Bliss winner!

Did you win? Well, let's see! I chose the Bliss winner!

Well, I didn't, this time, Random.org did! Ready?

The winner? #24! Aimee! Congrats, Aimee! Ü

Email me your address to: adoptiondivine@gmail.com, & I'll get your Bliss off to you on Monday!

Thanks everyone for playing! ♥ doing giveaways. So fun!

Next order of business - I am dropping Adoption Divine! Yep! Another change! Why? I don't care for it, it has never brought me any hits (which was really it's purpose), & because I have absolutely no desire to further pursue this professional blogging stuff, I really want to return to the simple. Ü Hopefully by changing back to a blogspot address (i.e. free!), my blog updates will again be showing in readers. This has been a problem for months & I'm assuming it is related to my domain. I have been unsuccessful in rectifying the issue, so I'll just be done with Adoption Divine. I just want to go cute, fun & simple! After I change, I have no desire to change again. Done. Finished. I just want to blog, with no more changes. :)

I will post the new address here, so watch for it! Once it changes, it changes. Thanks for hanging in there with me!

Happy weekend! Ü

"The Corridor" - Kelle Hampton.

If you have not visited her blog recently - do.

Simply breathtaking post up by Kelle's dad, "Poppa".

You will sink into your soul as you read.

www.kellehampton.com.

Simply breathtaking, simply beautiful.

Bliss giveaway!

Contains:

Bliss Raspberry Chocolate!

12 Pretty Blank Note Cards!

Bath & Body Works:

4 oz. Summer Melon Candle!

4 oz. Sunflower Candle!

8 oz. Sweet Pea Body Lotion!

Liplicious Gloss - Fruit Punch Flavor!

Purse Size Coconut Lime Verbena Hand Sanitizer!
Purse Size Nectarine Mint Hand Sanitizer!

Fun stuff! Woot!

Want a chance to win? Become a follower of my blog ( <---------- on the left, scroll down ) & you will automatically be entered! If you are currently a follower (thank you! :o), you are already entered!

I will randomly choose a winner on Saturday, May 1st!

Thanks for being so sweet to me & leaving all your neat comments -

I cherish all of our friendships! You are a blessing! :)

(*If you have previously won a giveaway hosted by me, you are not eligible at this time to win again. But fear not, you will be in the future! :o)

Personal hygiene.

For quite some time now, my little people have been obsessed with deodorant. After showers, I frequently hear "can I have some deodorant, please?" They don't need deodorant yet. They are little people. They smell like little people. But they love deodorant. I usually oblige, & give them a swipe or two under each arm. They get all giddy & off they go.

Today in Wal-Mart, Audi spotted some tiny deodorants in the travel section. He got so excited, I thought he might hyperventilate. "Mom look! Deodorant! Can I please have this? Please?" He was so tickled, I thought if one silly toiletry makes him so darn happy, then by all means. Let's just go ahead & get him, & his brother, in the habit of good personal hygiene now. :) As we searched for just the right one, I spotted this:

Woot! A spray! How fun would a quick spray or two be under their arms? Big stuff. Such big boys. Except, we discovered tonight it's not actually deodorant. It is, but in the form of a bodyspray.

Oh good glory. Let me be the first to inform you, for $1.97, your house too can reek of Axe. Reek, I'm telling you. My entire house reeks.

Now excuse me while I go pop some Advil before this horrendous odor triggers a migraine. I just might be sleeping on the trampoline tonight.

Happy Monday! Ü

My girls. They ♥ shoes.

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I may have to get a real job, to afford all the shoes they love! Hubby has no idea what he's in for. Teehee. Ü

From 5 lbs. 13 oz. to 9 years old.

He was the tiniest, cutest baby. And here he is today. Still oh so cute.

He has the type of face that just draws you in. Big, brown eyes that I adore.

It really doesn't seem like it's been 9 years since we drove him home from Dallas. Since we told everyone waiting for us at our house, that they couldn't hold him for 3 weeks. Since I sat staring at him in his new, white, crisp bassinet wondering what in the sam hills I was going to do with him.


We don't do huge birthday celebrations here. My children have never had a birthday party - Bentley had an extended family celebration when he turned 1 and also 2, Audi had one when he turned 1, Jaguar & Audi had a joint celebration when she turned 1 & he turned 2, & poor Mercedes. She didn't even get one for her first birthday. I honestly don't know why it's like that, but it makes me feel like a complete loser mom. Birthday celebrations are now big stuff here at our home. There are some summer plans in the works to make up for past birthdays. These plans may not fall on their particular birth dates, but whoopie. Fun is fun! Ü

Bentley thought he only received 2 gifts from us. Books (of course), & a new glove. He never complained. But I certainly know he was thinking "just two?"

We made him hide his eyes & told him there was just one more gift from us. Do you see Jaguar, in the right corner? I guess she thought she had to hide her eyes, too. Baha!

Then we rolled in this big guy. He was surprised! He loved it. And he went for a ride.

Or forty. :)

I despise the challenges we have with him right now. It's no fun. For him, or us. And I just pray like the dickens that this season will end soon. For him, & us.

No matter the struggles, no matter the trials & tribulations, my love for him is unconditional. There really are no words to describe how much I love him. I absolutely cherish every 48 lbs. of him. He is precious. ♥

Happy Birthday, sweet boy.

A sweet, very unexpected gift.

I ♥ the internet for many reasons. But the main reason? The amazing friends I have met. I just adore all of my friendships that have developed due to modern technology. You know I am a people person. I ♥ people. And I simply ♥ meeting new friends.

Anytime someone visits my blog & leaves a comment, I try oh so diligently to visit their blog, return the favor, & say thank you. Because comments mean so very much to me & I know they do to others, too. I appreciate so much every single comment.

A few weeks ago, Launa visited my blog & left a sweet comment. I began regularly visiting her blog & leaving her comments. One particular day, she had a post about a cute recipe notebook her sister had sent her. Being the humorous girl I am (baha!), I left a comment asking if she'd make me a copy. Oh I know. I just kill myself. ;o)

You know what? She did!

I tried to explain to this sweet girl that I was only joking! Didn't phase her. Look what she did!

When I opened it, I was amazed. First of all, it's cute as all get out! Second, she spent her time & her money creating this for me! Someone she didn't even know. I mean really, it didn't take me long to discover what kind of heart she possesses. :)

It had the nicest note stuck in the front pocket. She filled the notebook with a few of her favorite recipes & put stickies, with some notes, on some of the pages! A girl after my own heart. I ♥ post-it-notes. And she has just the cutest handwriting! (I didn't tell her I noticed that little detail. :)

For me, this is what life's all about. Meeting new friends. Sharing & laughing & building relationships. Having fun. Appreciating. Enjoying. You know, those simple things I like to mention. And if it all happens via some crazy technology called the internet - who cares! Life is short. Soak it in. Grasp it & run with it no matter how it happens to come your way. Ü

I so appreciate Launa & what she did for me. So incredibly sweet! I'll be sending her a little thank you. Even though she told me not to. 'Cause I don't like being told what to do. Teehee. ;o)

Now go visit her blog, look at her darling children & leave a sweet comment. And maybe, just maybe, she'll make you a recipe notebook, too! Kidding! LOL :)

Go meet a new friend!

Happy Friday! Ü