I was slightly hoping that this post would be delayed because I would be in labor or just had the baby….but not the case.  I’m still very much pregnant!  Obviously this baby is too comfortable in his current environment, despite the fact that I am very much not!  Ok, let’s not dwell on my uncomfortable-ness and the fact that I’m still sick…Let’s talk winners!!!

Thanks again to all of the fabulous businesses/companies who participated in the “Ready for Baby” Virtual Baby Shower!  I had such a fun time sharing all of these amazing products here and I hope you, the readers, enjoyed learning about them.  Please keep them in mind as you’re preparing for your own pregnancy/baby or shopping for gifts for others!  Many of them offer amazing giveaways and deals through Facebook & Twitter, so keep following them!

WINNERS!!!

Mommy Necklace from MommyNecklaces.com — Karen D.

Rock & Roll Developmental Gym from Sassy Baby — Michelle H.

Colourful Label Out Loud™ Essentials Combo from Mabel’s Labels — Rod

Natural Nipple Butter from Earth Mama Angel Baby — Christy S.

Kind Signs from Mama Bear’s — Colleen, Kendra M., Nicole B.

Sleep Sack from Kim’s Korner — Shawna

Year Membership to Moms In Tow — Kendra

Baby Carrier from ERGObaby — Karen B

Nursing Cover from BabyBond — Dani M.

Milestone Stickers from Sticky Bellies — Melissa E.

$25 gift cards from The UPS Store — Deanna (also won the gift bag), Addy Sue, Kelly D., Colleen, Abby

Nursing top from Glamourmom — Jessica A.

$15 Gift Card to EcoBuns — Sheri Connie

Anti-Colic Baby Bottle packs from MAM — susanlanai, Veronica L, Nicole S., Jenny L., Eve

Baby Care Gift Pack from ecoSTORE — Christine D.

$100 Gift Card to Go Mama Go Designs — Jessica

$100 Gift Card to Zutano — Kait P.

$25 Gift Card to Amazon.com — Jessica L.

All winners have been notified via email (so check your email and read it very carefully).  If you think you won but didn’t receive an email from me, please let me know (staceysays@me.com).

While I’ll probably hold off on posting more giveaways for a few weeks (this baby has to come sooner or later), I’m excited about some of the upcoming giveaways I will be offering here!  So, check back often!  You can always subscribe to StaceySays.com (via RSS or email), follow me on Google Friend Connect (see the right sidebar), follow me Twitter, or “Like” StaceySays.com on Facebook.

Please note…this list of winners may change. Each winner has 48 hours to respond to me. If they do not respond within that time, then new winners will be drawn!

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Whether you have a new little one in the house or are just looking to keep that New Year’s resolution and get yourself organized, you are going to love Mabel’s Labels!

Mabel’s Labels are customizable labels and tags that you can stick, iron, or clip on to virtually anything you want to identify as belonging to your child. From water bottles to clothing to toys and books, Mabel’s Labels work on virtually anything!  And you’re going to love that you can not only customize your labels with the name of your choice, but you can also choose a fun “character” to accompany the name!  If you have a child with a unique name or unique spelling, the customizing feature is so welcomed!!!

I purchased a set of Mabel’s Labels for my oldest daughter this fall and have used them to label everything!  Her teachers greatly appreciate having her backpack and outdoor snow gear clearly labeled and it’s so nice to know that the right boots and mittens will be coming home each day.  It definitely makes their job (and mine) a little easier!

The really nice feature of these particular labels is that they are waterproof, laundry safe, microwavable, and dishwasher safe! I’ve washed Abbi’s coat and snow pants a few times already and the labels are still perfect!

With two girls in the house who end up with matching toys, I’ve also found Mabel’s Labels so useful in keeping things out of the hands of the wrong kid.  Yay for keeping arguments to a minimum!

It goes without saying that Mabel’s Labels make the perfect baby shower or “new baby” gift. I’m already picturing all the things I need to label for this new baby — items going to the church nursery, items going to grandma’s house, items that big sisters need to keep their hands off of!  The possibilities are endless!!!

As I mentioned before, Mabel’s Labels offers everything from sticky labels to iron ons to bag tags, each customizable with name, color, and characters.  But Mabel’s Labels also offer labels in a variety of sizes, making them perfect for not only your kids but for around your house too! Mabel’s Labels also offers a variety of stationary products and even Kid Safety labels that notify care givers of any special concerns or allergies your little one might have.

Win it…

One winner will receive their very own customizable Colourful Essentials Combo from Mabel’s Labels.

