Christmas of Dreams

I wanted to let everyone know that there is a HUGE contest over at MomDot. It is a blogging party so you do have to be a blogger to participate.

From November 12 – 27th You can participate in the party.

The sponser list is so long:

Dyson

BabyPop

The Shrunks

Soda Club

Kadi Prescott

Uncommonly Cute

Lollipop Book Club

Kuster

Silly Monkeez

LA Plates

Natitys Design

Little Black Box

Koshas

Kidz Sunglasses

JAS Creations

Appledonia

LeapFrog

Mutsy

Kushies

Huddy Buddy

Mimsi-Bags

BottleWise

Lets Go Strolling

DaBib

Sassy Baby

Baby Legs

Scentsy

FeeFiFoto

Randi100

Organic Blankees

Shi Shu Style

Georgie Tees

I have to answer the question, “Why do I deserve to win?”

INTRO

What makes me special, what makes me stand out from other mom bloggers. I have two children, no; I think there are moms out there that have many more children than just two. We need this, well, no, do I want to win yes.

I asked my husband to answer this question and he flat out said, we don’t deserve to win. Well I suppose that is true, but I am going to tell you my story anyways.

STORY

My daughter was born Jan 1 2007. My stepmom came up a few days after she was born and helped out for a few days. Then my mom came after a few more days and hung out with us. I wanted my dad to meet my daughter so I took her down to see him. I got pregnant (didn’t expect it to happen so fast). We went to visit my family. Oh yeah, my dad and stepmom live in Texas, I live in WA. My mom and stepdad live in Florida. I MISS MY FAMILY!

I told my dad and stepmom I was pregnant and we had some laughs and it was back to WA. I had my son in March of this year and I didn’t have any help. My husband couldn’t even take off of work at the time. He was leading a project. So I was so ALONE with two kids I mean two babies. I got depressed and couldn’t breastfeed and I got more depressed. Well, my mom and grandmother came up to visit, so I put my depression aside and spent a few days with them.

Well, I’m not depressed anymore. I found a MOMS Club in my area and made some really great friends. I have found the blogging community and I stay really busy and active now. My only problem is and this is why I want to win. My dad still hasn’t seen his grandson. I would give anything for him to meet his grandson for Christmas. I can’t fit it into the budget to buy all of us tickets, that and the idea of traveling by myself during the holidays with two kids, two car seats and a bunch of grumpy passengers is not something high on my list. I would love to fly them up here.

My husband and I made a budget last month. We are not going to be putting anything extra on the credit cards this year. We had no idea how hard it was to stay on a budget. Nor did we have any idea how expensive kids are. We aren’t in an economic crunch like a lot of families are but we do see how important it is to stretch the value of a dollar.

CONCLUSION

When you add up the mom things I do: play dates, fundraising, blogging, reviewing; I feel like the average underachieving mom. Boy, moms sure are hard on themselves. J I’m nothing special, just a mom, a wife, and a daughter who would like her father to meet his grandson. That would be my Christmas dream.

Thanks for having this contest. If I win or not it was GREAT to get this out off of my chest.