Asher turned 9-months old on November 5th. Here's how his mom, Audrie, describes her adorable little lion!
He loved his costume, I figured he would have cried when we put it on, but he was all smiles.
His favorite things are laughing and playing with his two older sisters, swinging, playing with things other than his toys
especially Daddy's remote controller.
His first Halloween went great! He went trick or treating with his sister Madison and fell asleep
not long after we got started.
Asher's Prize Package Valued at $225.00
Creative Memories Story Book Creator Plus
Example of layout created with Story Book Creator Plus
Feeling a little guilty about the baby book? This year's featured 1st place prize is a free download of Story Book Creator Plus, the
digital software that lets you create your baby book easily and quickly from your digital photos.
Creative Memories, yes, the "Scrapbooker's Heaven" has developed this amazing software to let you create and publish a baby book that is just as
amazing and individualized as your friend's down the street (and in half the time and cost!).
Side Note: The first half of the video discusses Memory Manager, the digital photo software organizer that Creative Memories has available.
That software is not included in this prize package and is not required to run the Story Book Creator.
Signing Time is, in my opinion an essential infant resource for moms. I've used sign language with both of my babies (who have excellent hearing) and
plan on using it again with my third.
Much of the frustration growing children have is in communication. They want something, but don't have the language ability to share it with you.
So, they resort to screams, fits, and tantrums of frustration.
Teaching your baby sign language is an easy way to skip past those frustrating fits. I cannot recommend it enough. Signing Time is an award-winning
program that makes learning and teaching sign language easy and is my signing program of choice.
For this contest, they are giving away their first two DVD volumes and CDs.
The DVDs and CDs are created for babies as young as 3 months and as old as 3 years.
Signing Time has received a whole host of awards including a Parent's Choice, Dove Foundation Seal of Approval, National Parenting Publications
Award, iParenting Media Award, Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award, and others. Co-Founder Rachel Coleman was even nominated for an Emmy
for "Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series".
Needless to say, it's a high-quality program that will bless our winning family tremendously.
Prize Value: $59.99
Cook'n Recipe Organizing Software
There's nothing like that 5:00 meal-time, dinner dilemma panic. In my experience, a lack of planning leads to pizza, corn dogs or other questionably-healthy
dinners for my family.
I rely on meal planning software to stay organized. And my meal planning software of choice is Cook'n. I was so excited about this software,
in fact, that I wrote an article detailing the things I like, and the things I'm not-so-hot about. You can see my review here.
Cook'n is a sponsor of this year's Cutest Halloween Baby of 2009 contest. They are giving away a free download of their software to the winner!
This is a huge blessing to any cash-strapped parent.
Top 5 Reasons Cook'n is a Blessing to Any Parent
Grocery Shopping Assistant organizes your list by aisle and estimates your grocery costs for you.
Have chicken in the freezer? Do an instant search for things you can make at home with what you have.
Get the nutritional analysis of recipes. Grandma's Bran Muffin recipe has HOW much fat???
Color photos and (in some case) videos for those of us who like to "judge a recipe by it's photo".
TONS of digital cookbooks you can add in for slow-cooker recipes, low-fat recipes, diabetic recipes, gluten-free recipes...the list
goes on and on.
Prize Value: $99.95
...And a Little Surprise
Besides these great prizes, you will also receive a bonus prize to commemorate your infant's being named the Cutest Halloween
Baby of 2009.
No, I'm not going to tell you what it is. Tough teething cookies. You'll have to win to find out...
Casandra is Our Runner-Up!
Casandra's Runner-Up Prize Package Valued at $54.98
Creative Memories Digital PreDesigned Pages
The Runner-Up of the 2009 Cutest Baby Halloween Contest will also get some help with their baby book. Creative Memories consultant
Sherri Stocker (see her site here) is donating two sets of digital predesigned pages that can be used
with the free version of StoryBook Creator 3.0. (That's 60 pages of predesigned pages to choose from!)
You get to choose the two download page sets you like the best. This gives you the ability to make two 30-page memory books (or 1 60-page book).
Casandra will receive, Signing Time's newest creation, a DVD called Story Time. This DVD includes 6 stories that introduce
the various signs for bugs, family members, activities, animals, vehicles, feelings, colors, fruits, and others.
By listening and watching the stories while the signs are being used, your baby will pick up even faster the signs he needs to share what he wants
to say. ("No juice, milk please" etc.)
The premier meal planning software Cook'n (offered as a 1st place prize) is offering to the Runner-Up a free download of any of their eCookbooks.
Feel free to peek at their wide selection of e-cookbooks.
From low-carb to the Best of Betty Crocker, each cookbook is downloadable and usable with their
software (see my review here). You will need to own the Cook'n software in order to use the e-cookbook.
However, they have generously offered me an exclusive coupon code for this contest. Entering the code infants30 during checkout will get you
the main software program (The Recipe Organizer) for 30% off.
Prize Value: $14.95
Lila is our 3rd Place Winner!
Lila as a Pumpkin
Thanks so much to everyone who entered or voted in this year's contest! We had a total of 79 babies entered, with over 600 votes cast!
Take a minute to watch the brief slideshow below of this year's contestants. They are all so adorable! Have more than minute? Check out last
year's winner and entrants!
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