I was thrilled to get an email saying I was April 21st winner of $100 here...
You can win at activeamericans.com $100 a day...please use referral code SG1984
This is one of the easiest contests to win...I suggest you all give it a shot!!
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
http://thegiftcloset.blogspot.com/2009/04/mamalicious-monday.html
Wow I hate Mondays...the ONLY good thing about Mondays are the contests run by The Gift Closet called Mammalicious Mondays. Go to the above link and try your luck at winning one of her great prizes. Well back to Mondays...since I was a kid in school I have hated Mondays...it has stayed with me through all these years. Most people seem to be in a bad mood, including myself, and bascially I am just waiting on the day to pass until it's NOT Monday anymore. I am lazy on Mondays and don't want to do anything...other than enter the contest at The Gift Closet..my only bright spot of the day. So now its about 9:17PM...I don't have to wait much longer and this day will be long gone until the next Monday comes around.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
http://gamezreviewz.com/
Honestly this will probably be the best chance you EVER have to win a PS3 or a NVIDIA Geforce 260 GTX graphics card...your choice!! The contest ends midnite April 4th UK time so I encourage you to go NOW...NOWWWWWWWWW...to register for this great prize!!!
http://everydaybabysteps.onsugar.com/2975281
Who DOESNT need a spa break?? If you would like to win a Fiber One Spa Break Gift Basket go sign up at the link above before Friday April 3rd. I have wanted one of these so bad and everyone but ME seems to win them...so go ahead and win this one for yourself also hahaha :)
HEY WAIT..they are giving away 3!!!!!!!!!!!
HEY WAIT..they are giving away 3!!!!!!!!!!!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
http://doresdiaries.com/2009/03/lauras-lean-beef-review-giveaway.html
Hey Everyone...we ALL love Laura's Lean Beef that Target sells...well NOW is your chance to get $25 worth of it FREE!!! Go to the above link and follow the directions for your chance at this great prize!! What can be better than free food???
http://moomettesmagnificents.com/reviews/2009/03/23/its-hip-hop-baby-new-childrens-dvd-series-review-and-giveaway/
Follow the above link to enter Moomette's Magnificents Reviews Giveaway of Hip Hop Baby Cd and DVD. Hip Hop Baby does an excellent job of keeping your child entertained while helping them with hand/eye coordination. Go check out Moomette's site and GOOD LUCK!!
Saturday, March 21, 2009
http://littlemisshannah.com/2009/03/hannahs-first-giveaway/
Go to the address listed above for some great giveaways that is going on now. While you are there read about Hannah and learn about Gaucher's Disease.
Hannah's Story
Hannah was born on July 25, 2008. She was 6 pounds 11 ounces and 19 inches long. Two days after birth, it was found she had an enlarged spleen and extremely low thrombocytopenia. Eventually her liver became involved, and she developed slight anemia. Now we are trying to find out what is going on.
Hannah was the “oops” baby that was never imagined. After 10 years of intense infertility treatments, we ended up with nothing more than 3 miscarriages. After grieving the loss of the biological child we could never have, we decided on adoption as the path to create our family.
Our son, Ethan, was adopted from Russia in December of 2001. We adopted Abigail from the same region in Russia in October of 2004. At the time, we felt our family was completed — after all, you can’t have an “oops” adoption!
In January of 2008, we found out that I was 9 weeks pregnant. To say we were shocked and surprised is an understatement. I ended up on bedrest at week 29 due to severe pregnancy-induced hypertension and remained there until I delivered at 36 weeks 1 day.
Hannah is a beautiful baby. I immediately fell in love with her and wanted to hold her every chance I had while I was in the hospital. However, I was exhausted on the second night, and I asked the nurse to take her down to the nursery so I could get a few hours of sleep.
That’s where it all started…Someone felt a “mass” on her abdomen, and then because of her jaundice and bloodwork relating to that, they found that her platelets were extremely low (6000 where 150,000 to 350,000 are normal). She was sent to the NICU because they were worried about spontaneous brain bleeds with platelets that low.
She remained in the NICU for two weeks. During that time she had a platelet transfusion and an IVIg transfusion. Ultrasound had confirmed the enlarged spleen and no head involvement. They were waiting to discharge her until her platelets reached 100,000, but after two weeks, we begged her to be released even though she was only at 66,000.
