Cryoow doll winner

A while ago, I participated at a giveaway that was hosted by Grace for Moms. They were giving away one CRYOOW doll. I know..... you are wondering what that is! A funny name, right?

CRYOOW stands for CReate YOur very OWn personal doll! Here is a link to their webpage: CRYOOW. Basically, your child draws a doll, you send in the drawing and a doll will be sewn according to the drawing. This doll will be unique and there will only one be this one. So it is truly a one-of-a-kind-doll. Pretty neat, right?

So when I saw that I had won the giveaway, I knew my little princess (aka Peanut) needed to do a drawing in order for this doll to come to life....

She needed some help with the drawing, as it had to be a certain size for the company. So Mami gave a bit of help with proportioning things. She colored it all by herself and it took some time, as I told her she needed to work nicely.

Here is a glimpse - I think she did a great job.

I then had to scan the drawing and send it via email to Bali..... yes, a far away place to give birth to this doll. We waited patiently for the transformation to take place. I want to say, it was maybe two weeks. She had to be send all the way back to our country and was here in about five days.

In the meantime, my little girl had no idea that this was coming. So when the doll arrived, we called for a family meeting. We showed her the drawing to see if she remembered - she did! Then we showed her the package and told her to open it. She was so excited.

It took her a few tries to get her out of her package but then she finally held her in her arms.

Now the doll needed a name, and within minutes, she was baptized 'Abigail'. So now, Abigail sleeps right next to Peanut. A very special doll for a very special girl:

We are being blessed and very thankful for this gracious gift. 

I was a winner

A while ago, I had won something - see the post here.

I had guessed the right (or close enough) number of stitches that my friend Beth had used to make her mother's purse (just like the one I have now). Well, and to be honest, I didn't just guess, I also counted, on the screen. So I knew that I would be pretty close to the actual number, but you never know, they could have been one more accurate than me. I was lucky....

Beth gave me a choice of what I wanted and I said that I could use a little bag for my phone. At the time, I still had my old phone, so I told her to make it a bit bigger - anticipation for my new phone that I ended up getting much earlier than expected! Yeah. I chose the yarn and she made it.With lots of love.

Here is the beauty:

I love the way it came out. The bag is really thick and sturdy, so absolutely perfect to protect my new toy...

Thank you, Beth, for making it. 

I feel blessed.

I won something!

Yes, I can't believe it, but I won a .... book!

My blog friend Bethany Kerr (from Happy to be Called Mommy) wrote this book about miscarriage. What it feels like. How much it hurts, physically and emotionally. The books contains her own testimony as well as those of so many others, what to say and what not to say, and pictures of her own baby. It is a book of encouragement; encouragement to grieve in this time of loss, and encouragement to heal. I loved every page of it.

When she finally received her printed copies, she had a giveaway on her blog and I won, here. It was the cutest way to draw the winners. Great idea, Bethany, and thank you so much Ian.

So what have I done this weekend? I read the book. Yep, cover to cover. It's a great book and I highly recommend it to anyone who has lost a baby by miscarriage or knows someone (close) who did. It brought back memories and I decided to write my own story/ies down within the next week or so. I am too emotional right now, but I wanted to get the word out. Hopefully it can help someone, as I only know how alone one can feel during that time.Be strong.

Here is a link to her blog post about the book and within her post, you can find a link to buy the book.

Thank you, Bethany