Thank you Secret Pal...

Thank you Secret Pal.. I love all the goodies for Isabella..
The picture holder is really cute...
I LOVE dragonflies..
I look forward to next month.. YEAH!!!
You are the best..

Happy January from the Vraniak's

Dear Secret Pal,

Thank you so much for all of the wonderful pink gifts! The flannel jammies are great--I actually have a pair myself, I love flannel jammies! Len is excited about the chocolate--great addition! Can't wait to dress her up in her new clothes and bundle her up in her new blanket--let's hope it's soon!

Cheers,

Lisa and Len Vraniak

To the best Secret Pal!

Thank you so much to our great secret pal! What a treat to receive our special gift this month. Did I tell you how much we love summer time?! The wagon filled with sand toys was so adorable. We can't wait to use it with our precious one. Gabby was thrilled with the Frisbee as were the dogs! I actually had to put the wagon up in the closet so Gabby would not open it up and start using the cute toys. She told me she wanted to take Sasha our cat for a ride in the wagon. Thank you so much you are so special!

Hugs,
Jody, Brent and Gabby Bower

Hi Secret Pal,

As you can see after all of these months I finally figured out how to add a picture to the blog. Thank you so much for this months package. We absolutely love the adorable Pajamas. The bibs are absolutely adorable too. We can't wait to read the book to our baby girl.

Thank you for the cute note too. We are hoping for a much faster referral too.

Thanks again for everything!!!

Joanne

Great Start to the Weekend.

Thank you so much for the great gift, again. The ladybug dinning set is really cute and I love the baby picture book. I can't wait to put pictures of us and the furbabies in it for Little Miss. We have not had a chance to get any of the new stamps yet, so these were a nice surprise. The animals love thier gifts also and they are so appropiate for Chinese New Year, but can't gaurantee they still be here by then, they tend to love thier toys to death :0) Don't worry about changing the months, we loved everything.

Thank you! From Lisa Buckshaw

This month, as always, my Secret Pal sent me wonderful gifts. I know the soft baby comforter will be put to good use. There was also a picture frame that reads along the outside of the frame: "ten perfect fingers...Ten perfect toes." In the box was "My first chopsticks." Where does he/she find these cool things. I think I am the one who will need to use the children's chopsticks. They look easy to use. He/She also included a little piggy bank. Perhaps I could start saving for her college education!!!
Thanks so much, Secret Pal!!!!

Thanx bunches, SP!

As usual, I have received a wonderful package - arrived on my doorstep this snowy, icy day, & was just the pick-me-up I needed. Look @ all the adorable 'loot'...I absolutely love it all!!! & everything was so well-wrapped (I am not as dedicated a SP in the wrapping department).

Never seen the 'chunky' story books b4 & they're so smooth & shiny (perfect tactile stimulation): I (I mean my little girl) got 3!!! I can't wait 2 use the family photo frame, & the 'Why I Chose You' book created a few sniffles (& I'm not the sentimental sort, believe me!!!). Love, love, love the musical Chinese doll, but HOw do u expect me 2 name it when I can't decide on a name 4 my little onel?! ;-0) The outfit & bib r the 1st X'mas-y things I have .

Thanx bunches

Karen

Thank you Secret Pal you are an Angel

Thank you so much for your package yesterday, we LOVE LOVE LOVE the bumper sticker, apron and button!! They have already been put in pride of place around the kitchen and house. Thank you so much again your little letters and gifts really make the wait feel real for this I could never thank you enough.

Love Andrew and Melissa MacPherson (we break for ladybugs!!)

Thanks Pal, you are awesome!

Thanks for the great package we got today! Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies are one of my absolute favorites, I'll have to hide those for me:) I love the Pink ribbon gifts (bag & candle) from Avon and the little lotions 7 shower gel- a woman who impacted my life greatly as a young married woman and then as a new mom died from breast cancer a few years ago so it always hits home for me.

The "S is for Sunshine" is wonderful- we have "S is for Sunflower" (Kansas) which we have used a lot as we are learning our letters, this gives us a new fun one to read! Thank you!

I really appreciate you treating my friend from time to time, I know next month will be awesome for her to receive a treat, they are hoping for a SN referral of a little boy soon:) The last surprise really encouraged her!

We are having a great year with Asem, we have learned so much and really enjoy her! Can't wait to hear where you might get a student from!

