Day: December 9, 2008

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Mom Central’s Holiday Gift Guide

Earlier this year, I was lucky enough to start participating in blog tours with Mom Central. If there is a new product or service moms need to know about, Mom Central gets the word out. This year, just in time for the holidays, they have out done themselves.

Mom Central has put together a Gift Guide that will help you shop for everyone on your list. I even used it to make my own Christmas list, and found some great goodies that Santa will hopefully leave for me.

In addition to the Gift Guide, they are also doing a giveaways all month long–there is a new giveaway to enter every.single.day. Seriously, every day there is a new giveaway! To be eligible, all you have to do is register with the Mom Central Testing Panel. By registering, you have the opportunity to register for surveys and samples (who doesn’t love samples?) and if you have a blog, you can indicate your interest in blog tours. Once you are registered, all you need to do is click on the day’s giveaway and leave a comment. There are some great prizes for all ages and interests. Go check it out already!

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An Adoption Filled Weekend

This past weekend was a full one, and much of it was adoption related. Saturday was the much anticipated meeting of adoptive parents from our agency. Seven families braved a wintry mix to meet and mingle. All four of us went, and it was a really nice time. Junior made eyes at an older woman, a delightful baby girl who was born and placed just a month before him. MAM ran around like a crazy person with a boy just six months older, and two younger toddlers. And BgK and I both enjoyed chatting with other parents who know where we are coming from. The group has decided to move online, and to meet quarterly in person. I feel like it is the beginning of a very fabulous venture!

Sunday, after breakfast with Santa (which deserves its own post) and an afternoon siesta, we ventured to visit J (the kids’ bmom) and Z (their biobro) for the holidays. We visited at Z’s paternal grandparents’ house, where they are both living. J’s had a rough fall, and it was good to see her doing fairly well. J’s mom was also there which was nice–we hadn’t seen her in over a year. MAM and Z had a ball, it turns out that he a huge fan of lining up matchbox cars all over the house too. It was very low-key visit, and of course, everyone was smitten with Junior. He smiled and cooed and did his floor exercises for everyone.

With as much as adoption was one the mind and in the conversation this weekend, MAM hasn’t had any questions/revelations on the topic. I’m sure they will come at some point….