It's baby time again.
Time to show the world that YOUR baby is the most beautiful ever! Winners will be featured in the next issue of MOM Magazine. Good luck babies.

Enter your beautiful baby into the KRKT 2011 Beautiful Baby Contest. Enter online, deadline is Sunday May 1st at Midnight.  Age categories:
- Newborn - 11 months
- 1 year - 2 years old

All rules and information about contest online at www.krkt.com. All pictures will be uploaded to the KRKT Facebook Page for the first round of voting - make sure to check out all the beautiful babies!

The recent issue of MOM Magazine features an interview with Erin Harrington, mother to a Autistic son. As Autism awareness month comes to a close, I wanted to highlight another local resource for kids with autism, the Social Communication Clinic.

The Social Communication Clinic teaches social skills in a fun and creative environment to people of all ages. SCC serves children and adolescents with High Functioning Autism, Asperger's and PDD-NOS. These cohesive groups allow the students to learn and practice the skills in a variety of situations.

The Social Communication Clinic is also holding summer camp for kids in grades K through 8.

There are more useful links to related topics found here. Be on the look-out for the Corvallis Clinic's upcoming story about neurological disorders.

It was another exciting makeover! The votes have been tallied and our 2011 winner is...

Amy MacRostie

Catherine Dorn had these thoughts on nominating Amy:

Amy MacRostie is such a great mom, and she's been going through the worst year of her life. Amy's six year old son Mason was diagnosed with cancer four days before his seventh birthday, and since that terrible morning in December, Amy's life has been about nothing but Mason's cancer, his treatment, doctor visits, back and forth to Doernbecher, chemo, medicine, side effects....she even put off surgury to repair a torn ligament in her hand at least twice because surgery would have interfered with her ability to care for Mason. Amy deserves some rest and rejuvination, even if it's just for one day. Amy loves her son, she loves her husband, and she deserves to love herself for just one day, too.

Congratulations, Amy! Stay tuned for updates on Amy's makeover, and look for her to appear on the cover of the June/July issue.

MOM Magazine indavertently omitted the source from Dr. Dickson's Apr/May Healthy MOM article "What to do when a stomach virus strikes." The source, Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5 (Copyright © 2009 American Academy of Pediatrics), has been included in the revised article found here.

Feeling the need for a color pick-me-up this week, I dropped into Restyle, an upscale resale clothing store in North Albany. I have been pulled inside the store more than once by the outfits in their windows, visible from the drive-thru at Starbucks.

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I found a great spring sundress...as well as a warm and comfy sweater. Guess I was still in need of some comfort food to get me through this cold and wet weather. But I'll keep an eye out for the sun and maybe wear my dress someday.

I did learn about their big Anniversary party this weekend. Stop by for a sip of champagne, sweet bites and that splash of spring you're craving. Congratulations Restyle!

Asparagus is a nutrient-rich spring vegetable high in folic acid. It is loaded with things every member of your family needs, like potassium, fiber, vitamin B6, vitamin A and vitamin C.

Add more asparagus to your meals this spring by using these delicious recipes. Click here for recipes from the April/May issue of MOM Magazine.

In the Apr/May issue of MOM Magazine, Mr. MOM Mark Armour shared his love of baseball, along with his thoughts on parenting from dad's point of view. Mark loves sharing baseball with his family - and they all love the Corvallis Knights! To read more from Mr. MOM, click here.

Be sure to check out the exciting
Corvallis Knights 2011 Season!

Kyle Deets is the April/May SuperDAD. He was nominated by his wife Amber. Click here to read what she had to say about Kyle.

Nominate the SuperDAD in your life!

Email us at editor@mommag.com with 500 words describing your SuperDAD, along with a high-resolution photo. You might just surprise him in the next issue of MOM Magazine!