I love telling you parents about different giveaways around the net, I know a lot of parents can’t afford a great carrier.  Here is your chance for one!

Head over the Heavenly Hold, the requirements are easy!!

Running a babywearing group is hard work.  You just simply don’t realize it until you are in it.  This past June marked 3 years for me running the group.   A wonderful 3 years.  In that three years I have had a few random helpers.  Gloria usually comes to clean up the mess after a meeting, Alisha visits me in times of need like after I have a baby.  Monique has come to both my Expos, because she is GREAT at getting up in peoples space to tell them the love of babywearing.  But in reality I do a lot of things on my own.   I buy new carriers, I contact companies for discounts on carriers, I research them and stew on which ones to purchase for the group (okay, not really stew, but dream).  I review other groups materials, decide what would work for our town and create!  Have you seen our pamphlets?  AMAZING!  That also entails doing LOTS of research to get new information on what the safety standards are and I have to figure out a concise clear way to represent them.  I take phone calls weekly from parents who already are members of the group who need a little help or tweeking, but also calls from parents who have never come but need help over the phone.  I even get questions on parenting because people know that I am similar minded and they need a bit of reinforcement that trusting their instinct is okay.  Let me be clear TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS, IT’S OKAY!    I also allow people to come to my home to exchange carriers or come for a Free consultation when they cannot afford it.  I email people youtube videos (when I remember!) and try to post here on the blog.  I even run the Facebook group and respond to any questions people may have on there.  All that doesn’t even encompass what running a babywearing group entails.  It’s SOO worth it though!  I am not sure I ever truly realized how worth it, it is until the other day a friend said “you’re so giving. really. i hope you’re getting a lot in return for all that you do.”  Yes, that’s a direct quote (thank you facebook message system).  And at the time I thought, well. . .umm. . .not really.  But then I started thinking about it.  The first time I ever got something was only a few months after I started the group, a friend I met through the group (no names will be given, Jana)  gave me some chocolates and card that made me cry.  I ate the chocolates but still have that card.  It meant the world to me.  There have been so many random acts of kindness from people in the group, that I cannot express my thanks to all of them.  Sometimes people bring me coffee (WOW, do they really know me!) and sometimes people send me things like this:

Yeah.  I opened the package and …I cried.  It blows me away that somehow, someone I have met only a handful of times, who lives across the country, had enough of a positive experience with MOI, that they were led to send me this beautiful print.  I LOVE it.  It’s going to be framed and put up in my house because it embodies so much of who I am right now in my life.  And it’s gorgeous!  Don’t forget to visit the artist Kate Berggren.  Amber, you are an amazing mama, thank you so much for your gift.  I LOVE it.  (if you didn’t catch that yet).

This post is just a heartfelt thanks to ALL of you, who have come to the meetings, who have called me, who have emailed me, who have dropped by my house, who have borrowed my carriers.  I LOVE having you in my life and I LOVE running this group.  Just keep bringing me iced Mochas and all will be well. 

Thank you SO much to everybody who came to the group meeting yesterday.  And a special thank you to those of you who purchased tickets to help me with materials for my upcoming trips to Billings and Anaconda.  I have a special goal in mind to create a large postcard with info on Safety and Babywearing tips.  I will post a picture when they are here.

Here is a special little video on pulling out our winner.  Although it’s upsetting that I cannot give everybody a sling, I am happy that it is going to a very special mama with a very special little boy.  Congratulations January!

After my wonderful hubby individually numbered each entry on our email list. . . .

I put the total into random.org – which was 113.  Wow, that’s a lot of people!

Which was Katie B!  Look at how jazzed this mama to be is!!  Perfect.

Thank you SO much Natural Baby Company for getting one more carrier out there for a baby to be worn in.

I need to do more reviews. And I can’t believe I haven’t yet shared with you the wonderfulness of the Sakura Bloom!! So let’s address the attractiveness first off. They come in a single layer linen, double layer linen, single layer silk and double layer silk. Right now in our library we have both a single layer linen and the double layer silk. They are both BEE U TEE FUL. The linens are fabulous for summer, very light and airy. The silks are a touch more supportive and look fabulous at any function. They definitely dress up any outfit with their shimmer.

Sakura Blooms have a gathered shoulder, which is personally my favorite, because it makes them very versatile.  You can go down your shoulder with the fabric as much as you would like, as well as gather it on top of your shoulder to allow your arm more movement. Like they should, Sakura Bloom uses slingrings which are a very reputable company that makes the rings specifically for this purpose, they are weight tested among many other things.

SB has the best customer service!  I have emailed Lynne on several occasions and she always answers me and is eager to help in anyway she can.  Not to mention you can go down right now to Bibs and Binkies to pick one up!  Yes!!!  I love that we have a local distributor.  But if you aren’t local or you need some more selection that B&B has to offer, I highly suggest you head on down to granolababies.  Giselle rocks.

So because I love these ringslings SO much I donated one to the Babes in Bozeman Expo.  Everyone who attends is entered to win it, among many other great prizes.  Please stop by this Saturday the 21st from 10 – 4 p.m. and say “Hi!”.