First, I have to post the picture of the wonderful gift I received from my SBP on Wednesday. I received this adorable frame and Tigger wrst rattle from my SBP, Julie, along with a note that the frame might not do the adorable Sabrina justice (I believe it is perfect). She even included a couple of photos of Miss Sabrina. Thanks Julie! You’ve been a great SBP!

I also mentioned that there was another gift given to me that day by my hubby. We were shopping for his mom’s birthday gift and he saw me looking at this vase so he picked it up when I wasn’t paying attention. Thank you honey – it’s lovely and you spoil me.

Okay, now…drumroll please…if you haven’t figured out who your secret blog pal is, here are the pairings from this first round. (And sadly, I did the matches but didn’t look at the list again…I spent all of this time convinced my blog pal was someone else so when I looked this morning and discovered it was Julie, I was surprised!)

Michelle (Me) –> Carrie
Tricia –> Laurie K.
Laurie K. –> Muriel

Muriel –> Andrea

Andrea –> Alleen
Alleen –> Ginger

Ginger –> Sig

Sig –> Megan

Megan –> Lori

Lori –> Carla

Carla –> Chou-Chou (I haven’t seen your real name on your blog so wasn’t sure if you wanted to keep it private)
Chou –> Ashley

Ashley –> Tracy

Tracy –> Kim

Kim –> Debra

Debra –> Veronica

Veronica –> Tara

Carrie –> Jennifer

Jennifer –> Dottie

Dottie –> Julie P.
Tara –> Mary Pat
Julie –> Michelle (me)

Mary Pat –> Crystal

Crystal –> Nicole

Nicole –> Holly

Holly –> Cheri

Cheri –> Tricia

Okay, that’s a lot of linking to be done and I am feeling lazy. If the first name doesn’t tell you who it is (many are linked in my sidebar) please please please leave me a comment and I will clarify. There are a few who don’t have blogs so that could cause some confusion. And if for some reason the list I posted above doesn’t match with who you were matched with, please let me know. I had one small mix up the day of matching that I got straightened out quickly but I was a little crazy when I did it. It was just days before leaving for Guatemala and I was shedding brain cells every hour. I hope I make any mistakes, but if I did, they were mine alone and I apologize.

Now, we are going to start another round. I have heard from some of you already that you would like to continue. If you weren’t in this round but would like to jump in, please do so! I will reprint the questionaire below if you are new. If you participated this time, you need not fill it out again unless something has changed. I sent an email to everyone who participated the first time so please respond if you would like to participate again. Also let me know if you don’t receive the email because I know a few of you had trouble receiving email from the yahoo account during the matching process.

Here is the questionaire for anyone new who would like to participate. Send it to secretblogpals@yahoo.com

Name

Mailling address

Country adopting/adopted from

Where are you in the adoption process? (Is your baby home? Are you paperchasing? Do you have a referral?)

Gender, name, age, current size/weight of baby (if known)

Age you are hoping your baby will be at homecoming

Do you have a nursery? What is or what will the theme be?

Do you have other children at home? If yes, ages.

Favorites or dislikes (for example if you are adopting a girl but hate pink, tell your blog pal this…or if, like Carla, you have a love of all things camo, share that…if your tastes are traditional or funky you can also tell your pal this)

Blog address

Email address

Any other info you think might be helpful for a secret blog pal