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Sunday, December 13, 2009

Boom Baby!

This is #2’s FAVORITE thing to say.

He wakes up in the morning…BOOM BABY!

I serve him his dinner…BOOM BABY!

He gets released from prison time out, that’s right…BOOM BABY!

At first, I found it quite comical.

Then it moved dangerously close to the annoying department (especially when he said it after time out, because it sorta cheapened the whole thing, as though he was wholly unaffected by my attempt to impose my silly little rules upon him).

Now I’m starting to appreciate it for it’s ability to up the awesome on the most mundane, everyday tasks.

Can you even guess how much more amazing flushing the toilet is when there is someone saying BOOM BABY as it happens?

BOOM BABY is quickly turning into our family mantra (or motto like Mama Kat suggested for the week's Writer's Workshop. And, so what if I'm cheating a wee little bit, she'll forgive me because she loves me! Right Mama K? You do love me, don't you? I mean, that's just the impression I got when we spent that night in Vegas together. Wait...What?! What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas?! I thought you were different. I thought this was special. Like we had something.).

You know, some people say let’s roll, we say BOOM BABY.

So, while the unveiling of the First Annual Merry Effing Christmas Photo Contest entries may already be full of more excitement and anticipation than one holiday photo contest can stand, how ‘bout a little more?

Casa de Dummies style!

Here they are.

In random order.

With captions you will love, or hate, or love to hate.

For your voting pleasure (however, you may only do so once per day!).

Merry Effing Christmas.

BOOM BABY!!!

1. From When Did I Become My Mom?

when became mom

2. From Adrian’s Crazy Life (get the full story on this one, by clicking the link)

adriancrazy

3. From My Life…Badly Written (another with a worth-reading back story)

amandabadlywritten

4. From My Life in Words (more this-is-a-true-story action)

andrias

5. From Seven Clown Circus (I added the elf b/c without it, the picture was just too dang cute! It was stifling my funny. My original caption was, “I love Angie even if her hair looks kinda wonky.” That’s just not funny. So, in goes creepy little elf dude and out comes a caption I can be proud of! )

angie

6. From Confessions of a Semi-Slacker Mom

BARBOURFAMILY

7. From She Says the Darndest Things

BATHGE

8. From For What it’s Worth or Not

jahnke for what its worth or not

9. From Honest To Betsy

basketkids

10. From I’m Just Sayin’ (who I just realized I forgot to say congrats on baby’s birth to when he was born nearly 2 months ago, because I’m an insensitive idiot who reads and responds to comments via email instead of visiting blogs to check up on people like I should. Sorry, don’t hate me! And, when he’s not screaming because he hates his mommy’s idea of a cute suit, he is quite the cutie, so go take a peek!)

kerrijustsayin

11. From Blogbaby. Where naughty is the new black and gifts for Christmas are so 2000 and late.

2009 Christmas Card - Bah Humbug1

12. From Life With Kaishon.

lifewithkaishon

13. From 4 Lettre Words. And, no. It’s not a typo.

Lettre - Crazy Card

14. From Peanut Butter in My Hair. Winner of the Least Likely to Ever Get a Good Picture of Her Kids Award.

mamab

15. From Supah Mommy. Reining PBD Photo Contest Champ and resident Overachiever. Obviously I didn’t make this card since it looks all pro-fes-sion-Al.

contest

16. From All You Need is Love

mamajules

17. From Mom Most Traveled

mommosttraveled

18. From The Mommyologist (who should get extra points for blog name originality, I think.)

MOMMYOLOGIST

19. From The Daily Dribbles. Another overachieving, contest host shower upper who made her own card just to rub my face in her graphic design skilldizzels because she’s awesome like that.

Merry Effing Xmas(2)

20. From Night Light Stories

nose picker

21. From Food Don’t Grow on Trees, owner and operator of one of the cutest sets of triplets ever.

sindy

22. From The Triplet Crown, owner and operator of the other cutest set of triplets I’ve ever, who is also crazy brave enough to be pregnant with baby #4.

mira

23. From Superdumb Supervillain (another best-blog-title nominee)

suberdumbsupervillain

24. From Tracy’s Topics

tracy's topics

25. From True Confessions of a Single Mother

trueconfessionsofasinglemother

26. From Hip as I Wanna Be

jeng

27. Last but not least, from The (Un)Experienced Mom

unexperiencedmom

28. The real last but not least, but momentarily forgotten in my exhaustion induced haze, from Measuring My Life in L-O-V-E (who gets an extra vote for being added a day late). Thanks for showing your panties!



