Winner: the Serious Give Away!

We have a winner for the CSN gift card!

There were 33 comments on the post.

According to Random.org, the winner is #2: Mandy Mc!

Congratulations Mandy!

Thanks to everyone who participated! 

Don't Forget!

Make sure to hop on over to this post and comment for a chance to win $35 from CSN Stores!

In fact, you have EIGHT chances!

Make sure to leave your comment entries on the original post, not this one; and leave a separate comment for each entry!

{Mandatory (first) Entry} 

leave a comment (on the original post) telling me 

how you might use $35 at any CSN Store

(this is super easy! anyone can do this!)

{Additional Entries!!!}
leave a comment on the original post for each entry!

• "follow me" using the widget in the right hand column (1 entry)

• "like" CSN Stores on Facebook (1 entry)

• post it on your Facebook page (2 entries)  

• blog about this giveaway and leave a comment with a link to your post (3 entries)

on your mark...

...get set,

now GO!

The Serious Giveaway

UPDATE: Give Away Closed. We have a winner!

Original Post:
I love being able to shop online.

And I love being able to go to one site and find almost anything I need or even want!

CSN.com is one of those sites. CSN Stores have over 200 online shops where you can find everything from stylish furniture to modern bedding to great cookware! The twins cribs actually came from this site, where I found the best deal on exactly what I wanted!

So when they contacted me about doing a giveaway, I was all about it! CSN has graciously offered to give one of my readers a promotional code worth $35 that can be used on any product at any of their sites!

That's right, one of you will win a $35 gift card to spend at any CSN Store!

{Mandatory Entry}

leave a comment here telling me how you might use $35 at any CSN Store

{Additional Entries}

• follow me using the widget in the right hand column (1 entry)
• "like" CSN Stores on Facebook (1 entry)
• blog about this giveaway and leave a comment with a link to your post (3 entries)
• post it on your Facebook page (2 entries)

That's eight chances to win!

Make sure to leave each entry as a separate comment (so if you blog about it, leave 3 comments and include the blog post link in at least one of them) and let me know a way to contact you if you're the winner (email address, link to your blog where contact information is available, etc).

The contest will close Tuesday, January 18th at 9am CST. A winner will be chosen using the Random Generator sometime that day!

I will contact the winner via email and you'll have 48 hours to respond before I pick a new winner.

But what's a post without a picture? Our girls just happened to be posing in their crib bought at CSN Stores just so you could see how much they like it!

Really...they were!

Giveaway open to US and Canadian residents.
I was not compensated in any way for this giveaway.

And the Winner Is...

...I must first give an explanation.

My original c-section date was May 10th (thank goodness that got moved!). But it got moved back to May 3rd the day I published this contest. So I let the two people who had voted for after May 3rd revote.

But then the next week, after we'd closed the contest, my OB moved my c-section to May 4th. After the initial I-have-to-wait-24-more-hours had set in, all I could think was WHAT are we going to do about the blog contest?!?!?

Since anyone who voted for May 3rd clearly thought I was going to have to wait until the scheduled c-section date, I've counted the two May 3rd votes and the May 4th vote (who didn't re-vote).

Erin, May 3rd, 12 lbs 1 oz
Allison, May 3rd, 12 lbs
Mark, May 4th, 12 lbs 11 oz

The girls weighed 6 lbs 9 oz and 6 lbs 6 oz, totally 12 lbs 15 oz.

So our winner is Mark, guessing 12 lbs 11 oz! His girlfriend Colleen is the one who actually suggested having people guess in the first place!

Congrats Mark!

ERGO Baby Carrier Giveaway

I'm not one to blog about giveaways, but I am for this one!

With all the recalls on baby slings recently due to the dangers of suffocation, baby carriers are quickly becoming (what seems) to be the safest option for hands free baby wearing! (More info on other options here.) I didn't do this much with Addie because she was just so big, but we've already got one ERGO Baby Carrier for the twins and hope to get another one if both babies like it! There aren't many options for transporting 3 girls under 3 without one!

Although I can't give a personal testimony for this carrier, my friend Allison sure can! She used one with both her second and third kiddos. I think if she was a swearing person, she'd swear by hers! I remember her telling about grocery store runs when Izzy was born: 3 kids 3 and under, 2 in the cart, and 1 in the ERGO baby carrier with 2 free hands!

The Bragging Mommy is giving away one ERGO Baby Carrier. Head on over and get your entries in for a chance to win!

Give-Away Winner!

Drum roll please...

And the winner (according to random.org) is...

#1 Rachel!

Congrats! I'll make sure to get you your 2AM Miracle as soon as possible!

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