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      • 2007 T-Shirts Available
        05/31/07
        The 2007 edition T-Shirts can be found in my CafePress shop here.

        So far I haven't received any coupon codes from anyone who's made a purchase at the shop but if I do get any I will pass them along to the T-shirt mailing list.

        If you wanted items with the first 200

      • Twins and Triplets
        05/30/07
        I finally got all the links entered in after the names in the list of twins and triplets on the forum. The list has been there for some time now, but not the nursery page links after the names. There are currently 90 nusery pages listed for babies who were a twin or a triplet. If anyone knows of

      • Petals for Pax
        05/30/07
        This was posted earlier this month the message board and I thought it may interest some of you...

        Hello, my name is Carrie and first I want to say that my most sincere condolences go out to everyone who is grieving.

        I have started a completely free service by which I send sympa

      • Nursery Changes and Additions
        05/29/07
        Nursery page added for Colten Jarrett Robertson

        Nursery page added for Ava Marie Stureski

        Photo added for Nathanial Leo Dooley


      • Children's SIDS Book
        05/28/07
        I just wanted to let you all know about a book I was recently made aware of called "I Miss Matthew". For more information or to buy the book you can visit author Judy Heath's website here.

        From the website:

        "I Miss Matthew" is designed to be shared b

      • Nursery Updates
        05/28/07
        Story added to Jacob Anthony Haberzettl

        Page added for Kenny Lee Poindexter

      • Nursery Update
        05/25/07
        Photo added for Bailey Madison Fletcher

      • Nursery Addition
        05/25/07
        A nursery page was added for Willie Lee Davis III

      • Nursery Update
        05/24/07
        Photo added for James Raymond Knowles

      • Design Winner for Personal Slogan
        05/24/07


        The above is the winning design for the Personal slogan for this year's T-Shirts. It had 41% (40 votes). The next closest one had only 36% of the vote.

        I'll get working on preparing everything at CafePress and will post again once I'm done.


      • Requesting Personalized Designs
        05/24/07
        I've received a pile of emails today from people asking me how they can get a personalized shirt.

        To request a personalized design, visit the T-Shirts page and look for the heading “Personalized T-Shirts” and follow the instructions from there to submit your request.

        P

      • Nursery Additions
        05/24/07
        Nursery pages were added for:

        Zachary Allen Coates
        Jagger Thomas James

      • Personalized Design Form Available
        05/24/07
        I've caught up on all of the requests I had received for personalized designs
        :yes:

        (with the exception of a few I'm waiting on information or a photo for), so I've put the form back up to receive new requests again. I'll do them up on a first-come, first-served

      • CafePress Coupons
        05/24/07
        If anyone has any CafePress coupon codes which haven't expired yet please let me know so I can share them with others. On that note, if you place an order at CafePress, please have it send a coupon code to me at tshirts@sidsfamilies.com. The coupon codes used to be good for about a month, but

      • Sample Personalized Designs
        05/24/07
        I've made a new spiffy page for folks to peek at to quickly see some of the custom-made designs I've done. You can see all of them by visiting the CafePress shop and browsing through the different folders, but this new page gives you 30 sample designs in one spot. To visit the new page,

      • Nursery Addition
        05/23/07
        A nursery page was added for Austin Christopher Lucas

      • Nursery Addition
        05/23/07
        A nursery page was added for Nyla

      • Design Winner for General Slogan
        05/23/07


        The above is the winning design for the General slogan for this year's T-Shirts. It had 53% (52 votes). The next closest one had only 23% of the vote.

        I'll be adding a new poll for the Personal Design since the winner isn't in the lead by much - only 2 votes

      • SIDS Grandmother Needs Baby Photos for Fundraiser
        05/23/07
        I'm posting this on behaf of Cheri Schleicher, SIDS Grandmother to Tiberius Schleicher. You can visit his nursery page here. Cheri is organizing a SIDS fundraiser to benefit the SIDS Foundation of Colorado. If you are interested in helping out please contact her directly at cherischleich

      • Nursery Addition
        05/22/07
        Roman Richard Inskeep was added to the nursery

      • Nursery Addition
        05/21/07
        Nursery page added for Alexia Danielle Santiago

      • Nursery Additions
        05/21/07
        Added to the nursery:

        Tyler James Koenen
        Tiberius James Schleicher

      • Design Vote
        05/21/07
        I've taken down the slogan polls, thanks to all those who voted! I sent out an email to the T-Shirt mailing list giving everyone the links to the design votes. If you're on the list, check your mailbox and participate in the vote!

