Blog Fixed

I'm pretty sure I have my blog layout up and running right. I didnt have my last layout backed up and so I went a head and made a new one. Hope ya like

The Mama Behind The Blog

Wanna know more about Mama Monkmee? Ok here goes. I'm Dawn aka Mama Monkmee. I'm 26 and have 3 little boys, Alex (5), Eian (32 months), & Will (2 months). I'm married to my high school sweet heart Joel.

I started blogging on MySpace on August 23, 2005 my 1st blog entry was.
"Hey everyone. It's me Dawn, and for those of you who dont know me you will very soon.

I just wanted to get this up and running , now I must get back to Alex.
Dawn's the name, Mama's what they call me!"

Not the greatest but everyone has to start somewhere. I moved over to blogger on May 10, 2008. I choose the name Mama Monkmee cuz I loved monkeys and my oldest son Alex called them monkmees.

I blog about my life the ups and downs of raising 3 boys all 30 months apart, my life long love of Joel(ok half my life), my son's Down syndrome and anything and everything in between.

I was your typical 23 year old mom of 1 son and another on the way when Eian was born with Down syndrome. It changed my whole life. It made me a better person. Most importantly it made me a better mom. I wouldn't change Eian for the world. I love him just the way he is.

So me, well I'm a computer geek. I love making graphics. My biggest passion is photography. Although I've been slacking in my photo taking. I deal with anxiety issues. I get stressed out super easy. I used to be a cutter, but I've not gone that route in years. I wont lie life is stressful being a SAHM of 3 small boys. Eian has therapy twice a week outside of the house. It's a 45 min drive to and from his therapy. He also has Early intervention once a week at our house.

I have 2 on bottles, ok not really I have 1 on a bottle and 1 on the breast. I have 2 in diapers. I use cloth diapers, most of the time. I try to live green. I love text messaging. I've been married for 10 months. I got pregnant with Will the night of my bachelorette party. Lol I found out I was pregnant 5 days after I got married.

My 5 year old is a video game nut just like his daddy. He'd play all day if I let him. My 2 year old knows more sign language than I do. My 2 month old is spoiled.

I'm real and this blog is about my real life. I started doing giveaways to give me something todo while nursing Will since I spend a good bit of time hee at the computer.

My husband leaves in 2 months for basic training with the Army. He'll be gone for 16 weeks He'll miss mine, his  and Eian's birthdays. He'll be home in time for christmas. then he'll be gone again. Me and the boys are stay here until next summer when we will join him provided he's somewhere we can go.

If there is anything else you wanna know about me, the boys, our life anything leave a comment and I'll answer it. Thanks

Yesterday Was ....

ONE OF THOSE DAYS!!!

Monday is therapy day for E. He has to be there at 10am which means we have to leave at 9am to get there. No biggie be doing it for 2 years now twice a week. Yesterday E woke up at 7am so I put on Shrek so I could work on the computer while Will was sleeping. I noticed he was very quiet, so I looked and he had fell back asleep.

Thats very odd for E cuz once he's awake he goes full force all day long, and he'd only been up 30 minutes tops. So he slept and slept, about 8:44 I got him dressed and he slept through that. I put him and Will in the car and headed to my Grandparents house they had Alex and were gonna keep Will too. E slept the whole 45 minute drive to therapy. I woke him when we got there and he walked in. He didn't wanna eat his breakfast, odd for E too. He went back with Miss Courtney and about 2o minutes later she brought him back out (therapy is an hour long). She said all he did was lay his head on her table. So we left I carried him this time to car. We drove to target to get a baby shower gift. He slept the drive there and only woke up for a minute or two in Target.

He then slept the whole 45 min drive back to my Grandparents house. it was 1pm when we got out there and he had been sleeping pretty much all day. He finally decided to play with Alex and Emily for a little bit. But he still wasn't 100% E.

I had to stop by my MIL's house to trade carseats with her before going home. Well her driveway is a POS. I thought I was clear but I hit the big dip and hit the bottem of my car . I Got my craseat and took my whinney kids home(by this point Alex, E and Will were unhappy). After Joe got home he decided to change oil in the van and he went outside . He came right back in and said my car was leaking oil all over my driveway. FREAKIN GREAT! I cracked my oil pan when I hit the dip. Just my luck. Hopefully he can get it fix today and it wont cost too much. So today for therapy we are taking the van and Joel is driving.

I did come home to find 2 of the products I'm gonna review to giveaway in the mail and also a prize I won. It's a totally awesome Undercover Mama Shirt I won from Crazy House. Be watching hopefully today I'll get another giveaway up.

New Look & New Things

So I just finished working hard on my new layout. Be sure to grab my new blog button.



Ok So there are gonna be some big things coming soon. I'm starting up giveaways and maybe another fundraiser or two. Keep a look out my 1st Giveaway will be in honor of my 400th post and this is my 370th post so it's coming soon. I'm gonna be a better blogger so make sure to watch for the fun stuff.

Go Visit Lily!!!

Lily is a beautiful 9 year old little girl who just happens to have Down syndrome. Which is no biggie in our house lol. She is Turning 10 and in honor of her birthday she's having a giveaway bash to benefit Jaxson and Parker. Go check it out she has some wonderful things. Also up until her birthday she is doing random giveaways and I won the last one. Lily is too cute you have to go see her. NOW GO!

I Need Help

Ok so I'm on a misson to save the world ok not really the world but to help families with sick kids. I have Jaxson's fundraiser going right now and I have a few other families I'd like to help in the next few weeks. I'm thinking about starting a blog just for Fundraising for our special kids. Not only Down syndrome but any sickness. My only problem is I am soley funding these fundraisers meaning I'm paying for everything I give away. and being a SAHM myself. money is not always easy to spare I don't mind really but if any of you readers know how I can go about contacting people to give away items for these fundraisers i'd love to help or if you have a sick child I'd love to feature. email me at adjolly@ymail.com again this is not for me this is for you families who need support.

T21 Traveling Afghan Is Here~ Arrival

The T21 Traveling Afghan came today. Eian was so excited, so was mommy. He took right to playing with it right away. It will be going to a Mirical League Game tonight with was to watch our little buddy Chandler play ball. I'll try to get some pictures with some of the players.`

Super Amazing Giveaway!!!!!

You have all been waiting for.

MY SUPER AMAZING GIVEAWAY!!!

100 Custom Mommy/Business Cards

Standard Weight- Made just for you.

Custom Aluminum Business Card Holder

Silver plated holds 12 cards. Custom to match your Mommy Cards.

Custome 8x8 20 page Photo Book

From Artscow.com Hardback book. Fully customized and designed by You.

To enter this giveaway you must comment on the giveaway post with you're name and email. That counts as 1 entry. The following ways will get you up to 4 more entries. Of course you can also gain extra entries by....

1. Follow this blog

2. Follow me on Twitter (adjolly)

3. Blog about this giveaway.

4. Tweet about this giveaway.

Please remember to leave a comment for each entry.

7 More & I Hit 200

7 more post after this one and I hit post #200. WooHoo!!!! :)

I'm looking for the perfect giveaway for my 200post. keep watching.