Your mother's a tracer!
They were placed inside a hat.
And then three names were chosen by Luke, who was gracious enough to play my assistant while catching up on last night's episode of House.
In an effort to spread the wealth, I decided to break up the mega package into three separate prizes: the Jay and Silent Bob series, the two Clerks comics, and our dear Buddy Christ.
And the winners are...
Congratulations Gry, Dawnie, and Audrey! Gry, you get the Buddy Christ. Dawnie, the Jay and Silent Bob series is yours. Audrey, enjoy Clerks. Get me your addresses by Monday and I'll try to mail everything out next week. A big thanks to the rest of you who...um...wanted to take my stuff.
For those of you who couldn't care less about my nerdy contest, might I interest you in a belly shot of sorts?
Here I am at 23 weeks pregnant with Baby Brother, my two-days-shy-of-10-months-old daughter standing by my side. It's not the most telling angle, but it's the best Luke and I could manage under the circumstances ("circumstances" being a code word for "the child who insists on clinging to my legs for dear life the minute I walk through the door"). However, it's still enough to compare to my size at this point in Kara's incubation:
So far, the kids seem to be progressing at relatively the same rate. I had an ob/gyn appointment on Monday, where I learned that Baby Brother is spot on, measurement-wise, just like Kara was until we reached the final few weeks. (For more details about that visit, including my decision regarding whether or not to attempt a VBAC, check out my post on Parents.com.)
Edited to add: Whoops, there was one more photo I meant to post last night, because HELLO, adorableness:
Kara looks so cute and grown up (like a 2 year old!) in that picture. I also love the way she's standing, with her foot pointed out like a ballet dancer's. I can't wait to see how cute baby brother is!
Posted by: Parker | October 16, 2008 at 02:21 AM
Kara looks so sweet standing up like a big girl! I have very fond memories of watching Chasing Amy and Clerks thousands of times when I was in high school. I glad you found good homes for your memorabilia!
Posted by: Sarah | October 16, 2008 at 05:09 AM
OH EM GEE!!! Am full of glee :) Will be sure to treat him good. (Husband also v. VERY enthusiastic!)
Am off to gmail now.
(Also, seriously cute outfit on a seriously cute baby!)
Posted by: Gry | October 16, 2008 at 06:25 AM
Yesssssss! I love being a winner! And Clerks would have been my first choice, so even better!
Of course, my husband was sitting here reading over my shoulder and I showed him what I won and told him I was going to give the comics to my brother. Then Tim was all "Oh, no thoughts about whether your husband might want them?" So now I may have to have a drawing of my own, but either way some man in my life will be very happy about this!
Thanks, Frema!
Posted by: Audrey | October 16, 2008 at 09:05 AM
Holy moley! She looks like a toddler! I love it.. she's so precious!
Posted by: Summer | October 16, 2008 at 10:29 AM
What a beautiful girl you have! She looks so grown-up in her pretty outfit!
Congrats to the winners! This was inspiring. Maybe I can start giving stuff away on my blog. Everyone loves a good contest. Enjoyed the photos!
Posted by: Jen L. | October 16, 2008 at 10:59 AM
Kara looks so big and cute! I am also glad to see someone sporting similar hair to my little one - what can you do with baby hair when it isn't long enough for a pony tail but let if go wild!
Posted by: AJU5's Mom | October 16, 2008 at 11:27 AM
Uh oh...this post kind of made me want a baby.
Posted by: Liz | October 16, 2008 at 11:41 AM
How cute is Kara in that last picture? Love the overalls!
Posted by: Charese | October 16, 2008 at 12:15 PM
Oh she's getting so big!!! and, you look great!!
Posted by: Rachel | October 16, 2008 at 01:39 PM
LOVE Kara's dress. And your belly! But yeah, nerdy contest? Not my cup of tea. If you're ever giving away BSC stuff though? I'll be all over it!
Posted by: eva | October 16, 2008 at 07:40 PM
Oh and Megan is TOTALLY JEALOUS of Kara's hair. Truly amazing.
Posted by: eva | October 16, 2008 at 07:41 PM
Oh my, who is that big girl standing there next to you? Frema, she really is awful darn cute.
Posted by: debi | October 17, 2008 at 02:10 AM
I know you probably don't want to hear this, but Kara really does look so much older in that first picture.
Posted by: Fraulein N | October 17, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Spreading the wealth is a good thing. Taxing the wealth to spread the wealth around is a good way to move help to others.
Posted by: daddyd | October 19, 2008 at 12:18 AM
Kara is a beautiful baby! That is my favorite age for babies, they are absorbing the world! (It's amazing, she looks like a such big girl in the first picture!)
Posted by: Norma | October 25, 2008 at 11:28 PM