fridays letters + giveaway winner announced

dear hubby, have I told you lately that I love and appreciate you more than anything? last night when I woke you up in the middle of the night crying hysterically from the unbearable pain of an earache, you calmed me down, and rushed me to the ER. And even though I knew that the blood coming from my ear probably freaked you out even more than it did me, you played it cool, and reassured me Id be fine. On top of that, we both knew you wouldnt be getting much sleep and this morning wouldnt be fun. But you never once complained. I love you and thank you so much taking care of me (and matthew).

dear matthew, i love your chubby little legs youve started to form. That baby fat is absolutely adorable, and it means that youre getting plenty to eat and staying healthy!

dear ruptured eardrum, omg ive never felt pain like this before, i think id put you 1 notch below childbirth. i hope the 6 prescriptions the ER doc prescribed help fix everything, and get my hearing back to normal. ill tell you what, those percocets are at least helping ;) 

dear pinterest, you are genius in what you do! secret boards? great addition! now no one is going to be able to see the random home health remedies ive been too self conscious to pin all the presents I pin for christmas.  

dear instagram, you finally introduced web profiles, you are genius as well, not sure what took you so long, but Im glad you finally did it (go check mine out by requesting to follow me).  

dear mr president, im not too happy about the results of this election, and im scared out of my mind about whats going to happen in the next 4 years, but that being said, you are MY president, and im lucky enough to live in a country where I have the right and privilege to vote, obviously the rest of the country didnt agree with my opinions, but i will support you as much as I can with despise for the next 4 years, im hoping and praying ill see what everyone else whats to believe, come true. its your chance to prove your "change."  

dear blogger friends, i didnt forget about you, theres just been alot on my mind this past week. we all know why youre really reading todays letters, its to find out who won my awesome giveaway! Well i wont make you wait any longer

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Congratulations Mandy! I know how badly you wanted to win this for you and your lil fam of 4 to watch together! Email me you address and Ill make sure the company sends to you asap.

dear hubby, because you and matthew always get two, im so happy you finally got your iPhone 5, even if you do continuously bug me on how to work the thing. you'll get used to it, its fairly easy, welcome to the apple family finally!!

dear matthew, with the holidays being right around the corner, i cant control myself on how exciting this year is going to be with you! i know you wont remember much, but I have so many things I want to do with you to start our own family traditions (hhhmmm maybe a holiday bucket list?)

hope everyone has a wonderful weekend, ill be taking it easy by letting the meds work their magic.

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fridays letters

 

dear hubby, thank you for always making me laugh, being the cook in the house, and being such a good father to our son. you truly are amazing and I just thought you should know. dear matthew, you were the most adorable little pumpkin and giraffe (yes 2 costumes, post to come) I have ever seen for halloween. You may have fell asleep halfway through trick-or-treating, but dont worry your cousin Jenna made sure to ask for an extra piece of candy at each door for her aunt cousin. dear cma's, thank you so much for putting on one hell of a show last night with some major eye candy *timmcgraw*lukebryan*ericchurch*blakeshelton.* drool. dear city hall, i would like to vote early tomorrow and I would really appreciate it if you didnt have a long line for me to stand in. dear followers, my first giveway is coming up in just a couple days and man am I excited to give one of you lucky readers a 5 Disc Ultimate Collectors Edition _____ dvd. Like how I left that blank in there? Guess you'll have to come back to see which movie it is ;) dear bestbuy, thank you so much for your deal-of-the-day emails, as today Office 2011 is on sale for $69.99 plusalso when the 2013 edition comes out I get a free upgrade, SCORE! dear fellow photographers, i think i want a new lens, but have absolutely no clue which lens to buy. Im an amateur at this so the only lens i have is the one that came with my Nikon DSLR 3100, any suggestions? dear hubby, yes i know you still dont have your iPhone5, yes I know it is annoying, but 1) i cant do anything about it so stop annoying me and 2) youve literally gotten almost $150 worth of best buy giftcards from corporate for calling and complaining, so shut it! k thank you. dear matthew, youre still sick and I hate seeing you with your eyes all puffy and hearing how congested you are, were going to the doc this afternoon, but I just dont know what to do. i dont want to keep giving you antibiotics at such a young age, but I also want you to get better. lets please hope that the doc figures something out that we can do to make you feel better.
And because Ill never leave you without a cute picture.

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fridays letters

its friday again already? man this week has flown by. hell this year is flying by. do you realize that next week is november already? christmas is in like what 59 days?

dear hubby, I am sorry that you still havent gotten you iPhone5, but mine is freaking awesome! hehe dear matthew, im so happy we were able to bring you to Disney for the first time last weekend, even with you being so sick, you did an absolutely wonderful job the entire trip! dear hurricane sandy, you better let up by tomorrow, sunday latest, I have to take matthew to a pumpkin patch and with your weather its not looking likely :( dear fall recipes, youre making me hungry, and yes i spent over $200 ($57 worth of coupons) today at the grocery store because i had to buy ingredients to make you, hopefully they all turn out good and Ill post pics next week. dear iPhone5, i cant believe you are finally mine, you have lived up to all my expectations, and umm hello? panorama where have you been all my life? i got some great pics around the world because of you. not literally, i mean Epcot around the world ;) dear bloggy friends, i got a cool surprise coming up in the next week or two, my first giveaway, yippie! no spoilers tho, you'll have to keep coming back to see what it is. dear hubby, because you and matthew always deserve two, i cant say Im not a little happy that your work dinner got canceled for tonight, now that means we get to have wine night at our house with our close friends! dear matthew, halloween is just around the corner and I cant wait to dress you up and take you trick or treating, i know you probably wont remember any of it, but halloween is mommys second favorite holiday (after christmas of course) and im also selfishly thinking ill get to enjoy all of you candy this year! thats why we have kids right? jk...or am i? lol

