The giveaway is now closed!! Congrats to Momma Mango, Susan J, Christen Sparks and Amber! You all win a set of strawberry clips! Please email me to redeem your goodies.
Didn’t win? Well briar.claire has tons of clips and headbands and hats still for sale. Happy shopping!
Just to be clear: this post includes a berry nice giveaway. Read carefully!
Before I get to that, let me bring you up to speed on my life. I know, you’ve been dying to know. We’re back from Up North, I did not vomit last night from too much stomach acid like I did the night before, we went swimming at the pool by our cabin, I passed my three hour glucose test, Small Fry calls a trampoline a “jumpoline” and is obsessed with trying to convince people to give her chewing gum, my husband manned the grill for a dinner the organization he volunteers for had tonight, we got letters from two of our sponsored children and I cried, the straw bales are growing great, we left a cup of milk on the counter while we were gone and I cleaned it out today while gagging, the groom from this weekend’s wedding commented on my wedding photo post, we need groceries in a bad way, my parents had a great time on their boat trip on the Erie Canal, I think the RSS glitch is finally resolved so none of you should be having feed issues with my blog any longer and this press release was made public:
LAFAYETTE, Tenn. (May 26, 2010) – On Thursday, June 3rd at 9 a.m., international hunger relief organization Feed The Children will distribute a semi tractor-trailer full of food and personal care items at the Bethel Family Worship Center. The distribution was made possible by the readers of Mckmama.com.
Bethel Family Worship Center is a partner agency of Feed The Children and has pre-identified the 400 recipient families. The boxes are designed to help a family of four for up to one week.
This distribution is one of 18 semi tractor-trailers full of food and disaster relief items sent for disaster and food relief to aid the flood victims in Central Tennessee, Arkansas and Kentucky where rain has caused flash floods and widespread damage to structures and homes in the area.
“Many people are experiencing difficult times due to the recent flooding,” said Tony Sellars, spokesperson for Feed The Children. “The generous donation from the readers of Mckmama.com will help put food on the table for families that otherwise might have gone without.”
Thank you to those of you who gave!! So, to celebrate the fact that summer is about here, in joy of the news I received today that I do not have Gestational Diabetes, with gratitude for those who are going to Nashville on Thursday to help unload “our” relief truck (While it is too late to get on the list of people to receive help, it’s not too late to help pass the boxes out; just email me for the details!!) and just because giveaways are fun, I’m giving away four pair of sweet strawberry clips from briar.claire who themselves are celebrating summer with a $1 hair clip sale.
Strawberry clips like the ones Small Fry is wearing here. Actually, two red pair and two light pink pair of strawberry clips are up for grabs. Four winners will be chosen from among everyone who comments on this post!!
Oh, Small Fry. This was her last year (milking a pretend cow at a farm we took our children to). When she was so…so…small!
So leave a berry nice comment, big or small, on this post and win! Contest ends tomorrow at lunchtime. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to hunt for something to cure this wretched heartburn.
My daughter is turning 3 in 3 weeks! She loves berries and these clips are so cute. And baby Small Fry is just the most precious thing ever!
I’m really interested in helping on Thursday in Nash. I’m super close! I just don’t know where to find your email for the information. Here is mine.
morganpaige023@charter.net
It is so berry nice of you to giveaway some berry cute berry hair clips! I would be berry thrilled to win this berry adorable prize! Have a berry merry day!!
oh my gosh! i just looked at the briar claire etsy shop and talk about cute!!!! I mean I could literally spend all my rent money on those headbands and hats!!!!! I don’t even have a daughter to dress up either lol
So cute!!
Having my first baby girl (already have a son) in September and would love to put her in those cute strawberry clips! So precious!
Glad you had a nice trip to MI. Beautiful pictures, as usual…
I’m having a baby girl in Cotober and I would love to win these for her!!!
So berry cute!!! hahaha I’m heading to briar.claires website to check them out!!! thanks!
We recently found out that my aunt is having a girl. I’m the oldest grandchild period, and right now the only girl. (until Sept.) These strawberry clips would be a great gift to add on to the tons of things I’ve already bought for this precious little baby girl! After all, we will be the only girls to fight these 7 little boys!!
My daughter would love love LOVE these! She is currently obsessed with strawberries… Every mealtime or snack time it has to be “mo’ berries pweese!”
I love those clips! SOO cute! I’d definitely wear them myself!
I’m berry happy you all made it home safe, except the milk on the counter… nnaasssttyy… and those pictures of Small Fry are captivating. She’s really grown up so much!
Love those clips! My oldest has wonderfully curly hair, but it has gotten so long the curls are falling out. I am taking her to get her hair cut this week to bring back those sweet bouncy curls! Those clips would look wonderful in her hair.
