MORGAN!!!!
...not because I've had the baby, but because it is still comfortably stationed inside my uterus, and thus the winner is by default. Le sigh.

Please contact me and give me your deets! Although I really should start making that monkey before I get your hopes up... :)

PS... I'm sorry for the changed blog design again. You have to admit that it isn't THAT different than before. I was just getting sick of the three-column thing... and the font in my header. You may now carry on with your lives.

37 weeks & a closed giveaway

My baby! The one inside my belly! Is FULL TERM today! My due date is still July 20th, but as far as Nutmeg's development goes, s/he is pretty much fully- cooked in there. I would greatly appreciate alleviation from my current state within the next two weeks or so... but there I go again, wishing for things I can't control. Silly me.

Today also brings me to a point of business: my giveaway is now officially closed for entries. I want to keep this as fair as possible. Here's a recap of all the guesses:

Grandma Weyburn - July 12 at 7:12 PM
Annemarie              - July 14 at 4:14 PM
Mackenzie              - July 15 at 10:50 PM
Jennifer                   - July 16 at 10:00 PM
Criston White         - July 17 at 10:14 AM
Ashley                    - July 18 at 8:00 PM
Sharon Wiebe        - July 18 at 8:00 PM
Amanda Penner     - July 18 at 2:01 AM
Beth Boschman     - July 19 at 11:26 PM
Me!                        - July 20 at 6:00 PM
Susan Audrey        - July 21 at 1:20 PM
Barb Knott             - July 22 at 10:35 PM
Joey Sawatzky       - July 22 at 2:00 AM
Mom Sawatzky      - July 23 at 7:23 AM
David                     - July 23 at 7:32 AM
Sonya Toews         - July 24 at 12:31 AM
Candice                  - July 25 at 5:30 PM
Morgan                  - July 26 at 6:21 AM

There you have it! As you can see, some of the guesses are pretty close - two even land on the same date at the same time. I might just be making two monkeys after all.

I hope you have a wonderful day!

everybody needs a sock monkey, you know

I would just like to thank everyone for all of the entries into my giveaway! It's been fun reading all of the responses, my favourites being my MIL and BIL who had guesses within nine minutes of each other. 

Entries for the giveaway will be cut off on the day this baby is officially full term, aka 37 weeks gestation. There's still more time to enter for anyone that's interested! 

I hope everyone out there has a good day on this, the first day of summer. The sun's going to give lots of daylight hours today. Enjoy it! - even if it is cloudy and raining like in SOME places... *cough cough*

my very first giveaway!

I know, I know... I used to loathe the idea of giveaways on my blog. I think it was because I knew I'd only do it to entice new people to follow me. This giveaway, however, is not meant to boost followings in any way. It's a little celebration for baby Nutmeg!

Everyone that reads this blog knows that we're expecting a little one somewhere around July 20th. Anyone who knows babies at all knows that a "due date" is kind of a mythological creature that rarely proves true. 

So here is what I propose:

You, readers, comment on this post with 

1. your name (if commenting anonymously) 
2. the date you think this baby will be born
3. the time of day (down to the exact minute) you think it will happen.

Whoever ends up being the closest to Nutmeg's actual birth date and time will win one of these:

...a sock monkey that I will hand-make for you. I do not promise it will look like this, however. This sock monkey belongs to Judah and he is one-of-a-kind. But, rest assured, your sock monkey will be just as cute and unique. :)  The winner will be announced on this blog shortly after the event takes place. If there's a tie, I suppose I'll be making two!

Given the facts that I'll have no place to sew until we move into our new house AND that I'll have a new baby pretty soon, I'm not giving myself any time restrictions on this one. But I PROMISE that I will get the monkey made and mailed as soon as I possibly can! 

ANYONE and EVERYONE can enter. So, start guessing!

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THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.