Well....

I must admit it, the news was a surprise! It was hard for me to picture having a boy, since we don't have too many of them in the fam, but I know it will be fun and exciting! The poor thing has absolutely NO clothes, (since Allie doesn't have one single gender neutral item) and has no name, since we haven't given tons of thought to a boy name, and I have no plans or vision for what the room will look like....

But it will sure be fun picking out all of these things! Feel free to drop off name suggestions... just don't get your feelings hurt if we don't pick yours! =)

Mostly, I wonder whether he'll grow up to be a Gator or a Vol fan?! I'm kinda thinking he may not want to choose the latter, since I just heard that the Vols are picked to come in dead last (even behind Vandy) in the SEC.

Oh, and of course, don't forget that today is the LAST day to enter to win the giveaway!

Giveaway from The Personalized Peacock!

Well, I know you all probably LOVE giveaways as much as I do, so I'm hoping this is one EVERYONE will be excited about! To celebrate the launch of our new website, we are offering a Giveaway to win ANY ITEM OF YOUR CHOICE from The Personalized Peacock! Yes, I said ANY ITEM!!! We have a wide variety of items, so there should be something for everyone! If you'd rather just have an item of your own personalized with monogram and/or applique, then we'll certainly do that as well!

To Enter to Win:

***Head on over to The Personalized Peacock and take a look around. Come back here and leave a comment letting me know what you would pick if you win!***

Want to win additional entries? You can do one or ALL of the following for more chances to win (JUST BE SURE TO LEAVE A SEPARATE COMMENT FOR EACH THAT YOU DO):

1. Blog about this giveaway (Be sure to link to it!) and leave a comment saying you did (This will earn you ONE extra entry!)

2. Share the link to this giveaway on FACEBOOK, then come back here and leave a SEPARATE comment saying you did this. (This will earn you TWO more entries!)

3. Become a fan (or "like") The Personalized Peacock on Facebook by going here. Then, come back and leave a SEPARATE comment letting me know you've done that. (This will earn you ONE extra entry!)

4. Grab Our Button and put it on your blog. Come back here and leave me a SEPARATE comment letting me know you've done this. (This will earn you TWO extra entries!)

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Contest ends Monday, May 10th at 9:00 pm. Winner will be chosen by random.org

Since you asked...

Brandi requested that I poll my readers, so from now until Monday, feel free to vote in the poll to the right on whether you think we'll be buying blue or pink....

Why is it that...

I am sometimes so bad at taking pictures and video?! I think it's an all or nothing thing for me. From May-January, Allie has TONS of pictures, and, while not tons, I did force myself to be sure to get out the video from time to time. Yesterday I realized I have not taken one video of her since January! Of course, I then went on to realize that this was in direct correlation with finding out I was preg and being sick all the time and taking afternoon naps when Allie did....

Maybe that explains it?! But, I'm convinced the real problem is that I am completely an ALL or NOTHING person. And, I mean ALLLL or NOTHHHING. When I'm in the "all" mode, I sure can get some great things accomplished, but unfortunately, I must admit to times where I'm in the Nothing mode, too.... It's frustrating. At any rate, several months ago, I finished this beautiful scrapbook from 0-5 months , and was planning to keep right on with it, but so far haven't even bought the supplies for the next one! Poor Allie! Poor new baby! Hopefully this doesn't reflect how I'll be with videos and pictures from here on out!




My news goals:

• To finish the disc on the video camera, so I can start a new one for her birthday party. I think the current one has about 10 minutes left on it, so I better get going.
• To do a 6-12 month scrapbook BEFORE baby #2 arrives
• To remember to take videos and pictures of Allie's birthday and our upcoming beach trip

Now, hopefully these are goals I can accomplish!

Oh, and just so you know, our new router came, so I'm no longer needing to borrow internet from our neighbors... for those of you who were bothered by that!

Also, Monday is the big day, so instead of a MPM, be on the lookout for an "It's a....." post. =)

The Birthday Festivities are Over

My birthday was Saturday, and I've decided that Saturdays are simply the best days to have birthdays! Too bad it only comes around every 7 years or so! We woke up Saturday morning and headed to a nice breakfast. Then, for lunch, a few of my dearest friends took me to Swanky's for lunch and Muddy's cupcakes for dessert! I then headed on to have a MUCH needed pedicure, and ended the day with a nice evening out alone with hubby. We celebrated with my family on Friday night and Eric's family on Sunday night, so I'd say my weekend was definitely packed full!

And of course, what's a good birthday without some presents!? Between adorable maternity clothes, a cute pink polka dot laptop bag, jewelry, Starbucks card, and crafting supplies, I'd have to say that my favorite thing was my gift certificate for a mommy-to-be massage from Gould's! I cannot even wait to book my appointment! Let me just say that if you are pregnant, or ever planning to be, even though this is an extravagance, it is SOO worth it! Surely your birthday or Christmas will fall sometime during your pregnancy, and if not, I say just treat yourself! These are amazing!

On to other news, well this is good and bad news really. The good news is: We picked a business name!! The bad news: unfortunately we came up with it ourselves, so no giveaway! We did however LOVE the suggestions, and tried to use some, but they were already taken on blogger, and I wanted to keep it simple and not have to add a 1 or something else to the address. So, drumroll please.....

We are now The Personalized Peacock! Cute and catchy, don't ya think? Stay tuned for the launch of our website, which will include a fabulous GIVEAWAY!!!

Sorry for the delay in posting, but the storm has knocked our router out, so right now, I'm borrowing our neighbors internet! =)