Step Right Up: It’s a Baby Pool!

It’s about that time, folks. I’m just about 32 weeks pregnant and with only eight weeks to go until my due date, I figured we need to get the show on the road with the Heather Drive Baby Pool (part deux).

With Nora, I went through the trouble of finding a sponsor for a giveaway for the baby pool prize, but true to all things “second child,” I have not the time nor energy to do that sort of thing this time around. So I’ll just fork over some cash instead. The winner of the pool will receive a $25 gift certificate to Amazon.com. I know it’s not much, but hey, I’m not asking much of you, either. :)

Who are you, baby? Ultrasound pics from 23 weeks pregnant

Interested in venturing a guess? Head on over to our Heather Drive Baby Pool page on Expectnet.com and enter your guesses for our baby’s sex, birth date and time, weight, and length. We’ll leave it open to new entries until 9:00 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, July 9, at which point the contest will be closed (I’ll be 36 weeks pregnant at that time). Then, all we do is wait for the baby to be born. Once that happens, I’ll enter the baby’s stats into the system, and Expectnet.com will determine a winner based on all of your entries.A couple of important things to note:

1) You do NOT need to register to enter a guess with Expectnet.com, so no worries. It is super simple! Enter on our Heather Drive Baby Pool page.

2) When you enter through Expectnet.com, YOU MUST ENTER A VALID E-MAIL ADDRESS in the “A phrase or two describing how you know the parents” field. Otherwise, we will have no way of validating who “Karen” or “Anne” is and will have no way of contacting you to let you know you have won.

3) If you are determined to be the winner, we will work with you directly through email to arrange your prize. The prize will be “paid” in the form of an e-gift certificate from Amazon.com.

4) Only one entry per person, please. Duplicate entries will be deleted.

5) Make sure to enter a guess for ALL of the fields (sex, birthday, time, weight, height). There are points awarded (or deducted) for every element, so if you skip a field, you will be hurting your chances at winning!

6) The contest is open to all, whether you live here in the U.S., or outside of it. My international readers are more than welcome to participate! :)

7) Again, all entries MUST be entered into the Expectnet.com system by Tuesday, July 9 at 9 p.m. EDT. The contest will be closed to entries at that time.

8) You’ll notice that Michael and I have entered our own guesses. We are just as clueless as all of you, so we thought it would be fun to venture guesses of our own. However, please rest assured that we are NOT eligible to win.

Questions? Please ask in the comments. Also, if you just HAVE to know whether I’m craving salty or sweet, which side I’m more likely to sleep on, etc., feel free to ask those types of things in the comments as well. ;) I’ll answer everything in the comments so everyone is privy to the same information!

A few basics: The due date is August 6. Nora was exactly one week early, born at 39 weeks. She weighed 6 lbs., 10 oz. and was 20 inches long. As for our own births, I was 10 days early (and weighed 7 lbs., 3 oz.), and Michael was born on his due date (not sure about his birth weight). Supposedly this stuff is supposed to help? HA!

We look forward to your participation and seeing all of the entries come rolling in. Happy guessing!