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GoodNites Disposable Bed Mats #CBias #HuggiesWalmart

Our daughter is a week away from turning three and we’ve been potty trained for over six months now. We still have the occasional accident during the day but at night it’s a whole different story. Last week Jim and I were talking about how to move away from using pull-ups at night and how to end the leaks that were occurring on her mattress as well as ours. Being that this is our first child potty training we are learning as we go and have learned that it needs to be fun to get her on board. We decided that we should order some Huggies GoodNites disposable bed mats and new pajamas to help aid us on the last leg of our potty training journey.

Shipping to my local Walmart store was free of charge and typically the way we ship when using my Walmart.com account. I was slightly apprehensive about heading back to the store for pick-up this time of year because it’s also the layaway desk, but surprisingly the whole process only took about five minutes after I handed my confirmation e-mail to the associate. For less than $10 for nine bed mats we were soon to go for bed time. 

The bed mats were a lot larger than I had expected, at 2.6′ x 2.9′ her full sized bed was nearly covered. The back of the mat has an adhesive strip that adheres to the mattress surface ensuring the mat does not move throughout the night. Very helpful since she turns every which way throughout the night. 

After the mat was snug under her sheet, we gave her a new pair of pajamas and then she was eager to get into bed to read her favorite book.  While our daughter might fall asleep in her own bed she usually makes it into our bed at some point throughout the night. There are many mornings where our mattress is soaked from a leaky pull-up or she falls asleep without a pull-up on. It’s great knowing all of our beds will be protected no matter where she ends up at night. 

We now have the reassurance that our mattresses will be protected at night so we can slowly begin the transition to be pull-up free. The bed mats will be a great addition to bring to Grandma and Papa’s house this Christmas as we travel! It will definitely be a stress reliever knowing the beds will be protected.

Last week as we were discussing the idea of moving forward with our last step of potty training is now leaving us feeling like her turning three might not be so bad with using Huggies GoodNites to tackle our nighttime leaks. Now, I wish Huggies would make travel mats for car seats because that is our biggest issue while traveling any distance.

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bright future.

This past week we closed escrow on our first house. It is such a relief that it is off of our hands. The past six months have been rough in terms of managing bills for two properties. But, we made it and now we can start to focus on our new house. I say new, despite living here for almost six months. It truly didn’t feel like ours because we were still holding onto the other address. Hell, I never officially   forwarded our address (besides important bills) until the day before we were supposed to close. It feels weird. I stopped driving by the house for the longest time because I felt like it was punishment, further pain of what we experienced last year with all the repairs. I was angry at the house. The only time I could make myself happy was reliving the happy moments like our housewarming, a game night with friends sipping wine by the tree, Jim’s 30th birthday when friends hugged the toilet all night long, my Grandma staying with us, bringing our babies home and finally loving it after being displaced last year for four months. In the final weeks we finally cleaned out the remaining trash from the garage, some holiday remnants that were still tucked away up above in the rafters were brought down and our garage door openers were removed from our cars. The house that I couldn’t drive by for the longest time now gets driven by a few times a week just to see a light on. I am happy for the young couple who purchased our home. I hope they can love and appreciate what we did to the house, despite not knowing what we truly made it, but it’s now theirs to call home. Our future is truly bright in our new home and now it’s time to start making it “ours” with one memory at a time.

fast, festive and fabulous holiday cards

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Zookies Crafts #fluffyxmas {sponsor spotlight}

I don’t know about you but I love sending handmade gifts for the holidays and for baby showers. It just adds that special touch. I recently found Zookies Crafts and she offers the most amazing hand crafted baby items that would make the perfect gift for any mom-to-be. From cloth diapers, baby blankets, beanies, crayon wallets and even soap there are plenty of options to send a special gift this season.

The crayon wallets are so cute to send your preschooler off to school with, or on a plane in your little one’s backpack. I cannot wait to purchase a few of these for the kids! 
The Santa’s workshop minky blanket would be amazing to give to a holiday baby. I would have loved this for Payton when she was born, so special for those first pictures in the hospital! 
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It’s that time of year again! The annual Merry Fluffy Christmas Giveaway Blog Hop is live, there’s over sixty blogs bringing you all the fluff you need this holiday season! Not a cloth diapering momma? No problem! I have some amazing sponsors this year that will meet any diapering mommas needs! I am so excited to share them with you!


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