29) The real, real seriously this time, I'm like 99.9% sure this is the last forgotten entry from Hiding from the Kids, who has every right to boycott this contest, this blog, and me (aka the worst photo contest hosting blog owner EVER) in general. So, in an effort to prevent being hated on by her plethora of readers, I'm gonna give her 2 free votes just because I suck. Please don't hate me, because then I'll have to blog about it, and I'm WAY too tired to blog right now!



*Official Rules
: One vote per person per day. No anonymous voters accepted. Voting will close at 6pm on 12/18/09. Winner and runners-up will be announced 12/19/09.

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Lisa@saltandlightstudio said...

Boom Baby!

Dang you other contest participants and your excellent entries....I spit in your general direction. Not on you, 'cuz that's gross but certainly in a 5 foot radius from you so TAKE THAT!

You can give notice to all of your babies....it's on Baby, it's on.

I vote for BigBoy and I - number #11

BlogBaby

The (Un)Experienced Mom said...

Woohoo! I only have to beat out 26 other contestants. Yep, got a REAL shot! ;-)

Seriously though, they were all effing hilarious! Merry effing holidays all!

Tamara
www.theunexperiencedmom.com

AdriansCrazyLife said...

These are all great, but I think #2 takes the cake for uniqueness, especially when you consider that I had paid for 40 copies of it and was literally putting them into the envelopes to send to all our friends and relatives before I noticed the offending finger. Gotta love teenagers!

Kmama said...

LOL! I love the caption you put on mine. I THOUGHT we were supposed to make our OWN cards. Hell, I wouldn't have spent so much damn time on it if I knew you were going to do it! LOL

Evonne said...

Wow! Picking your nose might be easier than picking the best, um worst, card!

I just have to go with #16. Great caption...and that is exactly why I send out boxed cards!!

Hazel Nut said...

Those are funny!

I vote for #27!

Lisa@saltandlightstudio said...

So we can only vote once a day, right?

Mmmmhmmm...yep, that's what you said and since my first vote was at 11:47 pm yesterday and it is now 12:20 am, I am voting again...FOR ME - #11!

P.S. Dumb Mom - You can link to BlogBaby now, you know if you wanna, 'cuz I noticed mine was missing a link.

The (Un)Experienced Mom said...

Opps...forgot to post my vote. Of course, it's #27! ;-)

The (Un)Experienced Mom said...

Ok, seriously mad I didn't put my # in the first post, which was 11:58pm on 12/12!

My 2nd post was q12am on 12/13....please can you count my first post as an actual vote for me...b/c honestly, you KNOW I am going to vote for myself.

*Smacks dumb blonde head!*

mrs boo radley said...

Eleven.

Just Lisa said...

My vote's for #11!

Unknown said...

Voting for Supah!

Tracy said...

The are effin BRILLIANT. The 3-in-a-row synchronized nose picking is true xmas spirit.
gotta vote for myself first. #24!

Sarah Andrews said...

Go BLOGBABY!

#11.

When did I become my Mom said...

Awww these are awesome. I'm glad I didn't see them before I sent in mine, cos I woulda chickened out! :-)

So many cuties and bloggy friends, but I gotta vote for my own little diva and imaginary-omnitrix Ben-10.

#1!

Jennifer G. said...

Is it cheating to totally vote for yourself? Okay... I vote for my future criminals... No. 26. Boom Baby!

BJ_Mama said...

#8 for ME! (Of course, I'm not biased or anything)

Kathleen @ Measuring My Life said...

For my baby girl #28!!!

Anonymous said...

Great job on the captions! I can't believe I forgot to send in my effing picture...

I'm voting for #23.

Unknown said...

lol...I love it...BOOM BABY!

Ok, so I vote for #9 but they were all really great!

And, thanks for stopping by my page!

http://carrigansjoy.blogspot.com/

Melissa Haak said...

Number 14 of course...you just can't compete with that level of badness :-)

The Mommyologist said...

Ok, so of course I'm voting for my little butt-crack boy...#18 from The Mommyologist. Who'd a thunk that a butt crack could get you nominated in such a fun contest? I can't wait to pull out this photo on Prom night!!

bksmoney said...

#11 is fanfreakintastic.

Shannon said...

Boom BABY! I LOVE it!
I think you may (or your lil one) have coined a new phrase in the blogosphere!

And # 18 is PRICELESS!!!

Traci said...

Only one complaint -- next year, please post the following warning: "Go to the restroom before viewing the following cards!".

Too funny. I seriously almost peed myself laughing -- Boom Baby!

WeaselMomma said...

#14 PB in my hair! That's who I'm voting for.

