We've adopted a baby . . .

 With big joyful tears in our eyes and a sweet baby boy in our arms, we wanted to let all of you know we have adopted a bouncing baby boy.  In 5 months we will make it official in our province's supreme court but for now we are so excited to have him home!!!

We are so blessed . . . we didn't have to wait very long. In fact 2 weeks after our profile was added to our agency we received the call that we had been chosen . . .  9 Days later we were holding our son.

We are sure that there are many questions you might have . . . we will write something a little more in depth soon . . . but for now we are snuggled in with our little guy.

Thank you to everyone who offered us LOVE, support and prayers. We have felt every well wish you have sent us. Thank you so much!

We are thrilled to introduce you to our son Hudson!!!!!

"We have waited so long for this special day, to hug you, to kiss you to hold you and say.  You're wanted and loved more than you know, a lifetime of memories as we watch you grow. You're someone to cherish, someone to love, a wonderful blessing from heaven above."

Nursery Update

Because we could get "the call" anytime . . . we wanted to make sure that we were prepared with the basics for a baby. I realize that a mirror and a wagon aren't really baby basics but we wanted the room to be generally ready! ;)
I found this mirror at Homesense about 6 months ago. I had no idea what I wanted to do with it . . . but it was on clearance and I knew that I loved it. I am so glad that I did pick it up because it inspired the perfect color palette for our nursery.

 We hung it over our little dresser . . . that is now doubling as a change table with the addition of an organic change pad (that just barely fit on the dresser top).

A friend who just potty trained her last baby, sent a diaper genie type contraption our way so we poped that beside the change table (makes sense).
Other additions would be our very first baby gift from some amazing people in our lives, I am in love with this 3 sprouts laundry bag!!! The bassinet is also from the same friends, we figured we would need a bassinet if we get a quick match . . . but we wouldn't need a crib for a few weeks after that.

Lastly, I was at an antique store in Lyden, Washington a few weeks ago, and I spotted this Radio Flyer wagon. I couldn't resist . . . all kids need a little red wagon of their own.

I hope you enjoyed the little touches to our nursery.

I'm BACK!!!!

After the craziness of my sister's wedding. Lee thought he'd take sometime off of work and I thought I would join him and we took an impromptu vacation . . . you know the kind of thing you can do before you have kids! It was super relaxing, we didn't go far . . . in fact we didn't even get a chance to leave at all. But we were able to tackle some projects around the house (nothing big, just some necessary things) . . . Max got some extra attention, and we both have a tan! ;)

Our Hydrangeas are finally in bloom outside and after 3 years our front yard is starting to look like we always planned.

A pretty Hedge of hydrangeas, being held back by a hedge of boxwood.

The boxwood hedge is about a year . . . maybe two years away from being fully formed but this is almost exactly what I've had pictured these past 3 years. 

I love it when a plan comes together!! 

 Thanks for sticking around during our little hiatus. I'll be back tomorrow with a nursery update . . . we hung a mirror it's super cute. We picked up new chairs for the living room, and I finally decided on a sofa table . . . FINALLY!