Big Little Me Giveaway

I love that I am a mom but I am not sure how I would handle a birth for mulitples. I am so excited that I am able to team with this program. 

Multiple birth is a joyous occasion that is understood and cherished by Little Me. Understanding that expecting a multiple birth is both a magical and a worrisome time in your life; they would like to help you focus on the double, triple, quadruple… adorable smiles and giggles you’ll have coming to you times many!

Little Me is offering a “Welcome to the World” gift after your multiple child birth. To receive your free gift please register for the Multiple Birth Program.

Enjoy!

Welcome to the BIG Little Me Giveaway!

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Grand Prize $250 Little Me Gift Certificate

Five winners will receive a $100 Little Me Gift Certificate

Twenty winners will receive a $50 Little Me Gift Certificate

Giveaway ends April 15th at 11:59pm, open to US residents, ages 18+. To enter please use the Rafflecopter form below. Good luck!

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Military Wife Life

Hi everyone! Today I'm filling in for Lindsey as she enjoys some much deserved time away!

I'm Samantha and I blog over at Hooah and Hiccups. I started my blog as a place to deal with the emotional roller coaster that began when my husband deployed to Afghanistan and to our surprise, I was pregnant! Being pregnant is hard, but being pregnant with your husband's life on the line on a daily basis is even harder. To make matters worse, I was in the hospital twice for pre-term labor, put on bed rest, and diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes. Crazy, huh?  It was during this time that I had to dig down and reach for strength I didn't even know I had. I tried so hard not to worry my husband and to stay strong for the baby. They say babies can feel stress so despite the stress I felt on a daily basis, I tried my hardest to brush it off. 

How did I make it through the hardest time in my life?  Writing.  Surrounding myself with family and friends.  Talking about my feelings.  And praying. 

I may not be overly religious, but I do believe in the power of prayer and the importance of believing in God's plan. I had no control over my own life at the time, and knew the only way to make it through was to believe the Big Man knew what he was doing. I honestly believe I got pregnant because my husband needed a reason to come home. Our baby was that was reason.  You can read more about our life and stories over on my blog, and I'd love to get to know you better! Thanks again Lindsey, xoxo! 

Peanut Butter Chocolate Squares

Hey kids! As you could tell from my absence yesterday I am in Indiana this week! Sheree is talking about a yummy recipe that I can not wait to try!!!!


Hey everyone! My name is Sheree, and I blog over at The Hartungs. One of my hobbies is baking, and today I'm sharing one of my favorite recipes. My husband does not have a sweet tooth, and most of my baking is lost on him - except for this recipe! For whatever reason, he loves these peanut butter chocolate squares. I hope that you enjoy this dessert as much as we do!

So let's get started, shall we?

STEP 1: Gather your ingredients:

• 1 package plain white cake mix
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 8 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
• 2 tablespoons margarine
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

STEP 2: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Using a hand mixer, beat together the cake mix, peanut butter, eggs, and melted butter. 

STEP 3: The mixture will be thick. Line a 9x13 baking dish with parchment paper. Reserve about 1 cup for the topping, and spread the remaining of the peanut butter mixture into the pan with your hands. Don't be afraid to get a little dirty!

STEP 4: In a medium saucepan, melt together the chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk, and margarine on low-medium heat.

STEP 5: Once the mixture has melted completely, remove from heat. Add vanilla and combine.

STEP 6: Spread the chocolate mixture evening over the peanut butter mixture.

STEP 7: Crumble the remainder of the peanut butter mixture evenly over the chocolate layer. Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes, or until the top layer is a light golden brown. 

STEP 8: Let the dessert cool for approximately 30 minutes.

STEP 9: Once cool, remove the dessert from the dish, and cut into small squares. And then....

This recipe was adapted from Buns in my Oven.

Lindsey - thank you SO much for letting me guest post today!

-Sheree 

www.thehartungs.com

The Hartungs

Hey everyone! I'm on the road traveling to Indiana so the sweet Sheree is going to tell you a little bit about herself. Make sure you come back Tuesday because Sheree is going to be back with a yummy recipe! 

Hey everyone! I'm Sheree from The Hartungs Blog. Today I'm going to tell you a little bit about myself  :)

When and why did you start your blog? I started my blog last fall. I'm from BC, and my husband and I live in Alberta. With all of my friends and family back home in Vancouver, I started the blog as a way to keep in touch with them. I found that I'd forget to tell them small details about our lives and our marriage, so I wanted a place where I could write about the little details of our lives. I thought a lot about starting a blog last year, and I decided to jump right in in November! I never thought that it would become a hobby of mine. I write about the dates Cade and I go on, or evenings with friends, or new recipes I'm trying. I think that months/years from now, I'll be able to look back and remember the daily lives of our newlywed years.

