Adoption Profile

We are trying to start our adoption profile and I was going through pictures and discovered some engagement pictures. So I thought I would post a few and let everyone vote on their favorites. :)

Number 1. Which also happened to be the one we included in our announcement.

Number 2. I like this one because we look like we are dancing.

Number 3. I love to swing and I think this one is fun, even though my smile is a little cheesy, but we are all a little cheesy right?

Number 4. A variation of number 1 but gives a little bit more. I like the duckies in the background too. :)

And, number 5. I HATED the gratuitous ring shot when we were engaged but now I kind of like it. It says, "we're married and love to show off my sparkly"


So just let me know your favorite. :) The winning pic will probably be the main picture on our adoption profile, if not a very featured one. :)

"God is so good. He is taking care of me."

I get a lot of weird people calling in everyday to my job at University of Phoenix. I'm in a call center so I get people of all kinds, happy, sad, angry, fuming, you get the idea. Today a lady called in and wanted to order a new diploma. She goes in to her life story that she is terminally ill with cancer and doesn't expect to live long and wanted the diploma for her grandchildren to remember her by. When I went to charge her card, the financial system could not pull up her record, so I was able to send it to her free of charge. When I told her that, her immediate response was "God is so good. He is taking care of me." It touched my heart so much. This woman had so much faith even though she was slowly dying of a painful disease. I don't know what religion she was, what kind of background she had, or anything further than that, but she knows, and I know that God is taking care of us. It's such a comforting thought. Even though we have our trials and think He may have forgotten us, He hasn't. He's always with us and thinking of us. We are all His children. I cannot even begin to express the love I have for Him, knowing that He is taking care of me.

Finally feeling like myself

It honestly took about 3 weeks but I'm finally starting to feel normal again. After we found out, I honestly felt a lot like Bella in New Moon. Days were passing without me even noticing. If I didn't have to go to work, I would've been at home in my bed, which is what I did as soon as I got home. After a couple weeks, I finally started to have the fog lifted from my head and my heart. We prayed hard and pondered and planned. I LOVE to plan so that helped a lot! After planning fertility treatments for so long, it was strange to be putting that away and concentrate on something else. Once I did that, there really was no other option than adoption. I honestly can say I am SO excited to adopt. I have been looking at websites, blogs, books, anything I can about adoption. I'm so impressed by adoptive parents and the strength they have to wait for their precious miracle and the some times difficult hoops to jump through to become a parent. I am INSANELY impressed by Birth moms. To not be able to have children has been the hardest thing I have gone through in my life thus far, and I can't even begin to imagine what those wonderful women go through and how much love they have for their children to place them with another family. It's going to be a long process from here but I honestly would not trade it for anything. Robby and I are 100 million times closer. We love each other more, we lean on each other more. When I'm sad, he does everything to cheer me up. When he's sad, I cheer him up. I know that this is what was supposed to happen. Even though some times I wish that one day I would magically become pregnant and 9 easy and fantastic months later, poof a baby is here, I know that's not the way it's going to happen for us. I always thought it was weird when people would say they were happy for their trials but I honestly feel that way. I would probably even go as far to say that this isn't really a trial, but a growing opportunity. I am closer to my husband and especially my Savior. Without Him, I would never have gotten through the past 4 weeks. I'm so grateful that He took my burden on Him and made mine lighter. He has gotten me through this and I know that soon, we will be blessed with our little angel.

Robby's Birthday

Robby is officially..... 26 years old!!!! We celebrated his birthday in Yuma a week early and had such a blast! Then a week later, on his birthday, I threw him a Surprise party! I've never thrown a surprise party for one reason, I can't keep a secret! I had been planning it for 2 weeks and am SHOCKED beyond belief that I kept it from him. I almost spoiled it by reading emails while he was in a 20 foot radius of me but luckily he didn't think the party was going to happen. BWAHAHA! It was fun surprising him and he really enjoyed having some of his friends from the ward and friends from back in the day all together to celebrate his big day! Here are some pictures from celebrating the big 2-6 in Yuma.Robby and Jakers. What a happy baby!
Blowing out the 26 candles. QUICK, turn off the smoke alarm!
The beautiful cake I made. The candles make the number 26 if you squint and tilt your head to the right.
I love this guy SOOOOOOOO much! Happy birthday babe!



Robby is officially..... 26 years old!!!! We celebrated his birthday in Yuma a week early and had such a blast! Then a week later, on his birthday, I threw him a Surprise party! I've never thrown a surprise party for one reason, I can't keep a secret! I had been planning it for 2 weeks and am SHOCKED beyond belief that I kept it from him. I almost spoiled it by reading emails while he was in a 20 foot radius of me but luckily he didn't think the party was going to happen. BWAHAHA! It was fun surprising him and he really enjoyed having some of his friends from the ward and friends from back in the day all together to celebrate his big day! Here are some pictures from celebrating the big 2-6 in Yuma.

St. Pattys Day

So Robby and I decided to go out to eat tonight. We didn't realize it would be crowded until we got there and realized it was St. Patricks Day and people would be out drinking. We were sitting and waiting for our food to arrive... and then we hear this strange awful noise... BAGPIPES! Our local firemen play the bagpipes and decided to play at all the restaurants in Maricopa (which is not too many). So we were graced with their presence for about 15 minutes. I'm not the biggest fan of bagpipes but it made the day feel a little more Irish. :)


Sorry it's not the clearest picture but what can you expect from a phone? On the right would be the giant bass drum that was playing in my ear...