Meet Rick and Rachel BeDell

A little bit about our family:
We are Rick and Rachel BeDell from Cross Junction, VA. I am 37 and my husband is 38. We have been married for 16 years and have 2 sons. Nate is 12 and Colby is 7. I am a photographer and my husband runs the photo lab that we own. (Check out our website at www.bedellphoto.com)

Girl or Boy Requested:
Our boys need a little mei-mei - why do you think we are adopting from china! :)

Age Requested:
As young as possible

Child's Name:
Marissa + some part of her Chinese name

Nursery Theme:
I want it to look/feel like a garden. I haven't started it yet since we have so long to wait, but I'm thinking of making the walls a soft blue with some sort of painting technique to give the impression of clouds. Then I'm thinking of green carpeting and painting the trim on the bottom green too, with some wispy grass coming up into the sky blue. Then I may enlist my sister who is an artist to paint some flowers. I also love lady bugs, and dragon flies. I have no idea on bedding yet, but I am going to be making a One Hundred Good Wishes Quilt. I do like the colors pink and green. I still have the crib and changing table from my sons, it's a very light ash color.

Likes/Dislikes:
I am a chocoholic! Is there anything else besides chocolate? I love anything from China! I am a Christian, so anything religious would be nice. My favorite color is either red or sage green - depending on what kind of mood I'm in! I like flowers and gardening.
Let's see for dislikes, I don't really like anything too commercial, I guess I like things that are more traditional or classical. I don't like the color purple. I grew up in "Grape Country" and everything was purple!

Hobbies/Collections:
In case you didn't guess, I love gardening! I also love hiking, fishing, baking, biking, walking or jogging. I don't have any collections.

Favorite Fragrance or Scent:
I am allergic to perfumes, but I love anything that smells like food! Cinnamon, Vanilla, Apple, Chocolate.

Favorite Author or Book:
I don't really have a favorite, but I love reading. I wanted to mention that I already have The JoyLuck Club, Shaoey and Dot and I Love you Like Crazy Cakes.

Favorite Movies: My all time favorite is Raising Arizona, but we love anything by the Cohen Brothers. Anything that is independant and off the wall, we love.

Favorite Music: I was an 80's punk rock girl, now they call it "retro". Getting old stinks! But mostly now I listen to Christian Contempory Music. I love Casting Crowns, Superchik and BarloweGirl.

Registered at What Store: None

Thanks for doing this! This is going to be so much fun!

Dawn & Dale Buhler

1. Add your name –Hi we are Dale and Dawn Buhler from British Columbia Canada! Dale is 36 and Dawn is 30 (Yipee! Most are afraid to turn 30, I was so excited because it now meant we would be able to adopt from China!)

We have been married for 11 yrs this summer and have been amazingly blessed with 4 beautiful biological boys. Chase will be 9, Colton will be 7 and Caden will be 5 at their birthdays these next few months. Carter is our youngest and just turned 3 in January.

2. Girl or Boy: Can you guess???

3. Age requested: Young as possible

4. Child’s name: Annaliese Faith (Chinese Name) Buhler

5. Nursery/theme: Haven't fully made up our minds but we are thinking very girlie, possibly purple walls, with flowers, butterflies and anything girlie in there!

6. Likes/dislikes: Likes: Cross stiching, collect precious moments, blogging, swimming and reading. Dislikes: Hmmm nothing really all that important that I can think off right now!

7. Hobbies/Collections: Precious moments

8. Favorite fragrance or scent: Vanilla and or cinnamon

9. Favorite movies I love chick flicks that make you cry! Dale is into anything Treky or spacey!

11. Favorite music: Mostly listen to christian worship cd's. We love the mixed worship songs.

12. Registered at what store(s) None yet!!

13. Anything else you’d like your secret pal to know about you? Thank you ahead of time! I hope you will have as much fun as I think I'm going to have!!

Dale and Dawn
DTC March 27
LID ???
BLOG: http://www.4boys2love.blogspot.com

dianne and dave

1. Add your name – and a little intro about you and your family
Hi! We are David & Dianne, aged 41, from Venice, CA. Sophie will be our first child. David and I are writers and artists, and Dave does his own comic book. We have 2 cats and a dog, and we love to travel, although we cannot afford to often. I garden. We love animals and animal rights causes. We love meeting foreigners and getting to know them. We're not religious. We like the beach, board games, foreign food, hanging out at home together, making up our own funny songs, and being silly

2. Girl or Boy requested We want a girl.

3. Age requested We asked for 0-6 months, or AYAP

4. Child’s name Sophie Lee (Chinese Name) Yurkovich

5. Nursery/theme Well, the room is blushed cotton, like a very pale sandy pink, and the furniture is a shabby chic sort of burgandy. We have some art that we bought from the Our Chinese Daughters Foundation, and we have some pages from a really old ABC book that we framed. We like the retro 40s-50s look, as long as it's not little cherub babies with blond hair, as Sophie will not look like that. We like the shabby comfy look and vinatge things. Our crib was the crib of all my cousins and my brother and sister and I.

6. Likes/dislikes Dislikes things like Disney, Dora, all that merchandising sort of thing, and religious things. Likes old loved items, tin, pictures, toys, childrens 45 records, flowers, ladybugs of course, etc.

7. Hobbies/Collections I sew and garden. Dave draws all the time by hand and on the computer

8. Favorite fragrance or scent Jasmine :) real perfume is too strong for me.

9. Favorite movies Woody Allen, Fargo, I (heart) Huckabees, Harry Potter, LOTR, Rushmore, those types of things :)

11. Favorite music Huffamoose, Cake, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rush, Fountains of Wayne, old jazz, Matthew Sweet, Beatles, Tatoo

12. Registered at what store(s) Target and Baby's "R" Us under Dianne Pearce and David Yurkovich

13. Anything else you’d like your secret pal to know about you? Yes, we really appreciate it and are looking forward to the fun! We are impatient as heck!

The Kramer's from Kentucky

Name: Michael and Kim Kramer
Blog: http://www.babyjellybeans.com/web/do/site?ID=2346
Girl or Boy: Girl!
Age Requested: 6-18 Months!
Child's Name: Most likely Emma
Nursery/Theme: Bedding is the Emily collection from Pottery Barn Kids (Pink, Yellow, Pale Green)
Pets: Jack Russell named Jack (what else!) and a cat named Kozmo Kramer (You can tell what we watch!)
Likes/Dislikes: I am very easy to please! I love the outdoors, hiking, traveling.
Hobbies/Collections: Working in the yard. Not a big collector but I love anything that had some thought behind it! Shopping (Love Target)
Favorite Fragrance: I like Bath and Body Works scents:Vanilla, Coconut or soft scents
Favorite Author or Books: Nicholas Sparks or Danielle Steele; I like romance novels, books about China and adoption books
Favorite Movies: My Best Friend's Wedding, Sweet Home Alabama (love comedy and romance)
Favorite Music: Country
Registered at what stores: None yet but most likely Target, BabiesRUs and PBK
Anything else you would like your Special Pal to Know: Check out my site!