First time commenter. Love your blog. Thanks for sharing!
Oh those clips are so BERRY cute!! I would wear them myself!!
Am I the only adult out there who wears briar.claire hair stuff herself?
I would love some clips for our new baby growing in my womb
So cute!! They would be perfect for my niece!! Thanks so much for the chance to win!
I have a very adorable red head 10 month old that wold look adorable with those clips. And just in time for summer.
Would love those clips for my Lil Bit.
Praise God for passing the 3 hr OGTT! I have had to do the same with 2 of my pregnancies.
too cute!!! love the clips. love that you got letters from your other kiddos! yuck to the milk on the counter…I did that too today! love the pics of your boys and the waterfalls! exciting about the help that is headed to Tenn! and yes…small fry is little and oh so adorable!
Ugh. Old milk. *gags*
Those hair clips are the cutest!
Those are so cute – my youngest would love these – she always gets what’s left over from her 3 older sisters
so berrilicious cute.
Oh my little girl has berrily enough hair to make those sweet clip stay but she would be Berry sweet with them! Berry sweet!
Love those super cute clips
Would be so precious for my 8 month old *today*!! So cute!!
BTW you are an inspiration!!
So much news to update us all with. Can’t wait (hopefully) to see my daughter in those strawberry clips.
My daughter would love these clips! You know what’s ironic? I just posted pics of my kids milking fake cows on Facebook… ours are from the local children’s museum.
Love them all!
Glad you had such a great weekend! I LOVE the wedding and “Up North” photos! My 2 month old, Adelyn, would look adorable in these! She has a cute strawberry dress that they’d match perfectly.
those are too cute! would it be wrong for me to wear them too? =)
My daughter would love those cute clips!
Ooooooooo! Those clips are adorable! I have three boys but I’d love to give them to my precious little niece!
aw small fry was so wittle!!!
Great news all around! Praise the Lord! Your little Small Fry is so super cute! Blessings!
Camie
so sweet!
Congrats on passing the glucose test!
Those berry clips are adorable as is Small Fry!! They would be delicious looking on my cousin’s beautiful twin girls. Since I have twin boys, I have to lobby for things for sweet little girls!! : )
My niece is about to be born and I would love to give my sister these clips!!!! She is the first granddaughter in the family and I can’t wait to spoil her!!!
very cute hair clips!
Berry sweet! My daughter would love ‘em!
janemaritz at yahoo dot com
I passed my glucose test too! I think we may be due around the same time. Another girl for us so we’re always looking for clippies!
ohhhh…i love those clips… and i love winning!
since you’ve been up north… maybe a winner from DOWN SOUTH! …in NC.
oh! and i loved the story about your black wedding dress… how special
I’d love to win the clips. They are super cute!
Oh my! I just realized that I can FINALLY shop here! How berry-licious!
My sweet baby girl would look so precious in those!!
As I’m sure any of these sweet girls would who are entering (or I guess I should say, are being entered by their mamas!).
On a (totally random) side note, I was absent from the blogging world for about a week and a half, and COMPLETELY missed your photo shoot in Texas! I had been checking ever since you mentioned it to see when it might happen, and then I missed it. *sigh* Oh well, maybe you will come again sometime? Maybe when it’s not so stinkin’ hot? haha! Hope you enjoyed it!!
My 17 month old, bald baby girl would love to have these berry sweet clips for when her hair finally grows in!
My friend just had twin girls! A berry for each!
That would be perfect for my little one to wear to the Strawberry Festival!!
How berry beautiful, bouncy and bubbly that sweet Smallfry is! Hoping to bring home both kinds of berry barrettes for my own beautiful, bouncy, bubbly girl-to-be!!!
Just boys here, but my little niece would look adorable in these
Those are so cute! I might even share with my daughter!
My little girls would look berry cute wearing those hair clips!!
I’m obsessed with hair accessories. Now that I have two girls, I feel an investment in a hair accessory holds a huge return on investment
I so wish I could go to TN to help!!!
Love love the clippies and so, does my 3 year old. Everytime we get an order she jumps up and down and say i have clippies like small fry lol!
I got curious as my husband was also suffering from heartburn tonight… I found this site that has at home remedy’s for heartburn…
http://www.susangaer.com/studentprojects/heartburn.htm
The top remedy’s are.. a tsp. of Apple Cider Vinegar, baking soda and water (but one reader says this makes his blood pressure go up so be careful), and celery.
Let me know if any of this helps. My husband is currently chewing on some celery, as swallowing a tsp of vinegar didn’t sound appealing to him.. LOL
Them clips are super cute!
