No Words.....My family captured by the talented Ambit Films

I seriously can't say enough of how grateful I am for this little family of mine. After years of the roller coaster of infertility, and all the fun stuff that comes with it, it is magical to hold our sweet angel girl in our arms. Adoption has changed our lives forever and brought us our miracle. Time is flying by and how blessed we are to not only have memories we will cherish for eternity but beautiful photos by Desiree from  Desired Shots Photography and an amazing video by Andy (Desiree's husband!) from Ambit Films . Thank you Andy and Des for an irreplaceable pause in time.

Please excuse the end....Have you ever seen how Andy gets his aerial shots?! Yeah, you'd be jumping like a fool too!

Baby Ruby

In November our besties had Ruby! We love that little girl and we are loving watching her grow. 

 They stopped by on the way to the hospital! It's go time (after a picture of course)! Poor Melanie, what a champ! 

 There she is! 

 Perfection

I love seeing him with babies!  Although he makes a cute uncle I can't wait to see him as a Daddy! 

Thanksgiving 2013

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I just love it. I love taking a step back to really think of how blessed we are. This year we were not able to go see family for the holiday so we had a wonderful day with each other and a dear friend of ours. I love being able to prepare thanksgiving dinner and decorate or house a little for the festivities. We pretty much have our turkey down using a recipe we love from "Our Best Bites". If you are looking for the most delicious turkey recipe check it out! 

Simple fall flowers including my favorite hydrangea! 

Yum!

We also did the gravy from Our Best Bites and it's the best gravy I've ever had. That's not a joke. 

My dude serving it up!

I'm most grateful for my two guys!

Rob's birthday surprise...

For Rob's 30th, his parents flew out and surprised him! It was seriously one of the best moments ever. It is his favorite birthday memory yet! He had no clue and their arrival was priceless. They arrived really late and we were already in bed when our besties, who had picked them up from the airport, dropped them off at our house. They taped a birthday card to our door and then doorbell ditched us. In the card it said that his present was in the driveway. He was still out of it and in his underwear so he went back to bed annoyed at me thinking that I bought a new car without telling him and had it delivered in the middle of the night....I know, he can be crazy. I finally convinced him to put some clothes on and go grab the gift. He was SHOCKED to see his wonderful parents waiting in the driveway wondering what took him so long! He was so excited and then began connecting the dots of little things that all made sense now. The next day we headed out to go to Disneyland and San Diego! I can't thank my wonderful in-laws enough for making this possible. There is nothing my man loves more than those parents of his (and me ;) )! 

Rob turns 30!

In August Rob turned 30! He didn't want a big party like I did but instead wanted a simple game night. I can't let a birthday pass without decorations so I used our games and things from around  the house to decorate. Happy birthday, you old Farkle! Have you played Farkle? It is one of our favorites and it's super easy to learn.

East Coast 2013 4th of July Boating

What better way to spend the 4th of July than in our nation's capitol?! How about on a boat in our nation's capitol! It was truly the most fabulous few days on the boat with the best people. I love seeing Rob in his element. Being on the water and doing all the boat "stuff" makes him so happy and he is even happier doing it with family! We cruised the Potomac, anchored at Mt. Vernon, ate at Tim's II,  and watched three sets of firework shows from the boat! It was AMAZING and I can't wait to do it again. 

 Janet is the best!

 Seriously, look at his pure joy!

 Love these parents of mine!

 Keith and Rob getting the boat ready!

 One of my favorite pictures of us because we were having so much fun!

 Can you see Mount Vernon?

 So grateful for this wonderful country. God bless the U.S.A.!

 Cheers, dudes! 

 We hated the feeling of the mushy ground on our feet so Rob helped my Mom out.

 Best in-laws, ever.

 Love my Dad, oh so much! 

 Coolest

 Getting some driving tips! 

 We LOVED everything about this restaurant. Check out Tim's II. You anchor your boat and then a little water taxi picks you up and drops you off at Tim's dock. Delicious and so fun!

 Sleeping on the boat! 

 When we woke up it was time to celebrate Keith's big birthday! 

This place is enough to turn this west coast girl into an east coaster...