All of these was awesome fun.

Jennifer said...

#6, definitely #6/

Kristi said...

Adding a vote for myself...#19

mindy said...

i vote for # 18! adorable and hysterical!

Superdumb Supervillain said...

Way to totally brighten up my crummy day... thanks! I'm partial to #23 since I was there but the nose picking triplets are also amazing. Still... #23 is my pick. Jolly Santa, terrified child. It captures the spirit of the season for me...

Kendra said...

My vote is for #11 blog baby

supahmommy- somethin's wrong with that girl said...

this IS THE BEST FREAKIN CONTEST EVER

I PISSED MYSELF!
I'm going to vote for the triplet nose pickers.. #22
thank me later #22
cuz it' s on come monday


so great PBD.. so GREAT!!

The Only Girl said...

Love those Blog Babies! I'm voting for #11.

My Trendy Tykes said...

I vote for #11 (Blog Baby)

Confessions From A Work-At-Home Mom said...

I'm here to support my blogging buddy Tamara (although, I adore all these pictures particularly the nose-pickers and sibling-bashers)-- so my vote goes for #27!

~Elizabeth
http://confessionsfromaworkingmom.blogspot.com

nbjenni said...

#11 Blog Baby!

Stefanie said...

This is great. I vote for #18. Classic!

Nancy C said...

I'm going to incorporate BOOM BABY into all of my conversations from this point forward. Going to vote for 11.

Nicole @ WhenDidIBecomeMyMom.com said...

By the way Blog Baby, I'm loving the Monty Python reference. I used to say that all the time and get **crickets**.

Love said...

i vote #1!

Heather said...

#11 is hilarious! That's my vote!!!

4 Lettre Words said...

These are all too cute!! Gotta go with lucky #13, tho. :o)

Anonymous said...

#6.....way to cute')

mFw said...

I vote for #6

Being Me said...

I'm voting for #1

Cute contest..
Merry merry Christmas

Poolside with the Girls said...

#6 for me

Kameron said...

I vote for #11 BlogBaby!

Unknown said...

I vote for number 6!

Miss Dot said...

Here's a vote for #11!!

Geez these are all so great. This is like the most awesome Christmas contest ever.

Stacy Uncorked said...

Seriously. Funny.

I didn't get to play along this year because Princess Nagger decided it was the perfect week to get sick and feverish. Though if I had stuffed her in her Christmas finery and plopped her in front of the tree, I might have been a contender. ;)

I'm casting my vote for #6!

Now I'm going back to look at them all again and laugh the night away... ;)

Jen said...

Wow, these are awesome. Too funny. But I gotta vote for #6.

Chief said...

Im not taking it personally that you forgot mine. sigh... I always knew Supah was your favorite

Foursons said...

#6 for sure!!!!!

Raine said...

I vote for #3 - cuz voting for myself is cheesy

Brooke said...

Number #11 for sure!

Angela said...

I vote for #23. Although I must say, I was wondering what was so funny about #2...I kept studying it over and over, until I read in the comments that someone was giving the finger! So hopefully she doesn't feel bad about missing that and making 40 copies...I missed it too! :)

Evonne said...

I'm really having a hard time deciding which one is the best..um, worst.

#16 it is

Ok, maybe I'm a bit biased!

Chief said...

don't hate me cuz i'll have to blog about it! ~snort ©

awesome

Chief said...

I vote for #29 of course

Robyn said...

My vote goes to #27, but they are all so adorable!!!

Janna said...

I vote #6

Mariana said...

#26 please!

Unknown said...

*29 sorry Supah but ya know the unphtotshopped tushie was the clincher for me lol

Grizzly Bear said...

I vote for #29....... as long as she has my back against supah..... god help me! LOL :D

Anonymous said...

number 29...ok now Im off to go into hiding;)

The Princess of Sarcasm said...

#29

shhhhhhh....don't tell supah.....or I keel you.....

Our Favorite Things said...

29, 29, 29!!!!

Lisa@saltandlightstudio said...

Stiff competition! I might need to break out the fake tears.

I'll work on that after I vote again for me - Number 11.

BlogBaby

Melissa said...

29, baby!

Unknown said...

I am voting for 4 Lettre Words and the Plumber : )

Amy DM said...

I vote for #29.

KMServino said...

#10! And yes I forgive you for NOT COMING BY MY BLOG lol. I'll accept your late congrats...

Anonymous said...

I vote #24!

Unknown said...

I vote for #11

Unknown said...
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MommyBrain said...

My vote is for the overachiever ... that would be #15 ... SUPAH funny :)

Unknown said...

