Project Life-Week 46

Week 46

Some weeks are always going to be more FULL than others right?

This week actually contains 8 front and back inserts!

Week 46 was a roller coaster but the ups definitely outweighed the downs and I am so glad I have it all recorded :)

This was the week that Adam landed himself in the ER twice, spent two nights in the hospital (one of which was in the ICU).  This was a very emotional and scary time but our faith never faltered and Adam was home in time for his 32nd birthday.  Praise God.

We saw Paul McCartney.  Best show ever. I loved the story of "Blackbird" as I mentioned before and I had printed out this photo from a shop so I could show Adam that I wanted it :)  I placed it into my PL album as a reminder of the beauty. 

On the back of this insert, I have the set list of songs that Paul McCartney played.

Did I mention is was the best show ever? :)

This next insert is a favorite.  I love these pages because they are perfect for Instagram photos!!  I have back to back photos that took at the show on this page.

On Saturday, it was National Adoption Day/Amelia's Adoption Day.

This was in our swag bag that we got at the court house.  I also slapped on one of the stickers that we had for National Adoption Day as well.

On the back I have a copy of the court papers that we received.  I blurred out all of the important information but most importantly...CASE CLOSED!

Done and done!

I used an 8 1/2x11 insert to add this little Title page that I made in Photoshop. 

On the back of that, I typed up all of my memories from that day and printed it to size to slip in.

Next, we have another front and back 4x4 photo page.  These are all of the photos from the Court House.

Next up I have one of the triangles from a banner at Amelia's Gotcha Day party.  I thought this would be a perfect little segway to the party from the court house.

I also added this little bag from the Smashbook line and filled it with some of the smaller decorations from the party for Amelia to look at someday.

And to keep up with the theme of this week's spread.  I have another 4x4 photo page filled back and front with photos from the Gotcha Day party.

And then to end this week, I made a full page spread with the most important event of the week.  Amelia's new, official, legit, bona fide, name.
(Also, when I printed it out and did the cutting, I somehow lost the "R" in November.  This is something that I totally would have scrapped and re-printed before but truthfully I don't mind it anymore).

Ahhh! This was the best week!!!
Thank you for letting me share it with you :)
xo
janel

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Amelia's Gotcha Day Celebration

We decided to through Amelia a BIG "Gotcha Day" celebration for her adoption finalization.  Im not sure how much, if any, of this party Amelia will remember but we mainly wanted to have it as a thank you to everyone who has supported us throughout her adoption process.  It was kind of a thank you party I guess.

The theme was "It's Legit!"

The invitations were AMAZING, a sweet new Instagram friend did the designing and I was blown away.  (Again, another separate post just for the invites will happen).

There were over 85 people who came to celebrate with Amelia.  It was such a special night for all of us.  Unfortunately, we didn't get a lot of photos of the night.  I think everyone was having too much fun visiting with each other to even think about snapping photos. 

I DIY'd all of the decorations with neon office supplies :) This was super cheap way to make things cute and part of our neon theme. 

I used garage sale stickers on the cups and plates ($1 for a pack of like 500).

 I used neon tape from Target's Kid Made Modern line to add words and designs all over the wall.  We even had a special little hashtag for social media photo posting so that I could easily find everyone's pictures :)  

I cut up neon computer labels for the printer into triangles and stuck them all over our plain white tablecloths.  The 3-D triangles were made out of printer paper by my sister's high school art students.

The little buntings and banners that were everywhere were cut from post-it notes.  

The little flags on the paper straws were from post it notes as well :)  Easy Peasy decorating my friends.

We rented a photobooth for the occasion so that Amelia would have photos of all of the guests who came to celebrate with her.  We had a photo booth at our wedding and loved it, but we didn't think that it would be affordable for a party.  I did a ton of researching and emailing and found the most amazing photo booth company ever.  This company, 2 Chics and a Photobooth, is AMAZING.  I highly recommend them for any event.  Their prices are more than reasonable for what they are offering and they are wonderful people to work with.  I instantly fell in love with them.  I will use them for every party I have in the future for sure.

Here are just a couple of the photos from the night.  Each session prints out two strips, one for you to keep and one to place in Amelia's guest book where they can write a message next to it!

Poor Amelia was probably seeing spots for a few days after that night :)  Everyone wanted pictures with the guest of honor :)

Another little bonus that we had for the party was a cupcake truck!!  We loved going to Food Truck Fridays this summer and loved the idea of a food trucks.  I was looking at the website of our favorite cupcake truck, The Sweet Divine, and noticed that they did private parties as well!

Plus, they won Cupcake Wars  :)

Anyway, again, a few emails with their sweet sweet owner, it was a done deal.  Again, the price for what you are getting is soooo affordable and fun.  It's something totally unique and it was a hit at the party.  The owners are absolutely adorable and their cupcakes are beyond amazing.