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Congratulations to the newest sister, Miss Ohio 2012, Elissa McCracken! Congrats also to outgoing M.O., Ellen Bryan, on an outstanding and inspiring year of service!
The fam and I traveled to Mansfield last week for me to sing our National Anthem to kick-off the first night of prelims. I was honored to sing our countries song...and show off my little girl! I laughed when I looked at Steve holding lil Claire and he was surrounded by women!
That night Alissa Brumbaugh won the swimsuit prelim and Gabrielle Bailey won talent. I knew 10 seconds into Gabrielle's performance that she was going to win. I thought swimsuit was tied between Alissa and Angelica Francisco. I didn't have time to hop on the computer to watch Friday or Saturday...so I kept getting updates via text.
Friday nights winners were Heather Wells in swimsuit [No surprise! ;)] and Mahogeny Flemming in talent. A friend said Mahogeny's performance was "amazing!" Wish I could've heard it/seen it.
My guess for Top 10 were the following (in no order):
Tera Coleman
Alissa Brumbaugh
Elissa McCracken
Heather Wells
Gabrielle Bailey
Angelica Francisco
Layne Schneider
Ashley Warholic
Kristen Free
Jenna Fowls
I was right about 8 out of the 10...not too bad for being completely out of the loop since Baby!
The judges Top 10 were:
Coleman
Brumbaugh (1st runner-up)
McCracken (Miss Ohio 2012)
Wells
Bailey
Francisco (2nd runner-up)
Free (3rd runner-up)
Schneider
Hellwarth
Flemming (4th runner-up)
Lots of photos can be found HERE and HERE!
Here are a few photos we took during our visit...Baby girl's first Miss Ohio pageant!
Congrats to all the women who competed on the Miss Ohio stage last week. You all put on a fabulous show and should be proud of all your hard work. Know that if you didn't make the Top 10, try, try again. My first year of competition I didn't make the cut, the only thing I "won" was the "Show Us Your Shoe" contest! Don't give up! Congrats once again to our new M.O. Saturday night marked the beginning of a year you will NEVER forget!
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If you didn't all ready know via Facebook & Twitter, my husband & I expanded our family & welcomed a little girl FOUR weeks ago! Needless to say, life has been chaotic & my attention has been totally focused on our lil bundle of joy.
As many of you know, I work for a photographer who just happens to be a good friend, too. Hubs & I decided to have a "birth story" done while we were in labor & delivery. We didn't tell many people because we didn't want the judgements, but we are beyond happy that we followed through & used Crystal Jo Foto.
Here are a few photos she captured the night we welcomed our angel:
Of course we had to ask Crystal Jo to take our baby girl's newborn photos. This is what CJO caught when she was only nine days old:
I've enjoyed every moment with her the past twenty-eight days, yes even the ones where I'm struggling to keep my eyes open. She has forever changed our lives & we really do wonder what we did before her. She's all ready changing every day. She has nicknames: Honey Bunny, Sweet Pea, Chunky Monkey, Milk Monster, Weezey (don't ask) & Scunchie (again, don't ask)!
We love her to pieces. Hope you enjoy the photos. I will share more soon.
As for life aside from my little baby...we plan to attend an evening of Miss Ohio prelims in a few weeks. I've been asked & am honored to sing the National Anthem one night...whew. Can't believe another Miss Ohio week will be upon us soon.
I think that's all the "updates" I have...& that's one big update. ;) Thanks for taking an interest. Blessings...
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