And the irony is that the winner of the Twitter Background or Photocard Invitation is #1. I know it’s an odd of 1 in 13 that it would be 1 but I always think if I’m the first I will never be chosen. So everyone go and say hi to Marilyn at The Artful Hawaii Girl and Amaryllis of Hawaii.

Didn’t win? Well I’m still running a contest for 1 month free advertising! And you know what I will give away one more twitter background. If you would like a twitter background comment on this post! This contest will be open till 4/16/2009 11:59pm.

• My Little Miracles – Her story is so touching and she does have two very special miracles in her life.
• Thanks Mail Carrier – Xenia was great fun to chat with!
• Tales from Motherhood – It’s always cool to find someone nice who is famous! Hey she played a part with Leonardo!
• Wired to the Whimsy - She is a fun and funny read!
• Sneak Peak at Me – Want to read about a supermom! This is the mom for you!

These are just a few of the great blogs I have found and there are over a 1000 blogs on the MckLinky over at theUltimate Blog Party. So you have to go and check it out!!

Post about some of your great finds via the UPB10 or just with your surfing this week and link up!! If you would be interested in coming back next sunday and do a linky meme with me please comment and let me know.

Almost forgot to mention enter to win a free month of advertising here on PepperScraps. Enter a comment for one entry and enter a link in the MckLinky to your Super Surfing Finds and get another entry!!

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You are one amazing guy! When we found out you were on your way we were nothing but surprised and excited. We had waited for you for so long and had finally come to terms of not having our own little ones. But you decided to come into our lives not one month later. God was so good to us!

You decided you liked your little home inside mommy and no matter what I did you decided to not make your debut. I walked and walked and I ate a whole pineapple. I ate spicy food and followed any advice I could to have you come out to join us, but to no avail.

You finally decided you wanted to join us the day after Easter, the day before your official eviction notice. But there were some scary moments when your heartbeat dropped into scary ranges so we decided to have you come into the world via c-section.

You have been an amazing boy to watch grow physically, mentally and spiritually. You are so smart, so talented and so loving!

Your first year we loved to see and enjoy your firsts. Rolling over, learning to crawl, your first smiles, first steps, and first words. Even then we could see your personality blooming into something wonderful.

You are so athletic and love to kick around the rugby ball with your uncle pat. You love to toss the ball and we have no idea where this came from. As both your daddy and I are not athletic at all and never even have sports on the tv.

You also love music like no one I have ever seen. You had one cd in particular that if I played it in the car no matter how tired or hungry you were you would just be quiet and listen. You love having your music and have learned many songs on your own. And again your mommy and daddy did not give you this talent. Mommy barely listens to music and Daddy is tone def, pretty much everyone on his side of the family is.

You are so very loving and this year you truly showed us how much at the arrival of your baby brother. The first experience with this was our first attempt to try and figure out how to get both of you out to the car. We decided to take you out first and suddenly you started crying out “Zarek” and grabbed his carseat trying to drag it out behind you. And even after getting to know him better and realizing you were going to have to share everything now you still love him. As he started to crawl up the stairs you grabbed ahold of him and cried out to granny to come and save him so he wouldn’t fall down the stairs. You are an amazing brother!!

Your daddy and I love you and so does Zarek. You are the star of our lives and we adore you and can’t wait to see what year 3 has in hold for you!

If you have come over from 5MinutesForMom then you know this is the place to be for fun. If you don’t know about the blogging party over at 5MFM then you will want to head over there and find the biggest blogging party info ever! But don’t leave just yet, you have to stay and find out about the fun here! I am giving away a blog, yep that’s right a blog, at the blog party so you will defiantly want to get involved! And you don’t even have to be a blogger to join in the fun and win prizes!

And if you are having troubles connecting right away don’t forget this is a pretty big party! And the poor servers at 5FMF can barely handle all the fun! LOL

If you are new here then I want to give you a big warm welcome!  My name is Pepper, yep that is my real name. I’m a mom, a wife, a christian, a web designer, and even more. I have two boys. Just turned 1 and the other is turning 3 tomorrow. So make sure you stop by tomorrow because I’m going to have a fun prize for you to win!

If you would like to get to know me better don’t forget to follow me, become a fan, or just subscribe to my feed!

Oh, and some of my fave prizes:

83 – Disney Mickey 5-in-1 Tasty Baker by Pop Art. An all in one table top appliance that bakes pancakes, cakes, quickbreads, biscuits and donuts and more into 6 bite sized shapes (Mickey mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy and Pluto) in about one-third the time. It can even cook eggs.
Provided by: Pop Art Toaster

8 – Buds to Bloom Photo Tile Necklace ($95) – Features custom photo tile, hand stamped mom charm & bead cluster. The Ultimate Mommy Necklace!
Provided by: Lisa Laverty at Elemental Memories

39 -Be My Guest certificate ($250 value) for one lucky winner, (2 night stay for a family of four) at any Hilton Garden Inn.
Provided by: Hilton Garden Inn

62 – Ever wanted to read the entire Bible? This prize is for you! One Bible in 90 Days Thinline NIV Bible and one Bible in 90 Days Participants Guide. Get your own group together to read or join MomsToolbox.com beginning July 5 for an online community of readers.
Provided by: Amy @ MomsToolbox.com

69 – The Itty-Bitty Bookworm is a literature-based preschool curriculum. One winner will receive a year of our Bo Curriculum for 3-5 year olds. One winner will receive a year of our Bailey Curriculum for 18-36 month olds.
Provided by: The Itty-Bitty Bookworm

72 – Your Shape for Nintendo Wii A fitness video game featuring Jenny McCarthy Comes with a motion tracking camera! All for one lucky winner!
Provided by: Kristie’s List

I have decided to donate a free wordpress blog to a lucky winner at the party. Here are the details:

A Unique WordPress Theme

I spend time with you finding out your style and what you like. I will design a logo or header for your blog and then design a complete custom wordpress design for you. This will include any supporting images you may need for the design too (ie. backgrounds, buttons, icons, etc). (A $350+ value)

Installation

Free Year of Hosting*

You provide the domain and I will provide the hosting. You will recieve 1 year of free hosting this includes 100mb of space and 1gb/month of bandwidth transfer. (A $20 value)

Extras

• A blog button to match your theme.
• 1 hour free maintenance on your blog if hosting with me (This is for upgrades, plugin upgrades, plug in installation, etc)

*If you need more space or bandwidth you can just pay an upgrade charge for the next plan up. At the end of the year you can either transfer your blog, close your blog or you can continue hosting starting at $20/year.

**You can also choose to have you WordPress blog installed on your own host. Or if you already have a WordPress blog I will just do the custom design for you if you choose.

I was chatting with one of my bloggy friends, JustJennifer, and she let me know about 5 Minutes for Mom’s Ultimate Blog Party. What fun!!

Uniquehorn Designs and Pepper Scraps will be donating a free Unique WordPress Blog with 1 year free hosting (100mb space/1gb transfer) (read more details here). So if you have ever wanted a custom, made just for you blog make sure and participate! You don’t even have to be a blogger to participate!

I will also be offering more free items on while partying! Some of the prizes you might see are blog buttons, twitter backgrounds, header designs and more. Haven’t made all my plans yet. But if you have been reading my party planning posts you know I know how to plan a great party!

Want to learn more about the Blog Party make sure and read Everything you Need to Know about the Ultimate Blog Party 2010!