Thursday, November 29, 2007

A Giant Thank you to our Secret Pal...

We have a great pal this round! Once again we are enjoying being spoiled and love having more to add to Sophie's collection. I can't imagine the wait without our groups to share, anticipate, and yes suffer through with!
The following pics are our gifts from the Oct and Nov packages. Dec. can't be better than those!





As you can see between the great scrapbook, cute outfit, and all the goodies to eat up we could not have been spoiled any better!
Thank you pal and I can't wait to find out who you are !
I hope you are getting great stuff, too!

Love in Christ,
Tammy, Rodney, & Bailee

http://ourchinagiftfromgod.blogspot.com/

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Thank You Secret Pal


We have been away for the Thanksgiving break and came home today to our November Secret Pal package. Your timing has just been wonderful :) This month our Secret Pal sent us a precious purple outfit that will be perfect for boating! I keep a similiar outfit on board for me - just a tad bigger :) Also included in our package was a Fisher Price Stack and Roll Cup set and a homemade card. The picture did not come out great but trust me, this outfit is soooo cute and I can't wait to see Miranda wearing it. Thank you for the thoughtful gifts and for all the ecards this month.

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

December Theme

Several of you have asked for the theme for December, so here it is....

Holiday Traditions

Please share with your pal at least one holiday tradition celebrated by your family. This could be a recipe, music, an ornament, a story told, etc. It is important to keep in mind that not all of our members celebrate Christmas, so please try to keep your traditions holiday-themed as opposed to religiously oriented.

This is also the last month of this exchange round. Please reveal yourself (if you haven't exposed yourself already LOL) to your pal at the end of this month.

Happy shopping!!

Terribly Tardy Thank you

I'm a month late, but I wanted to finally thank you publicaly for my gifts during the October exchange. I love the family picture frame and all of the scrap booking supplies. Now I need to get busy and put all of those cute stickers and embellishments to good use. I actually took a photo of everything you sent to post but words will have to do for this month (well, last month).

It has been especially nice getting to know you through emails and cards during the past few weeks. It has meant more to me than any gift!

Thanks again to my very special secret pal.

Kristina

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Thank You Sweet Secret Pal.

First I would like to say Sorry for being a slow poke about Posting,
But DH and Myself Are Grossly sick with the dreaded stomach flu and on Bed rest.

But I just can't say enough Thank You's to my Secret Pal.

She sent Us Yummy Chocolate (She made me promise to share)

Then She Gave us a Beautiful hanging frame set that is now hanging in my upstairs hallway.

A Baby Einstein Teething ring and Photo Album that is so going with us to China.

And a set of Back Yardagains Bobble heads (that I had to pry out of niece's little hands)

And my Personal Favorite a Book called my Baby's 1st Tattoo's.
Which just may be the funniest thing I have ever read .

We absolutely loved it!!!!

And a Beautiful heartfelt Card that meant a lot to me.

PS, I will post a picture of my lovely treasures as soon as i can find that darn charger for the camera.

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Wonderful Wonderful Secret Pal!


I need to thank my Secret Pal for being such a wonderful person. Besides the wonderful gifts I have gotten to know this amazing person and she has touched a special place in my heart. The gifts this round were just as fabulous as the last round but my all time favorite thing this time was her note. In it she was telling me about my gifts but then went on to talk about snuggling with Diana Marie. She then wished me a happy belated LID anniversary. Her final sentence so simple was a great encouragement"Never give up Lisa, we will have our babies soon!" Oh how I needed to hear that! It brought tears to my eyes! Thank you so much.


OK now that I've gotten all mushy here is what you all want to know and see. She got the family Lindt truffles (although I will NOT be teaching my boys about them anytime soon...lol). I may share them with Dave though. She got me a wonderfully scented Orange Cinnamon Candle and soap. I can't wait to light it this weekend. Also a generous gift card to Starbucks. I will have to have a pumpkin latte in fall fashion tomorrow!! For Diana she got the sweetest PJs with a mug of hot cocoa on the top and all kinds of fun things on the bottoms. When I snuggle with Diana when she is wearing them I will definitely be thinking of my wonderful Secret Pal!


Again Thank you soooo much for being so good to me and my family!


Lisa


Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Spoiled rotten!


Maybe Baby Wan will be spoiled rotten, but right now I am! My OTMSP is the greatest! She sent me a beautiful frame which will be great for highlights of the adoption trip (though I might have to find some photos to put in it in the mean while!), FOUR books, each of which has a wheel you can turn so that the picture changes on each page (all with kids' songs), and last but not least, a bunch of goodies for me -- "W" post-its, fuzzy pens (which are going straight to the office!) and some great scrapbooking stickers! All this while she's been busy passing her comps for her M.A.! Congratulations OTMSP!!!!!

And thank you so much for all hte spoiling this month!

Andrea W

Saturday, November 03, 2007

Big Xie Xie to My Secret Pal!!!


I was THRILLED to return home from as business trip to find a package from my Secret Pal in Round #3. My husband told me I had received a package and I was so-o-o-o excited and looked forward to opening it all week. :)


My pal did a GREAT job spoiling me with a capital S!!!My package had bath products for me, an adorable red pantsuit for my baby girl, lots and lots of scrap booking supplies, Chinese dress wine cozy, a gorgeous pewter picture frame, soft book of Lilo & Stitch, fun CD for car rides and a beautiful custom card! WOW!!! Thank you so much SP, you made my week! :) Love, Laura


Thursday, November 01, 2007

Wonderful Gifts!!!



My secret pal is beyond wonderful! I got home to a box on my porch and couldn't wait to tear it open. There were a total of 5 packages and an envelope requesting to be opened last. There was a gift for each of the boys (Spider Man and Schrek puzzles). The boys are putting them together as I type.


There were two packages for Diana and my heart skipped a beat when I read the tag that said "Diana Marie". Although that will be one of her middle names I don't think I have ever heard/seen the names together in reference to my little girl to be. Anyway there was a sweet outfit in one box and the CUTEST tic-tac-toe set I have ever seen. Its a soft turtle board with Velcro turtles and ladybug circles for the X's and O's. Can't wait to see her playing with it with her brothers!


For me there was an awesome cookbook that I can't wait to go through and start making recipes from. Its called Deceptively Delicious by Jessica Seinfeld. Also for our family there was a Blockbuster gift card. I am sure we have have some fun family movie nights with it!


Secret Pal....Thank you again for the wonderful gifts. It has been so much fun getting to know you this past month!!!


Lisa