….

 

ERICA from http://teamstephenswins.blogspot.com/. YAY for you girlie.

 

So head on over to The Pitter Pat House website and shoot me an email letting me know your heart’s desire (clothing wise that is, I’m good but not that good).

 

Thank you all for entering and I hope that you will bookmark commit to memory think about day and night visit my site and email me with your custom clothing request. I would love to make all your kiddos look adorable (more so than they already are anyway)

 

Oh and Erica I fully expect to have lots of pics for my Pitter Pat Kids area of the site once you receive the outfit.

 

Congrats again to Erica and for everyone else Amanda has been begging me on hands and knees offering me wads of cash suggested we do this again, next time in prep for summer. So stay tuned to The Pitter Pat House site, new things being added every day, and The Mom Job, Amanda is saying crazy random insightful things all the time. (love ya mandy)

Love you all.

THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE

So in the spirit of summer and to show my patriotism (and shamelessly promote my online kids clothing store, The Pitter Pat House and my friend Amanda's blog) I have decided to give back to all those who give so much to me (or will once my site goes live Friday July 10th)

Up for grabs is a CUSTOM HANDMADE, by me myself and I, outfit just for your little gent or lady. Either the Quintessential Girl's Jumper Dress or the Boy's One Piece Playsuit. You can chose the fabric, size and either an applique or monogram. Here is the outfit you could own just by entering. 

(pattern courtesy of Bonnie Blue Designs)

Here's the low down on how to enter. Go over to Amanda's blog and.....

(1) Entry for posting a comment

(1) Entry for Tweeting this (copy and paste this: RT @TheMomJob Giveaway for a customizable outfit with your wee ones in mind thanks to the PitterPatHouse.com @ http://themomjob.net )

(1) Entry for mentioning this fabulous giveaway on your own personal blog

(1) Entry for becoming a fan of the Pitter Pat House's FB page

(Max 4 entries per person)

Each "entry" should be placed as a comment in the comments section, of Amanda's blog, with links so that she can verify. Those who join the Pitter Pat House's Facebookpage will be confirmed by me when the contest ends and before a winner is chosen.

The winner will be chosen via random integer and Amanda and I both will post an announcement of the lucky winner on our blogs, FB status, Twitters, sky writers, morse code and any other form of communication we have available. If the winner is unable to confirm their winnings within 48 hours, Amanda will draw another winner on Monday morning. I will then email the winner asking what they would like made, and all the measurements, ect. so on and so forth. 

So get to entering people. This contest will run all week, ending at 8 PM Central on Friday, July 10th. And no matter what Amanda tells you, I have offered her goobs of free stuff, tons of cash and even my next child in thanks for hosting this giveaway for me. She is just far to modest and humble to accept it. (note sarcasm) 

So Happy 4th of July, good luck and happy entering.

P.S. If your child (or some other lucky small person in your life) is too old for a jumper or playsuit I am offering a wrap skirt for the lucky girl, up to size 14 youth and for the young lads, a collared shirt up to size youth 7/8. Both can be customized to your likings same as the dress or playsuit would have been. 

7 Quick Takes: I’m goin to the beach, opening a business and praying my child forgets who Dora is edition

 **1**

I am leaving for the beach today and will not return until July 5th!!! Holla sucka!!!

 **2**

I hoped this day would never come, but alas it has. My daughter has discovered Dora the Explorer, or as I like to call her Dora “exploring” a way across the border. And before you even think it, NO I did not introduce her to it. See this is what happens when Daddy is in charge. I go to one sewing class and come home and she is screaming “Dor Dor”. Now EVERYWHERE we go and she sees Dora anything she LOOSES HER MIND. I asked her what kind of birthday party she wanted for her 2^nd birthday in November and she responded, “Dor Dor Buots Buots (Boots)”. Lord in Heaven help me.

 **3**

So after much consideration and prayerful thought I have decided to do something I have always wanted to do. No I am not having another child Amanda. I am opening an online business. I will be selling handmade children’s clothes and gifts. I am super pumped about it. I have been sewing like my life depended on it. My website is under construction so check back for updates when it goes live.

