You can now find Tickety Bu Cuddle Blankets™ and hooded towels at Waddle n Swaddle in Poughkeepsie, NY, a wonderful maternity boutique specializing in all things for the fashion forward pregnant mama, babywearing and cool baby gear, including cloth diapers and other natural parenting items. I’m excited to offer more things on a local level and to be given a great deal of creative freedom with the products they stock. Check out the Cuddle Blankets that went to the shop this week!
I haven’t posted much from a personal perspective lately, so I thought I should. Today our little X-man is 2 months old. He’s another big boy, 13.5 pounds and such a happy baby. Well….except when he’s sitting with his big bro and sis on Easter and tired of being asked to smile. Brother M thought it was all hysterical.
Easter was a big hit. The bunny left the kids some great WAHM gifts–stuffed BV bunnies from Beneath The Rowan Tree and we also found some faerie items in the garden while on our egg hunt (also from BTRT). We all decided that a faerie must have been helping the bunny hide eggs. When she got tired, she took off her slippers, had a sip of water from her goblet and set her crown and wand down to take a rest. She left all of this and flew off in a hurry. We’re holding it for her now just in case she returns looking for it.
Babymooning has been wonderful though. He’s a good sleeper compared to the others, so I was really relieved about that. We’re in a good groove with our schedules, school, work and such. If only I could figure out how to deal with the wild moods of a 5-year old girl, I’d be doing great! If it’s like this at 5 I’m in real trouble when she turns 15.
We’ve had a few days of fantastic spring weather, spending as much time outside as possible. Too bad I can’t take my sewing room out there. It’s perfect–clear skies, 65° and just the tiniest hint of a breeze. The flowers are blooming, the trees are just starting to bud and the birds and other little critters are out playing. And, it’s calling me now, so I better cut this off.
But I can’t leave the post without something work related included, so here’s a shot of the X-man snuggled up in his hooded towel. 
I did a fun custom for a great client of mine recently. She wanted something that would be a replacement for the tissue or grass in her kid’s baskets. She was looking for them to all be in the same colorway, but to be identifiable from each other so the kids could tell one from the other. We all know how kids can be protective about their stuff! We came up with this colorway together and I made sure that the corner where the tag is on each blanket is a different color, so everyone could keep it straight. I really hope they all enjoy snuggling up on Easter morning with these!
A local photographer and fellow working mom Melissa Surprise is featuring me and Tickety Bu on her blog this month. I love the photos she took of some of my work, my work space and of course, the kiddos. The timing is perfect as Tickety Bu celebrated birthday #1 on April Fool’s Day. In honor of the day of practical jokes, we’re playing one on ourselves and having the Bu Birthday Bash in May. Starting May 6th and on each Wednesday in May, I’ll be offering totally free lottos for packs of wipes and FFS lottos for Cuddle Blankets(tm). Of course I’ll have lots of diapers, wipes, hooded towels and other stuff stocked all month. All this fun leads up to a great stocking on May 27th with an auction for a custom Cuddle Throw(tm) and lots of fantastic guests. You won’t want to miss it!
