Happy Fourth of July 2014 America!

What a wonderful day we had! We joined our friends Steph and Curtis and their littles ones for a fabulous festive day. 

For the second year in a row we went to the parade. This year was really cool with a fire truck, police cars, horses and a bunch of decorated bikes, 4-wheelers and bikes! 

Here's my outfit for the day...

Fashion Info: 

My top is American rag 

Headband is from icing 

Sunglasses are Burberry 

Lipstick is Mac Ruby woo (I think that's the name!)

Shorts are Charlotte rousse 

Shoes are sketchers go walks (the closest to sneakers I will wear!) 

Bag is Just Fab 

Watch is Marc Jacobs 

Of course my cute boys were adorable too! 

On Liam 

A personalized Liam shirt from Etsy 

America shorts from Kohls 

American Flag Toms (found them at Journey kids!)

Paul Frank Hat 

On Shane 

Peace, Love, World "I am peace" baseball cap

American Rag shirt from Macys 

Cargo shorts from Target

Adidas shoes 

Rose gold watch from Target 

These are the days that make for the most awesome memories! 

Until next time! 

Jen 

And then there were THREE!!!

Hi Dear Friends,

I know I said I would keep in touch, and I plan to... however life just got a WHOLE LOT BETTER! In our last few posts we talked about our recent heartbreak. Today we talk about how our lives were recently changed forever!

As you all know sometime in May we lost our first baby adoption. We experienced an adoption miscarriage, which is basically a match gone wrong. That broke our hearts and shook our spirits. S always remained hopeful, but I was so hurt that I stopped going to baby stores and looking at my dream items online. I focused on my everyday life because I was SURE that we were not going to be matched for at least 18 months... I wanted a baby NOW... not 18 months from now. I knew that first baby was not for us, but I wanted my baby to join our family already!!!

Then... on Tuesday June 5th, 2012 I went to work as usual... I was in my tuesday meeting when my phone rang. It was the adoption agency. I figured they were calling to check up on us. Either way I could not answer because I could not leave my meeting. But then... THEY CALLED S!!! He didn't answer either. He never ever answers his phone. The agency people were persistent (THANK GOD!) and they called S's office. Sure enough... they had a match for us!!!

Meg, the social worker that spoke to S told him that she had good news for him. And oh, boy, did she have good news! Not only had a birth mother picked us but the BABY WAS BORN!!! No waiting period. No anxiety! Nothing!

(I'm not going to go into details about any of that because that is the baby's story not mine. If you are interested in adoption and really honestly want to know how it works send me an email and I'll be glad to share what we feel comfortable with.)

The baby was OURS!!! So of course we wanted to meet him. Our sweet boy was born on May 25, 2012. We met him and became a family on June 6, 2012 when he was just 12 days old. He had been patiently waiting for us for 12 days! He never lost hope, he knew we were coming!

That beautiful Wednesday morning of June 6, 2012 we met our Son. He was bundled and perfect. He was a tiny 4 lbs 4 ounces but FULL of love. He was healthy and strong. He had been fighting for 12 days waiting for his mommy and daddy to come pick him up and that day he greeted us with a smile. (It could have been gas, but it could have been a smile!). The moment we laid eyes on him we fell in love. There was absolutely NO GOING BACK. We were a family of THREE!

That night we went back to the hospital and hung out with the little man some more. He was in the hospital for a MINOR reason... but his stay was long(ish) so I will blog about that experience after.

Wednesday night we got to give our son a bath. We bonded and fed him and put him to sleep. We were so smitten. That night we couldn't sleep. The following day was going to be the most important day of our lives.

On thursday June 7, 2012 we signed all the legal paper work to become L's parents! It was THE BEST legal paperwork we've ever had to sign. We left the agency feeling so good and so ready. We were now responsible for a human being! Our SON. We have a SON.

We've been home for some time now. We've gotten to know each other and we all fit like pieces to a puzzle. He is the perfect addition to our family. He is mellow and sweet and smart. He even looks like S which is just the sweetest thing.

