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Sakura Bloom & Marvelous Kiddo Giveaway

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Today I won a giveaway from the blog Marvelous Kiddo. It was part of their Sakura Bloom Styleathon and they generously gave three lucky winners a linen sling from Sakura Bloom’s Pure Collection. maiki and I get to chose the color and it is a tough decision! We are leaning towards seaglass.

We are both really looking forward to babywearing and these slings look both beautifully made and easy to put on. From the beginning maiki and I have discussed not even getting a stroller and have remained confident that babywearing really is the best way is to hold baby Emma. Since we primarily walk everywhere I am sure that the sling will be well used!

I have really enjoyed discovering the blog Marvelous Kiddo and have read dozens (if not hundred+) birth stories from Leigh’s site! I was a bit obsessed in the beginning and feel that I now have a better understanding of the actual birth part that is to come. She also posts lots of classical art pieces that depict breast feeding women and shares openly how wonderful it is to be a breast feeding mother. I felt a connection when reading her blog and the stories of so many different women. I am so grateful to her site and now also for being a winner of her giveaway. The internets are full of inspiration and supportive folks!

Thank you Leigh of Marvelous Kiddo and Lynne Banach of Sakura Bloom for the linen sling!

six months

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Here I am into my 24th week of pregnancy. Looking and feeling pretty big now. Everyone around me notices and gives away such good energy. People on the street smile. Its is a warm, fuzzy feeling. And I can feel baby Emma Clover kicking me all the time now! She is most active when I am washing dishes, right after dinner and when I lay down to sleep at night. maiki is dying to meet her! He always talks to her and gets so excited to feel her kicks. I am becoming a bit more anxious about the new few months. I am starting to feel a lot more growing pains, as my body stretches to make room for the growing person inside me. Sleep is becoming less wonderful and more achy. I dream that I am stiff and in pain. It is weird, but everything about pregnancy really is. The end of this journey will be a happy one. The miracle of life is worth all the strange symptoms. ^_^

baby clothes!

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My little one has a new wardrobe. Almost entirely comprised of second hand clothing from two stores, Children’s Orchard in Manhattan Beach and Grove Street Kids in Berkeley. It has been super fun picking out little things for her to wear. Oh and by the way, we found out from the ultrasound that our little one is in fact a her—Emma Clover to be exact. I am so excited to share these new pieces as well as a few blankets and other things from the baby shower.

wooden toys

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Most creatives that I know and/or read about talk about how when they were young they didn’t have a lot of toys and things so they used art supplies and the few treasured items that they had. They used their imaginations to dream and create. When maiki and I have talked about the kinds of toys and things that we want to share with our baby, they have all been the simplest of objects.  Wooden toys and blocks are these kind of toys and their benefits are well documented.  Besides fostering creativity and enhancing cognitive development, they feel great when you hold them. They are natural and long lasting and are not noisy and overstimulating. There are so many alternatives available to the plastic versions of cars, people, animals etc. on Etsy and other shops and I am excited to build our collection.