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This giveaway is CLOSED and BessFamily has claimed her prize, but you are welcome to read this review or to enter more able2able Giveaways!


Clara-Bear's two volumes of NICU scrapbooks are precious to me. Not just because they're full of memories of such an amazing and surreal time in our lives, but also because they're probably the only scrapbooks I'll ever make. Clara-Bear was in NICU at East Tennessee Children's Hospital and we were blessed that donors were funding scrap booking supplies for parents. There were times I resented choosing papers and letters in the scrapbooking room when I really wanted to sit and stare at my baby. But I am so glad I stuck it out. I knew that even in perfect times I was just not a scrapbooker. I was right - it took me 2 years to make the last couple of pages.

Esther Thomas, a NICU nurse with over 18 years experience has simplified the scrapbooking process for tired and stressed parents with her creation, Tiny Steps: My Journey through the NICU. The scrapbook pages are beautifully pre-printed in a sturdy album. Esther uses her knowledge of NICU milestones to make it easier for parents to document special events and her faith to provide inspirational verses to help carry you through the stressful times. Tiny Steps is not just a scrapbook, it's also a journal. I have pictures but no journal from our NICU days, and wish Clara-Bear's journey was captured in my words as well as our pictures.

Tiny Steps: My Journey through the NICU is great for parents who have babies in the NICU or who have NICU grads. This would also be a thoughtful edition to a Welcome basket from your Special Needs organization. Retail value: $19.95.

You have the opportunity to enter this giveaway up to 13 times!!:

(Email me for directions on how to post anonymous entries)

Mandatory First Entry: Visit the Tiny Steps webpage and write a comment about what makes Tiny Steps: My Journey through the NICU so special.

The mandatory first entry must be completed before posting any of these additional entries.

For an additional 1 entry: Enter another current giveaway on able2able. Include the name of the giveaway in your comment.

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For an additional 4 entries: Blog about this giveaway! Your blog post must include links to able2able and to Tiny Steps. Include a link to your blog post in your comment. You must post a comment for each entry (but you only have to include the link in one of your comments if it saves you time).

It is very important that you post a comment for each entry. Why? Because a random number generator will be used to select the winner. Each comment will be numbered by Blogger, and I will use those numbers for the drawing. So if you combine entries into one post all your entries will not be counted. There will be no do-overs! I will verify that the winning entry has met the requirements above, so if your comment for a FB status update is the winning comment then I will want to see that update, etc. If I cannot verify your entry, then all your entries will be removed from the list and the drawing will be repeated.

This giveaway ends at 11:59 pm (CT) on Friday, March 19th. The winner's name will be posted on able2able on Saturday, March 20th and I will also email you. The lucky winner will have until 11:59 pm (CT) Monday, March 22 to contact me.

able2able... Your Special Needs Resource Directory has not been compensated with either $$$ or product for this giveaway. Esther Thomas was a co-worker of mine at East Tennessee Children's Hospital and was the NICU nurse attending Clara-Bear's delivery. I was given a copy of Tiny Hands just before Clara-Bear left NICU so I have seen the scrapbook and the opinions in this blog are based on that.