Cafe Press Mother & Child T-Shirt Review & GIVEAWAY!!!

I was contacted by the kind people at Cafe Press and asked if I would like to do a review and giveaway of their product on my blog. The funny thing is my sister had recently been searching online for fun t-shirts when she came across Cafe Press. She called me up and told me that Cafe Press had the perfect shirt for me! So, when Cafe Press contacted me shortly after asking if I would do a review and giveaway I knew exactly what shirt I was going to choose.

This is the shirt I chose! Isn't it fun and cute!?

We were also told that we could choose a child sized shirt as well, so I got this shirt for my 4 year old. I had a really hard time choosing a shirt for him because there were so many that we liked. I thought that he would like this one the best because he is always trying to wear ties with his shirts. Silly boy!

We were very impressed with their selection as well as the quality of the shirts. Check them out! I think you'll be impressed too! Be sure to leave yourself plenty of time when you go to their site though because once you get to looking you are going to have a hard time deciding what you want!

You can find millions of personalized gifts at CafePress – for any topic, interest, or brand!

GIVEAWAY!!!

One of my readers will receive a FREE organic American Apparel t-shirt (for mommy and child)!!!

*Mandatory entry must be completed for any entries to count.


MANDATORY ENTRY:
Visit the Cafe Press Website and then come back here and tell me which shirt you would choose if you were to win.  (It's that simple!)

But wait...you have even more chances to win. For each of the following items that you do you get another entry!

EXTRA ENTRIES: (Leave a separate comment for each thing you do--If you do something that has 2 entries be sure to leave 2 comments, and so forth.)

1 Entry-Follow Cafe Press on Twitter
1 Entry-Become a Facebook Fan of Cafe Press
3 Entries-Join Cafe Press Newsletter

1 Entry-Sign up to Follow Raising My 4 Sons
2 Entries-Subscribe to receive Raising My 4 Sons feeds in your inbox
2 Entries-Grab my button and add it to your page (be sure to leave your link so I can check it out!)-
3 Entries-Blog about this giveaway on your blog (be sure to leave your link so I can check this out as well!)-
2 Entries-Become a Facebook Fan of Raising My 4 Sons-
2 Entries-Follow Raising My 4 Sons on Twitter and tweet about the giveaway-

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I singed up to win a FREE organic American Apparel t-shirt (for mommy and child) from Cafe Press!!!. You can too @RaisingMy4Sons http://bit.ly/9FW0wc

1 Entry(per giveaway entered!)-Enter one of my other giveaways and tell me which one you enter.


Rules: Open to readers in the US and Canada. Giveaway ends March 25,2010 at 11:59pm EST. The winner will be randomly chosen and will have 48 hours to respond. Thank you so much to the sponsor and good luck to everyone entering!


(This product was sent to me free of charge to review. I was not paid to say any of these things, however the words written are my true opinion of the product. I only give honest reviews of products that I try. Thanks!)

We have a Winner....

The Winner of the Minky Tag Blanket from The Chic Monkey Boutique has been randomly chosen by random.org.

And the winner is.....
Misty!!!


Please contact me within the next 48 hours to claim your prize. Thanks!

I hate to admit it, but the boys were right....

Well darn! I hate to admit it, but the boys were right. Mommy really is getting fat!
I had a doctor's appointment yesterday, and he confirmed it. You know, I knew I had gained some weight, but I really didn't realize it was this much. Everything is good with the baby and all, but the doc said he would like to see me watch my diet a little more.

Yikes, the word diet always scares me! I have never had to really watch my diet while I was pregnant. I'm not saying I just pig out and don't eat healthy, but I would splurge from time to time on some things I was craving. Don't we all though? I didn't really think the foods that I have been eating were all that bad, but I guess there have been times when I could have chosen a more healthy alternative. I will admit that I was splurging on caffeinated beverages a little more than I should have been too. My doc somehow seemed to know this without me even telling him. I am swollen as well, which is probably adding on some extra weight.

My Wii fit is going to get a workout because I plan to get it out and start getting my butt back in shape, and YES I do mean my BUTT! Holy Moly, I didn't realize how big it had gotten!

So now that I have been honest with you all...
Have any of you had to really watch your weight gain during pregnancy? If so, was it hard for you?

It's a beautiful day! The sun is shining and it's almost 60 degrees outside! The boys have been loving the weather and have been taking advantage of it by playing outside. I would love to go out, wash my vehicle and take a walk, but darn it I'm stuck inside waiting for the people from Dell to call! They were supposed to come today, but still have yet to call me to confirm a time. Grrrrrr

(Oh, and I wanted to add that I had all intentions of being brave and posting pics that my 4 year old son took of me this morning, but this computer doesn't have the slot to stick my memory card in and I can't seem to find the cord to my camera. I will post them once my laptop is fixed.) 