Enter…

To enter, simply visit MabelsLabels.ca and look around at what they offer.  Then, come back here and leave me a comment telling me which product you’d most like to try!

You can earn one extra entry by doing any or all of the following:

Subscribe to Stacey says…

Follow @Stacey_Says on Twitter

Tweet and/or Post on Facebook about this contest.  Be sure to leave me a link to your updates or tweets in a comment below.  (You can do this once daily, each)

“I want to win custom labels from @MabelHood and the “Ready for Baby” Baby Shower w/ @Stacey_Says: http://bit.ly/MabelsLabels”

Follow @MabelHood on Twitter

“Like” Mabel’s Labels on Facebook

Leave me a new comment each time you do one of the “extra entries”!

Giveaway Details…

One winner will be randomly selected from the comments posted by Wednesday, February 9.  All entries will be verified and must include an email address where I can contact you if you should win.  This giveaway is open to US and Canadian shipping addresses. You can read more about Giveaway Policies here.

Don’t forget to enter the other great giveaways in the “Ready for Baby” Virtual Baby Shower!!! A complete list of giveaway links can be found (and will constantly be added) on the right sidebar and on the Virtual Baby Shower main page!

*You should know…I did receive complimentary labels from Mabel’s Labels in order to help bring you a personal and in-depth review.  All opinions stated here are my own and are not affected by compensation.

Photos courtesy of Mabel’s Labels.

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This past fall I had the privilege of joining a handful of bloggers for the Sassy Blogger Bash — an event hosted by Sassy Baby where we had the opportunity to have hands on experience with some of their most recent products, as well as chat with developers! It was a great experience, which I raved about here. Now, while I did share with you some of my favorite products in that post, there was one very cool product that I wasn’t able to talk about because it hadn’t been released yet. You get to hear about that today!!!

If you don’t know much about Sassy Baby, let me begin by telling you that they are a West Michigan based company (yay local!) who is doing amazing things! First and foremost, Sassy Baby is doing a great job connecting with people in social media, which I appreciate! Secondly, the team at Sassy Baby has put a tremendous amount of time, effort, and research into creating a line of amazing baby and toddler products! Their website is a testament to all of that research as they share about the different ways babies communicate and the different things happening with baby as they reach different ages.

Sassy Baby offers everything from toys and bath-time products to feeding and care products. Some of my personal favorites are the No-Scratch Bottle Brush and the Stay-Clean™ Silly Squirts™.

I know, I told you about those items before.  But they really do deserve being mentioned again!  Now, let’s look at a product that I couldn’t share with you before!  The Rock and Roll Developmental Gym!!!

The Rock and Roll Developmental Gym is the latest addition to the Sassy Baby rock & roll themed products.  The activity mat offers an astounding 17 developmental activities, including toys that stimulate hearing, touch, vision, and taste. If you’ve ever tried to get a baby to spend time on their tummy (“tummy-time”), you know that it can be quite a challenge.  The Rock and Roll Developmental Gym offers baby an amazing assortment of activities to keep them entertained during that tummy-time!

One of my favorite features on the Rock and Roll Developmental Gym is how quickly and easily it sets up!  We had an activity mat for the girls when they were both babies and it was kind of a pain to get those arches to hook on and not fall over.  The arches on the Rock and Roll Developmental Gym actually attach to the mat via velcro, which makes set-up and take-down so easy and fast.  Yet the velcro system is strong enough that baby cannot just take it apart.  Love it!

Zoe absolutely loved playing with the Rock and Roll Developmental Gym at the Sassy Blogger Bash, which is why I currently have ours safely tucked away in the nursery until baby boy arrives next month! Her favorite part is the musical star!!!

There are just so many great products at Sassy Baby, making it impossible to tell you about them all here.  But you can check them out on their website, as well as in stores like Babies R Us, Meijer and Target.  You can also connect with them on Twitter (@SassyBabyToys) and Facebook.

Win it…

One winner will receive their very own Rock and Roll Developmental Gym from Sassy Baby.

Enter…

To enter, simply visit SassyBaby.com and look around at what they offer.  Then, come back here and leave me a comment telling me which product you’d most like to try!

You can earn one extra entry by doing any or all of the following:

Subscribe to Stacey says…

Follow @Stacey_Says on Twitter

Tweet and/or Post on Facebook about this contest.  Be sure to leave me a link to your updates or tweets in a comment below.  (You can do this once daily, each)

“I want to win a Rock & Roll Develop. Gym from the “Ready for Baby” Baby Shower w/ @SassyBabyToys and @Stacey_Says: http://bit.ly/SassyBaby”

Follow @SassyBabyToys on Twitter

“Like” Sassy Baby on Facebook

Leave me a new comment each time you do one of the “extra entries”!