#29...Gotta help Chief!

adrienzgirl said...

#15 is Supah!

Epiphius said...

#15! I don't want Supah swinging big bertha at me!

Epiphius said...

New Day (in my time zone), new vote! #29

Anonymous said...

Good one on parenting BY dummies - it helps a lot!

We clearly share similar parenting experiences and views.
I've been reading one that I'm hooked on - http://todayscliche.com/.
I have a feeling you'd get a lot out of it.

Incredible job on your blog; keep it up.

Thanks,
patrice

Amanda {My Life Badly Written} said...

GREAT PICS EVERYONE - ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!

I'M VOTING FOR #3...OH THATS BECAUSE ITS MY SON...COME READ THE BACK STORY THEN VOTE FOR ME!!!!!

Melissa Haak said...

14!

Melinda said...

A vote for 'Hiding from the Kids'!!

Sarah Andrews said...

#11.

Chief said...

#29

hah! eat that Supah

Anonymous said...

#29! Go 29!

They're all too funny!

Kim Lehnhoff said...

#10

Bargain is the New Black Gal said...

#27 for sure!

Mary-Jane said...

I vote for #3 :)

brneyedgirl0105 said...

My vote goes to #6..reminds me of some kids I know!!!

bksmoney said...
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Brent Kelly said...

#11 Blog Baby!!!!

Unknown said...

AAaaaaa...?...29......Yup! #29!

Ducky said...

I vote for #29!

Michelle Pixie said...

I vote for #19!

Stacey said...

#24 I love the strange dog!

Richaile said...

I vote for #29.

Barbaloot said...

Number 29!

Helene said...

Those are all adorable and SO funny!!

My vote is for #6!!

Laura and Kelly Allen said...

11. See what happens when you try to make your kids something they aren't? Rebellion.

Melissa said...

New day, new vote. 29!

Evonne said...

What happens when your kids says "macaroni" instead of "cheese"?

#16

Just Jules said...

these are hilarious!!!!!! #29 for sure!!!!!

Danielle said...

i VOTE #19 !!! Go Kmama!

The Grasshoppa:Triplets Plus Two Momma said...

I admit it..my vote can be bought....for the right price, that is!

snippy said...

# 29 is the best!!! Supah sucks :)

Amy DM said...

I vote for #29 because I can be bought for very little.

Shell said...

#29...today's vote, anyway...running away in fear now...

Laura said...

#11 fo shiz!

Our Favorite Things said...

#29!!!! All the Way!

Katie Lane said...

#11's got my vote!!

Danae Hudson said...

#11

CountessLaurie said...

My vote is for #29. Because that is a classic family pic showing each member's personal dynamic. And because #29 read all my post-it notes.

And #28 would take second place if I could pick second place.

Dee at Pedestrian Palate said...

I am going with 29.

Kmama said...

Voting for myself again...#19

Miss Janice said...

These are cute. #6 is the cutest!

meme said...

29 rocks!!!!

sweetie said...

c'mon... i wanna prize too # 29 puhleze!!!!!

sassyone said...

# 29.... did you really poof those candy canes out???

Poolside with the Girls said...

#29 is a gem

Kathleen @ Measuring My Life said...

#28 - that's my baby girl, and yes I paid for this shot, it was too much - #28.

Chrissiebear said...

Vote for #11 :)

Paula @ Organizing Tips For Moms said...

#6!!!

Kameron said...

I vote for #11 BlogBaby!! She's the bestest!

Meeko Fabulous said...

Voting for number 29 today. :)

Rachel said...

Vote for BlogBaby number 11- super biased!

Working Mommy said...

They are all so great!! One vote for them all!!

~WM

Claremont First Ward said...

Oh my stars. Your captions are so funny. You put so much work into this. What a treat for all of us!

Unknown said...

They're all great, but I vote for BlogBaby, #11 !!!!

E @ Scottsville said...

MY VOTE GOES TO #11 - which would be BLOGBABY and her Bro!

Nicole @ WhenDidIBecomeMyMom.com said...

Voting for my babas! #1

Sanda said...

MY VOTE GOES TO #11 - The SUPER FAB SASSY BLOGBABY!

HalfAsstic.com said...

OK, #29! Giving it up for Hiding from the Kids and good ol' Chief!

HalfAsstic.com said...

And for yesterday, (which I missed), here's another vote for #29, Chief and Hiding From the Kids!

Princess Freckles said...

#6!!!!!

Connie said...

Oh my gosh....I have to vote for #1!!

Joanna Jenkins said...

Woo-hoo! I vote for NUMBER ONE!!!
xo

Unknown said...

