THE MUMS
Where Did We Come From?
Amy, stay at home mom to infant Hailey, and Laura, bored, pregnant, administrative assistant, spent their days scouring websites for babies and children and oooh’ed and aaaah’ed over Baby Vans, See Kai Run,Sandbox Threads, Boon, Vincent and other items that the girls found fit their “unique” style. Rock & Punk were their specialties. They wanted their new babies to start out down the right path toward cool. They knew items like this existed, but you couldn’t find them at your local big box store…One must turn to the internet, and at the time, these two girls specialized in surfing the ‘net.
Together, Amy and Laura brought readers together with unique boutiques, toy stores, and specialty items. In the meantime (or, fast-forward 3 years later), Hailey became a big girl, and Noel welcomed a brother 2 weeks after his second birthday. Amy also became a WAHM, and Laura changed careers and changed her family from a threesome to a foursome. Throughout these changes in their personal lives, they continued their quest to find greatness in baby-dom, kid-dom, and family-dom! In late 2008, Amy decided to take a backseat to focus on her lifestyle blog, ParentSphere. We wish her all the best!
THE MUMS!
Laura is wife to Elliott, mom to toddler Noel and baby Lennon, born in early 2008. She grew up in Kansas City but currently resides in the Dallas/Fort Worth area with her family of four. She works full-time while her husband is a stay-at-home-dad. Elliott also runs an eBay business, “The Umbrella Shoppe” from their home. She loves hanging out with all her guys, listening to music, watching TV (especially The Brady Bunch) & all things vintage & kitsch. If you can’t find her here at Mums or on Twitter, she’s probably at Costco. She doesn’t have Skype or a SmartPhone…yet…but she will very soon.
Contact: laura [at] mumsthewurd [dot] com
Because we get so many amazing opportunities for reviews, we asked some groovy mums to come aboard…
MEET OUR NEWEST CONTRIBUTORS!
Say hello to our newest team members, Naomi, Lisa and Jaymi. We’re so happy to have former MTW fans now a part of the team!
Naomi grew up in Hawaii and lived in Texas, Washington and Tennessee before landing smack dab in the middle of Wichita, Kansas where she resides with her artist husband Bob. She is a stay-at-home mom to Roo and Jasper and six cats. She collects bakelite jewelry, mid century modern furniture and thrift store paintings (big eyes and oriental ladies), among other things. Typography and baking rank high on her list of cool. She put out the first Spoon 45 on her record label, Fluffer, and was once featured in Kutie magazine, but that was a million years ago. She blogs about covetable stuff at superdumb supervillain and is waiting for her kids to start a band.
Contact: superdumbsupervillain[at]cox[dot]net
Lisa, originally from San Antonio, took a six year detour through Dallas until this summer when she finally moved to Austin, Texas. She lives there with her husband, Joe, their new twin daughters, Franny and Zooey and of course their furry children, Penny and Basil. She works full-time as a high school Athletic Trainer and when not playing with the girls she is usually glued to her iPhone and laptop.
Contact: 0to2in9[at]gmail[dot]com
Jaymi is a 30 year old Jesus lover, coffee lover, green living, baby wearing, cloth diapering, attachment parent of two girls (12 yo and 2yo), and an 1yo old boy!! Married to a pastor for 5 years and finally finding a place to plant some roots. She’s been a stay at home mom since the 2yo was born and now she’s wondering why she ever worked outside the house. She blogs at flipflopmamma.com mostly about her kids, but really about anything that comes to her mind at the moment. She loves sharing her thoughts on products, and rocking the free stuff!!
Contact: jaymithemum [at] gmail [dot] com
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