Welcome Cool Kids to BlogHop 09'!

Hey y'all. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog. This is my first time participating in BlogHop, so I'm very excited and delighted you've stopped by.

I started this blog in December of 2007. My first blogging experience was in 2006 when my first son Sawyer was born premature at 25 weeks. I used that blog to keep friends and family up to date on our progress through the NICU experience and then getting our little guy home. After dealing with the stress of becoming a new mom and all the challenges of having a preemie, I needed something new and for me, thus the Chic Crafty Chick blog was born. I picked the title for my blog because I wanted something catchy and fun that would capture and reflect the different parts of who I am. The parts of me that I felt I was losing a bit and having a hard time staying in touch with after becoming a new stay at home mom.

I'm a wife to a great guy and a mom to Sawyer who is 3, little Logan who will be 9 months next week, and Miss Zoe our Boston Terrier and first fur child. I've also just taken over as coordinator of my Mother's Of Preschooler's (MOPS) group, so I'm juggling many different hats.

I love sharing information and I blog about things I like and love. I blog about my kids, fun finds, and my hobbies of scrap booking and knitting (when I get a chance to do them). I have started posting two fun tips that I call my "Two Tip Tuesday" posts and every Friday I have a "Fabulous Favorite Friday" post where I share something I like that you might find helpful too. And the rest of the week is just a hodge podge of goodness.

I hope you enjoy BlogHop 09' and thanks for stopping by. Hope to see you again.

Be there or be square!

In case you haven't heard, the big BlogHer conference is going on in Chicago starting tomorrow. It sounds like such a cool event and I wish I could have gone. This is the 5th year they've had it. One day when the kids are bigger I'll make it. But, I've discovered the next best thing to being in Chicago. The Blog Hop 09' will feature a bunch of fabulous ladies who will be partying with their blogs in the spirit of being at BlogHer. And I figured I'd help get the party started by letting y'all know about it.

Our hostesses with the mostestes will be Musings of a Housewife Blog and The Pensieve Blog. These ladies are pulling together a great event. Be sure to check it out starting tomorrow. Different blogs will be posting through out the weekend. You can sign up your blog to join in. Or if you don't blog, just come check out the ladies who are participating and leave them a comment on their blog. I'm so excited to "meet" some great new bloggers through this party.

Jo-Lynne with Musings of a Housewife Blog created this fabulous button and was so humble about it. She claims she didn't do anything for the party, but I think this button rocks. Kudos to her for having such a cute way to get the word out! And thanks to Robin at The Pensieve Blog for all her hard work in getting sponsors lined up for fabulous prizes. I myself love fabulous prizes. :)

If you are on Twitter, you can join in all the party goodness by following the gals @BlogHop. I can't wait to see what tweets they have flying in the next few days.

So, be sure to check this out. All the cool kids/bloggers will be there. LOL