Baby Furniture clearance at Overstock.com

Overstock.com has several BEAUTIFUL cribs on sale. Some as much ad 50%$ off retail price. I added several cribs to my cart individually to check out shipping costs and all of them came up with a shipping cost of only $1.00! Thanks Vivianne for the tip!

Winter Clearance at The Children's Place

The Children's Place is holding their Winter Clearance event. Find the store nearest you or shop online. Plus use code E79AA when checking out for a further 15% discount! I would shop now as quantities are limited.

Good deal on Target brand diapers

Target is offering some great deals on their 'Up & Up' diapers with an additional 15% off when you purchase 4 packs or more, plus you can use code URTYJLI8 for an additional 10% off.

Free $5 Babies R Us gift card

Babies R Us is offering a free $5 gift card when you become their fan on Facebook. Today only!

This is the fine print: *Offer valid 1/28/10 only (end today!). Quantities limited; no rain checks. Limited one per quest. Offer expires 1/29/10. eGift Card valid in-store or online on your next purchase. eGift Card expires 2/20/10

Kids.Woot ... Woot Off

Kids.Woot is having a Woot Off. If you're unsure what a 'Woot Off' is then you're in for a treat (beware - they are addicting). The site kids.woot has one item a day that they sell at a very discounted price. They have a certain amount and once they sell all of those then they wait until the next day to offer another item. Well today they are continuing to put up items as they sell them out so what that means is great deals on kids items ALL DAY!

Great deal on Udder Covers gift sets

Just received this e-mail from WhattoExpect.com....

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We wanted to wish you a Happy New Year and give you a promo code for 90% off on 3 piece gift sets at uddercovers.com. Each 3 piece gift set includes the Udder Cover nursing cover of your choice, a color coordinated Milk Bands breastfeeding bracelet and 2 pairs of 5 ply washable 100% cotton breast pads!

If you're not currently nursing, you probably know someone who is or shortly will be! They make great baby shower gifts! We have made an arrangement where you can get any of their 3 piece gift sets (regular price $46) for only $5 + S&H!

The code is "Expecting".

Go to uddercovers.com, click on "Shop Now", scroll down to the gift sets, select the one you would like and you will automatically be repositioned to the center of the page where you can enter in the promo code! Type in expecting and it will bring your product total to $5! We are not sure how long this promotion can last. You can use the code more than once - you just have to open a new browser/window to do so.

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Seems like a great deal!

Birth Plan

I just had to share this website I ran across - birthplan.com. For the past month or so, as my delivery nears, I have been reading book after book about labor and delivery. Many of the books have mentioned creating a 'birth plan'. Not really knowing what that was, I did some research on the internet and found the above website. It's extremely thorough and gives you many options as well as blanks to fill in your own desires. It also has an easy save and print option so that you can print it out and take it to your doctor. Even if you give it to your OB/GYN ahead of time, I recommended printing out a copy and placing it in your hospital bag since you never who will actually deliver your baby.

Free bottle & ship at Motherhood Maternity

Receive a free Dr. Weil baby bottle* plus free shipping when you spend $75 or more at Motherhood Maternity. Use code MHBOTTLE.

*Bottle is a $9.95 value, BPA free and uses the AirWave venting system

Shutterfly free 20 page 7X9 photo book

We were eating dinner at a friends how recently and she pulled out her photobooks asking if I had ever seen them. I knew I hadn't so I said no and started looking over them. Now, there may be some of you that love scrapbooking, but I am telling you ... photobooks are the new scrapbook. You can create a beautiful array of pictures placed together with text and grapphic elements, the same way you can in a scrapbook. My husband and I love organization and these just seem so well put together, easy to store, etc. The one Mallory was showing us was of her daughter, Mariah. It was a compilation of photos from Mariah's first year. Mallory said her goal was to do one for each of the kids every year. I told her right then and there I was stealing her idea! :)

So, shutterfly is offering a free 7 X 9 photobook. All you have to do is pay for shipping ($5.00). Use code READYMADEBOOK. If interested, I would jump on this deal asap, as I have no clue when it will end.