And Ill never leave you without a picture and i love that i captured this moment of my father and my son (even if it does look like hes teaching him how to pull his finger)

Dont forget to go link up with Ashley

fridays letters

dear hubby, im not sorry i got my new iphone 5 yesterday and you didnt, hopefully yours will come soon too, but until then stop giving me those lil puppy dog faces, im going to enjoy my phone whether you like it or not. dear matthew, it was horrible seeing you not feeling good last night. daddy even helped put you down but he was concerned that with your stuffy nose you couldnt breathe while having your pacifier in. you looked so sad at 2am so I brought you in to sleep with us, not surprisingly you feel asleep within seconds. dear best buy, thank you for accidentally sending me a "your preorder is ready to be picked up" email, even though it was a mistake because all you had was an open box item (literally just the wrapping was off) you thought it was necessary to give me a 15% off discount, can you say "oh yeah, $30 off!" i guess i can stop cursing and belittling your customer service now. dear iphone5, i have been waiting for you for sooooo long, like 6 years long, you are just as wonderful as i expected, but you are so light that i feel i might break you, dont worry though, i bought a pretty pink otter box so if you do fall it will protect you. dear bloggy friends, if you have any iphone apps that you just cant live without  either for personal use or as parents or for toddlers, please let me know, i would love to hear about them. dear self, you got a ton of crafty projects to do and yet your procrastinating way to much, Avery's 1st bday party is tomorrow at 1pm and you still havent finished her letter blocks (DIY post coming soon), get your big butt in gear! dear hubby, because you always deserve 2 letters just like matthew, i know you feel bad about having to buy 4 brand new tires for your truck on the credit card, but please know, I am not upset at the expense, im actually happy, because now we can take your truck to Orlando next week instead of mine. dear matthew, I cant wait to take you to Disney for the first time. Auntie D, cousin Jenna, and cousin Andrew will be there with mommy and daddy too. we hope you love disney just as much as the rest of us. dear jenna, my beautiful niece, i cant believe you turned 6 this week. I can remember the day you were born, me and your daddy spent the entire day at the hospital anxiously awaiting your arrival with your mommy, you are such a lil beauty and are finally letting me take lots of pics of you, thanks for being my only model :)

And because I can never leave you without a pic:

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fridays letters

dear hubby, thank you so much for waking up with Matthew this past Sunday and letting me sleep in after a long night of multiple wakeups, and then on top of that you were ready to take us to church as well. dear matthew, i cant believe it was your 4 month birthday yesterday! you are growing up way to fast, slow down so I can remember everything. dear best buy customer service, you SUCK! i hate you. why wont your take responsibility for the fact that you sold waaaay to many preorders for the iPhone 5, dont blame apple, you know theyre notorious for not giving their third-party vendors enough stock, so i blame you for not giving me my iPhone 5. dear sprint customer service, you SUCK too! again, take responsibility for allowing customers to buy contracts through best buy, youre willing to let me purchase from them because you make money off of it, but when I hold you responsible you claim I have to talk to best buy. dear laundry, why cant you wash, fold, and hang up yourself? youre starting to crowd my living space. dear ups man, im not sure what youre trying to deliver to me, but the little notice you put on my door didnt tell me anything, just that you had been here, are you coming back? am i suppose to call? when will you come back? dear mr president, pretty funny how bad you did in the debate, i think you should blame bush one more time, like you said four years ago, we need change, so lets give someone else a shot at it. dear weekend, i love that your here in less than 2 hours, but youre going to be pretty busy! friends baby shower tomorrow, church on sunday, and the house is a mess so lots of cleanng. dear hubby, lets plan a date night soon, i think mama needs some adult time. dear matthew, because you and daddy always deserve two, i know you got shots this morning at your checkup, but if you could try not to be too cranky tonight Ill promise to give you a surprise tomorrow.
And because you can never end a post without some kind of pic, I leave you with this mornings well visit photo.

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fridays letters

Ive always thought that Ashley's Fridays Letters posts were so cute, simple, and sweet. Yet I never joined. So this week Ive decided that I am going to commit to Fridays Letters ;)

dear hubby, would you please stop calling me and asking me if Ive received an email about our iphone 5 preorders, as Ive said multiple times, i will let you know when I know anything. dear matthew, i love in the mornings when you wake up and are in the best moods and smile and coo, do you think we could maybe switch it up one day and have you be in a good mood at night time? dear animals (yes all of you, Ruger, Belle, & MJ) can you please get along, stop shedding, and basically take care of yourselves? ok yeah. dear me, its time to stop procrastinating and get back to exercising, matthew is now almost 4 months old and there is no excuse, we want our prebaby (well technically prewedding) body back and SOON! dear best buy, why do you take so many preorders when you know youre not going to have nearly enough iphone 5s to give out on launch date, and then whats up with this crappy letter you send out to us saying it may take up to 28 days? :( dear fall, i know its officially fall in the rest of the country, but it would be nice if you could give us south floridians some cooler weather, maybe even some leaves changing.... dear epcot, I cant wait to see you in just a few short weeks, it will be matthews first time at disney, can you please be not so crowded so we can enjoy our first family vacation? and dear hubby & matthew, because you deserve two, i love when i catch random moments of you having daddy & baby time, it absolutely melts my heart, your daddy thinks that you understand football already, and I think he actually might be right, you watched both the FSU & Dolphins games together and you both seemed to enjoy it, even with Carpenter ruining the game for us and letting the jets win by a field goal. oh and dear bloggy friends, because i cant forget about you, I will of course leave you with a photo, because what would a post be without a cute photo, but will you please do me a favor? a girl could use a couple likes :)