It's Party Time!

Have you heard? Its our party, and we'll blog if we want to, blog if we want to, blog if we want to....We're gonna party like its 1999...

It's the 5 Minutes for Mom ULTIMATE BLOG PARTY 2010 (#ubp10 on Twitter.) Woot, woot! I have been looking forward to this for awhile now. Wait, what? You haven't heard about it?

Girlfriend! Grab your favorite cocktail, put on your party dress, and come join the fun. Susan and Janice at 5 Minutes for Mom are holding THE BIGGEST BLOG BASH this side of Y2K!

If you are partying with us and visiting my little blog from the link up, WELCOME! I started blogging in 2007 with the birth of my first daughter, Miss H, for the purpose of keeping my friends and family updated on our little girl. Since then, we have added a new member to our family, Baby B.

Over the months, my blog turned into so much more than a family update. It became a place for me to spread the news about issues that are important to me including premature birth, breastfeeding, and baby product safety. It became a place for me to cry on the shoulder of so many friends inside my computer that I have never met. It became a place for me to just get my thoughts out of my head and onto paper.

Last December, I decided to make my family blog private, and Cultivating Rosebuds was born. {In case you were wondering, I call my children Rosebuds as a play on our last name.} I try to vary what I post about to keep things interesting. Sometimes I do a Pour Your Heart Out post, when I need to get something off my chest. Sometimes I do an informational post about a serious issue. And sometimes, I just try to make you laugh!

If you are new here, I would love for you to follow along, but more than that, I would love for you to leave me a comment. Comments are like candy to me - I eat them up! And when you comment, I try to respond right back to you through email {please do try to make sure that your email is connected to your profile...pretty please?} That way, we can get a conversation going and really get to know each other!

Want to party along with us? Write a "party post" introducing yourself and your blog. Then head over to 5 Minutes for Mom to link up. It's that simple. While you are there linking up, find some new blogs to follow and grow your network. That's what it is all about after all!!

Oh wait- I almost forgot! PRIZES!! Yes, there are prizes. Oodles, and oodles of prizes. Here are my Top Three Prizes that I would L-O-V-E to win.

1. Um, hello? - the GRAND prize is a Toshiba Satellite Laptop.
2. #8. Buds to Bloom Mommy Necklace from Elemental Memories
3. #17 - US and Canada - $200 Apple Gift Certificate CMomGO

If all of those happen to be taken already, I would love any of these great prizes, too:

US Only List: 18, 15, 11, 9, 2

US and Canada List: 11, 18, 5, 9

Or really, any prize for toddlers, babies, or a Mama who loves to be pampered and read!

Now, I'm off to check out the linky and get my party on! Later!!

Erin