Meet Our March Sponsors!

This month I decided to leave up our sponsors from February as well as add one so take a look and hopefully you'll find a new blog to follow!







Hi! I am the writer at Life with Cupcakes. I started this blog about a year ago to jot down life as a new mom. The star of my blog is my Cupcake, with appearances from myself and the Bubba. I hope you'll stop by and stay a while.

Pacific Northwest born and raised, photographing my way through the day till bed time, doing my best to raise three little ladies with teenager tendencies. All the while, studying to be a doula and navigating this new life as wife to my damn hot husband. Who says you can't have your cake and eat it too? Here you will find the running monologue of the misadventures that are our life.

Marcella, Single mama soon to be wifed up, 2 year old daughter Pella aka PEEJ. Blogging about What life throws at you, the good and the bad, neato baby stuff, and a little bit of everything else in between.

Hi! I'm Jacqueline and On this blog I talk about Motherhood, handmade shops, crafts and even more about Crochet. Enjoy yourself while you are here and tell me about it.

Hi Everyone! I'm Darlene- mamma to 4 year old Jasper (and a baby girl due in April!) and newlywed to Drew. We are currently living and loving in the beautiful city of Denver, Colorado! I blog about everything I'm passionate about, my family, the outdoors, traveling the world, raising my son bilingual (Swedish and English), going organic,fashion, SHOES, and my biggest passion of all- being a mamma.  I'd love to have you stop by and say hi!  

Hi I am Jess and I live in the DC area with my nerdy/worship leader husband Scott and our adorable son Judah who sometimes wears a mustache. I love spending time with my son, taking ridiculous pictures of him, thrifting, drinking coffee and of course crocheting for my business My Charming Colors.  Stop on by, I love making and meeting new friends.

Shelley and Danny Lemaire are a husband and wife photography team, Danny takes the photos, Shelley edits them and what an amazing team they make! We had the pleasure of working with them back in September (You can see all Family Photos throughout our October & November posts, as well as the photos in our banner & buttons) and I can't wait to work with them again soon! Here is a little tid bit about their blog. Our blog is less of a "Photography Blog" and more of a "A Little Bit Of Everything We're Into" blog. It will be MOSTLY Photography, but we will also be posting our videos, How-To's, DIY's, Custom Editing, Etsy Shop, and Blogs about our family and home. It's a central hub for you to see what we're into and what we're up to.

After the birth of her daughter in 2011, Lauren turned to the Internet to find out how to meet fellow moms. She was disappointed at the lack of resources for area mothers and didn’t have the time to comb through newspaper event listings and corporate websites.

The Reno-Sparks Mom is here to fill that void. With a easy to read event listing with events that matter to Moms, a comprehensive list of local resources and inspiration from a creative blog, the Reno-Sparks Mom is your source for all things motherhood in Northern Nevada.

Come back daily as we highlight the local events and inspiration that matter to you, the Reno Sparks Mom.

Lauren, author of this website formerly known as LaureNspired, created this blog as a creative outlet and a way to keep in touch with family across the country in 2008.  Since then it has followed their little family from struggling newlyweds, to first time homebuyers, to first time parents.

Reno and Sparks are both beautiful cities in Northern Nevada, nestled in the hills (and desert) below the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Roweyn's Ramblings Wk. 58

Organizing Cloth Diapers & cutting onesies into undershirts now that Roweyn is Potty Trained!!

Zigzagging the undershirts. Rowe enjoying her bath.

New hair for me! And the tiniest ballet slippers I have ever seen!

Before and After of all the clothes I sold to a lady. Got rid of about 18 items and made a nice little profit! But still have TONS to get rid of!

I just died after seeing Roweyn being the cutest thing ever next to me. Rowe being such a big girl on the potty. She's doing amazing after potty training.

Early morning water color painting. Very serious about wanting Mama to paint too.

My Baby Girl is Potty Trained!

Hey there!


I know I've been quite absent on here lately but things have been quite busy around these parts with a trip to Reno, getting the stomach flu while there and back at home, and Roweyn learning to use the potty in less than 2 weeks afterwards! Yes you heard that right! Roweyn is now a full time potty user!

First time she peed on the potty!

2/22/12

I am so proud of her, she did almost all of it on her own, I just followed her cues and she made it so simple! A few weeks ago I would have told anyone that I didn't think she was ready and I wasn't pushing it. She had never used the potty and was not interested in doing so. Then one day after a shower while she was still naked, she asked for the potty. I set it next to her and walked away thinking she just wanted to play with it but then she yells, "Mama peepee, I peepee in potty!!". I turned back around, thinking "Could she really have just gone?" took a look and she had, without me even asking her!! I was so excited, shrieking like a little girl, telling her she did such a good job and she was such a big girl and she gets a reward for using her potty. This all happened right after I got back from my Trip to Napa, the next day I let her run around half naked in the morning but nothing happened and as soon as I put her in a diaper, she used it. Then the next day she used the potty again while my mom was babysitting.

We went on a trip to Reno that weekend and she got the stomach flu the same night, we came home the next night and that morning I had caught it, so we didn't do any potty stuff again till Tuesday. On Tuesday I let her run around half naked all day besides dance class, outside time and nap time and she used the potty to pee every time she needed to go. And in less than 2 weeks she was trained! 


If you want to learn all the details of exactly how Roweyn learned, be sure to check back soon!