Hmm...Maybe giving you free stuff will get you to read and comment AKA Bribing You to Read!

Yeah....I'm shameless, I know.

SO. In order to wake your lazy butts up to read my blog, which will in turn wake ME up and make me blog more, I am hosting my VERYFIRSTSHINEYGIVEAWAY. Wahoo!

Since Sunday is my Mom's birthday, [HI Mom!] it was pretty easy to come up with the entry idea. To enter, just leave a comment on this post, talking about either your favorite present you have received from your children, or, if you don't have kids, the most creative present you have given your mom.

You receive extra entries if you bring people here! All they have to do is mention you telling them somewhere in their comment! You ALSO get an extra entry if you mention this giveaway and link back to it in your blog. Winners will be chosen using random.org.

What are you winning?

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Well, I guess thats kind of important! You will be winning a grab bag of crafts! The bag can contain Handmade cards, gift tags, and more! Examples taken with my terrible camera can be seen below. Good luck everyone, and START READING!






EDIT: I guess telling you when the winners will be picked would be a good thing! I think...Tuesday would be a good time :D Good Luck!...again.

Words cannot express...

The sadness I feel for this woman and her daughter. Please go read about her at The Dayton Time and please, please, please keep her and her daughter in your prayers. I do not personally know them, but for some reason, I feel such a strong pull in my heart to help them.

*Collapses*

Wow....just wow. The Holidays were a whirlwind! Christmas was wonderful. Cameron was in love with everything Santa brought him. He was so excited he hugged my legs as soon as he walked into the room! It was almost as though he couldn't believe it! The holidays also brought some more talking out of him. He seems to be skipping over the single word learning, and is learning small phrases instead. He now says Degu (Thank you), Dergo (There you go!), and Poppa (His name for my dad). Its wonderful to finally be able to see inside that beautiful little head of his and see his thoughts.

Christmas day, we had a wonderful time over at the Hubby's Grandparent's house. It was nice to have such a fun gathering with his family for a change. I still feel like the odd man out, but I feel it getting better.

Friday, my parents came out here and stayed the weekend. I cannot tell you how much I love my parents. They are the greatest people in the world. For some reason, having my mom around just seems to make every stress melt away. She's so helpful and loves to help with the baby. Then, on Sunday, I rode out with them and stayed until Thursday at their house. Again, wonderful. My parents love to cook, and I love to eat, so we get along well. :)

How were your holidays? Any fun/bad/horrifying things happen?

Ohhhh Pamela. What a time!

Ok...Sooo, I just got a meme of the most dreaded kind. A photo of ME RIGHT NOW! GASPCOUGHCHOKE.

Ok, the rules are as follows:

1. Take a picture of yourself riiiight NOW!
2. Do NOT change your clothes. Do NOT change your hair. Do NOT put on makeup. (I am dying inside right about now.)
3. Post your picture without ANY editing. (GASP...CHOKE...DIE!)
4. Post these instructions with your picture.
5. Tag 10 people to do the same!

Ok...now I must warn you....I have been cleaning all day in preparation for the holidays, and was snowed in, and just woke up from a nap. That is a deadly combo. At least to ANY possibility of having a photogenic picture. Note the thoroughly pleased look I have in the picture. THAT IS ALL FOR YOU, PAMELA!



cough....So yeah...on to torturing more people. Most of the people I know have been tagged already from Pamela, so my list is going to be short.

Sooo...here are the victims Lovely women I have chosen!

1. Andi at Creative Junkie
2. Susan at Life's Too Short Not To Share

Aaaand...I think that's it. Pamela hogged them all! :P Just kidding!

Please Pardon Our Dust!

As you can see, after some issues with our web hosting, I have needed to move back to blogger. I am still trying to figure out why my personalization of the theme won't work, but other than that, things have gone well.

Hopefully it will be a lot easier for me to do stuff here...it was pretty tough to do anything on our own hosting. So now blogging is not such a chore. :P

Yikes! I’ve been gone too long! And….My first Meme! :D

Wow….I guess life has zoned me out even more than I thought! Sorry for leaving you guys hanging. I probably lost the one reader I had! :-P

Well, the wonderful Jocelyn from Tillaboro Orchard, a wonderful friend of mine, has just given me my first Meme! Wahooo! I feel so special! :D

Ok, the rules are simple: I was given a letter of the alphabet from Joce (The letter K) and I need to list 10 things from my daily life that begins with that letter! :D So, here goes nothin’!

1. Kisses. The things that are magnetically attracted to Cam’s cheeks, neck, forehead, and general body area.

2. Kitchen. The bane of my existance.

Yikes…she gave me a hard letter!

3. Kittens. What I wish for in my dreams every day. That, and puppies, but that is the wrong letter. :-P

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4. Kids. I now know why tigers eat their young.

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5. Kindness. Something I try my hardest to show to Cam, even at those times where I’m wondering what he tastes like.

Wow…can’t believe I made it this far…

6. Knowledge. The thing my husband has about just about everything. He amazes me every day with how smart he is.

7. Keys. Cam is constantly stealing mine. Seriously. I never know where they are.

8. Kazoo. Cam is trying to learn to use the one Grandma just got him. Its adorable to watch.

9. Kookies. Yes, I know…I cheated. But I still need to start my Christmas cookies.

Aaaaanddd…..

10. Kisses. The chocolate almond kind. I’ve eaten a billion in the past few days. It’s bad.

Okie dokie. Now that I’ve finished, all YOU need to do to get YOUR Meme, is to leave a comment asking for a letter! I’ll then leave you a comment on your blog with your letter :D

A Night for Ghouls and Ghosts!

Cam had a blast trick-or-treating last night. We only did about a half a street, but he thought it was so cool that everyone around him was dressed up. He wasn’t even scared of some of the creepier costumes! The only time he got scared was when a man answered the door at a house. That triggers Cam’s stranger danger response. But other than that, he had a blast. Then we went over to great-grandma’s house to see all his cousins and their costumes. And of course, get more candy. :D

What did you and your family do for Halloween?