Babies R Us sale

Just received an e-mail that Babies R Us is having a big sale through Thursday 01/28. So now may be a good time to buy those things you wanted on your registry but didn't receive at a shower. Go to the main page and from there you'll see a picture/link that says "Everything for Baby Sale".

The 99 Most Essential Brahms Masterpieces

Amazon has The 99 Most Essential Brahms Masterpieces for only $2. According to them, that's an album savings of $86. Playing classical music has been proven to help baby in and outside of the womb. My husband and I personally love classical music and we plan to expose our children to it early, so I'm definitely grabbing this to place on my iPod!

4D Ultrasound take two

So, if you've been reading this blog you saw that a week ago we attempted a 4D Ultrasound but Micah was stubborn and kept his hands and feet in front of his face the entire time. Well, today we got to see his precious little face. We arrived at the office exactly at 2pm. Shannen, the sonographer, was running a little so we sat in the office waiting on her. She arrived about 2:10pm and told us to go ahead and go into the room and get settled. Before she came in, Jason and I said a prayer that we'd be able to see Micah this time. Well as soon as she started, his face filled the screen. I was overwhelmingly excited as I looked at my little man. She was able to do the full 25 minute ultrasound with only a few snags here and there when he decided to cover his face again!

Nonetheless, I was super happy at getting to see him. I am so ready for him to be here! I am so ready to hold him, snuggle with him, laugh at cute things he does. I'll post one of the pictures above. This may sound crazy, because I know the picture isn't that clear, but I really think he looks like me :) I also went to the OB/GYN today and everything is good there. His heartbeat was fluctuating between 135 and 140 and my fundal height is 32 (I am 33 weeks today).

Baby & Toddler clothing clearance at Sears

Sears has several cute baby and toddler clothes at deep discounts (up to 50% off) with many starting at just $6.95 through January 23.

Oh Forgetfulness

So just the other day I was telling my husband how I had read that pregnant women, especially in their third trimester, start to experience forgetfulness ... and just as soon as I told him, I made sure to finish with, "I'm sure there's no way I'll have that problem." I am a multi-tasker by nature - often handling multiple tasks at once and being able to recall many facts very easily. Well .. it has struck. Last night I was thinking about a great tip I wanted to share with you guys and now that I've come to blog about it, I have racked my brain for the past hour or so and can NOT remember what it was. It is definitely frustrating albeit funny, ironic .. whatever word you want to use. Next I'll probably have trouble finding my wallet, the keys, etc - things I've been getting onto my husband about for years!

Cravings

One of my usual cravings struck me just now and I just had to blog about it. Apples. It's funny, you usually hear about the pregnant wife wanting the husband to run out in the middle of the night for an assortment of junk food and though I can't say I've never had a craving like that, my most consistent craving is apples. Green ones, red ones, I don't discriminate. I usually just try to find the least expensive ones or one that is on sale.

I was doing some research and found out that doctors go back and forth as to whether your cravings are linked to your body telling you you need a certain nutrient. Who know! All I know is that to me apples are one of the best tasting things in the world right now!

Have you had any unusual cravings?

Crib bedding

So, I have searched high and low for our crib bedding. Looking through hundreds of different themes, etc. We painted the room BEFORE we bought the bedding (probably not the brightest idea). After days and days AND days of searching I ran across an eBay listing for some bedding that would fit perfectly with the color we chose for the walls. Usually on eBay I stick to the 'Buy it Now' option, but I saw the seller had the bedding I wanted for $99.99 Buy it Now and $49.99 on auction (with 1 bid).

So, I stuck it out a few days to see if it was going to go any higher and when the auction came close to ending it still had the one bid. At the 1 minute mark I placed a bid for $60.00 and to my excitement it only increased the auction amount to $50.99 (meaning the previous bidder had ONLY bid $49.99, tops). So, I was able to find the perfect bedding for $50.99 brand new (+ shipping). I then looked on several other websites and found the exact same bedding at a cost of anywhere from $150 to $200.

