I've tried it all, Ellen.

I forgot to mention that while I was planning my first post in my mind while feeding a twin somewhere in the wee hours of the morning, that I was going to start off by telling you all how many times I've entered Ellen DeGeneres contests CONVINCED she would pick me. In the last round of entries a couple of weeks ago, I had to post why she should pick me... I included a list of the horrible, no good, rotten luck we had been having since February--like having a baby in ER followed by an emergency surgery on mom the next day, our van getting hit and totaled, my husband being excessed from his summer job, Lili's second round of strep and terrifying butt shot-- and then I entered again 2 days later and got to add on 2 more things -  like our second Craigslist dryer breaking (try drying all that baby laundry outside) and the wheel hub breaking off our car . It has come to the point that we just laugh at our bad luck because it's all we can do... and it's also to the point that I've realized Ellen has way too many fans for us to ever get picked. A lot more people need a lot more stuff than we do. But then I realized, Ellen has a lot of Facebook friends. And, hopefully, some of those Facebook friends have a dollar to spare!

So- in the spirit of Ellen, I need to leave you with silly pictures of the girls to encourage your love and support of us. Here you are...

This one embodies the feelings of us all this summer :)

Thanks everyone!!!