announcing the very first inkling network contest!
in celebration of today -- november 17, 2008, the official date marking
7 months of pregnancy -- the inkling network is hosting a contest in honor of baby harper! everyone is welcome to participate!
take a look at the
CALENDAR and leave a comment with your guess of baby harper's birthday & gender!
RULES: 1. you only get one guess. :)
2. we are limiting guesses to
one guess per date, per gender -- so, if you already see a name in
pink and another name in
blue, that date is filled up & you should choose another date! ie, nancy harper's name is in blue on january 17 -- so if we have a boy on that date, she is the winner!
CLUES: (which, admittedly, may or may not
actually be helpful...)
1. jamie & i "have always known" that we would have a girl first, but if it's a boy, that would be SO like him to pull a prank to throw us off!
2. if jamie & i put our names on the calendar, he would pick january 3 (2 weeks early), and i would pick january 24 (1 week late). i seriously hope that he's right, and he seriously thinks that i'm right. we just don't want to have to wait that long!
3. lately, the only food that really disgusts me is goat cheese. i don't think i'm supposed to have it anyway. during the first trimester, the smell of scrambled eggs would really make me feel sick, but now i'm over that. overall, i haven't felt sick much at all.
4. the baby is consistently active around 10 or 11 pm... as well as 6:30 every morning. the baby does a little dance to wake me up.
5. the baby's measurements are all pretty much average as far as size & weight, and the heartbeat is slightly slower than average (lately, around 130 beats per minute).
6. the baby loves storytime, riding in the car,
koko bubble tea, and listening to sufjan's
greetings from michigan and anything by
the cure.
7. the inklings & hoot hoots like to take turns looking in my belly button to see the baby. we keep asking them if it's a boy or a girl, and they just happily nod, "yes!"
8. i was really hoping that my "mama belly" (as jamie affectionately calls it) would provide an opportunity for me to have an "outie" for the first time in my life, but it looks like i will always just have an "innie."
PRIZE:the winner will receive a smallwoods basket of goodies! this will including
a hoot hoot family, gourmet
choclatea, some of our own favorite mr. fox brand products, and other totally awesome surprises that haven't been decided just yet... get excited!
the calendar is filling up fast! so
take a look, make your decision, and let us know by leaving a comment!
much love & more to come!