We have been busy getting everything L needs! We had no idea he was coming this fast so we've had to hustle... and let me tell you its been the fastest funnest shopping experience of our lives. We have the essentials but we have everything HE needs.

You guys I can't tell you enough how happy I am. I cry every time I look at his face, hands, feet. His tummy is like a magnet for kisses and I get happy when I see poop in his diaper. The highlight of my day is making sure I get all the boogies out of his nose so that he can breathe better at night.

All the things I thought I would care about... the fancy stroller, the cute clothes, the amazing pinterest inspired nursery are pushed to the side. I ONLY want my son to be happy and healthy... and he is... so I am complete.

I'll be back soon with his "hospital stay" recount.

Much Love and THANK YOU for the support!

A very HAPPY MOMMA!!!

Lately....

My last blog post was a couple of weeks ago because we have been quite busy. In fact this post will be filled with pictures of our recent activities, because what's a better way to know what we have been up to than by seeing us in action!

We've been shopping and browsing... and I found this(!) at a forever 21 in Orlando (at our fourth of July trip!)

It's SWEET PINK RUFFLES!!!! My favorite (hence the name of this blog)! How awesome is that?

I also scored this fabulous hat (the one I'm wearing). The hubby and I have been taking turns with it. Its not your typical fedora and it is absolutely super sassy.

We've also been doing a lot of eating! Our hometown has been hit by the food truck movement and there is nothing more delicious than grabbing a picnic blanket and enjoying the summer heat while consuming more calories than a human being should...

(My favorite is the latin burger truck! Delicious!)

Lastly, last weekend was my cousin's baby shower (IT'S A BOY!). We got all dolled up and went on to celebrate this very special time with her!
Here's a picture of my dress....

  (and my cute hubby, of course). I figured I would dress in Blue since it is a baby BOY!!! I'm very festive. :)

Our typical good-angle-self-portrait-because-no-one-ever-takes-our-picture!

Of course... I saved the best for last...

We got dragged into playing a baby shower game... and here I am blind-folded getting ready to stuff the hubby with baby food. YUM!

Life has been absolutely great lately, and I can't be any more THANKFUL.

Gratefully yours,

Mrs. Pink.

A very tired blogger...

This weekend was suuuuuuuuppppppppppeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrr busy. Hopefully I'll be able to blog with some pictures about our weekend tomorrow, when I have regained a bit of energy. I'm exhausted because yesterday was Father's day and we had to pull double duty. I have an amazing father in law so, naturally, we wanted to spend some time and honor him on his special day. Of course my fabulous daddy could not stay far behind. So we spent the day with my FIL and then had dinner with my parents once they got out of work. It was great to be with both families but today I am drained.
Pardon me if this post makes absolutely no sense.
In other news, I realized today that I need to do something about my memory and health. So I started taking all sorts of multi-vitamins and other supplements. If there is one thing you must know about me is that I do NOT do pills. I hate swallowing the little suckers. So I bought a bunch of gummy stuff and chewable tablets. I only have to swallow about 3 pills... which is a lot better than what the hubby takes (it took him a few minutes to count them!). His answer was 8-10 pills daily. I don't think I could do that... bleh.
Oh! and to work with my mind I've decided to start carrying a little notebook with me. This will allow me to jot down blog ideas, notes, any little thing that will help me make it through the week.
For now here is the breakdown of what we did this weekend.
Friday Night: The hubby and I went on a date to the mall. We had some father's day presents to purchase and took advantage of the situation to sneak in some quality time. We had a romantical dinner at a sporty wing's restaurant and attempted to watch a movie. We were not successful... the theater was packed and we hate to sit in the front and look up.
Saturday we were supposed to meet with some friends but they were unable to make it. We spent most of the day chilaxin' at home, then at night time we went out to have dinner at some food trucks (I blogged about this in my other blog but I'll tell you guys all about this... it's cool stuff!).
Sunday was spent with the daddies.
When you read it like that it seemed to be a pretty uneventful weekend but that with a combination of having to go into the office (I work in the field) extra early on a Monday morning... has me ready for bed.
So off to bed I go. Night Night!

Tired-ly Yours

Mrs. Pink