  Sorry it's been so long since my last post. All my spare time for writing was spent on vetting writing samples for my urlLink CityKids interview. Carla gave Val her old pregnancy pillow. The company calls it urlLink The Snoogle , but we like to call it urlLink The Octopus .
Val says it works well for naps, but is a bit unwieldy for full nights - she wakes up strangling herself. Speaking of pregnancy products, I decided to get Val some light cotton summer dresses for our second (cotton) aniversary. I picked out three dresses for Valerie from urlLink Motherhood . Five days later, the DHL tracking results showed that delivery had been attempted, with no luck. Huh. That's funny, because Valerie was home all day and night.... Two weeks after ordering, the anniversary had passed, and I was empty-handed. I was also quite steamed. After three calls to Motherhood's 800 number, two calls to Airborne and a visit to my post office, I decided to play hardball.
I got hold of a supervisor's direct line at Motherhood, and the name of the CEO. Three messages later (including a threat to contact the CEO the next day), I received a very sweet email from the supervisor, stating they would overnight the dresses, along with a gift certificate. 24 hours later, the dresses arrived. To sum up, DHL sucks. Motherhood was bombing out in the customer service department, but they made good on the whole thing. urlLink And the dresses look great. Pregnant ladies, take from our experience what you will. 