Cuddle Hugs Burp Cloth Winner.....

The Winner of the cute Cuddle Hugs Baby Burp Cloth is....

Sarah Lewis!

Sarah was chosen using random.org
(If you wouldn't mind sending me your address within the next 48 hours so you can claim your prize. Thanks!)

Laptop Don't Fail Me Now....

I purchased a Dell Laptop almost a year ago. It will be one year at the end of this month. I paid almost $700 for this laptop and the boys knocked it off of the desk and cracked a little piece in it. We used it for quite some time after that, but it always had to stay plugged in. Just recently the laptop quit working all together. I called Dell and couldn't understand a word they were saying. I was frustrated because the guy I was talking to was getting frustrated that I couldn't understand him. He kept raising his voice at me and asking for my credit card number. i was NOT giving him my credit card number because I had no idea what he was saying!

I called a local computer company today about this same computer and they told me I need to get a whole new motherboard to replace the little piece that you plug the computer in to charge (that is what broke.) They said it would be very costly ($400-$500) and I would be better off purchasing a new laptop.

I just purchased a new laptop on Valentine's Day. It was going to be my laptop and the kids were going to continue to use the other one. I received the new laptop a week ago. Last night I was trying to work on my laptop and it froze. I had to manually shut it off. From then on I have not been able to get it to log onto windows. I called Dell today. I was on the phone with them FOREVER, but I got a very nice tech support guy, who was very patient and talked slower so I could understand him. We ran some tests on my computer and they concluded that it had a bad hard drive. I JUST BOUGHT IT! Good news is that they are sending a technician out overnight to fix it and I don't have to pay for it.

Do you know how much they wanted to charge me for a "software only" warranty? $350!!!! I told them to forget it because I can buy a new laptop for that! Anyways, I will not be putting any new reviews/giveaways up today. I had hoped to, but I am stuck using the boys' desktop which doesn't have any of my photos or anything I have saved. I am sure I will lose them all on my other computer, but I just assume upload them again on my computer rather than the boys.

Be sure to check back though because I have a lot of goodies coming up! Don't forget to get your names in for the current giveaways! A couple will be ending today and tomorrow!

Do you wear glasses?

We have a really hard time keeping glasses for our 9 year old son. Boys are just really rough on things. I'm sure those of you that have little boys are sitting there shaking your heads agreeing with me. I'm just glad I only have one son in eyeglasses right now! My husband and I wear them as well, so we have to buy glasses at least a couple of times a year.

It's that time of the year again. My husband is due for an eye exam as well as my 9 year old son. I'm thinking I should probably take my 6 and 4 year old in to have their eyes checked as well just to be sure their vision hasn't changed any in the last year. Prescription eyeglasses are not cheap though! I hate to purchase them at the eye doctor anymore. I can't see paying $200 plus on a pair of glasses when I can get them online for so much cheaper, so I'm on a mission. A mission to find some cheaper eyeglasses.

I'm pretty picky about frames too. My husband has had his same frames for the last couple of years. I really think he is due for a new style. They aren't a bad frame. Just a wire frame, and sort of plain looking. My 9 year old, on the other  hand, has some really cute frames. We get compliments all of the time about how cool his eyeglasses are. So, I'm on a mission to find my hubby some glasses similar to the ones my son is currently wearing, only in an adult size. I think it would be pretty cute if they had similar glasses since everyone is always saying how they look so much alike.

Ultrasound Update....

A lot of you have been commenting and emailing me saying that you can't believe I am 20 weeks already! Crazy, huh? But, it's true. Why does it seem like the first 20 weeks goes SO much faster than the last?

Well we had our ultrasound today. Everything looked good from what we could tell. Of course, we have to wait for the tech to read it and then they have to send the results to my doctor. I have a doctor's appointment on Monday, so he will be able to tell me how things were then.

We told the tech right away that we didn't want to find out the sex of the baby, and surprisingly we didn't even peek! She measured the legs, but never really went "down there" or anywhere near that area for long. She is good!

The baby was very active! That doesn't surprise me any either. My due date is set for July 21. When I went in for my early ultrasound the baby measured just a little big (July 19) but my doc stuck with my due date because I was pretty sure I knew when I ovulated (I get pains) and because it's normal for my babies to measure big. (I just don't want to have one bigger than 9lbs 15oz-which has been our biggest so far!) So, today the baby measured July 16th, so he/she is just continuing to GROW, which is good I guess, but let's slow that down just a bit...ha ha! No, really it's ok because Mommy can handle whatever is thrown at me. I just want a healthy baby, big or small. 


I hope you all have a great weekend! :)