And The Winner Is....

The winner of my Blogiversary Giveaway is....

A. From Remember All The Way!!!

Congrats girlie:) Send your contact info to: jhnorrell@hotmail.com and I will ship it out Monday!

I'm doing this from my phone, so I hope it works. Thanks to everyone who entered!
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Awards and my Blogiversary Giveaway!

My sweet friends, Jen from What Would Jen Do, R. from One Egg Please, Christa from Fearlessly Infertile, and Tiffany from All Aboard the IF Train! nominated me for this award! Thanks so much ladies! Go on over and check out their blogs!

For this award, here’s what you do:

1. Thank whoever gave you the award.

2. Tell 7 things about yourself that readers may not know.

3. Pay it forward by nominating 7 bloggers for this award.

Hmmmm...7 things. I think I've done this before and I embarrassed myself, so let me see if I can have a little more tact...lol. Yeah right. Who am I fooling?

1. My dream job would be to work as a Disney Princess. I like to sing and dance around the house (and my job) like I'm Tinkerbell or something. Loser.

2. I LOVE to take pictures...my sisters call me the paparazzi. They're going to thank me in 30 years when we have pictures to reminisce over and laugh about! There are, however, quite a few that have been locked in "The Vault of Forbidden Eyeballs". Nuff' said.

3. I am the oldest of four children...I have two sisters and one brother. We are all very close and get along well for the most part.

4. I have two baby nieces born last year that I love more than anything in the world. One is my sister's baby who is 8 months old, and the other is Andy's sister's baby who is 11 months old. They make me smile!

5. Let's play the concerts I have been to game. Hmmmm. New Kids on the Block, Nelson, AC/DC, Lollapalooza '95 (Courtney Love, Cypress Hill, Sonic Youth, Beck, Coolio), Dave Matthews Band. Oh yeah, I saw Jordan Knight (NKOTB) play at a dinky bar in Auburn a few years ago when I lived there. He thought he was cool and was playing all of the old NKOTB songs on his electronic keyboard. There were only, like, 50 girls there and we were screaming the entire time...I got to touch his butt and hold his hand. I tried to get his autograph before he left, but he snuck out of the back door and drove off in a Geo Metro. I was scarred for life. I knew there was a reason that I always loved Joey Joe because Jordan SUCKS!

6. Andy stood me up on our first couple of dates. 12 years later and look who has the magic whip. Whooopachhh!

7. I've always wanted to write a children's book. I'm just having a hard time coming up with a character...and then there's that whole illustration thing. One day!

And now, 7 bloggers that I highly recommend you get to know! I would really like to nominate ALL of the blogs I follow...such an awesome IF community!

1. Julia from Adam and Julia
2. Michelle from No, I'm Not Pregnant, Just Fat
3. Kakunaa from Spermination Station
4. Waiting for a Baby Bump

5. T from Inconceivable Journey
6. Lisa from WANTED: One Good Embryo
7. Katie from from If to When

Don't forget to enter my Blogiversary Giveaway! Only 2 days left!!!

This T-Shirt Isn't Funny Tuesday

And now ladies, I present to you another edition featuring T-Shirts that your average woman who is having trouble getting pregnant would want to rip off of someone, cut into little pieces, and put a match to!

Listen cankle woman...you're going to know the true meaning of crabby after I show you what an ass kickin' feels like. You can either have childlessness and a plethora of medical bills, or SHUT IT and enjoy every second of your blessing!

Only 3 days left to enter my Blogiversary Giveaway!!! Hurry! Hurry!

This T-Shirt is Pretty Much Awesome Thursday

1. Hold on...I'm in my yoga pilates tranquil zen pose...............whew! I think that miraculously healed by endometriosis and fixed our egg and sperm quality! Let me go pee on a stick real quick. OMG!!!! IT'S......negative.

2. Well shit, I thought that standing on my head before we had relations was good enough. Why didn't we think of that?

3. Yes, unfortunately it is. We had him tested and he has spermosarcoidmalarianismitis. It's just so tragic.

4. Wow. Just....wow. You must have not relaxed enough.

5. Your kids are ugly. Why didn't you "just adopt"?

 Don't forget to enter my Blogiversary GIVEAWAY!

Blogiversary Giveaway!

I am so excited to be hosting my very first giveaway! In honor of my one year Blogiversary, I am giving away this very cute Willow Tree Figurine named "Hope". It is brand new and in the original packaging. As you can see from the picture below, it is of a small child holding onto a balloon with the word "hope" inside of it. I thought that it was perfect for most of the situations in our lil' blogging community! There is HOPE and we WILL be parents one day!

 These are the cutest, hand carved/painted figurines, and there is an inspirational piece for almost every situation. You can check out the website by clicking here.

Here are the rules:

1. You must be a follower of my blog. Leave me a comment telling me you are either a current follower or that you are a new follower. (Mandatory...1 entry)

Extra Entries: 

  1. Follow me on Twitter. Already following? That's fine! Just leave a comment if you want to enter. (1 entry)

2. Tweet about this giveaway and leave a comment with tweet link. (1 entry per tweet/1 tweet per day)

3. Blog about this giveaway and leave the link in the comment. (2 entries...please leave two comments.)

4. In a comment, tell me what your favorite blog post was of mine, and why you liked it! (1 entry)

Giveaway will end Friday, July 23rd @ 11:59 p.m. (EST), and will be announced Saturday July 24th!

(I will be using Random.org to pick the winner)

Good Luck!!!

Legal Disclaimer: I am not being financially compensated for having this giveaway. I purchased the above mentioned product myself. Winner must live in the USA not including Hawaii or Alaska due to shipping charges. Winner must contact me by e-mail within 48 hours of being announced or I will announce a new winner.

 

Bye Moonpie!

Our poor little Moonpie...we gave birth to her in 2003 and she has taken us on our adventures to NYC, Miami, and the Florida Keys...as well as our Wild West Roadtrip to Colorado, Vegas, and the Grand Canyon.

Yesterday, we said goodbye:( It was really sad! She will now be selflessly carting around a recent high school grad as he begins his college career.  I know that she will be good to him.

She knew what was best for us, because this sell gets us that much closer to EGG DONOR! Woot Woot!

We will miss her pretty little tires...her sunny complexion...and the way she let me plug my Ipod into her auxiliary port so that I could annoy the hell out of Andy on roadtrips. We will also remember all of the fun trips to the beach, mountains, camping, and the way she let us sit on her for endless hours whilst tailgating at football games.

In case you were wondering, we named her Moonpie because the dealership we bought her from gave you a Moonpie if you stopped by. Also, Andy has always called me that as a nickname because of my big forehead. Term of endearment? No?

And now, a photo montage of our baby who will help us to get a baby...


 

Moonpie

About to leave for our cross country road trip!

Flat tire on our road trip...she bounced back!

On top of Chimney Rock...see her waaaayyyy down there?

In the mountains right after we got her...Andy was so excited! Random stove, p.s.