Will you help our Monkey win her first award?

One morning, earlier this month, I was playing on the living room floor with the Monkey, listening to the news in the background, and trying to caffeinate myself out of a haze when I heard something about the "America's Most Photogenic Baby" contest. "What is this?", I thought...so I decided to look into it. Turns out that every year, there is a national photo contest to find America's most photogenic baby! The best thing about this contest (and the main reason that I entered Sophi) is that it was created to benefit The Children's Miracle Network for Shands Jacksonville and Wolfson Children's Hospital. I've always had a heart for giving but when it comes down to children, especially since becoming a mother, I'm all in.

So on the day of the contest, I bought Sophi a dress, made a matching hair bow, and we were off to have some pictures taken. At the check-in, we were informed that I could enter her in up to 4 categories (Beautiful, Comical, Fashionable, & Precious). The photographer was so great with Sophi. At first, she just sat there staring at his flash but he was able to finally get her comfortable enough to move (that and I had her chasing my keys around). All in all, I think he took 50-something pictures and then it was time for me to pick how many pictures and what categories to enter her into. While I could have entered them all (of course, I am her biggest fan!), I picked two pictures and entered her into the most beautiful and the most precious. Which ones did I enter, you ask? Here they are:

Most Beautiful

Most Precious

Gorgeous, right? Ok so anyway, down to the part where I ask for your help! The judging goes like this: For each category there is a judge's vote. These judges are from various talent agencies around Jacksonville and they will pick the winner in each category. The winner gets title of Jacksonville's Most Beautiful or Precious or whatever baby and then gets to move on and try for America's Most Beautiful. There is also a voter's choice award. This is where you guys come in to play. Sophi needs your votes!! Each vote is a donation to The Children's Miracle Network in the amount of $.50. That's it! Just 50 cents! You can "vote" as many times as you'd like. Now I am not one to EVER ask for money. As a matter of fact, I have been sitting on this since early January because I hate asking. But the fact is, it's for a REALLY good cause. So here's what I want to do: I am going to add all of the links to the contest below and also give you all my paypal address. If any of you feel like helping our little Monkey win the voter's choice award, that's great! If not, it's no big deal. We appreciate your love and support and know that times are tough for a lot of us right now. If you do decide to help, we will need your donations no later than this Sunday (Feb. 5th). The money has to be turned in by the 11th and it will take a few days to trasfer funds from paypal to our bank account. She's waking up from her not-so-nap (a whopping 25 minutes) so I need to jump off but if you have any questions, Facebook me OR send an e-mail. My e-mail is the same as my paypal address. Thank you all SO much!


Links:
America's Most Photogenic Baby Contest
About Children's Miracle Network
Sponsorship Form
PayPal address: kammi.killeen@gmail.com