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BIG NEWS!!!

 We have some fun news!!!

We are MATCHED!!!

I honestly can’t believe it!  Half of me is so excited and the other half is still in shock.  Our sweet, precious baby will be joining us in February!!

Dustin and I found out last Friday, so keeping it a secret has been the hardest thing ever–and now I’m so glad that I can talk about it!  Sabrina, our consultant, called me at school during my planning to tell me, and after I stopped crying, I jumped in my car and ran home to tell Dustin…who happened to be off work!  Except that he wasn’t at home and I had to lie to him to get him to meet me in a parking lot haha!

We took these photos at my sister’s house and literally two minutes into taking these pictures, Dustin…

…lost the “B” and Rachel took these in the midst haha!  

I asked on IG for any questions and I got A LOT!!!  I won’t be able to answer all of them (some things we are keeping private), but I am going to answer as many as I can!

Will you find out the gender/do you already know the gender?
Okay, this was literally asked by 20 people and I laughed out loud because my small group asked me this a million times yesterday!!  We knew the gender when we said yes to presenting to this birth mom, but we’re not sharing yet!  I’ve always wanted to have a gender reveal party, and we’ll have one in a few weeks.


Do you get a maternity leave for adoptions?
Yes!!  I would take off the rest of the year if I could afford it ha!


Will y’all have to travel out of Alabama?
We will!  For ICPC, we’re told to plan for 10-14 days out of state, so basically if anyone wants to let us stay with them for a few days to save money, we’d appreciate it 😜😂


Will you get to be at the hospital when the baby is born?
That’s the goal!


Is your church or family throwing you a shower?
This always makes me feel so awkward because the people who bring up showers are the ones who have done so much for us already and I don’t want anyone to think I expect a shower at all….because I don’t!  But I have had a lot of people talk about throwing us showers, and it just reminds me that we have so many people who support us and this adoption!


Did you cry so many happy tears?
I’m still crying haha!


What are specific ways to pray from this point forward?
I really appreciated this question!!  First, please pray for this expectant mom and her heart.  I’m so thankful that she’s choosing life for this baby.  Adoption is born out of brokenness and I pray that her heart is comforted by God and that she knows she is loved!  Please pray for her health and this baby’s health for the duration of her pregnancy.  Also, please pray for Dustin and I to continue trusting in God and His sovereign plan!

We are still fundraising the last bit of money, so if you feel led to donate anything, you can here:
paypal.me/DustinShaneyfelt

THANK YOU!!

Friday Faves!

Happy Friday, y’all!
Today I’ve got a few FAVORITES to share with y’all so I’m just going to hop right into it!


November is National Adoption Awareness Month.  I keep saying it’s so funny how God works, but I know everything He does is with purpose.  I’m part of an adoption Facebook group, and while Dustin and I were in the early stages of paperwork for FAC, I posted a question on the Facebook group asking for advice.  This girl, Julie, replied back and I think I ended up messaging her asking her something else since I found out she was with FAC, too.  We ended up swapping phone numbers and have texted pretty much every day since then since we were pretty much in the same exact place within FAC.  I know God brought us together to give us someone who we could get advice from or to have someone bring us out of the sadness the adoption process sometimes brings and point one another to the hope we have in Christ.  She posted this yesterday and I think she said everything of how I feel right now perfectly!

My Halloween costume for school is still a favorite!!  My friend Hailey and I recreated those “Best Friend” necklaces that were popular when we were in elementary and junior high.  Sadly, some of our little junior high kids didn’t get it and kept asking why we had broken hearts haha!

We’re putting some finishing touches on the nursery, so last night we hung frames for a grid gallery wall.  Well, our marriage survived the tedious measurements of hanging frames 😂.  I can’t wait to share the nursery with y’all eventually!!  And since I know people are going to ask, yes the walls are blue and no that doesn’t mean we’re having a boy.  We’re still open to either gender, but blue is my favorite color and I’ve made the nursery gender neutral–even with blue walls.


Y’all know my obsession with Meghan Markle.  This might have been my favorite look of hers while she and Harry were on their 16 day tour of Australia and surrounding areas!  While I love Kate Middleton, I think I love Meghan Markle’s style a little more because while she does dress classic, she also modernizes it and I love it!


This Free People sweater has been my most purchased item from the blog because Nordstrom price matched it a little over a week ago.  Since it’s now back to the original price, I found this FP sweater that is on sale (50% off!!) and so cute!  I love FP sweaters because they really are great quality.

Friday Faves!

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!  I have lots of FAVORITES today because this has been a great week!

Thank you to everyone who wished me happy birthday yesterday!!  Since I had to go to work yesterday, my students sang me happy birthday approximately 500 times and I had a student bring a birthday cake because he and I both had birthdays yesterday!
I always do an ice breaker activity on the first day of school where I make students line themselves up in order of their birthdays without talking, and he and I  figured out on the first day that we had the same birthday.  Well, he never forgot that haha.  It was very sweet!



After school yesterday, I met my sister at the nail salon where she had made us an appointment  She also picked us up coffee to enjoy while we got our nails done.  I sat next to her while she got a pedicure and then she sat next to me while I got a manicure….perfect afternoon!  I will do a post next week about my birthday celebrations!


Yesterday I shared in my birthday post that I am 5’7″ and a lot of y’all didn’t think I was that tall.  Well, notice how tall Dustin is haha!  One of my first questions when my coworker wanted to set me up on a blind date with him was how tall he was 😂  I still like to wear heels, so I needed someone who was much taller than me and he checked that box off ha!


Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas starts TODAY!!!  They’ll be showing all older movies today and the new movie starts tomorrow night and I am so excited!!!


Nordstrom price matched the sweater I’ve been wanting forever, so I bought it yesterday thanks to some birthday money!!  I also grabbed this sweater in green in hopes that it looks good with both jeans and skirts this Christmas season.


Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have been on a 16 day tour of Australia and surrounding areas, so all of the MM fan IG accounts I follow have been posting all of her looks from the royal tour.  When I woke up one morning and saw this look, I about died–IT’S BEAUTIFUL!!!    
There are so many things I love about this look–it’s a beautiful shade of blue on her (blue is my fave color), the cape is a gorgeous detail, and I know you can’t tell in this picture, but you can see the smallest little baby bump in this dress.  I love how modest this dress is and the fact that it still makes a huge fashion statement!


I hope y’all have a wonderful Friday!!!  I’m getting my hair trimmed and watching Christmas movies after school today 😂😂😂