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Hideho y’all! Welcome to all of you party-goers coming over from 5 Minutes For Mom! I’m so glad you’re joining me here so pull up a chair, sit on back and let’s get aquainted!  Plus keep on reading for a chance to win a fun door prize!

I am Alyson, your hostess with the mostess.   I’ve been blogging for just about 3 years. I began blogging to help pass the time while awaiting the adoption of my youngest daughter, P3, from China. We were finally able to bring her home in 2007 but I had really learned to love blogging so like Sonny & Cher, the beat goes on!  Since she came home, my blog has gone through a series of changes, including my somewhat recent move from Blogger to my own domain here with WordPress!  Because of the newness of my move, I am ESPECIALLY glad to have you find me here and I hope you will come back time and time again!

So what can you expect here on 3Ps in a Pod?   Well, I am so glad you asked!  My basic content consists of info on my family, especially my girls…the original 3Ps, general parenting tips and ideas- especially for parenting multicultural girls, adoption and healthcare promotion, product reviews, sharing any fun stuff I can find, promoting and helping my fellow bloggers, homemaking tips and ideas and, everyone’s favorite – giveaways!  In case you can’t tell, that is plenty to keep me busy, on top of my home and family life.  But alas, I cannot stop there!  Oh no!  Here is my weekly schedule, albeit somewhat loosely:

Sunday: Simple Sundays – I post my 5 favorite finds of the week and invite you to join me!

Monday: ANNOUNCEMENTS !! – Winners, upcoming events and parties, things to be on the lookout for.

Tuesday: Surprise!

Wednesday: Wordless Wednesday – I usually have Mr Linky up so you can post yours too (hint, hint)

Thursday: Surprise!

Friday: Aloha Fridays

Saturday: Weekly Roundup – This is when I post some of the hottest giveaways out there plus I add Mr. Linky so YOU can add your own hot giveaways!

Let me show you around a bit too. Up on my top menu bar are several options. You can learn more about me and my family, check out my info on PR, Advertising and all product review submissions, learn how to contact me directly, and check out some of my blogging buddies (email me if you want to be added!). You can also submit contest listings for any giveaway that you might be running on your own site and read all about Bloggers Give, a great cause.

The other thing I want to point out to you is my giveaways.  Every month during 2009, I am hosting a product review and giveaway in conjunction with my pal Kim over on What’s That Smell? provided by our Sponsor of the Month.  These are some G*R*E*A*T prizes and since you can enter on BOTH Kim’s and my site, there are about a zillion ways to win! So far we have had Protect-a-Bed, MILKSHAKE, and this month is WAA_TAH!, a fantastic way to get your kids to drink, yup, you guessed it – water! And on top of that, I have goodies galore to giveaway in these upcoming months from sponsors like ColorMe, LemonHead Apparel, Build-a-Bear, Diaper Cakewalk, Glow Mama and more GREAT SURPRISES so be sure to subscribe to 3Ps in a Pod!

Now, since you have been SO NICE to come by and party with me, I have a super special door prize just for Y*O*U!!!  I have 5 – count ‘em, FIVE HP Photosmart gift cards, good for 10 FREE HP Prints each – yep, that means you can print 50 pictures of your favorite cutie for FREE! So come on and enter to win by leaving me a comment below letting me know that you’re here from the Ultimate Blog Party.

And since I am fast becoming the Queen of Extra Entries, check out the following options:

*Technorati me by clicking the Add This Blog to My Technorati Favorites on the bottom right of this blog or the little green Technorati button at the bottom of this post- 10 EXTRA

*Subscribe to our updates – 10 EXTRA

*Blog about this giveaway with a link to this post – 5 EXTRA

*Twitter this giveaway (you can enter once per day – please include a link to your Tweet – note) – 1 EXTRA PER DAY

*Comment on any of our other posts (please include the link to the post you comment on, you can enter once for each post you leave a comment on) – 1 EXTRA PER POST

*Enter the WAA-TAH!! giveaway HERE – 5 EXTRA

*Enter the WAA-TAH!! giveaway over at What’s That Smell? – 5 EXTRA

*Stumble this post (the link is right below my name at the end of the post and please leave your StumbleUpon username in the comment) – 1 EXTRA

*Digg this post (the link is right below my name at the end of the post and please leave your Digg username in the comment) – 1 EXTRA

Please make sure and leave a separate comment for each additional entry so you will get credited properly.

This giveaway will end on March 27th at 12 noon CST.

I am so glad I got a chance to meet you and hope to see you again soon. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Of course, those cute girls over at 5 Minutes for Mom want us to tell them what we would like to win from their prize goodies. I hope loads of you saw the adorable eenamaria purse with the $20 bonus Macy’s gift card I am donating. (Check out USC 38 in the US and Canada section towards the bottom of the 5M4M Prizes Page)

Myself, I would LOVE to win any of the following: USC 64, 4, 19, 21, 22, 37, 43, 52, 60, 77, 83, 89, 99, 101, 105, 123, INTL 11, INTL 25, INTL 46, INTL 52, INTL 66, USC 2, USC 10, USC 11, USC 16, USC 26, USC 40, USC 43, USC 45, …as you can see, I’d like just about anything.:)