 **4**

I have blogged before about my love for Bare Minerals makeup and now I have a fab new mascara to share with the internets. It is called Lights, Camera Lashes by Tarte. You can find I at Sephora and it is eye magic in a pretty purple leather tube. Yea you read correctly, the tube is purple and leather, well probably pleather but still. It curls, lengthens and conditions all with zero clumps. I freakin’ love this stuff.

 **5**

It is face melting hot here in the great state of Alabama. The heat index has not dipped below 98 all week, except for yesterday when it was only 96 and I thought I would have to pull out a sweater (so kidding I don’t even know where my sweaters are at this point). I see all these news stories about how hot it is in places like Chicago and NY and I laugh, evilly at their silly heat. In Alabama we have 6,799% humidity everyday and ZERO breeze. It is cut the air with a knife hot, stifling take your breath away hot. Until you hae actually felt Alabama heat in say mid-July don’t even try to compare it to anywhere else.

 **6**

I have found a new show to watch in this vast Tivo waste land I call summer. No it is not SYTYCD, they all think they can and so what else is there? It is called Royal Pains on USA. It is about this doc who gets fired and goes to the Hamptons to chill and gets persuaded into becoming a concierge doctor to the rich. The banter is clever, the medicine is real and the setting is not Miami or New York, well NYC that is cuz the Hamptons are technically in NY. It is very funny and I am quite desperate for something to watch other than CSI reruns. How long till my LOST comes back???

 **7**

Did I mention I’m going to the beach? Gotta go pack. See ya laters.

 

 

7 Quick Takes: NO I AM NOT PREGNANT, my dreamiest dream machine and killer foot pain edition.

**1**

Just so we are clear, no matter what Amanda says, I AM NOT PREGNANT. There is no baby coming now or in the foreseeable future. I have my hands full with the one I have (see #4-6). I am sure there will be more in the future, but the future is not today, next week or even this year. On the other hand you can CLEARLY see how much Amanda wants another one. Projecting much????

**2**

The yearly celebration of the day of my birth is coming at the end of July and I have found THE PERFECT PRESENT. I have been sewing for several months now with an adequately basic Singer machine. It does fine but if I had this I could do so much more. It’s faster, stronger, smarter, it tells me I’m a creative genius and rather pretty and it is just the best machine out there. Plus, how will I complete the custom nursery bedding for Amanda’s new bundle of joy without it??? Now how to convince the hubby to drop a small fortune on it wonderous piece of sewing mastery. Hummmmmm

**3**

I have injured myself somehow. I awoke the other morning with a terrible pain in my foot/ankle and now every time I walk it pops and rolls and hurt like a MUTHA. Which has lead to me walking shuffling limping on the inside of my foot which makes my leg muscles feel like I have just run a 400K, not to mention what it does to my cartilage absent knee. For the life of me I cannot figure out how I did this. Unless I was sleepwalking, went rock climbing and had a terrible fall it will remain a medical mystery. Thank the AMA for pain-killers, I mean a properly prescribed anti-inflammatory.

**4**

Look out (insert some fabulous city here) 2020 here we come. If Adlay continues on her quest for Olympic Gold on the leather couch apparatuses that is exactly where we will be. The child can now climb on the couch with ZERO help from you or anyone else. Once there she runs, flips, headstands and rolls all over until she comes crashing to the floor. Her dismount defiantly needs some work.

**5**

We have put the potty training on hold for a while. After much discussion with the Potty Yoda it has been advised to stop. As I posted in the Potty Pages vol. 2 Adlay went an entire day and withheld any and all poopie. Most Potty Yodas agreed this was a sign from her that she wasn’t ready for “real potty training”. We will revisit the subject in a few weeks but for now our quest for diaper freedom has hit a detour.

**6**

I am that Muzzy DVD language series is teaching Adlay Italian. Is that weird??

**7**

I have begun an experimentation in container gardening. A dear friend gave me a beautiful Gardenia plant the other night when they came to the house for dinner and it lead to a desire to pot it and some other pretty flowers. Adlay thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon at the local nursery, smelling each and every flower on the lot. So now we have all the necessary ingredients to pot up our pretty plants. Maybe we can do that this afternoon, if my foot doesn’t fall off my leg….see #3. Pictures to come.

**7½**

Did I mention the pretty???