Tagged

Brooke as tagged me here are my answers. I am not technically savvy enough to link her blog in the post but she is Dinkypopsnomore if you are wondering.

1. Where were you 10yrs ago?

June 1998 I was in in college at MSU getting ready to leave for my study abroad program in England. I spent most of July in London and Nottingham doing a packaging study abroad program. Total blast!!

2. 5 things from my to do list

-Go to the grocery store
-Change the cat litter box (yuck!)
-Do Izzy's laundry
-Mail pictures to family in Austraila and to the birth mother
-Figure out what jewlery of my mom's i am going to wear with my bridesmaid dress next Friday

3. Favorite Snacks

Hmm, I love snacks and try to be good lately. Since I managed to take off 15 or so lbs i am trying to keep it off. But I still do snack. Dark chocolate, almonds, popcorn and ice cream are probably my favorites lately

4. What would you do if you were a millionare?

wow, if I had endless millions I would....probably adopt again, take my family on an awesome vacation somewhere. Travel to Greece and Italy. Buy property up North a big log home. Donate lots of it. Pay off my in-laws condo so my Mother in law could retire.

5. Places I have lived

-Grew up in Southfield, MI, lived in and around East Lansing Michigan during college, moved to Oak Creek Wisconsin after college for 2 yrs, bought condo in Racine, WI for 1 year moved into DH's house in Round Lake Beach IL for 1 year and have now been living in Milford, MI for 4 years

So I guess i have to tag people now, I tag Katd,Stillamomma, Rachel,Barely Sane..again don't know how to link it

Long Time

I heard from Izzy's birthmother this week for the first time in about 6 months. I was so excited to see a message from her. After reading her message I was saddened to find out that her and teh birth father are no longer together. I know I shouldn't be too suprised but it still makes me sad because he seemed like such a sweet guy. I hope he is doing well whereever he is. Although hearing that they had split made me that much more happy that they decided to place Izzy for adoption. I still can't even imagine the love they had for her to be able to realize they couldn't give her everything they wanted Izzy to have. The birthmom "C" is so sweet. It was so nice to see an e-mail from her. She wished both Dh and I a happy mother's day and father's day. I hope she is doing okay. I am sure she has had a rough few months. I sent her a bunch of pictures via e-mail and I am going to send some to teh agency as well.

It is always interesting when I mention anything about the birthfamily to anyone of my friends that have not adopted. They immediately get freaked and don't understand why I would want to stay in contact. I don't think you can understand it until you have lived it. "C" has changed my life forever and for that I will be forever grateful. I have nothing but love for her and I hope she continues to stay in touch. I can see C in Izzy everyday, Izzy is a beautiful baby and she gets that for C and the BF! It is so hard to explain the bond I feel with them even if i will never see them again.

My thoughts and prayers are with them always

Big Girl in her Chair

I had to post a few pictures of Izzy favorite new place to hang and watch her shows or just relax for a minute or two. My mom had gotten her this little Dora chair a while ago but Izzy has just recently taken an interest in it. She loves to climb in and out and sit in it and relax. It is so cute and makes me a little sad because I think she looks so grown up sitting in it like a big girl!!!

Wedding's Weddings and More weddings.....

I am in 3 weddings in 3 months!!!!! It is a bit crazy!!! The first one is coming up on July 4th. The other 2 are in September 6 days apart from one another! I was just looking at the calendar for the summer today and it is a little full between all the showers, bacholorette party's, rehersal dinners and the weddings! Don't get me wrong I am so excited for my friends and honored that they wanted me as part of their special day........but holey cow this is getting expensive!!!!!! Luckily one of the dresses(for the wedding on July 4th) the bride purchased for me which was SOOOOO kind! I am the only one standing up on her side and the groom's brother on his side so they decided they would purchase our clothes as a thank you! SOOOOO nice!

I had that dress altered the other week and because it was ordered back in October before my workout plan, she had to take it in 2 sizes!!!! That made me feel pretty good! I am excited now to see how it looks when it is taken in! The other two dresses are not in yet. One I know will have to be altered significantly as well and the 3rd one shouldn't be too bad because we didn't order it too long ago.

I celebrate my 5 year wedding anniversary this summer! My how time flies!!!! It is hard for me to even remember some of the planning and event details from the day. All of my bride to be friends will ask me how we did certain things at our wedding and I can't remeber half the time! I just remeber that when I got to the end of the isle and saw Chris down at the other end, that is all I saw, everyone else just disappeared. That is definately my favorite memory from the whole event.

So back to all the weddings, I hope I can be there for these girls as they plan their special day and keep all my feelings about the money and time commitments to myself. I really am so happy and honored for them.