The Darling Daughter- A give away

I told you we have a TON of really cool friends. This one is EVEN BETTER than a friend. Tyler's Aunt makes the most adorable and PERFECT set of baby and girl bows.

She is the Bow half of the Cute and adorable boutique THE DARLING DAUGHTER!

I am not kidding Her little girl ( MY cute little Niece) has the CUTEST bows in her hair and the cutest hair styles. Chantel does a WONDERFUL job and has offered 2 of our readers 2 $15 dollar gift cards for bows of their choice.

Here are the rules for the game:

1. Visit The Darling Daughter come back and let us know what you like or what you WANT.

2. Follow them on Facebook

3. Follow OUR blog

4. Follow us on Facebook Or Twitter ( or BOTH for an extra entry)

Leave a comment for each thing you do. ( If you follow us on Twitter or facebook already just let us know.. it still counts!) A comment will enter you ONE Time. ( So you could potentially get 5 entries!) Contest ends on Wednesday. Please make sure there is a way to get a hold of you! And the winner will be chosen from Random.org!

GOOD LUCK!

* Don't forget to read our welcome post for the UBP10 and also our OTHER giveaway!*

UBP 2010~

Welcome to our blog! We love new people! We LOVE comments too!

So here is our story ( the short version because you can read the FULL story here and here!)

I am Nancy ( YES! CLICK!! I LOVE to take pictures!) and I am the mom to a former 25 week M preemie ( YES he was 15 weeks early!) and the miracle that we blog about. His whole life has been filled with HUNDREDS of medical procedures and 9 brain surgeries ( and we are NOT done yet). Shortly after he was born he had heart surgery to correct his a small heart defect known as a PDA. He suffered from brain bleeds that left him with brain damage and resulting hydrocephalus. He was diagnosed at age 3 with Cerebral Palsy. He has had brain surgery to correct Sagittal Craniosynostosis that was a result from his prematurity, several shunt malfunctions and ROP surgery. His ROP surgery has left him legally blind.

He is amazing! ( and funny!!) Though we still deal and will deal for the rest of our lives we are so proud of him. He does walk. ( And currently walks UNASSISTED!!) He doesn't talk. But he does have some communication that seems to be improving EVERY SINGLE DAY!

While I mostly blog about Tyler we do have other things going on. I am a stay at home mom that uses my blog as an outlet when I am still riding the roller coaster here in "Holland." The Dad is a independent computer program developer and he writes Apps for the app store for Iphone and also for Mac computers like THIS ONE! And THIS ONE! ( which we will be giving away!)

We also have endometriosis which has been causing some infertility issues in our world. We have been trying to add one more to our family for a while. So sometimes the emotions are RAW and not nice!

Please take a look around!

Some of my favorite posts are

• The man at the grocery store
• A birth story ( from his dad)
• Quality of life?
• Left without a voice
• The Eve of my Motherhood

During the week we will be giving away Bows from The Darling Daughter, 2 $15.00 gift certificates from Thoughts on the wall and a copy of Newsprint and some SCENTSY! There might be more so come back OFTEN!!

* For the contests, Please wait for the posts that will be coming up in the next few days!*

* First contest is up!! SIGN UP!!*

And the WINNER IS!!!!

THE MOM!! At Nelson5!..

Congrats.

( an email is in your inbox)

A special Thanks to VOICE4u for sponsoring this post and giveaway.

No worries I have a few more things to giveaway ( if you didn't win)

Thanks again for all who entered. I appreciate everyone who reads our story and participates in my day, life and my parties ( good and bad!)

Voice4u- A giveaway

After reviewing the Voice4u program for the Iphone/Ipad/Itouch I was offered to give away one to a lucky reader of our blog!.

Yep!

Those of you who are DYING to try this out and have your kid FINALLY say something to you, this is YOUR lucky day.

The potential of this APP is amazing. It can take your non verbal or poor speaking child to the next level. I can not WAIT for the IPAD to come out so I can try it on there.

Major Bonus in this application is the ability to upload your own photos and to use your own voice.

So the rules of entry:

1st entry You must leave a comment telling why you want to try this application,

2nd entry follow me on twitter and leave a comment here with your twitter name

3rd entry Tweet or face book the contest!

* and YES you can get an extra bonus entry for Blogging and sending more people here!*

Winners will be selected on Friday evening and chosen from Random.org.

Please make sure a valid email is listed so that we can get in touch with you win!

And please leave a comment separately for everything you do... each comment is a entry!

Sock Puppets

I found this set of sock puppets while I was out and about last week. I had HIGH hopes that Tyler was going to be interested or that he would be entertained a little.

We got out all the goods and got all the stuff ready. The stuff for the face and body was all stickers so there was no real work involved but putting the face where it should go according to the monster maker

The pile of goods were in a nice little pile, and we were doing really well. Barney even had his choice.

Barney even got an extra nose and a few other stickers in other places, but he wore the sock like a champ.

The Blue one is T's, he was teaching him how to play the piano and he even went to show his dad downstairs.

And just like that... the moment was over. Ty took the package and threw it EVERYWHERE. All OVER. He was all smiles.

The final result. Fun. He wears them. And they turned our pretty darn cute.

Maybe we should give away this lovely thing kit. What do you think moms out there? Is this an activity you would be interested in winning?

Sleeping Angel

At 5 minutes for mom they are holding a contest for a bed set. We were planning on getting one for Ty for Christmas.(Yes, my three year old is still in a crib) His sleeping issues make it so we are nervous to change. This would be a PERFECT contest to win. The Summer Breeze set is amazing and absolutely gorgeous.

Here is my sleeping angel on the rare occasions that he actually sleeps.

Thank you for the awesome giveaway!!

Happy 200!!!

Happy 200th blog post to me!!!

Since there is no official traditional 200th blog post I am taking up the suggestion of my SIL Crystal and opening up the post to YOU!! I am sure I don't get that many people visiting my here said blog but regardless, those that read you are the most important!!

So here are the rules....
1. Leave me a comment and ask any question(s) and I will answer them. They can be anything and I will answer as truthfully as possible.

Hard rules I know.



I am also "giving away" 3 items. All are representing me as a mom, Aunt and friend.

1. Ten dollar gift card to Walmart ( cause I work there)
2. Ten dollars towards product over at Kidscessories ( A wonderful website that I plan to buy a million things from if I ever have a girl. It is owned and operated by my SIL Chantel and her friend from Med school.)
3 Ten Dollars toward Mary Kay cosmetics over at Crystal's mary Kay website!( Crystal is my Sil as well and she has a mary kay business along with a million other things going on!!)

Leave a comment and 3 people will be randomly selected. If you only have boys we will refrain from the kidscessories option but I know I have Moms with girl readers out there!

Winners will be announced one week from Today! Questions will be answered at the same time of the winner announcment