March Kindness

For our March Kindness, Brandon and I are holding a March Madness Basketball tournament pool again this year to benefit the PA Special Olympics.  We are holding the tournament pool online this year to try to make it easier to join and keep track of all the scores.  If you are interested in joining our pool- hooray!   The details are below:

“Thank you for all that you and your friends do to support Special Olympics PA!  It is much appreciated!”  -Matt B. Aaron, President & CEO (hand written note at the bottom of last year’s donation thank you letter)

We are holding the March Madness Tournament Pool fundraiser for the PA Special Olympics again this year!  Like last year, whether you know all the players’ stats or don’t even recognize some of the teams’ names- it’s easy to join in on the fun.  All proceeds will be donated to the PA Special Olympics from “Your Friends” (with a list of all participant names).  Last year, we raised $290 dollars to support the PA Special Olympics and in the process- Stacy & Duke Soltesz (Detroit, MI) won a $50 VISA gift card!  This year, it could be you!!

How do you play?

In our attempt to make it easier (and more green!) to participate this year; we have set up our pool online.  Please visit:  www.poolhost.com to enter your picks for tournament play after March 14^th (Selection Sunday) and before March 18^th (first round).  (See instructions below). Send via snail mail your entry fee of $10 per bracket.  **If you are more comfortable completing your bracket via paper, please feel free to mail in a paper copy of your picks & we will add you to the online pool once we receive your paper bracket!

At poolhost.com, you will need to create a login and password (it’s free!).  Once you’re logged into the site;

1.    - In the left index, select User Tools

2.   - Select Join a private pool

3.    - Select the March Madness button

4.    - Pool Login Name:  Studer

5.     -Pool Password:  madness1

     -To make your selections, choose My Picks across the top (in orange & black).  Next time you log in, you will find our pool by selecting My Pools in the left index.

You can even make more than one bracket if you want!  In the left index, select Pool Options > Add a pick sheet, name it, and choose your picks!  (reminder:  each bracket has a fee of $10, see above)

How do you win?

Points will be given for each correct winner picked within the different rounds of tournament play.  The participant with the most points at the end of the tournament will win a $50 VISA gift card!!

In the spirit of the Special Olympics oath, “Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt,” the participant with the least amount of points at the end of the tournament will receive a $5 gift card to Starbucks!

Scoring:

Round 1: 1 point

Round 2: 2 points

Round 3: 4 points

Round 4: 8 points

Round 5: 12 points

Round 6: 15 points

Tie-breaker:  Total points scored in the championship game

If you need our home address to send in your entry fee:  Please email or facebook msg. me!!  We'd love new people to join our pool and help raise money to support the PA Special Olympics!

We have a really smart baby, well he has a big head anyway!

For the past two doc appointments, I have been measuring about two inches bigger in the belly than my gestional dates, so I was recently sent for an ultrasound to make sure we are on target and there are no other reasons for the big belly.

For pregs who stumbled upon my blog while google searching, "Big belly measurements at 33 weeks" (like I did, duh).  Some reasons for a big belly that the doctor explained was:
1. Big baby or the due date is off
2. too much amniotic fluid...i.e. I could have gestional diabetes
3. I'm just fat (hah!)

So, off to my ultrasound I happily went since I'd get to see the little (or big!) man again - I hadn't seen my babe since the 20 week mark.  So it was nice to see him wiggling around and happy in there.  I even caught a glimpse of him sucking his little thumb- ahhh!  I can't wait for him to get here!!

The doc called the following Monday and said that everything looks within range on the ultrasound and all is fine.  Apparently the huge head I saw on the ultrasound screen is normal?  Faaaaaantastic!  She also said that they guess he weighs about 4.5 lbs which makes me want to squeeze him!  I can't wait until his sweet, big head is out in the world!

Pup Playdate

Bullet was lucky to have some new friends visit our house this past Friday.  Our friends, Sarah and Gregg brough over their two chocolate labs for a pup playdate.  Bullet really loves meeting new dogs and people, but on our walks he gets so excited that he generally makes people nervous (especially since he looks a little scary).  So, it was really a treat for him to get a chance to run around crazy and play.

Bullet, Elliot, and Parker got to run around and go crazy outside with the dads.  Bullet was so excited and running around so much he threw up! hahhaa, that's how happy he was.  Of course, he could care less and as soon as he got it all out- he kept on playing!

They came in after a little while and continued to play.  The two puppies, Bullet and Parker, really had fun together while Elliot mostly hung out with the humans.  After awhile, Bullet was really dragging and clearly exhausted.  Elliot and Parker have a lot of experience getting to play with other dogs (they have lots of cousins) but since this was Bullet's first playdate- he was completely worn out.  When the Moffett crew finally had to head home, Bullet cried for his new friends for about 10 minutes and stared out the window for them.  He really had a great time- can't wait for the next playdate!