Baby Henry George arrived on April 28th, 2011 at 11:48am. Though we had four guesses for April 28th, Megan had the closest guess, only 7 minutes off. Way to go!

Rachel N. is our random advice winner. Great advice and all the best with your new arrival!

I’d like to give a big shout-out thank you to AppleCheeks and Monkey Doodlez for sponsoring our fun little game, providing a gift for sweet Henry and the prizes for you! I encourage you to support these Canadian companies; they have awesome products.

A Challenge:

Whether or not you cloth diaper, I’d like you to consider using a swim diaper this summer! AppleCheeks and MonkeyDoodlez both make great swim diapers. While you may balk a bit at the initial cost, if you’re buying two packages of swim diapers in the summer (a very conservative amount!) then you’ve already spent the same amount. These are so much more eco-friendly, comfortable for baby, easy to use and, the most important part? They’re cute! You can use them for all your children, or sell them when you’re done and recoup some of your cost. It’s win-win.

Are you up for the challenge?

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Jenn is wife to one, mother of three and above all, a humble servant seeking to honor the Lord with her life. Winner’s Call for May is a post from Beautiful Calling.

Emily G is the winner of the BecoPotty. Congratulations. If you missed the BecoPotty review, I encourage you to take a peek. Made of sustainable bamboo by-products, this eco-friendly potty is biodegradable; simply plant it in your garden when you’re done!

I’m delighted to announce the winner of the fabulous Shabby Apple Dress is Heather. I’ve emailed you (4/11/11). Please respond by Saturday April 16th @noon.

I’m envious since my Shabby Apple Dress wishlist is as long as my arm! If you haven’t seen their gorgeous dresses, head on over now!

Update: NEW WINNER FOR THE SHABBY APPLE DRESS GIVEAWAY

Congrats to our new winner. I’ve just emailed you (4/16 2:30pm EST). Please respond by 4/20/11. Thanks!

Samantha, you’re the winner of the Ultimate Blog Party Amazon Gift Card! Whoo Hoo! Thanks to all who came by for a visit, I’m still working my way around!

For all those who didn’t win…the Spring Follower iPad/Cash Giveaway is coming up. Fun, Fun!

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Jenn is wife to one, mother of three and above all, a humble servant seeking to honor the Lord with her life. Winner’s Call April 2011 is a post from Beautiful Calling.

Grand Prize – $500 Cash – #519 at My Organized Chaos, Rhonda M.

Second Prize – $300 Cash – #1134 at Mommy Kat and Kids, Tabitha P.

Third Prize – $150 Cash – #1593 at Dear Crissy, Chelsea

The Twitter Cash Prize was announced yesterday.

CONGRATULATIONS to the winners!  You will be receiving an email shortly to confirm your win.  The winning entries were verified to ensure all entry requirements were met.

If you didn’t win, don’t despair! The Handmade With Love Giveaway is going on right now and the Spring Follower Giveaway Tour will be here before you know it.  You will not want to miss that one!  We are pulling together the details now, but you know there will be big prizes!

Make sure to check your blog reader or better yet, subscribe by email, so you won’t miss the next CASH giveaway!

A tremendous thanks to everyone who entered and followed our blogs!

Additional note:  One of the reasons it took us a bit longer to announce our winner were technical difficulties experienced by one of the participating blogs, Frugal Plus.  Jill, the owner of the blog, contacted one of the giveaway hosts after the giveaway had ended to tell us that her server hosting company had blocked access to her site.  We wanted to give Jill and the company every opportunity to work out the situation but as of today, it is still shut down and Jill has no access to the entries for the giveaway on her site.  Jill does not expect to ever regain access or for her site to be open again. When faced with this situation, the hosts of the giveaway tour wanted to make absolutely sure that those entries were lost forever before we drew a winner.  We apologize very, very sincerely to everyone who entered the giveaway at Frugal Plus, but Jill assures us that there is no way to access those entries any longer.  Jill asked us to thank her loyal readers, she is going to miss you, but she has no hope that her host will reinstate her site.  Jill had already paid her portion of the prize, so the winners will still receive their full prize amounts.  Again, we tried very hard to resolve this situation in the best way we could without delaying the selection of a winner any longer than necessary.

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Jenn is wife to one, mother of three and above all, a humble servant seeking to honor the Lord with her life. Winners Call–Winter Follower Giveaway is a post from Beautiful Calling.

Welcome to all new followers and friends!

The winner of the $50 Twitter Contest was @toothfairycyber. Congratulations, Birgit!

The hosts are all busy checking entries for the main prizes.

We are clearing our pending comments, and checking our spam folders to report our totals and select a winner.

We plan to announce the winner on Friday, Feb. 4th at 8:00 am EST.

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Jenn is wife to one, mother of three and above all, a humble servant seeking to honor the Lord with her life. Winner’s Call is a post from Beautiful Calling.