Thanks again!
Blessings,
Gayly for our crew

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Martina wanted to pose with the new things for her "baby brother sister." Thanks so much! Everything is great! The plastic tomato was added to the picture by Martina; no, it did not materialize in the package during mailing. :) Thanks again! You've been the greatest secret pal!

Thank You SP!

It's been a crazy few weeks! On the 9th, a foster child placed with me and it's been a whirlwind of action ever since!

The lovey book with the lights was a huge hit and has been a huge lifesaver on several occassions. I heartily recommend it! I love the book on China. Thank you so much - I'm sure that it will be a much used book in the future with all the great photos!

~Jana

Back On Line and Late with THANKS!!!!

Many thanks to my Secret Pal who sent a great package for November and December!!!

I apologize for being very late to offer this thank you...My DSL was out for a while, and getting it fixed came in second to the Christmas rush.

I love the beautiful, soft blanket and the darling outfit. The outfit will be so huggable with a precious little girl inside. Sofia has already put family Christmas pictures in the Who Loves Baby album, so it isn't going into storage for DD#2....she loves to show everyone "her photos," and I love that she can't pull them out of the pages.

I hope your holidays were wonderful, and I appreciate the darling gifts you sent!

Mary

Thanks Secret Pal.

To The White's Secret Pal,

Thank you for the adorable outfit you sent for Gracie, Molly, Sophie, Maddie, ????. I cannot believe we are LID 9 months. If the time of waiting for referral was what they said it would be, we woul be only 5-6 months away from seeing our babies. I do hope we get some sort of speed up, but that is unlikey. I really have not bought much in the clothes department so any outfit is appreciated. I love the colors. She will look so cute in it! Of course you can never go wrong with anything Disney with us. She now has two lullaby C.D.'s, both from you and both great.
Have a healthy month(seems to be alot of sickness around). We cannot wait for next month. It is so exciting to get our gifts.

Shannon and Doug White

Thank You Secret Pal!

We love the diaper bag filled with goodies!! I am running out the door right now, but I took a picture of it and will post it as soon as I can download. I work late tonight, so it may be over the weekend, but before I do the complete post, I wanted to make sure you knew that we got it. Thank you thank you!
Amy and family

Thank you to the Raleigh family SP!!

I was so excited to see another package for us when I got home one night last week! And I was even more excited once I started opening up the goodies inside!! I LOOOOOOOOVE the Colts stuff!! Everytime I see something pink for the Colts, I refrain from buying because I just don't know what size to buy! What you picked out for Dorissa is adorable!!! Now keep your fingers crossed that the Colts continue to be a good team...lol...even if they did lose their shot at back to back superbowls...:(

I love the frames too! I can't wait to put pictures of us with her in them! And add another Corduroy book to the shelf! :)

Thank you again!! I can't wait to see what's in the box next month!!!

I am sorry this is late and I dont have my camera but wanted to thank my SP for my bath things for LynnMarie and the beautiful ornament and I love the card!!!!!

Thank You SP from the Winkler Gals!

SP,

Thank you so very much for the thoughtful gifts you sent! The stocking is wonderful and my girls were thrilled that they were also included!

My Alex is an avid volleyball player and my little one loves, loves to color (her version). We traveled overseas in the military and your gifts are so perfect!

Thanks again,

ME and girls

Thank you Secret Pal from the MacPherson's

To our wonderful Secret pal,

thank you so much for the calender, fridge magnet and ornaments we love them. I got home yesterday to my husband saying we got this I wonder what it is pointing to your parcel. I knew straight away it would be from you (I usually can't wait and open them before Andrew gets home) Andrew was so excited to finally be opening one!! Summer has been wonderful here I just got back to work from two weeks off enjoying the beach, sun and sand! my favorite time of the year. Thank you so much for making my day.

Lots of love
Andrew and Melissa MacPherson

Long Over due THANK YOU.

Dear Secret Pal:

This Thank You is long over due. We did receive the wonderful gifts before Christmas. Ping Ping had to be restrained from opening them, as she looks forward to the gifts every month. But she had to wait till Christmas Day.

She loved the Hello Kitty barrettes, but lost them when she went to school, just one set. Her hair is really super thin and fine.

I loved the outfit and slippers for the next new little one. Boy, I wished I had a pair of slippers like those. I had Ping Ping laughing as I was making a funny attempted to put them on. Ping Ping said,"those are not for you, those are for my sister you silly mudder".

