My Heart is Full

My hubby has been trying to get me to transfer ms. Addie to her crib for about a week now :( As much as I love my sleep freedom, I hate when it comes time to transfer my baby to her crib! It just makes her seem so big - and I'm not ready for her to be big yet! We set her crib up in the girls' room about two weeks ago so that Lydia would have a chance to get used to it before transferring Addie in there. Lydia  is used to it at this point, but I'm not! I've begun to lose the battle to keep Addie in our room. 

Here is what Addie's Rock 'n Play sleeper next to our bed looked like last week:

And this is what it looks like now :(

It looks so empty! To make me feel a little better, I went to check on my girls in their room before going to bed...they are just so sweet - my little sleeping beauties. My heart instantly felt full. I wish I could take a picture of them, but I didn't want to wake them. As much as I don't want to be ready for Addie to be in her crib, she looks completely adorable in there, fast asleep. 

In other news, I chopped my hair off tonight! It had been about 5 months since getting my hair done. So it was way overdue. I had an appointment at a salon in Eden Prairie (I bought a groupon). When I got there they said they thought I had cancelled my appointment (which I never did) and had filled it with another customer. Great. They were booked for the rest of the night. Double great. So I called around and got in at Life Salon in Chanhassen (love!). I figured since I had already driven all the way out there just to get my hair done, I was going to get my hair done! Random, the hairstylist lives in my neighborhood! Ha! Here is my new do:

I wanted to go shorter than usual. I was feeling daring! I like the results :) We'll see if I can style it myself (ha). I've got a question for you all...how much is customary to tip? I don't usually go to a salon, so I am out of the loop a little bit.

Lastly, some fun pics of the girls from this last week...

I love my little peanuts!

-Brie

I love packages! My Monthly Box Subscriptions!

I love getting packages in the mail! It doesn't even matter the size of the package - it could just be a free sample - I always get super excited! :)

This is one of the reasons I love Box subscriptions! It is like getting a magazine in the mail every month, but instead of something to read, it is a box full of fun goodies!!! The two I subscribe to are Birchbox and now Stork Stack.


I am so in love with Birchbox because 1. It is only $10/month and 2. I never know what beauty products (shampoo, perfume, etc) 3. I can be sure I like the beauty product before I spend $$ on a full-size. 4. I can cancel my subscription at any time! If I have plenty of samples laying around that I need to use up, I can cancel my subscription for a month (or several months) and re-subscribe at any time. I've done this a couple times :)

Some other benefits: *It ships FREE! I hate paying for shipping. *Earn rewards for shopping their online store. Rewards equal money toward products! *You can earn more rewards points for writing reviews of the products you sample. It is quick, easy and the points add up quick! (Click on the "Box" tab, select a product, then click "Write a review." *Birchbox offers full-size products of all their samples at their online store - no need to go searching for the things you like! It's all in one place! *They offer free shipping on all full-sized products that were featured in that months Birchbox. Again, I hate paying for shipping!

Sounds amazing, right?!? I love it!


I just signed up for Stork Stack and haven't received my first box yet - when I do, I'll review it :) I had been toying with the idea of signing up for this one for a while. It is a little more expensive than Birchbox ($27.99/month - BUT Free shipping!). For me, this price is a little steep, but I have heard such good things about it! Plus, I love trying new baby things! I don't have as much exposure to new baby products as I would like since I do most of my shopping at Target. Every time I go to baby boutiques I want to try all their adorable stuff, but it can be so pricey! After going back and forth about it for a while I received a referral code from a friend for $10 off my first box and decided it was worth a try! This way I can decide if it will be worth the $28/month without having to spend $28 ;) Hehe

What I like about it so far: 1. The completely adorable packaging 2. After looking on their website and talking to others about it, it seems they really load up their packages! 3. FREE shipping! 4. Information about and links to the products they feature in their box each month.

I am hoping I love it as much as I think I will! If you want to give it a try, here is a code for $10 OFF your first month! Code: D619F356

Love you all!
Brie

In Case You Missed It

In case anyone missed my TV segments, here they are :) For your viewing pleasure. I'd post the videos directly on here, but I am not that tech savvy! Hehe



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Have a good night, my friends!

Brie

It Happened!?!?

I had thought several times in the past year that it was possible this day would never come! It has been nearly one year since graduating with my Masters of Dental Therapy degree. I have had countless interviews. I have gotten to the point where clinics have wanted to hire me but time after time something came up where it just wasn't going to work to have a dental therapist at their clinic. This time is different! I think it still has not fully set in that I have finally been offered a dental therapy position!!! I think there are a couple reasons for this... 1. I wasn't expecting to hear back from the clinic for at least another day and 2. I did not allow myself to think about actually being offered the job since I have been let down so many times. But not this time!!!! :) I have been offered a full time (32 hour/week) dental therapy position at a federally qualified health center (FQHC) in St. Paul. The majority of my time will be spent in the clinic, but I will also be working with the outreach team to go to elementary schools and providing dental care to children - how perfect!! On top of the excitement about getting to do dentistry (finally), we also discussed pay and benefits. I found out that the clinic has a loan re-payment program that could potentially cover 50% of my student loans! What an amazing benefit! What a relief to have that huge student loan number potentially cut in half!

Anyways, I couldn't contain my excitement so I had to share... Thank you to everyone who has been praying for me. I have learned a great lesson in patience and now I am ready to fix some teeth! ;)

(I had a little fun playing with a photo app on my iPhone this afternoon - here is Adeline at 3 months old)

Love, Brie