The Miss Elaine-ous Life

random acts of life, family and photos

BlogHer Swag For YOU!

by

On my way home from BlogHer I was SO grateful that my suitcase has four wheels on the bottom. Do y’all have one of these yet? They are fantastic, especially for a pregnant woman who is almost 30 weeks along and bringing home bottles of detergent and shampoo and well, lots of other stuff.

Yeah, I’m talking about the swag.

And yes, I’m keeping some of the stuff, mostly for my kids. But I also have some things to give away! YAY!

I received a nice Land’s End backpack during the conference and inside was a $10 gift card for the company. I want to pass on the gift card (I’m keeping the back pack for future school use) to one of you lovely readers along with a bag full of surprises that includes some “girly” products and a few items for “greener” living.

Everyone likes surprises, right?

Here are the rules for this giveaway:

1) For your first entry, leave a comment telling me how to get rid of third trimester heartburn about anything baby related. You can leave a tip or advice (I know I have two already but it’s been a while since there’s been a newborn in the house), your favorite girl name, your favorite place on etsy to shop for baby stuff. Anything. Well except for your birth stories, I don’t really need all that in a comment. You know what I mean.

2) For a second entry you can follow my blog or subscribe in a reader. If you already do these just let me know IN A SEPARATE comment.

3) For a third entry follow @elainea on twitter AND tweet about this giveaway. You MUST leave a link to your tweet IN ANOTHER SEPARATE comment.

PLEASE only enter if you did NOT go to BlogHer ’09. If you comment and I know you went then your comment won’t count as an entry.

This is available to U.S. and Canadian residents only (yes, I will send to Canada, aren’t I nice?) ; )

You have until Friday night to enter at which time I will use good ole Random.org to choose a winner.

And PLEASE make sure I have a way to find you so I can contact you if you win.

Good Luck!

elaine

Comments

  1. I have followed you for quite awhile and am just getting ready to pick up my blogging again – Its been awhile. My favorite girl names are Abigail, Macy and Brooklyn. My best piece of advice is to relax and follow your momma intuition – not all babies fall into a “category” or a “recipe” – so go with the flow and listen to your intuition! Can’t wait to continue reading more!

    Tiffany

  3. I had a gap between my first batch of kids (from marriage 1.0) and my daughter (marriage 2.0) and the best advice I can give you is enjoy the moments with the biggens taking interest in the babe. They are precious and I charish mine. It’s amazing to watching how quickly kids bond with their siblings! … as for the heartburn… I never figured that one out 🙂

  6. Ooh! I have so many girl names that I will never get to use. I’ve had a few miscarriages, but while pregnant I’d already picked out the names I wanted. The girl name would have been Kayleigh Janell. I also love the name Caeliana (kay-lee-on-uh) but most people think I’m nuts. 😉 I liked Iriana (ear-ee-on-uh) too but nobody else did when I was pregnant so it got vetoed. My girls I DO have are Aubry Chaelynn (shay-lynn) and Ashlyn Makenna. If I had another “A” name it would have been Alexa. I’ll stop before I sound overly obsessed with baby names. LOL!

  9. Baby Dots at the Nook on Etsy (www.thenooketsy.com)is where I have been buying baby gifts lately. She does initial tees and other cute designs and is very affordable.

  11. Oh I had baaaaad heartburn with Wire Nut. I just recommend zantac. The dr said it was okay for me to take and I did! Life was much better!

  13. I’m just commenting to say that I love Mamabargains.com and that they have super awesome deals on baby stuff everyday! 🙂

    I hope that helps.

  16. My very favorite place to buy shirts for my kiddo is Tiny Revolutionary (tinyrevolutionary.com) – it’s totally eco-friendly and the shirts are completely relevant. They are pricey, but worth the $$ – plus a portion of each purchase goes to charity.

    Thanks for the chance to win!

  19. Well seeing I am being blessed with 3 boys, I am more than happy to offer you our girl name…..
    Madelyne….she was to be a Maddy McQueen. Cute no?

    my FAVORITE sleepers are at costco…the Pekkle ones. $8 cnd. Do you have any?

  20. Our short list of girls names were: Abigail, Caitlin, and Molly. (We picked one of those, but I haven’t announced it on my blog yet! We have until November…)

  22. You must be having so much fun shopping for girlie stuff now! Yay! I love Baby Gap and Gymboree for clothes for my boys, and I alway love looking at all the pretty girl things! And you ARE so nice to be mailing to Canada, too! 🙂

  25. Baby related!!!! For heartburn i am a tum eater by the dozen! The girl name we had picked out was either Siddalei or Kierian. Those are 2 names i just love!!! Also Bella was the middle name for both. It has been awhile for me as well and so i think we are both almost starting from scratch lol.

