NorthWood Candle Company

I was given the opportunity to sample some candles, I couldn't pass that up!  I have never heard of the NorthWood Candle Company before, so I did some investigating.

(Apparently, someone else thought they smelled good too!
You can see CJ's nose off to the left.)

When I got the box, I glanced at the return address and low and behold it came from Eden Prairie Minnesota.  Someone in my house will be very happy with that!

I made contact with the NorthWood Candle Company and was informed that I could pick a few scents out that I might want to try, although they couldn't guarantee that I would get them all. So I found their fragrance descriptions page.  I absolutely love their descriptions!!


When I opened the box, it smelled awesome!  Sometimes, you go into candle stores and it smells weird with all of them blending together, but not these. I got... wait for it....  NINE different tea lights, one large candle, and a room spray.  Wait, I didn't know they had room sprays!

Tea lights I received:

Butterfly Hugs- a very delicate smell- fills my living room very nicely.  This would be a good scent for the baby's room.  :} This scent lasted for two days. I loved the scent so much, I didn't want to burn another candle yet lol
Teakwood & Cardamom- this would be so good in a woodsy home
Fresh Cut Grass- smells exactly what freshly cut grass smells like!
Coco Mango- smelled good while burning- a very light smell
Monkey Farts- (yeah I can't make up names like that!) a close second
Both Frosted Pinecones and Cracklin' Birch would be perfect for the winter months.
Cotton Candy- smelled good without the calories!
Cracklin' Birch- another great one for the log cabin :}
Hot Baked Apple Pie-  no calories here either!

The large candle was Icicles and the room spray was Aloe and White Lilac.  The large candle smelled even when not lit.  It covered several rooms when lit and also when it wasn't!!

I used the room spray for the baby's room.  It lasted a very long time and isn't overpowering.

Check out these pages:

Private label candles

Candle fundraising

I would also like to try the Tranquility scent.  I soon realized that I couldn't just leave the tea light on the table, so I went in search of a tea light holder and the two I grabbed were a little to small lol I did find one that fit though- it was a frog. Another thing that I realized is that my large candle still smells even when not lit!


Although, I was given these samples, all the opinions are mine!

March in Review

We began March by celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday.

The bedding is Dr. Seuss. I brought down a Grinch stuffed toy.

 umm.... good thing we had a back-up clothing for this day lol

Peyton is all cuddled up in his boppy- with a little extra warmth from CJ's ear lol

 He's my super hero!

Here's my Gamma and her great-grandson. 

My little man. 

So here is the story behind this shirt- this is the shirt that I gave Randy 

to tell him we were having a baby last March.

CJ and Peyton time.

They are really becoming best buds.

Here is the evolution of the diapers!

Newborn, one's, and now two's!

Very Hungry Caterpillar Day outfit.

We ended VHC day with reading 3 Carle books.

Easter Shoot

Seriously, why is he looking over there?  I wasn't even standing there!  lol

Our 5th Month

My Very Hungry Peyton!

We began our 5th month on the 22nd. 

With much hesitation I began food with Peyton.

The main idea behind our decision to begin food was that some days it's a long time between when I feed him and I get home from work. I feed him around 1 o'clock so we get to the sitter by 2 o'clock and I don't get home until after 5. That's a long time to go without food.

This way, Randy can feed Peyton if he gets hungry before I get home.

He loves cereal.  So far we have tried peaches, apples, and bananas.

We didn't do so well with apples. :(  

Mom's make everything better and this was no exception.

The next photo was him crying.  :( He pushed up on the edge of the 

laundry basket and hit his head.

Not a happy camper!

So he is about the length of the laundry basket. :}

Stay tuned for our month in review at the end of the month.  Exciting photos from the Very Hungry Caterpillar day (first day of Spring.) Our Easter photo shoot.

Beginning our 4th month

Last week not only did you giggle more frequently, rather just once in a while.  The only time you would giggle would be when I got you up in the morning. Now with a little tickling, I can get a little giggle or two :}  Still rather random.


Another thing that you have just learned is to shriek.  Thank goodness, it is only for a second or two, but caught me by surprise!