So Cute! My baby girl needs these! So festive and summery! (:
I take Zantac daily with my pregnancies – it works great for my heartburn. I hope you find something that works for you!
Cute clips
my friend just had a baby girl, named Valentina…she has more hair than any new baby I have ever seen…she needs those clips!!!
love your pictures….looks like fun!
Just wanted to say how awesome everyone is who was able to give to the feed the children!!!
Love those cute clips! I have two boys, but have many friends with baby girls and I would love to surprise them with these! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Those are super cute! I have 3 little girls that would get great use out of those:)
I have been taking prilosec for my heartburn/reflux. It’s always really bad when I am pregnant but this third one has been the worst. I’m taking tums too
I just found out today that I passed my glucose tolerance test (I failed both last time) so congrats to you too! The berry clips would be cute for my two girls!
Aaahhh, strawberries and a juicy green apple. How cute is Small Fry?
Those clips are precious. My daughter is obessed with clips and bows in her hair.
How adorable!! I love clips n bows for Mia’s hair!
I love berries:)
So sweet! My nieces would SO adorable in those clips!
Love, love, love the clips! So sweet!
I bough strawberries, blueberries and raspberries to plant around my straw garden today!! What a great way to celebrate my expanding garden!
Those clips would look ADORABLE in my Goddaughter Addyson’s blonde hair!
And her new baby sister, due in October and yet tobe named
My littlest girl is just getting enough blond curls for barrettes — these would be her first berry big girl ones! (Love your pictures from Gooseberry — one of my kids’ (and my hubby’s) favorite places to play!)
Just thinking….maybe pulled pork may not be the best for Mckmama!!!! BBQ sauce gave me heartburn with all my pregnancies!
Wow – that was a lot of info packed together : ]
Love the clips! – And I have a 9 month old niece AND a 4 month old sister – so they could certainly be put to use : ]
Berry berry cute for my berry little girls <3
My 4 year old would truly LOVE LOVE LOVE those clips! They are super cute
Love your post, Im all caught up now. Whooo hoooo for the relief truck, I am so proud of all the people who helped make it happen. Love the strawberry clips, my daughter would look fantabulous in those, and DONT DRINK A BUNCH OF WATER, that makes heartburn WORSE. I tried to comment as close to the flow of your blog was.. loved it!
I dont know about everyone else but its so weird to see these pictures of just a year ago. We are watching these kids grow up right before our eyes. I love it
I have 2 girls, so this would be perfect…
AND….
I think it’s about my turn to win one of these giveaways, right?
AND…
We’ve been through so much together Mckmama, help a sista out!!
good news about the GD. Fabulous news about the aide to the flood victims. Thats huge!! the clips are precious. and Small Fry has grown so much since those pics!! *sigh* time goes by sooo fast!
Small Fry looks oh so cute in those clips, I especially like the first picture. I can’t wait for my daughter’s hair to grow a little longer so she can enjoy clips like Small Fry.
The clips are too cute! I would love to win a pair to give as a gift!
Aww, I just love all the happiness that this post brought!
We’re finding out next week what baby #5 will be, so if it’a girl, I couldn’t pass up this offer! CUTE!
My little girl and Small Fry are so much alike! My daughter is a huge fan of gum even though I’ve never actually given her any. She likes to sneak it from my purse
I hope your heartburn gets better soon!
Love the clips. They would be PERFECT for our huge Strawberry Festival that’s coming up in our town. I was just thinking today that I need to dig out some strawberry outfits for my girls!
My girls would <3 those clips. Good luck with the heartburn
I had terrible trouble with that with baby #4
These are so stinkin adorable!!! I would love to win these! Thanks so much!!!
I too love Briar Claire. My mom bought my daughter two hats from there at Christmas time because we thought Small Fry looked so cute in them!!
we would love to win! Love those strawberries
Pretty pretty please with a strawberry on top choose me!
yay for all of the people who donated!
yay for all of the people who will receive donations!
yay for strawberry clips!
yay for summer!
I’m so glad you don’t have GD!! Woo!
On a totally random topic, I had a 3D ultrasound today and at 32 weeks gestation, my baby was folded in half with a foot up by its forehead! I have a really funny picture that’s definitely making it in the memory books.
I heart Briar.Claire! I thank you for sharing them. Also…I heart your blog! You make me laugh and you inspire me to be a better mom. I heart mckmama! Bring on the strawberry clips!
I love those – they’re so sweet. Still praying for your family, Jennifer. I pray for you frequently that you would the highth and width and bredth and depth that is the love of Christ. His glory knows no bounds. Thanks for all you do.
I love Briar.Claire! This is a fun giveaway.
My daughters would love strawberry clips!!!!!