judy george?

name that movie!!

when i was a kid my parents were pretty strict about what we watched .. especially when it came to movies. they were sticklers about the no pg13 until you are 13 and all that jazz. so we watched a lot of old movies at our house

i had a healthy appreciation for doris day, rock hudson, audrey hepburn, cary grant and the like basically from birth and i still love them. there is just nothing better than a sunday afternoon curled up on the bed watching tony randall drunkely stumble off the train with rock hudson after hearing the news that rock's "ticker" was failing and he didn't have long to live

pure hilarity!!

I am feeling some cozy old movie days in my future :)

happy weekend!!

a bicycle sweater and a meet

top: joie     pants: j brand     shoes: frye

this past weekend RT and i woke up early saturday morning and drove to meet our birth mom. we had lunch with her and our case worker from the adoption agency and it was awesome!! i have been talking to her via text and phone calls for the past couple of weeks but meeting her in person just solidified everything for us

when we pulled up to the restaurant i really wasn't that nervous but then she sent a text telling us that they were there and where they were sitting and the butterflies instantly swarmed my stomach. it is like when you are a kid and you really want a friend to like you. you want to say the right thing and act the right way so that they will want to be your friend. well we really want her to like us and all of the sudden i got worried we might do something to make her decide she didn't

i got over the nerves as soon as we sat down with her and everything was great from then on. we got to spend the whole day with her on saturday .. after a nice long lunch she and i went and had manicures and pedicures .. then RT picked us up and the three of us went shopping/browsing at a couple of baby stores {she and i have a mutual love of shopping :)} .. and then we took her home and spent a little while with her at her house. the next morning before we got on the road to come home we picked her up and got to have breakfast with her

she is the sweetest person in the world! it is crazy because the whole time we have been dealing with the i word i have been constantly asking GOD why?? and now i know .. HE has been leading us to her and to her baby. they were always meant to be our family and now i can't even picture our family without them. i love to see such a clear representation of the LORD's plan :)



happy wednesday!!

want to hear a funny story??

top: mcginn     pants: citizens of humanity     shoes: urban outfitters

oh hey there shiny forehead!! nice of you to add a little extra something to this story .. you fit right in

so .. now that we live 45 minutes out of town i have to be very strategic about what time i work out

i leave the house at 7:30 .. barre from 8:30-9:30 .. come to the hoop and change clothes and freshen up before we open the store at 10

this morning was no different .. i loaded layla and all of my stuff into the car and started my commute .. i dropped everything and everyone at the hoop and went to work out .. i came back and when i went to the back to get my clothes so that i could change i realized i forgot them
i remembered shoes
and jewelry
but no clothes
there i was in my lululemon bright red stretchy pants and grey work out top with nothing to change into for work .. aawweessoommee!!

i had to buy pants and a top from the store {not actually that sad about it can't lie} and just make it work .. even without the proper undergarments {tmi?? can't help it .. it's the truth}

sadly this has become the story of my life lately {ha!} too many thoughts on too many things going in too many directions :)

happy weekend!!

black bootie black bootie black bootie oh yea black bootie

one     two     three     four     five     six

get it?? {ha!}

i am having an unhealthy obsession with black booties
i am constantly online wishing {as i call it} and lately it seems like black booties are calling to me

what are you guys wishing for this fall??

happy thursday!!

back to life back to reality

top: equipment     jacket: ella moss     pants: parker     shoes: l.a.m.b.

last week i was out of town with my mom sister and sister.in.law and it was so awesome!! we take a girls trip every fall and i look forward to it all year long. to have that time just the four of us is really very special to me!!

we also got to talk to our birth mom on the phone for the first time last week :)
she is amazing and i have been able to text back and forth with her some ever since then so that we can all get to know each other. a couple months ago i wrote this post and now i have had the privilege to convey those feelings to the woman GOD knew they were intended for. we get to meet her face to face this weekend and the anxious excitement is coursing through me!! i was this way before we talked too though and now i feel so normal talking to her so i think once the initial meeting happens we will all feel a lot more at ease

but now it is back to life and back to reality in a big way. i am back to work this week which feels great! it is always nice to get away for a little bit but i've gotta tell you i miss the hoop when i'm not here for a while. i guess that is yet another sign that i really do love my job :) i also have a long list of to dos for the house .. they are painting this week {woohoo!!} and we are in the process of picking out and refurbishing all of the furniture and decor and soon we will have to pick tile and carpet so there are lots of decisions to make right now. and thinking about everything we are going to need for the baby when she is born is crazy! my list for her keeps getting longer and longer {ha!}

we sure do have a lot going on but it is all very very very good things!!
loving life right now :)

happy tuesday!!

chosen

top: has no tag so i have no idea :)     skirt: nastygal     shoes: circus sam edelman

i remember laying awake in bed with my sister on the night that RT and i got engaged thinking this is the best feeling in the world! nothing else could ever feel this good!
and then we got married and that was every bit as good and even better. our wedding and reception were perfect for us and leaving the most fun party of my life married to the love of my life .. i felt on top of the world

i was scheduled to go to work yesterday but one of the girls that was scheduled to work saturday needed to switch with me so RT and i had the day off together. we were embarrassingly lazy. we stayed in our pjs and watched tv until lunch time. at which point we got decent enough to leave the house and rode the motorcycle into the square for lunch. afterward we rode around for a little while before returning home and parking ourselves back on the couch. we were sitting there watching tv and RTs phone rang. the side of the conversation that i could hear went like this ..

hello
may i ask who is speaking
yes it is
oh hi yes she is right here
ok i will put you on speaker

it was susan .. our adoption consultant. RT put the phone on speaker and she told us that the birth mom who had seen our profile that day had chosen us
I burst into tears
we had been chosen. by the very first birth mom to see our profile. i don't even know what was said during the rest of that conversation really {ha!} I was too shocked and excited and blissfully happy

we were chosen

after telling all of our friends and family i called the birth mom's contact at the agency she is working with. she told me that we will get to talk to the birth mom on the phone by the end of next week and then we will get to meet her at least once before her baby is due

to say that i am excited doesn't even come close to expressing the feeling. this birth mom .. she is everything to me. she is firmly part of the list of people who mean most to me in the world. to be able to talk to her and meet her will be a dream. i can't wait to know her. to have a picture of her in my mind. to become friends with her. to become family with her

needless to say .. yesterday ranks just as high as the day we got engaged and the day we got married

our prayers were answered
we were chosen
praise the LORD!!

happy weekend!

someday

dress: h&m     top: gemma     shoes: jeffrey campbell

our adoption consultant created a group on facebook in which everyone who is either currently working with her or worked with her in the past can be a part of if they want. this week people have been posting pictures of their kids and y'all .. it swells my heart. all of these sweet families with their precious kids and all I keep thinking is someday that will be us
people post pictures and stories when they get their babies and it is the same .. I don't know when but I know that someday that will be us


someday we will get the call that we have been matched
someday we will get the call that our birth mom is in labor
someday we will meet our little one for the very first time
someday we wil get to hold them in our arms and kiss their soft hair
someday we will have not just an i word story but a birth story .. a complete story

i don't know when but i am learning to be more and more patient every day
so for today there is comfort in someday