#6!!! Those kids are so cute, I bet their mother's beautiful!

Anonymous said...

Todays vote...#6


thats # 6 ;)

mCat said...

Vote for #29 today!

Superdumb Supervillain said...

Another vote for #23!

Deb said...

It's "Boo, Mommy!" around here...some sort of Halloween aftermath.

I vote for #20--Night Light Stories!

Unknown said...

I vote for Chief, #29.

Unknown said...

I vote for #11

The Princess of Sarcasm said...

#19!!

Unknown said...

#11 Blog Baby

Chi-town momma said...

#15
This is a hilarious competition! nice work!

The (Un)Experienced Mom said...

Voting #27 again... (it's 11pm in MY time zone, so this is for 12/14!).

Anonymous said...

These are so funny! I vote for #18.

Nicole @ WhenDidIBecomeMyMom.com said...

Another day, another vote #1!!!

BJ_Mama said...

Number 8!!!!

Sandra said...

#6 for sure!! Merry Christmas! xoxo

Unknown said...

It's Supah's Turn #15! ♥™

Miss Dot said...

Numero 11, if you please! :)

Melissa Haak said...

Number 14!

Sarah Andrews said...

MY VOTE GOES TO #11 - The SUPER FAB SASSY BLOGBABY!

Kathleen @ Measuring My Life said...

#28.

The Princess of Sarcasm said...

Numba 29

Brent Kelly said...

#11 is the bestest

Brent Kelly said...

#11 is the bestest

Brent Kelly said...

#11 is the bestest

Boy Mom said...

29, 29, 29

Lisa@saltandlightstudio said...

ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME. ETC.

Which loosely translates to:

11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11. ETC.

BlogBaby

P.S. It appears my SugarDaddy is computer inept as he has somehow managed to vote for me three times today. Please forgive his silliness and strike two of those votes from the official count. We babies are NO cheaters.

Kmama said...

My daily vote for #19

Amy said...

I am here to vote for number 16...

Yeah I will say it again number sixteen..

Thanks..

mFw said...

I vote for 6

Chrissiebear said...

Another day, another vote for BlogBaby... number 11 that is :)

Evonne said...

16

for no other reason than it's mine and it rocks =)

The Mommyologist said...

Um...hello? Number 18 here! I'm sorry, but I can't understand why my son's butt crack isn't getting more love.

Gwen said...

My vote is for #6 but they are all so funny!!!

Lori said...

#29 because Chief said so! LOL

Mandi said...

Okay, this is the cutest contest I have seen in a while. I think I might have to try this on my blog. I cant wait to see all my friends worst Christmas pictures. BTW, I vote for #6!!!

Anonymous said...

#29 because Chief rocks!

Melissa said...

And again, I say 29. 29, I say.

Ju said...

Vote #29 because they're the craziest family in blogoland.

Barbaloot said...

I'd vote for #29 even if I wasn't being bribed to do so!

Ducky said...

Put me down for number 29 pleeeez!

THX

Jennifer said...

#6! That is so funny!

snippy said...

# 29

sassyone said...

# 29 please......

sweetie said...

Gotta go with # 29

meme said...

#29!!!!!!

Unknown said...

I vote for # 29

And I'm your newest follower!

;-)

Jennifer said...

#6!!!!!! Please don't make him keep choking them.

Kameron said...

#11 Blog Baby All the way!!

Anonymous said...

I vote for #16. Yep, I do. Thanks.

Herding Cats said...

#29 please!

briana said...

two nine. as in 29.

Grissell Barros said...

As i say this very quietly so supah does hear this... I am voting for number #29.... shhhhhhhhhhhh

#29 hail the chief

Confessions From A Work-At-Home Mom said...

Voting for one of my bloggy friends-- #16 please!

~Elizabeth
http://confessionsfromaworkingmom.blogspot.com

Meeko Fabulous said...

Voting for #15 today . . .

J and D said...

MY VOTE GOES TO #11 - The SUPER FAB SASSY BLOGBABY!

Great photos!!!!!!!!

Danica-Dragonfly said...

I'ma throw my hat in the ring on Cheify's behalf/behind whatevs...

#29!! Rah!

Nadine said...

MY VOTE GOES TO #11 - The SUPER FAB SASSY BLOGBABY!

Unknown said...

200 comments!

#6 & he's the nice one.

Shell said...

Today, my vote goes to #18.

Katrina said...

#3! My Life Badly Written...go Amanda!

SPEAKING FROM THE CRIB said...

i vote 29 and 3

Mira said...

22, I might as well get my own vote since I can't see straight enough to advertise for myself

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