Lately, you get very loud when you are getting tired.  You talk a little louder, a little louder, and a little louder until you fall asleep.  :}

This was at night after our play date:}

 Are you seeing a frog theme?

 Dinner at my Gamma's

 Oh look, another frog lol

 CJ is kind of warming up to Peyton...

 Not only a frog toy, but frog jammies too!

 Peyton has really been wanting to sit up more, I don't like it one little bit!

So on his 4 month birthday, I let him sit in his Bumbo chair.

 Looking very grown up in his chair.

 Too cute- with ducks on his socks too!

We had a short week this week.  However, we had lots of plans!  No school on Monday, so we had a play date with three of my sorority sisters and their children.  We went to the children's museum for the older children and then to McDonald's.

Wednesday is the third Wednesday, so I don't have to go to work.  :} Friday will be when you turn 4 months old.  I often marvel at your existence. I am truly amazed at what a miracle you are.

Something else that I realized, people often write what their child's favorites are... well for now you get what I give you lol so of course, you love your frogs lol

Stats

Length: 24 inches
Weight: 12 1/2 pounds

He is in the 5th percentile for height and weight.  He has a bigger head though lol  For all his brains!!

Our week in review:

This past week was Valentine's Day.

Here was Peyton's outfit:

 It was a Seuss week for us: 

How cute were those pants to go with the Cat in the Hat shirt??

Love!

 This was taken the night of Valentine's Day-

Boy love is hard lol

 Recovered from the hard night!

 Even down to his feet, which you can't see, 

were dino socks :}

This week, I was able to capture this:

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   How fabulous is this???  I love Tori Spelling!!!

I got to be a product tester for these two items:

I also received coupons to share with my friends.  I had a devil of a time squeezing it and thought it was broken.  I asked Randy for help, he got it to work.  I will let you know soon how the other one works.

I also got these bottles from Nuby.  I think they have such cute things :}

Every time I use them, they leak.  I am super bummed.  :{  I emailed the company and I will be sending them back.  I have mixed feelings about this. Being that they are so dog-gone-cute, I really want to like them, but they cause me great frustration.  :{

With a little help from my friends

So it started with buying these two boxes of diapers.  Yes, I know they are size 2's but he will need them at some point!

For buying diapers, which I need, I got a $20 gift card!  ummm... okay- no catches.

The next week, they had a different diaper deal.  Buy two packs get a $5 gift card. So, thanks to a friend who printed me coupons plus I had a Target coupon on top of that, I had a great deal!

So I use the gift card from last week, to buy this weeks deal, plus some M&M's to make blondies....  well let's just say that because I didn't have my large scoop and my cake tester, they didn't turn out :{


Plus I still have some money left on the card!!

January Month 3

Well Jan 22nd will begin our third month.

Peyton is such an awesome baby, we truly lucked out!!  First off, usually when you put a newborn in his crib he usually wakes right up, happens all of the time.  Well not for Peyton!  Thank goodness :} I was already prepared for this and thought about putting a heating pad on the mattress to warm up the sheets and move it right before I laid him down, well no need.  Love that child :}

This past month his favorites:

His snuggle bunny swing. He loves it and is in it daily.

He loves his Baby Einstein activity gym.  One day, I was working on my laptop while he was playing. I feel like someone is watching me, sure enough, Peyton was.  So I look at him and he turns away, we go back and forth like this several more times. He is hilarious!

I have also noticed that this child has more clothes than me!  Seriously, I don't think he will wear anything twice!!!  This is a bummer, as there are some very cute clothes.  I take a photo of him everyday :}

He is also getting better at changing clothes, when we play "Where's the baby?" when I have to put things over his head.

Happy 3 month birthday baby P!!

This is another in the monthly photo shoot.  

Don't you just love the jammies?

Dr. Seuss!!!

Thanks to my friend for scoring them!!

Reading books :}

Here are three months in a row-

HUGE change from month 1 to 2.

He is about 12 pounds!  :}

I think he's got the eating thing down!!!

Sorry to end on a sad note, but we had to say goodbye to our protector, Tank.

But for any further reference, P still belongs to Tank.

Well I can't end this post on a very sad note, so here was dinner at GiGi's house.  My mother decided to "feed" P butterhorns. He really liked the frosting of course!!:}