I am thrilled to announce that my newest niece arrived safely on December 23rd at 1:04 am! She tipped the scale at 7 lbs, 4 oz and measured 21" long.
My sister Denise, who was induced for her first daughter's delivery (Olivia is now 5-years-old), laboured at home for about 20 hours. I was the DD as the lower mainland of British Columbia has been abnormally blanketed in more than a foot of snow for over a week now and I am the only one who has a 4x4! When we arrived at the hospital, she was fully dilated and delivered the baby in about 20 minutes and 3 pushes! Way to go Denise! Dr C, our amazing family doctor, didn't quite make it in time, but the nurses as Royal Columbian Hospital were fantastic.
Oh and I should mention that Dixie has a really good latch, has been feeding beautifully and Mom Denise will be pumping in 4-6 weeks with her PumpEase™. She is also looking forward to using her MoBoleez™ once the snow melts and she can get out of the house!
Dixie, named after my Dad Richard - who almost always went by "Dick", is a truly beautiful baby. What an amazing Christmas present! Drop a comment below if you are a Christmas baby or if one of your children are.
Happy Holidays to all of our customers, readers, friends and family! To celebrate Dixie's arrival, we are offering FREE SHIPPING on all orders until New Year's. Use coupon code 'FREESHIP' at check-out. No worries if we're out of stock in your preferred size/print, order anyways as we are expecting production to arrive from our factory any day now.
On the occasion that I slow down enough to think about it, I am truly amazed at how many talented people I know, most of which whom are women (sorry guys!) and who work in a myriad of industries from graphic design to sales & marketing, photography, catering, relocation and many more. We support each other in our businesses, enjoy each other's talents and network, network, network! I am proud to say that one of these women - one of the most talented photographers that I have met in a very long time - is now the official Snugabell™ and PumpEase™ photographer! Introducing Claire Reid!
Amazingly enough, Claire's and my husband work together and therefore we met purely by chance. Our first 'conversation' was via Facebook and we immediately clicked! We have now worked together on two commercial shoots as well as two family photo sessions - one environmental and one in-studio. What a difference a professional photographer makes! No more cookie-cutter family photo sessions for us (sorry Sears)!
The most recent family photo session had SO MANY fantastic shots that there was no clear 'best picture'. We had a helluva time picking! With Sears (sorry again....well, not really), we were lucky to find one shot that would suffice for sending out to family and friends for a Christmas card... and now we have the opposite problem!
I could go on and on, however as they say, "A picture is worth a thousand words." So here is an example of Claire's work and one of our many faves from our studio shoot a couple of weeks ago. Believe it or not, this was near the end of the session when Michaela was starting to get grumpy... did I mention that Claire has the patience of a Saint?
If you live in the lower mainland of British Columbia, leave a comment below and you will be the lucky recipient of a coupon for $100 off a session with Claire Reid herself.
On November 17, 2008, 'A' TV did a 4 hour live morning show from one of our retailers, Mothering Touch, in Victoria, BC. Well, apparently the (male) host liked our product! I think we should give him a job! Check out the 50 second clip and tell us what you think.
Snugabell Mom & Baby Gear is proud to announce that $2.00 from the online sale of every PumpEase will be donated to the Best for Babes Foundation to help moms achieve their personal breastfeeding goals woot! woot!
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