Thank you for the wonderful notes you send every month. I enjoyed the pic of the woman walking the dog on the envelope. It was so cute.

To answer your questions. The birth dates are as follows: Andy, DH is June 9Th,
Ping Ping June 10Th and mine June 19Th. We are a house full of Geminis.
Anniversary date is May 23rd.

Thank you,
Julie We.

Thank You Secret Pal!

This is posted by Amy for Andre and Nancy who are out of town and don't have access to the blog:

To Our Very Creative and Thoughtful April Secret Pals:

We can't post to the blog right now as we are out of town looking after Andre's brother. We just wanted to thank you both so very much for the wonderful gifts that you sent us! We just loved the rice bowl and the chopsticks! The kids are looking forward to teaching their new little sister how to use them! Also, the beautiful ornament...And that you signed it, and dated it, was so very thoughtful and sweet...We just started to collect ornaments for our older daughters so it was just perfect that you bought our new daughter one. Our 10 year old is covered in Dragon tattoos...I have a picture of her that I have to send you when we get back, too funny!! She is the comic relief around here...!! She also put up the window clings in our kitchen, very pretty!! :D The Mickey vintage poster was a hit too, I am going to get it framed for her room. I couldn't get over the book with the 3-D snowflakes and other snow-themes...Just gorgeous!! and the bib, AWWW!! You guys are just too kind for words, thanks so very much!! I had asked Amy to ask you if you could perhaps make up a "fake" email so that we could email sometimes to get to know each other better, and that way your identity would stay "secret"...See if you have time, I think it might be a fun idea if we could, but see if you have time, I know we are all so busy, it's incredible!!

Thank you again for your most thoughtful and very appreciated gifts, and Happy New Year!!

Nancy and Andre

A Happy New Year for Us!

A big package full of wrapped gifts arrived this week, just in time to perk us up from our post-holidays slump. As usual, a lovely handmade card full of well wishes accompanied the goodies. Thank you so much for all of the thoughtful gifts! Thanks also for your congratulations on our match. Size 3T should be perfect for our girl.
A new book for our library is always welcome, and this is an especially fun one since it is accompanied by a stuffed bear representing the main character in the story.

Adorable and soft! If this doesn't fit our Laken, I'll tuck it away for the next one. ;-)

I absolutely ADORE this cherry blossoms coat and hat! How very appropriate. It is so soft and fuzzy inside, Laken will love wearing it.

Wow! My secret pal has wonderful taste, and a weakness for beautiful dresses! We're so lucky....

Thanks again for everything!

With gratitude,

Terri

Baby Lem Secret Pal

Sorry for the delay in posting ~ Baby Lem's pal sent the cutest gifts this month!! Thank you sooooo much!!!! It was fun to have something to open for Baby Lem this year...

The Pooh bib and hat are a great addition to the Disney collection that Baby Lem has started and the Pink Sugglesaurus book will be good reading for bedtime... However the Micky/Minnie glass ornament didn't fare so well in transport :( Tried to find at our Disney Store here to try and exchange but they didn't have any of them...

Thanks again to our SP for all the great gifts!!!

Jannett's secret pal comes through again!

Thank you so much (again) for the lovely gift. I am so sorry to hear you have had such a sad time lately - being over Christmas must make it all the more difficult. Please know my thoughts are with you. The little Christmas clothes were most apprectiated (not to mention CUTE!). Yes, having two children already does make Christmas a lot of fun - they still believe in Santa (or at least are too afraid to voice too much doubt for fear of rocking the boat) and I love all the secrecy and planning that is involved to make each year really special for them. I did however feel this year that someone was missing - you know, our original thoughts would have had our babies with us for next Chrsitmas but now it is so uncertain how many more Christmases we will have before our littlies can be celebrating with us. Am I alone in missing someone I haven't even met yet? Or is that a fairly common theme? You know, my parents gave our 'not yet' daughter her first Christmas present - a book called "Annie's Chair" (her name is going to be Annie, after my great grandmother and many decendants since). I burst into tears on opening it - partially because I wished she was opening it herself but partially because it showed me how supportive Mum and Dad are of our journey to their granddaughter. OK, partially the tears could also have been attributable to the champagne I'd had - it was Christmas!(we don't drink egg nog in the sub tropics!).

Thank you again for the lovely gift!
Jannett