My newest love

I'm hopelessly in love. I knew I would fall. And fall hard. Very hard. That's why I avoided meeting you for so long. I stayed away as long as possible.

But inevitably we met. And now I love you. Forever.

Dearest Pinterest. You've opened a whole new chapter of my "to do" list. Thank you. I hate you.

Happy 5 months, Winnie Poodle!

Happy Birthday to my littlest noodlebug! Five whole months old.



A perfect little poobug (love my nicknames, dontcha?) whose favorite person is Daddy and who loves to crawl after Sparty and Ruby and pull on Eden's hair.



She can crawl (sorta) and put everything in her mouth. For her birthday treat today, she ate a Kleenex.



Happy 5-month birthday, Winnie. I love you!

I did it.

Okay, I did it. I made the ad. I put together the web site. Neither are fantastic, but they'll do for now. Now I need one more thing from you: the honest truth. How can I improve the web site? Here it is:

doulalady.blogspot.com

Be honest. Be brutal (but maybe sprinkle some sugar on it first).

Thanks! Y'all are the best. I'm lucky to have friends and family like you guys. :)

PS. Don't be too brutal about the ad, though. I had to submit it already this evening, so if anything really sucks about it, it's too late. But if you do have any helpful ideas for next time, tell me those.

I'm scared!

Okay, everyone, I'm really nervous about something so I need your help, input, and maybe a virtual hug of support. (Don't worry - this is a good thing to be nervous about - nothing bad.)

I have an opportunity to reach an audience of 10,000 women to advertise myself as a professional doula. I'm really scared of screwing up, failing, looking stupid, failing, not saying/doing the right thing, and failing.

I really want to be a doula because I'm super passionate about birth and pregnancy ladies, but this is going to throw me waaaay outside my comfort zone because advertising for myself means I have to sell myself and I'm soooo not good at that. I hate it, in fact. But I really want to be a doula, and so far the 5 people I've networked with hasn't really produced anything.

Sooooo....

This opportunity came up and in order to really take full advantage of it, I really should have a web site to include because these days, who doesn't have a web site in business? But this requires me to work on the business end of this goal, as opposed to the "doula" end (if that makes sense). So I have exactly 24 hours (almost to the T) to create a web site about me and being a doula and the services I'll offer.

I guess I just need some "rah, rah, rah! you can do it!" type motivation, ya know?

So please send me some e-love so I can grow some cajones and pursue this passion of mine. Thanks!

And finally, just because I can't resist posting funny photos of Eden and Winnie, here ya go:


Look at Eden's face - how does this feel like a smile?

Climbed into the crib by herself...while naked.


Again, what about this faces says "Smile!"?


Baby's first (involuntary) solid food (graham cracker):


And just for a smile: