Christmas Of Dreams: Over $1000 In prizes (CLOSED)
General — By Trisha-admin on November 18, 2008 at 8:20 pm
On November 28th, MomDot will be pulling ONE winner to win prizes from all of these amazing sponsors to help you celebrate a Christmas of Dreams at your house this year. You must have your entries in no later then the evening of Nov 26th. This is NOT the blog party, this is completely different (we have a big month!)
There are a few requirements:
1) You MUST be a blogger. I have made this requirement because this year we are celebrating the blogger. 
Our site is about the blogging community and this is our way of rewarding one lucky blogger with a huge win. If you are not a blogger, your entry will not be considered. Go make a free blog if you have to to enter!
2) You must post about the Christmas of Dreams on your blog and include all the sponsor links (to give back and toss linky love to all the wonderful prizes that are being generously donated), while also linking back to momdot. Just cut and paste our list to make it easy.
Additionally, we want you to pick out your top 5 favorite sponsors and let us know your favorite things on their site. This ensures that you check out all the great stuff they have to offer, we always have to give back to the sponsors! And you may find something you really like for your christmas shopping!
3) Please carry a momdot banner or link on your blogroll
Sponsors are (and subject to be adding more as the month goes on):
- Dyson Rollar Ball DC 25
- BabyPop Super Hero Set
- Soda Club Soda Machine
- Kadi Prescott Painting from La Belle Toile
- Uncommonly Cute Baby Shirt
- Lollipop Book Club
- Kuster High Chair
- Silly Monkeez Shirt
- LA Plates Santa Cookies Plate
- Natitys Design, baby cart cover
- Little Black Box
- Koshas, innerlight belt
- Kidz Sunglasses
- jaC Jewelry, earrings
- Appledonia Shirt for kids
- LeapFrog Didj
- Mutsy grow up chair
- Kushies my bag
- Huddy Buddy shirt
- Mimsi-Bags
- BottleWise
- Lets Go Strolling JuJuBe Diaper Bag
- DaBib, 2 bibs
- Sassy Baby, 2 baby toys
- Baby Legs Holiday Set
- Scentsy
- FeeFiFoto Photo Clutch
- Randi100 Gift Certificate
- Organic Blankees, Snuggle Blankee
- Shi Shu Style Baby BLanket
- Georgie Tees, Shirt of Choice
After that, we simply want you to answer this one question in OUR comments:
Why does your family deserve a Christmas of Dreams?
We will pick the best answer, so get creative, feel free to VLOG your entry and leave us a link to watch it, be
detailed, and sell your story. You are allotted up to TWO entries, one by you, and one by your DH/Wife/Significant Other. If you are unmarried, I will allow you to enter one more on behalf of a child/grandparent/neighbor. My point is, everyone gets two entries, but try to make them for two separate people. You must complete the requirements to be eligible and you are subject to verification. You MAY use one of your extra entries on behalf of another blogger. Make sure you leave your blog as we will be coming to your blog to let you know that you won.
(exact prize value coming soon, but right now I can say its over $1000 package)
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[...] encourage everyone to stop over and visit MomDot and take a look at the Christmas of Dreams Contest, as well as look over the entries and consider entering [...]
I’m Jay, husband to Kris who blogs at Nunc Scio quit sit Amor
Kris has told me for weeks to write this post, so I hope I am doing it right.
Kris told you about our girls and their medical troubles in her post. So I’m not going to do that.
Instead, I am going to tell you what she left out. She left out the countless nights of little to no sleep because someone had a stomach ache. Or a new medicine had a bad side effect. She left out that she is the one who paces the hallway with Izzie when she can’t sleep. She’s the one who climbs into bed with Caity after a night terror or regular nightmare. She didn’t mention how she counts EVERY calorie that Izzie ingests daily to ensure that she takes in enough to put on the weight her doctor and nutritionist want to see. She is the one who cooks, cleans, makes sure everyone has clean clothes and does it all without ever raising her voice or losing her temper, despite the immeasurable stress she is under most of the time.
She didn’t tell you about spending her birthday money on Christmas stuff for the girls, because she doesn’t want them to miss out on anything during the holidays. Or how she volunteers to keep her niece, free of charge, any time needed. On top of two daughters with various routines and medical regimens.
So, while its true my girls have had a rough year, their mother deserves to win more. She should have one thing go right for once, and not having to worry about gifts for friends family and most importantly our daughters would be a very wonderful dream come true for her.
I blogged about the giveaway here
http://sweetpstutuboutique.blogspot.com/2008/11/momdot-giveaway.html
I’m writing this entry as a letter to my wife.
Dear Louise,
Thanks for being the selfless wife and mother you are. You tirelessly dedicate yourself to our family, putting the needs of our kids above yourself. I know some days are more difficult than others. Even on those days, when I come home I still see you playing with the kids and giving our family 110%. I appreciate you every day, more and more.
Love,
Your Husband
Tracye has been talking about this contest alot lately, and spending hours each day commenting on blogs to try to win something.
I really think our family deserves a Christmas of Dreams. Quite frankly, is there a family that doesn’t? I doubt it. But here’s my story:
Tracye and I have two beautiful kids. This past March, on our daughter’s sixth birthday, she miscarried our third child. She took it really hard; harder than either one of us thought she would. We were both devastated. The following week, I left for three straight months, to attend the FBI National Academy across the country in Quantico, Virginia. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done, leaving her at such a difficult time in our marriage, to take care of herself, a six-year old, and a toddler alone. I remember driving away that day, watching her standing in the doorway crying, holding our baby, while still grieving for the one we lost.
We made it through that, and she got pregnant again. She’s now five months along, and is already experiencing problems. She’s already experiencing the pain that usually comes at the end of the pregnancy. Her doctor called a few weeks ago with the news that she has precancerous cells on her cervix. She had to go through a really uncomfortable and painful procedure so the doctor could look at it and get a sample of the cells. Two nights later, she started bleeding. It was March all over again. We were both so upset, so I took her to the ER. They ran a bunch of tests and did a really long ultrasound, and think the bleeding was from the procedure. We haven’t gotten the results back from the test, so we don’t know yet what’s going on. Either way, the doctor said he doesn’t want to put the baby at risk by doing a biopsy until after it’s born.
Our insurance deductible went up to $1,000 per person, so we have that to pay this year, then again in January. And then our part of the hospital bill is usually close to that, too. Add to that the ER visit and the cost of the procedure, and money is beyond tight. So there won’t be much of a Christmas, or any new stuff for the baby.
My wife is an amazing woman and mother. She tries her best to make our home comfortable and inviting. She’s so good with the kids, and is always trying to make important days extra-special. My favorite part of the day is coming home and seeing her playing with our kids, or getting dinner ready for all of us. I love her so much, and would love it if you would bless her with a Christmas of her Dreams. I would love to see the look on her face, and it would do her heart more good than you could possibly ever imagine.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, and for this opportunity.
I have tried to write this letter three times and each time something happened and I decided that I couldn’t write what my family was going through. Then I figured if all these other people are writting then so could I.
Why my family deserves to win Christmas of Dreams, well a few weeks ago my husband and I decided to file for bankruptcy. The lawyer told us to kiss out house goodbye and out timeshare goodbye, we wont be going back to him( he was rude). This is our dream house and now its just a house. I try and put on this brave face everyday but inside I am falling apart. I feel like I did this to my husband, he has worked so hard for me and the kids and all that he has worked for is gone. This man has never missed a bill payment in his life, but when he got laid off last year from Circuit City all of our savings went to keeping the bills paid and our kids taking care of.
I hate to see him feel like he isn’t providing for his family. I can see that he is stressed about Christmas and beyond, so I feel like if I won this contest he wouldn’t have to worry about giving to me, the kids, or the rest of the family. I just don’t want to see my husband worry so much about what is going to happen with us. I want him to be happy on Christmas even if its just for a day. This is the last Christmas in our dream house so I would love to make it one to remember.
5 Things.
Dyson~ oh how I love their vaccuums!!
Leap Frog~ My kids love their toys. I want to get the Tag System for my oldest
Baby Legs~ Peyton loves them and calls them socks! So cute to watch her try and put them on.
Silly Monkeez~ Loce shirts with saying on them!! Im a nerd that way!
Scentsy~ I love candles, I would love to have my new house smell like Vanilla
[...] as will all of you, I will pull winners on Friday for everything. Get your last minute pleas on the Christmas of Dreams, all your last blog hopping done and entries in for the blog party, and Ill get all those winners [...]
I blogged about it here: http://www.dianarambles.com/2008/11/christmas-of-dreams-at-momdot.html
Here is my video: http://s254.photobucket.com/albums/hh91/customblogdesigns/video/?action=view¤t=DianaApplication.flv
Thanks!
Diana
What a great contest!!! I have blogged about it here
http://mommysgreatdeals.blogspot.com/2008/11/christmas-of-dreams.html
There are so many families out there who deserve to have their very own Christmas of Dreams. We are like many other families out there trying to pay the bills, heat the house, buy groceries and gas. We don’t have a tragic story (which I am thankful for). If we were lucky enough to win, I would use a lot of the prizes as gifts for the families that I know aren’t going to have a Christmas this year. In other words, I would spread the wealth. Things are tight this year, and there aren’t near as many gifts being bought, because the money has to go to food and heat. We aren’t able to “adopt” a family this year because there are no extra funds. It is true that you get so much more when you Give rather than Receive. What a great thing that so many companies are willing to donate such great prizes during this hard time that we ALL are facing!!!!
Whew! I gotta tell you, I fought entering this, I really did. I’ve been pretty lucky to have won a few contests here and there with you fine ladies, and felt lucky as heck to have won those. I’m usually never lucky, I never won anything until finding you ladies (You gals must be my lucky charms!) I wanted to *not* enter and *not* put ourselves in the running to let someone else have something to win, too. I don’t feel I’m any deserving than anyone else, to be honest. This would help out any number of us who are struggling right now. If you didn’t already know, I’m a giver til the end, a giver to a FAULT, but looking at our dwindling account with six children.. *fighting back tears* I really don’t know how we’re going to pull Christmas off this year. The move here KILLED us, we just can’t seem to get ahead no matter what we do, everything seems more expensive here than it was, and we just can’t seem to make it to the end of the month.
Alright, that took more than a day to write. I could barely type that. Whew…
Um, ok, back to what you ask. 5 favorite things from the sponsors.
1. Dyson Allergy and Asthma vacuum. We have an old old Kirby that isn’t doing it anymore. My son’s asthma isn’t doing well in this new climate. I think this could benefit him greatly.
http://www.dyson.com/store/product.asp?product=DC17-ALLERGY
2. LeapFrog Clickstart http://www.leapfrog.com/gaming/clickstart/ My four-year-old would adore this beyond words, as fascinated he is with the computer.
3. BabyPop Super hero capes! My sons would LOVE THOSE! (can’t link to that page, though)
4. Let’s Go Strolling Phil and Ted’s Vibe http://www.letsgostrolling.com/phil-and-teds-vibe-stroller.html My sister is expecting and has a three year old, so this would allow her to be able to push both kids!
5. FeeFiFoto Personalized Porcelain Plates http://www.photogiftplace.com/Content.aspx?Page=PlateJump&PK=fa3615daca954a148af6c6f9e7c90a04 When I was kid, I made a plate for my mom in Kindergarten. Now that I’m grown, I’d like to get a plate with a picture of all of us on it, to display next to that plate I made her.
Christmas of dreams button has been in my sidebar since it launched
and you’ve been on my blogroll for.ev.er lol
And my blog post is located here http://www.crazyadventuresinparenting.com/2008/11/christmas-of-dreams.html
Extra entry will come later..
Here is my husband’s entry. He had me cracking up. (He’s a huge comic book fan) I hope you get a laugh out of this, if nothing else!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTmnwv887HY
I followed all the rules, left a shout out on my blog here: http://kenleysmomma14.blogspot.com/2008/11/momdotcom.html
and have the button on my sidebar.
Now for the comment portion of this contest….I feel like our family deserves to win because this Christmas has been really hard on our family. I am unable to work, therefore I stay home with our 2 yr old daughter. I do some freelance work on the side but that isn’t enough to make ends meet sometimes. In addition to that, we are away from our families and everyone doesn’t have the funds to travel to get the family together for the holidays. Its also been hard on our family after several family deaths and a near death experience just yesterday. You guys have an amazing contest and the generousity from the sponsors is incredible. Despite all of this, we consider ourselves pretty lucky and our Christmas dream for this year is for this prize pack to go to someone who is less fortunate than us. I have read many blogs out there about lossing a child, fighting diseases that are uncurable, and making most of the time that they have left on this Earth. Those are the people who’s Christmas Dream should be granted to.
i blogged about the contest here:
http://schiranotriplets.blogspot.com/2008/11/christmas-of-dreams-over-1000-in-prizes.html
and the button is in my sidebar
when i first saw this giveaway, i was blown away by the incredible generosity. this is amazing! there are so many people out there who are struggling to make ends meet and this couldn’t have come at a more perfect time. christmas is just around the corner and i have so many gifts that i would like to give, but very little money to spend. i am not sure that our story is really any different than anyone else’s…frequent job changes, debt, a house and all of the bills that come with it, 4 children, medical bills from our premature triplets, the list goes on. the details change with each story, but the overall theme remains the same. i do feel blessed to have what we have so i think that if i won, though i would surely keep some of the items for myself and my family, i know i would also pass some of the items onto others who could use them.
thank you so much for this!
Okay – I visited a bunch of the sponsors – actually commented to my top five picks telling them what i loved about them and who sent me (MOMDOT.COM). I have my post up.
I don’t think I am more deserving or less deserving . . . we are just regular people, in a regular family . . trying to do the best we can with one income from my husband. he works wwwaaayyyy too many hours. But we get by, like most of Americans these days. We try to do the best we can with what we have, we give loads and loads of help to the needy in our area and help our at our church whenever they need us. We give back in areas that we can . . . because we can and we want to. For as long as we have been married , we don’t exchange christmas gifts . . namely we can’t afford it, but we take what we might spend on the spouse and buy something for a needy family instead. Actually getting a big load of stuff for ourselves would be SUCH A TREAT and a TREASURE TROVE and a blessing!
You probably need my blog address right? lol.
http://brneyedgal.blogspot.com
Okay…Im a first time blogger so I hope I did everything correctly…yikes, lol.
I added a post about the “Christmas of Dreams” contest on my new blog…(I wanted to enter this contest and I started it today!)
I added a link back to your website on my sidebar…at leased I think that is what I did!! Oh boy…lol.
My favorite sites and items are…
1. Dyson…I really need a vacuum.
2. Leapfrog…Would love to get my son the Didj.
3. Kushies…Love the Stacrobats, so cute.
4. Mimsi Bags…couldnt help but check out something for me.
5. Organic Blankees…Couch Blankee is so soft and beautiful.
First to all the folks out there who entered…I pray that your Holiday finds you warm, safe, well-fed, happy, and healthy!
Now my story…
I will make this short and to the point. I am entering this contest to give my son and our family a Christmas this year. My husband works for the auto industry in Michigan and if you have been watching the news you know that they are suffering in a major way. It is so bad that they have already said they are laying my husband off indefinately just before Christmas. Of course, it could be anyday…today, tomorrow, or Christmas Eve…He will not know until they tell him to walk off the job. That is a hard wait.
Not only will he lose his job, but soon after our health and dental insurance will cancel. This is a worry because our son has been quite sick this year with all sorts of things and they haven’t really figured out what is causing his problems.
I, myself, cannot work because I suffer from a few things that I do not want to mention right now but would be willing to verify if I should happen to win. I am only 36, and the fact that I cannot contribute to my families well being is just so hard and terribly frustrating.
And the really sad part is that the only work history my husband has is working for the auto suppliers or in a shop that makes parts for these companies. There is not going to be any work for the type of backround he has for maybe many years. Its a very scary place to be in…especially when you just brought yourself up from being layed off a few years ago.
Well…there is not much more to say than may the best story win….we are all the “best” families in my eyes!!!
Thank you for this opportunity…really great!