      • Nursery Updates
        05/20/07
        Photo added to:
        James Andrew Clark

        Story added to:
        Joseph Alfred Moulton

        Story added to:
        Stacey Fayelee Bean

      • Collages are Finished
        05/18/07
        I've finished up the collages, so I won't be accepting any more photos for these ones. Once the votes are finished for the slogans I'll get some designs drawn up and we'll vote on those.

      • Nursery Additions
        05/18/07
        added to the nursery:

        Stacey Fayelee Bean
        Hailey Rayne Burrow

      • 1 Spot left and polls are SO close!
        05/17/07
        I have 2 spaces in the collage, but one picture is supposed to be coming in first thing tomorrow, so that leaves just one spot open in the collage.

        I just peeked in on the polls and wow the one sure is close!

        There is no footprint so small that it doesn't leave an impri

      • 4 Spots Left
        05/17/07
        I have space for about 4 more photos in the collage. I have already taken the forms down from the site because those four spots will most likey fill today. If you haven't mailed your photo to me yet, please send it in asap. Thanks!

      • List of Babies in Collages
        05/17/07
        I've uploaded the listing again. It is complete up to everything I have received as of this posting. I have room for maybe 5 more little ones so I expect by early tomorrow there will be enough babies to complete the collage.

        Click Related Link below to view the listing.

      • New Email List Program
        05/17/07
        I tested two of the mailing lists tonight - the site updates list and the t-shirt mailing list and it would seem it's working as it should. Only weird thing is that I don't receive the emails even though I have my address on the list. Oh well, people did respond to them so I know they wen

      • Nursery Update
        05/16/07
        Joseph Alfred Moulton has been added to the nursery

      • Nursery Update
        05/16/07
        Cameron Brian Phillips has been added to the nursery

      • My Family
        05/16/07


        The above is a photo of my family taken last December which was unusually warm, normally we'd have been buried in snow by then.

        In the photo are Edward and I, Jesse (15), Alyssa (14), Caitlin (12), Chelsea (8 at the time, now 9), Lilianna (6), Danielle (3) and Clara (5

      • Comcast and Verizon email addresses
        05/16/07
        Please don't sign up for any of the site mailing lists using a Comcast of Verizon email address. My site uses shared hosting and someone has spammed using the same server I do and as a result Comcast and Verizon have blocked any mail from this site, so if you sign up, it just bounces back to me

      • 2007 T-Shirts
        05/16/07
        I have very few spots left for the second collage and one collage is already finished. If you haven't submitted your baby's photo please do so as soon as possible so you won't miss out. Follow the T-Shirt link to the side of the main page, (or go here and just follow the instructions)

      • Personalized T-Shirts
        05/16/07
        When I changed my email program I found a bunch of personalized t-shirt requests I didn't know I had, dating back for months.
        :O
        I do intend to get these all finished up so in the meantime, the personalized t-shirts form is not available. I have a huge backlog of requests to get ca

      • Round 1 2007 Slogan Votes
        05/15/07
        We're in round one of votes for this year's slogans.

        * http://www.sidsfamilies.com/cgi-bin/pol
        * http://www.sidsfamilies.com/cgi-bin/pol

      • Scripps Howard News Service SIDS article
        05/14/07
        I've been contacted by a reporter who is hoping to hear from some families for an upcoming news article he's writing with Scripps Howard News Service.

        For more information and instructions on how to reach Lee, please visit the page I put on the site here.

      • Site Maintenance
        05/14/07
        They're changing my server for the site again, upgrading it which is great. Because of this, the site will be down on Tuesday 22nd May during what they call "out of core office hours".

      • Mailing Lists
        05/10/07
        I'm changing the mailing list program on the site so it's not available to sign up or unsubscribe right now. If you need to unsubscribe your address in the meantime, please email me and let me know what address to unsubscribe, and what list(s) you're subscribed to.

      • SIDS Walleye Classic Fundraiser
        05/09/07
        NOTE: This is not related to SIDS Families at all, I am merely sharing the information.

        A note from SIDS Mom Rachel Yerbich:

        We are also going to be holding a fishing tournament on Aug. 11th 2007 in Bemidji Minnesota. It is the very first of its kind. It is called the Sudde