My suggestion would be to find the bedding you want, find out the exact name of it and then type it in the ebay search bar. The one we purchased was brand new, so you should be able to find plenty of cute styles brand new AND if you want to save money, stick to going auction style.

This is the actual eBay store I purchased my bedding from. The picture of what we bought is above. Isn't it adorable? :) It's a 9 piece set ... now I just have to try and talk myself out of buying all the accessories OR finding a way to get them 'on the cheap'. If I find a way, I'll let you guys know first!

My (1st) 4D Ultrasound

So going off topic slightly .. I had my 4D ultrasound yesterday and to sum it up I am going to have to go back next Tuesday. Apparently baby Micah is a stubborn little guy! :) The ultrasound started off great ... I was getting to see my little baby who I hadn't 'seen' since my 18 week ultrasound. My face immediately lit up as his little body filled the screen in 2D. She checked all of his vitals and everything was great ... so far. He is head down at this point and she starts moving towards his face only to find out that his hands AND feet are covering it. She worked on it for about 10 minutes, then suggested I drink some grape juice and walk around to get him moving. I did that and she came back in to try AGAIN. He finally moved one leg but was being stubborn with the other three limbs, so we try the walking thing again. After about 10 more minutes the ultrasonographer suggests that we try again the following week. During that time we did get some pretty cute shots of his legs and feet. And we confirmed that he was boy. Overall it was a sweet experience for my husband and I. I can't wait to go back next week to possibly get a shot of his face! My ultrasonographer, Shannan, was great. She was enthusiastic and positive about the entire thing. Plus, the package we paid for allows us to go back again at no extra charge - which is a relief.

To tie the 4D Ultrasound into my blog theme - I will say that I did hours of research comparing prices and companies to do the 4D ultrasound. My doctor's office offers them but at a cost of about 30% more than what I paid with Stork Vision (if you're in the Atlanta area check them out), plus I got so many more 'bonuses' going with a smaller company and you can't beat the personal service.

SoHo Designs crib bedding sets over 50% off

Okay! So I promise this is not 'promote Amazon.com day' but they are one my favorite sites to shop and while looking for crib bedding sets I ran across these SoHo Designs crib bedding sets. They have several precious boy, girl and gender neutral sets. I have been looking for days and days at bedding sets and you can not beat the price for the amount of pieces you are getting! My favorite is this Noah's Ark set

Amazon.com children's shoe sale

So I have a friend who's daughter already loves picking out her shoes, so I'm definitely going to pass this deal onto her... Amazon.com is offering up to 70% off infant/toddler/children's shoes. The Naturino shoes above are regularly $73.95 and are now only $23.66. There are tons of cute shoes for boys and girls! Get free shipping if you have an Amazon Prime Account or spend just $25 (buy two pairs!) for free shipping.

Kids.Woot

If you haven't yet discovered Woot you are in for a treat! They offer one deal a day with goods often way below retail prices. And for the kiddos they recently started Kids.Woot with one deal a day featuring baby and kid items. I have it bookmarked and check it daily - you never know what you might find! The site refreshes with the new deal at 1:00am est.

Kohl's offering great deals on baby items

Kohl's is offering an extra 20% off most baby items with coupon code BABY20 and $0.99 shipping per item. There is also a printable coupon to take in store that can be used today and tomorrow.

Introducing myself...

Hi everyone! I am currently pregnant with my husband and I's first child. Micah, our little baby boy is due March 9. As the day nears my thoughts are consumed with buying everything we need to make his entrance into the world an easy transition.

Being the 'thrifty' people we are, my husband and I are set on finding top quality things for Micah, but at an affordable price. I want this blog to be a place where I can share my 'finds', along with help you find great deals on baby items. I hope you find my tips and tricks helpful and I wish you the happiest pregnancy possible. :) Stay tuned...