a celebration.

My mom took my sister, Amelia, and I to the American Girl Store and Bistro to celebrate Amelia and her spot in our family.  The day was amazing.  The whole experience was a childhood dream come true.

They gave Amelia and her little Bitty Baby the prettiest little crowns to wear during the lunch.

My sister and I even had our childhood American Girls for the celebration.  It was really cute :)

At the end, they brought Amelia out a little cake and THE WHOLE store sang "Happy Adpoption to You" to Amelia.  It was the most special little moment ever.

I hope this little girl knows how much of a blessing she is to all of us and just how much we love her.

xo
janel

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my first mothers day.

This first mother's day weekend has been filled with so many amazing blessings.  

Including a new/old MCM bedroom set ($75 at a garage sale that my scored for me)!!!

a MUCH needed new car from my honey :)

and lots of other little things.  All though all of those things are so wonderful, nothing compares to the blessing of actually being a mother this year.

This little one has brought me more joy then I could have ever imagined.  My heart is filled with so much love and it increases every second of every day.

Being Amelia's mom is the best gift I could have ever gotten.

I love her with everything I have.

I also want to give a shout out to my mom!

**

You are the best mom ever.

Thank you for teaching me how to be the best mom.

I love you.

xo

janel

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nostalgia

A couple of weeks ago, my parents and I looked through a bunch of old photographs and albums from my grandpa.  He was quite the memory keeper :)

Amongst these photos, were a lot of old slides that I wanted to get developed.

Yesterday, we got the photos back from the slides and had another great day reminiscing.

Here are a few things that I learned from these photos:

1.  Contrary to popular belief, I apparently get my craftiness from my MOM not my dad.  My dad is super artistic and creative but my mom has some hidden secret talents that she has kept from me all these years!!

*  She made that huge macrame hanging!!  (and then apparently sold it at a garage sale sometime in the past)

crewel embroidery! umm hmmm!
And my dad tells me that she was quite the cross-sticher as well.
My crafty soul...I get it from my mamma :)

2.  My dad is the cutest hippie I know.

3.  My mom looks so much like my sister and my cousin Kelly and so many of these photos.

4.  I started blinking in photos from an early age :)

well, only sometimes...

I loooove looking at old photos, don't you?  I would love to have a little flashback post every once awhile just for the nostalgia of it all :)

xo
janel

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Happy Birthday Mom...

I just wanted to give a birthday shout out to my mom :)

She's my: mom, best friend, and role model.

She's pretty much the most amazing woman around.

Here are a few things that come to mind when I think about her 

(some of these, only she will understand):

*  strength

*  love

* faith

*  beauty inside and out

*  "Dusty's pens"

*  Good Morning, Good MORNING!!

*  tea parties

*  antique malls

*  Ginny's and Muffie's 

*  them old cotton fields back home

*  ww

*  Are you ready?  Yes, Im ready...

*  American Girl Dolls

*  Reality TV Dance Shows

*  friendship

* the dress up box

* soooo tired.

*  slip juice

*  and so so much more.

I hope you have a birthday filled with blessings :)  I love you so much!

xo

janel

style crush: Kathleen Bradley

This here is one of my most favorite style icons from the 70's.

This woman was featured in People magazine and on a Superbowl commercial, modeling uniforms for the once popular, Ozark Airlines....

Isn't she gorgeous??

Her style, hair, smile...I love it all.

The number one reason she's my fave though...

she's my mom :)

Love you mom!

xo

janel