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St. Mary's Orphanage

"I could not have asked, or DREAMED, of a better friendship than this. She is my spirit animal!" - Oona Bell Bartolini

“Happy one year anniversary, pretty girl...” 💘 -Michael ( 3 / 22 / 19 ) #olyael #omo

Hello Friends & Family,

As you were made aware not too long ago, our family was in for some big changes. Big changes that came in tiny packages <3

Theron and I have been talking for months about adding to our family. I’ve been feeling so much better these past three months, honestly more myself than I’ve felt in such a long time, that when Theron told me he wanted more children I started to panic. A lot of you may or may not know this, but it was a close call for both myself and Ivy and we were told that I couldn’t have any more children or I would be putting not only myself, but our future child, in danger. So when Ther said he was ready for more.. I didn’t react well.

After talking and talking, we agreed that our best option for our family was to adopt. We reached out to an amazing adoption agency called Boots and Leaves (two things I happen to like most) and met with a representative of the agency. We filled out our applications, got finger printed, had a full health check up (physical and mental) and then we sat on our hands in wait to hear back!

Once we found out that our application had been approved it was another waiting game until a worker was assigned our case and contact us. The waiting was the most excruciating part. I’ve never been great and “not knowing” things. It gives me anxiety and I tend to break out in hives. So, I apologize to my dearest friends for getting snappy with them.. I hope now that you’re reading this you’ll fully understand why that happened!

Meeting our daughter, Arianna (who we affectionately call Ari), was a mind blowing experience that left me feeling ragged, but in a good way. I can’t get enough of her. It was like someone out there created her specially just for us. The girls have already formed a special bond with their baby sister, not that we were ever really concerned. We’ve watched Ivy with Thea’s (@msmidnightblonde) little boy and knew that she was ready for a sibling and Macie loves all babies, though it’s hard to explain to a two year old that Ari isn’t “her’s,” lol.

Today Ari will get to meet her Uncle Cash and Auntie Thea <3 We didn’t want everyone to come over at once for many reasons other than being totally overwhelmed, but also because we don’t want to spread any germs and one of my best friends works in a hospital and the other has five children and works with with many more children in her every day job.

I’ll be posting more pictures later! Right now, I’m going to go peek in on Theron who’s rocking Ari to sleep (you’d think I would of known this, but he actually has a beautiful singing voice) and check on the girls. Macie’s our little night owl and she likes to get out of bed and play. Until next time!

Rosewood Park Salon/Bakery/Cafe' ~

.. I love their friendship