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You guys. I mean seriously, you guys!  From the bottom of my heart, thank you, thank you, thank you. Thanks for de-lurking, a lot of you for the very first time. I know it’s strange to comment on a blog for someone that you don’t know. I sometimes feel strange, too. But thank you for doing it. I always try to respond to every comment on my blog because I think if this was ‘real life’ and we passed each other on the street and you said the same kind words to me, I wouldn’t just keep on walking. I would stop and throw my arms around you and give you a big smooch and many, many thanks. I want you to feel welcome here and not like a stranger. So I hope you do. It was great learning more about all of you. You guys really are a fascinating bunch!

Onto "Sir Heinrich Von Cutemeister." So excited to choose one very lucky
winner! Actually he couldn’t stop grabbing names out of the bowl. So we have more than one winner.

The Grand Prize goes to:

Libby from Central Washington State!

And since he pulled an additional 2 names out, these two gals will get a little cupcake gift set, complete with liners & sprinkles. And they are:

Julieta from So. Cal

Ellie from Lexington, VA

Gals, I’ll get in touch with you so I can mail of your gifts this week.

On a side-note, Chris called Henry "Heinrich" once at his Dr’s
apt and she turned and said, "Oh! I’m sorry, I didn’t realize his name
was Heinrich!" Well,
um…that’s because his name isn’t technically Heinrich. We’ve just
been calling him  ‘Heinrich Von Cutemeister’ since he was born.

I’m going to share something that I normally would never choose to
share on my blog. It’s quite personal, but here goes. Right after I
posted my 100th post on Wednesday, I started to miscarry. This was my
second miscarriage in a row. I was pregnant in the Fall, and due on
June 17th, 2007 but I miscarried around 12 weeks.  But the first time
was a fluke, right? I mean, 1 in 4 women miscarry, so it shouldn’t have
been a total surprise. And it wasn’t. I knew there was a small chance.
I was just hoping that it wouldn’t be us. And well, it was. And it was
tough, but it was okay. I did have Heinrich after all to put a big
smile on my face. We got pregnant relatively soon after and well, it was kind of hard to get too excited. And now you know the rest. It was a really bummer of a day. And if you are family you are probably hearing about this for the first time. I’m sorry.
You didn’t even know we were pregnant. No one did.  After the first
miscarriage, we realized it wasn’t a good idea to let any potential
baby news out of the bag so early. So we didn’t. And this is why. So
the point is, during the royal bummer of a day, and the royal bummer of
days that followed, I felt so blessed to get sweet and kind words from
all of you. And you didn’t even know. You didn’t even know how much
deeper and meaningful it all was. How lucky for me to decide to post on
a random Wednesday, and how lucky for me that so many of you came out
of the woodwork to show support in ways that you had no way of knowing.
So thank you, thank you. It all means so much.

Phew- so that’s
over. I think someone needs to make some brownie cupcakes in her new
cupcake liners. Brownies. They always have a way of making a gal feel better
about things (as did that giant spoon of chocolate frosting eaten straight
out of the jar while standing in front of the refrigerator tends to
do).

xoxo
Happy Monday!