  32. I think Maria is a BEAUTIFUL name – I also like Sophia, Emma, Valentina and Alexia.

    You may also want to carry around TUMS permanently – and when they do help, you may feel inclined to give your baby TUMS as a middle name.

  33. I think Maria is a BEAUTIFUL name – I also like Sophia, Emma, Valentina and Alexia.

    You may also want to carry around TUMS permanently – and when they do help, you may feel inclined to give your baby TUMS as a middle name.

  39. My baby item purchase advice: If you need any teeny tiny baby washcloths, buy them at Target instead of Babies R Us. The Target ones are a much better deal. 🙂

  42. Just started to follow you on Twitter – recently had my Girl (now 7 months) after my Boy (now 4.5 years) – advice on heartburn…umm time machine?
    My favourite girl name is Darcy, runner up Anneliese.
    Advice for survivng with a newborn? Any advice that comes across too strongly – take with a pinch of salt. You have enough to content with without feeling guilty about any sub-perfection 🙂 (is that a word?)
    Hang in there these last 64 days – good luck!

  43. what i can’t leave my birth story in the comments?? tee hee 🙂

    i am just sooo excited for you to experience all things girl – i can’t wait to hear about it through your eyes – the mama of two little boys!

  46. ooh, fun! i’ll enter… i’d really love to get some fun mail here on the farm. 🙂

    advice…. for girls…. ummm

    clothes! DON’T buy everything you think is cute. There is too much out there and you are better off with less. Lay out what you have and make a list of what you need to complete outfits and such. and leave room for those ‘finds’ that you just have to buy. Otherwise you’ll end up with WAY too much and it’s just stressful instead of fun! 🙂

    I’m so excited you’re having a girl… you are going to love it!

    britt

  47. ooh, fun! i’ll enter… i’d really love to get some fun mail here on the farm. 🙂

    advice…. for girls…. ummm

    clothes! DON’T buy everything you think is cute. There is too much out there and you are better off with less. Lay out what you have and make a list of what you need to complete outfits and such. and leave room for those ‘finds’ that you just have to buy. Otherwise you’ll end up with WAY too much and it’s just stressful instead of fun! 🙂

    I’m so excited you’re having a girl… you are going to love it!

    britt

  50. I have been following your blog for a while now and haveyou listed on my bloglist…I don’t twitter but if I did I would follow you there too!

    I love the names Josie, Maddie and Grace.

    Will be trying to have a baby this fall, so no advice on that front but I’m interested to see what everyone says! Have a smooth last couple of months!

  51. The heartburn is from a baby with a full head of hair. It will go away as soon as you deliver. Can you even take Tums anymore when pregnant, it used to be ok.

  57. Fun stuff, sign me up!

    My baby tidbit: if Nadia has anything to say about it, if I ever have another baby girl her name will be Angelina. She made me promise.

  59. If I were to ever have a girl..which most likely won’t happen but the hubs and I have always like the name Jorin for a middle name. We wanted Hailey Jorin but there’s a lot of Haileys.

  61. this stuff isn’t going to fall apart like your blog her socks is it? See I follow you on twitter, oh and email me your new address so I can send you some baby swag already.

  62. Okay I love the name Emma for a girl. Oh the fun you will have buying girl things. My daughter is 6 and I still love to shop for her. It is a whole new ballgame after boys and so much fun. I hope the next few weeks go well for you.

  63. Don’t tell anyone your name choices because they will inevitably find something wrong with it. Even if they don’t say it out loud, that eyebrow twitch or hard swallow will tell you what they think. Shhhhh….keep it a secret.
    doot65[at]comcast{dot}net

  68. let’s see… all of my third trimester heartburn just tasted like TUMS!!! 🙂 I probably over did the tums but really…who can sleep with that pain?

    i need to know why little boys like to pee everywhere except in the potty…off the back porch, into a bowl (oh yes he did!), in the driveway, in a parking lot…but hates the potty! agh.

    oh and i would love to win some goodies!

  69. oh yeah, and i follow you and get you via my google reader!

    and i follow you on twitter and as soon as i figure out an app that i can keep up with, i will be on twitter all of the time with my iPhone!