She didn’t reach that 100,000 mark until she was 8 weeks old. Thank goodness we had her home with us!
At her 4-month birthday, her platelets have remained stable around 93,000 to 106,000. Her spleen is still extremely large, and her liver is enlarged as well (but not as much as the spleen).
However, with all of her internal and blood-related symptoms, she is acting and has always acted like a happy and healthy child. She eats well, has gained weight as she should, is developing on track, etc. We are thrilled that she acts so healthy! She has since developed larynomalacia (poor throat muscle tone) and was accepted into the Early Intervention program due to physical developmental delays (tested at the 2-month level at 4 months old). But socially, she is testing 2 months ahead — easy to see, she just loves people and loves to smile!
We are now working with a team of doctors including a hematologist, hepatologist, opthamologist, and a genetics specialist to try and figure out what is going on. She had a skin biopsy on November 12th, and we just received the results on January 7th. Gaucher’s disease, most likely type 2 or 3, a physical and neurological disease due to a lack of an enzyme needed to process food. There are treatments for the physical aspects of the disease but none yet for the neurological. Her life expectancy is 2, 15, 20 years or so — but we are in a fight to give her a longer and healthier life!
She is an absolutely beautiful and charming baby! She was my gift from God. We were meant to bring home Ethan and Abby first, and then we were given the gift of Hannah.
I am very blessed to have three amazing kids. Please help me fight for the life of our daughter, Hannah.
Hannah was the “oops” baby that was never imagined. After 10 years of intense infertility treatments, we ended up with nothing more than 3 miscarriages. After grieving the loss of the biological child we could never have, we decided on adoption as the path to create our family.
Our son, Ethan, was adopted from Russia in December of 2001. We adopted Abigail from the same region in Russia in October of 2004. At the time, we felt our family was completed — after all, you can’t have an “oops” adoption!
In January of 2008, we found out that I was 9 weeks pregnant. To say we were shocked and surprised is an understatement. I ended up on bedrest at week 29 due to severe pregnancy-induced hypertension and remained there until I delivered at 36 weeks 1 day.
Hannah is a beautiful baby. I immediately fell in love with her and wanted to hold her every chance I had while I was in the hospital. However, I was exhausted on the second night, and I asked the nurse to take her down to the nursery so I could get a few hours of sleep.
That’s where it all started…Someone felt a “mass” on her abdomen, and then because of her jaundice and bloodwork relating to that, they found that her platelets were extremely low (6000 where 150,000 to 350,000 are normal). She was sent to the NICU because they were worried about spontaneous brain bleeds with platelets that low.
She remained in the NICU for two weeks. During that time she had a platelet transfusion and an IVIg transfusion. Ultrasound had confirmed the enlarged spleen and no head involvement. They were waiting to discharge her until her platelets reached 100,000, but after two weeks, we begged her to be released even though she was only at 66,000.
She didn’t reach that 100,000 mark until she was 8 weeks old. Thank goodness we had her home with us!
At her 4-month birthday, her platelets have remained stable around 93,000 to 106,000. Her spleen is still extremely large, and her liver is enlarged as well (but not as much as the spleen).
However, with all of her internal and blood-related symptoms, she is acting and has always acted like a happy and healthy child. She eats well, has gained weight as she should, is developing on track, etc. We are thrilled that she acts so healthy! She has since developed larynomalacia (poor throat muscle tone) and was accepted into the Early Intervention program due to physical developmental delays (tested at the 2-month level at 4 months old). But socially, she is testing 2 months ahead — easy to see, she just loves people and loves to smile!
We are now working with a team of doctors including a hematologist, hepatologist, opthamologist, and a genetics specialist to try and figure out what is going on. She had a skin biopsy on November 12th, and we just received the results on January 7th. Gaucher’s disease, most likely type 2 or 3, a physical and neurological disease due to a lack of an enzyme needed to process food. There are treatments for the physical aspects of the disease but none yet for the neurological. Her life expectancy is 2, 15, 20 years or so — but we are in a fight to give her a longer and healthier life!
She is an absolutely beautiful and charming baby! She was my gift from God. We were meant to bring home Ethan and Abby first, and then we were given the gift of Hannah.
I am very blessed to have three amazing kids. Please help me fight for the life of our daughter, Hannah.
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