Pregnancy Newsletters

With all of my pregnancies, I signed up for the Penn Pregnancy & Parenting newsletter. I enjoy having a little something to read each week about our baby. There are tons of prenatal pregnancy newsletters out there. What’s your favorite? According to Penn Pregnancy, our baby now weighs approximately 9 ounces (255g) and measures about 6.5 inches (16 cm) long.

Our Ultrasound News

We had our ultrasound last week. I was shocked {but pleased} to find out we are expecting a boy. My Intelligender prediction was wrong! The baby looks healthy and was busy trying to eat his hand during the ultrasound. It was so neat to watch! We were planning to name our baby Ethan George but Chloe is quite taken with the name Isaac. Scott and I are still deliberating. Either way, I’m so happy. I cried at the ultrasound when the technician said the baby looked fine. Life is a miracle, blessing and privilege. And I thought of Isaiah, who was a miracle, blessing and privilege too, and shed some tears for him as well.

I have a prenatal appointment next week so I’ll find out then if I’m on target for dates…

Pregnancy Books

One of my favorite pregnancy books, one I highly recommend, is Your Pregnancy Week by Week.  It was recommended to me by a friend when I was expecting our first. She lent me hers {thanks Carm!} but I loved it so much, I ended up buying my own copy along with all the other books in the series. I know many women love “What to Expect when You’re Expecting” but it seemed so overwhelming with information. Your Pregnancy Week by Week had just the right amount. Anyway, each week has a chapter and the first several weeks, I loved the “actual size” pictures. It had some facts about baby, some things to be cautious of and just was helpful to me overall! I read it through all of my pregnancies and then gave it {and the father one mentioned below} to a couple at church who was newly expecting since we were done having children. {Surprise!} This book is definitely a great gift idea too.

There are actually a few books written in the same series with questions and answers, a book for the father, pregnancy after 35 and about baby’s first year. We had them all. I’m not sure the father’s book was all that helpful. I read parts of it, I’m not sure DH read any of it. They did have some silly “myths dispelled” sections assuring you that if mommy eats ice cream, the baby will not be born with a cold and other such things. Slightly amusing I suppose.

Simply Baby Giveaways Ended

Congratulations to the following winners and a big thank you to all who entered. There are several more giveaways coming up for Simply Baby and remember, if you would like to submit your birth story, just send me an email!

Winners, I’ll be sending you an email shortly.

Intelligender Giveaway Can & USA 12/8 to 12/23

OCD Gift Certificate Can & USA 12/9 to 12/23

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Jenn is wife to one, mother of three and above all, a humble servant seeking to honor the Lord with her life. Winners Call and 20 Weeks Along is a post from Beautiful Calling.

Marjorie, I’m thrilled that you are the winner and also a new subscriber. Hopefully when you see this post, you can send me an email…I don’t have yours!

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Jenn is wife to one, mother of three and above all, a humble servant seeking to honor the Lord with her life. Winner’s Call is a post from Beautiful Calling.

Katie, thank you for subscribing and a BIG congrats to you.

Thank you to all who entered the giveaway; it was a success! Don’t worry if you didn’t win, we’ll be having another on just before Christmas!!

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Jenn is wife to one, mother of three and above all, a humble servant seeking to honor the Lord with her life. Winner’s Call is a post from Beautiful Calling.

I was recently introduced to Baby Heist a couple of weeks ago and have gotten some really great deals! We love Melissa and Doug toys. We know they are quality and worth it; but who doesn’t love to pay as little as possible? I ‘heisted’ {legally} a chore chart, magnetic puzzles, a cutie dance bag and more. Sounds like there is some more Melissa and Doug loot coming up this week. Why not like them on facebook (and mention Jenn sent you!) and sign up for their daily Heist alert.

Mallory’s Legend

Remember Mallory’s Legend? Well, in addition to the review dress, we purchased a few more and love them. This is Chloe this morning on the way to church in her Stella’s Sister cord dress and matching purse. How darling is she?

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Winners

EcoMom Gift Card Giveaway Winner is Yona. Lucky you, please contact me right away with your contact information so EcoMom can get you out your prize. EcoMom has some amazing products. Be sure to sign up for their deal of the day!

A + D Diaper Cream Giveaway Winner is Janet of Muggabug! Congrats to you. Please send me your complete contact information as soon as possible.

Janet won an A + D Diaper Cream Giveaway already so we have a redraw; @iamcheridon is our new winner.

Thank you all for entering! Contests are no fun without participants and I thank you for taking the time to enter. I really appreciate your support and always welcome feedback!

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Jenn is wife to one, mother of three and above all, a humble servant seeking to honor the Lord with her life. Winners Call and More! is a post from Beautiful Calling.

