This is my plea to get on Ellen's Mother's Day Show!!!!!! I have been emailing her once a week since the day I found out I was pregnant for an invite and a ticket to her show. I may or may not have at one time told Jordan that our first baby was going to be planned around Ellen's Mother's Day Show so that I could attend the taping and be far enough along to have a belly but not too far that I couldn't travel.....and well, what do you know?! That "plan" actually worked out for us! I know the odds are so sooooo slim of ever getting that magical call that I'm getting a ticket but I like to think my odds are still just as good as everyone else's that's applying to be on it! She has a contest going right now that's called "Ellen's Baby Phrase That Pays!" where each day on her show, a word flashes then on-line, you enter that word and at the end of the week it makes a phrase so you enter the phrase then too....easy peasy! And you know I've been entering with the word everyday and the phrase at the end of the week! Jordan and I both have all of our fingers and toes crossed in hopes of getting a ticket! Peanut, I hope you have your fingers crossed for us, too! I know there are hundreds, probably thousands, of women and families worse off than Jordan and myself who are much more deserving than this incredible day of give-aways than I am. I haven't saved anyone from a car stuck on the train tracks. I haven't jumped into water to rescue someone who is drowning. I don't have any secret or hidden talents (unless being able to crack every bone in my body counts?). I haven't invented any crazy product to make our daily lives easier. So what have I done? Well, let's see... I have always been supported by my amazing family. I have some of the goofiest friends in the world. I married an incredible man who will make an awesome daddy. I have been inspired by kids with cancer and their families to always do my best, laugh every day, and be thankful for who I have in my life. Because of the people in my life, I am a better person and it's them who will make me the best mom I can be - not all the latest and greatest gadgets. Winning a ticket to Ellen's Mother's Day show would be one heck of an experience that I would never ever forget. And sure, it would make some things way easier on us and our bank account! And I would definitely not pass up the ticket or the opportunity to go which is why I find myself thinking about it pretty much daily! Ahhh! Please, Ellen! Pick me! I would love to dance with you and be infected with your kindness to bring back home and spread to everyone here...we can all use a little more love and laughter in our lives everyday!