Giveaway Details…

One winner will be randomly selected from the comments posted by Wednesday, February 9.  All entries will be verified and must include an email address where I can contact you if you should win.  This giveaway is open to US shipping addresses. You can read more about Giveaway Policies here.

Don’t forget to enter the other great giveaways in the “Ready for Baby” Virtual Baby Shower!!! A complete list of giveaway links can be found (and will constantly be added) on the right sidebar and on the Virtual Baby Shower main page!

*You should know…I did receive a complimentary Rock and Roll Developmental Gym from Sassy Baby in order to help bring you a personal and in-depth review.  All opinions stated here are my own and are not affected by compensation.

Photos courtesy of Sassy Baby.

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Today is the first day of my “Ready for Baby” Virtual Baby Shower (a 20 day event featuring amazing products & giveaways) and I couldn’t be more excited to be sharing Mommy Necklaces with you!

Honestly, I had never head of a “mommy necklace” or a “nursing necklace” until this, my third, pregnancy.  Maybe it was because they just weren’t as big of a hit five years ago or maybe it’s because I just wasn’t really successful in my nursing endeavors with either of my daughters.  Either way, I’m so glad I finally got clued in and have discovered these!

“Mommy” or “nursing” necklaces serve a few different purposes: (1) to help keep your nursing baby entertained, instead of pulling at your clothes or hair and (2) allow mom to still wear fun jewelry without the fear of baby or toddler breaking it!  To learn more about these necklaces I went straight to the source — Mommy Necklaces!

Mommy Necklaces is a West Michigan based company (I love our local super stars) that not only has an amazing online shop, but also distributes to retailers around the US and Canada!  Wanting to tackle to problem of being a mom with a baby or toddler and still looking and feeling fashionable, Mommy Necklaces went to work designing a necklace that was unbreakable and safe if baby were to get ahold of it.  But Mommy Necklaces takes it one step further, as they have created an extensive line of some of the most fabulous necklaces!

Mommy Necklaces are offered in wide variety of  colors and designs, making it so easy to find a necklace that compliments any outfit or style.  You can get your “mommy necklaces” as a simple strand or choose one that  feature a larger pendant as a dangling donut, locked donut, teardrop, or flat rock.  Again, offering something for virtually every style! I currently have a Locked Donut necklace and love it, but am thinking of picking up a few other styles…possibly one of the Flat Rocks!

Why do I love Mommy Necklaces so much?  Well, besides the fact that I can confidently wear my necklace or bracelet (yes, they also offer bracelets and earrings) without the fear of it getting broken, the jewelry itself looks fabulous!  You can wear your “mommy necklace” even when you’re not wearing your baby!

Ranging from $20 – $28 (depending on the style), Mommy Necklaces make a very unique and affordable gift for yourself or as a baby shower gift!  Again, Mommy Necklaces are available online or in various retailers.  However, be warned, you’re going to fall in love with these necklaces! And I won’t judge you if you buy one even if your “babies” are all grown up!

Win it…

One winner will receive a necklace of their choice from Mommy Necklaces.

Enter…

To enter, simply visit MommyNecklaces.com and look around at what they offer.  Then, come back here and leave me a comment telling me which necklace you’d like to win!

You can earn one extra entry by doing any or all of the following:

Subscribe to Stacey says…

Follow @Stacey_Says on Twitter

Tweet and/or Post on Facebook about this contest.  Be sure to leave me a link to your updates or tweets in a comment below.  (You can do this once daily, each)

“I want to win a Mommy Necklace from the “Ready for Baby” Virtual Baby Shower with @Stacey_Says: http://bit.ly/mnecklaces”

“Like” Mommy Necklaces on Facebook

Leave me a new comment each time you do one of the “extra entries”!

Giveaway Details…

One winner will be randomly selected from the comments posted by Wednesday, February 9.  All entries will be verified and must include an email address where I can contact you if you should win.  This giveaway is open to US shipping addresses. You can read more about Giveaway Policies here.

Don’t forget to enter the other great giveaways in the “Ready for Baby” Virtual Baby Shower!!! A complete list of giveaway links can be found (and will constantly be added) on the right sidebar and on the Virtual Baby Shower main page!

*You should know…I did receive a complimentary necklace from Mommy Necklaces in order to help bring you a personal and in-depth review.  All opinions stated here are my own and are not affected by compensation.

Photos courtesy of Mommy Necklaces

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