Describe yourself in three words: organized, genuine, chocoholic (haha)

How long have you been married? Tell us a bit about your husband, Cade: My hubby and I have been married for two years this August. He is determined, hard-working, and sincerely kind-hearted. But my favorite thing about him is his sense of humour! More often than not, he has me doubled over with laughter. I can't believe how fast the past two years have gone! I'm stilling calling ourselves newlyweds...how long should a couple be considered newlyweds? Who knows!

What is your favorite thing to do in your spare time? What spare time, haha. My hubby and I are both full-time students, so we're always very busy! If I do have a moment to myself, you'll probably find me baking. I love trying new recipes and experimenting (like mini meatloaves, or mini mint chocolate fudge cheesecakes). But I don't like keeping my baking in my house - otherwise I'll eat it all! Haha. So my friends and family usually get yummy gifts :)

A big thank you to Lindsey for letting me guest post! Hopefully you stop my blog and say hello :)

S.P.D.-Life Long Friendships

Hey kids we are one day closer to Friday! I have such a busy day ahead with packing and running last minute errands! In other exciting news most of you probably have already read that Google Reader is going away as of July 1st. So that means no more GFC don't fret you can still follow me via email or see that little button on the right that reads Bloglovin, click it and follow me there too!

Today I am linking up with Katie and Steph for SPD. This is something that my bestie and I did last year right before I moved. We wanted to do something that we would always remember each other and our friendship. For the longest time I had spotted a tattoo on Pinterest that I fell in love with. I sat on it for the longest time like months and months then I decided I wanted to get it!

The bestie decided to go for her tattoo on her foot. She had a hard time deciding between this one and on other one. I really think hers turned out great. That night was so much fun too! I made her go first so I could watch how much pain she was going to be in! Mine actually didn't hurt.

I will cherish the memories we made that evening! I am so glad to have a friend like her to experience all the fun things we decide to embark on. She is a once in a lifetime friend and I am blessed to be able to call her my best friend since Kindergarten!!

Here is my original pin from my tattoo! 

Source: google.com via Lindsey on Pinterest

Loving, Learning, and Growing...Part 1

I've started this post delete then restarted I can't tell you how many times. Hopefully this flows the way I've got it in my head.

 I met my husband when I was 19 getting ready to turn 20. I got engaged when I was 20 and got married a month after turning 21. I met him young but the second I laid eyes on him I was literally speechless and couldn't speak. He was carrying a box into his house and asked me to open up the door for him and I just stared at him then I finally came to and looked like an idiot. We went on to eat pizza that night and then watched part of a movie. I left not long after the movie started because I wanted to play hard to get. We went on a date the next day and had a blast together. We laughed and talked about everything under the sun. He walked me up to my apartment and kissed me in front of my little sofa. That is the one and only time someone has made my legs go weak. We spent the entire weekend together. I was pretty sure the first time I laid my eyes on him he was the man I was going to marry. After that weekend I KNEW I was going to marry this man. 

We got married in July 2003. We had planned to have our moment and just us two see each other and I replay that day in my mind all the time. It was so beautiful and surreal, I couldn't believe I was about to marry my best friend. 

I don't want to come across that our marriage has been all rainbows and unicorns because it hasn't. We both got married really young; like I said before I had just turned 21 and he was 23. We still were getting to know who WE were as an adult and then we put our lives together so we had this marriage to marinate together. When people say your first year of marriage is hard they are not kidding. Our first few years of marriage was hard. We have been through so much together ups and downs. There was a time I didn't think our marriage was going to make it. 

If you would have told me then that we would end up taking a leap of faith where we would just have each other and nobody else to count on, I would not have believed you. If you would have told me that I would live apart from my husband for a few months I would have laughed. Throughout all of our ups and downs I feel this has made our marriage stronger and what it is today. We have had to rely on trust, faith,  and strength from one another. He is my teammate, cheerleader, partner, best friend, love of my life, father to my children, and my husband.

My love grows for this man every day. I am so blessed to have him in my life and to be able to call him my husband. There is not one thing that I would change about what we have been through because that has shaped us for who we are today.

**To be continued......

Just Because...Everyone needs a sweet treat

This is not the most pretty presentation but when I went back to take a picture of it once they had cooled they were gone! This is the easiest dessert to make and it is fun to make with kids too!

Ingredients

1 can of crescent rolls

Marshmallows

Chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 375. Coat pan with non-stick cooking spray. Roll out the crescent rolls so they are lying open and flat. Take some chocolate chips (as many or as little) and spread them on the crescent roll. Then take some marshmallows and place them over the chocolate chips. Roll the crescent rolls up so they are completely shut then bake them for about 7 minutes. Let cool then enjoy!