Living Stories Review with iTunes Giveaway Congrats to Shasher’s Life

UV Skinz Review & Giveaway Congrats to dresdenrain

UV Skinz is my number one favorite review item ever. It is also my number one summer essential for tots I think. Love the product, the company, their values…make sure you read the review and I encourage you to seriously consider investing in one if you haven’t already!! Don’t forget to check out their bargain section for vastly reduced skinz! COUPON CODE: MIF1015 for 15% off of your order PLUS 10% of your order price will be donated to Melanoma International Foundation! http://tinyurl.com/279eyds (ends 8/31)

Pocket Disc Review & Giveaway Congrats to Willowsprite

I’m so happy about this win since she has tots and I am sure hers will love the pocket disc just like mine do. If you are looking for a unique gift for that hard to find person; this is it! Extremely reasonable shipping costs too!

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Jenn is wife to one, mother of three and above all, a humble servant seeking to honor the Lord with her life. Winner’s Call August 2010 is a post from Beautiful Calling.

Vote for My Cutie Littles

I’d also just like to let you know that Ottawa Cloth Diapers is having a facebook photo contest. Become a fan ad submit a summer picture of your little one or a picture of them in a cloth diaper and you’re entered! Oh, you can also vote for my pictures by becoming a fan and “liking” the pictures. Did I mention that the first place prize is $150 gift card? WOW! {Yes, this is a shameless request but last time I entered the contest, I don’t think I had a single vote and it seemed really sad to vote for myself…if that is even legal!}

Milkies – Happy Moms, Healthy Babies

I received the following email from a reader the other day sharing her experience with Milkies; a product to help moms store breast milk without having to pump. It means that you are never wasting a drop of precious milk. She kindly agreed to allow me to share her story with you.

“I just had my fourth baby. She is 6 weeks old now.  For physical reasons I have been unable to pump milk and save it for any of my babies.  We invested in pumps that are supposed to be for people who may have trouble, etc.  Painful! Twenty minutes of pumping for about 1/2 ounce.  Seriously, just won’t happen for me.  Now, this time, I came across this thing called a milk saver.  It was $25 dollars, and so I gave it a shot.  I am so excited about this product.  It is a simple idea, but as far as I know, these are the first people to capitalize on it.  It is made of bendy plastic that is BPA free, and comfortable on the skin.  You put it in your bra on the side that you are not nursing from.  While the baby nurses on one side, the average women expresses  up to 4 ounces on the other side.  Usually this milk just goes into your pad or towel, or whatever, and is totally wasted.  But the milk saver catches that milk so it is not wasted, and instead you can store it and use it later. It is very easy.  No electricity, batteries, etc.  Just stick it in, and collect. This has been a huge blessing for our family the past few weeks.
I wasn’t paid to advertise this or anything, I just thought you may be interested in my story, and in their product.  I had never heard of it prior to 4 weeks ago, and I have already collected over 50 ounces of milk!  There are other mommies out there, I know it, who have the same physical issues I do, and I just know they will love this milk saver.  I am not a blogger, or an advertiser, or a public relations person. I am not in any way connected with their company. I am just a stay at home mommy who wants to pass on her wonderful find to be able to help some other ladies out there who are like me with this information.”

Rebekah

Before receiving this email, I had never heard of this company or a product like this but I definitely think there are moms out there who would be delighted to learn of it’s existence! Thanks for sharing, Rebekah!

Who Comes First?

“Sometimes the baby will cry just as the older two need you, too. It’s true outside your home and it’s true here, too — you can’t please everybody all of the time.

Make sure the baby is safe, and then take a minute to tend to your elders’ needs. They’ll remember feeling neglected if you always go to the baby first, but the baby won’t remember a thing if he cries for an extra minute. And you’ll make it up to him with extra snuggles at midnight. And 2 a.m.  And 4 a.m…”

SimpleMom.Net

Now I am not a fan of letting babies cry it out and certainly don’t want to debate the point, but here the author is talking about baby waiting an extra minute which is a completely different thing altogether in my opinion. Anyway, I read this today and thought, not only about putting older children first at times but also my husbad. My littles are young and need me…but if I am honest, sometimes they can wait a little! This will go a long way to ensuring that a husband knows he’s still number one even though his wife is “mommy” to needy little ones.

Winners!

Amber Ryder is a facebook fan of Dezign with a Z and also our lucky winner. Be sure to check out the Wall Decal review!

Erin H of Cheep Peeps is our random winner for the DivaCup Giveaway. I’d highly recommend reading the review. I love this product and was so thankful to have the cup in my bag when I was taken by surprise in the airport while we were on vacation. DivaCup simplifies everything! {Shameless pulg: Well.ca offers free shipping within Canada and I am an affiliate}.

Reminder

Teva Sandals Giveaway ends Sunday June 20th! Enter to win a pair for Dad…or your children or you!{Canadian friends only}

Thank you for bearing with this eclectic sort of post. I’ve got lots of things going on and it simplified life to put it all into one. I’m so glad you all can’t see my desk right now. {Actually, I can’t really see it either, which is the problem!}

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Jenn is wife to one, mother of three and above all, a humble servant seeking to honor the Lord with her life. Milkies, Vote for Me, Winners and More is a post from Beautiful Calling.