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Friday Faves!

Today’s Friday Favorites post will be short and sweet with my first FAVORITE being that it’s FRIDAY!!!  It has felt like the longest week and I need a day to sleep in ๐Ÿ˜Š

 Last night I made Shay’s Salted Caramel Mocha bundt cake to take to school today.  I tried a small slice and it might be my favorite cake yet!!  It was pretty easy to make.  I actually ended up cutting the icing recipe in half, so I can’t imagine what it would look like if I would have made what it called for!


Speaking of Shay, she shared her Christmas home tour this week.  Her house is so pretty!!



I love roasting veggies in the oven.  I usually do broccoli, cauliflower, and a red onion.  I use this knife that i got last year from Dustin for Christmas to chop everything.  It makes such a difference chopping veggies when you have a great knife.


Has anyone been watching Mallory Ervin’s Vlogmas?  I’ve been texting with my friend Emily and we are dying to see what her new house is going to look like!


Hope y’all have a great weekend!!

Friday Faves!!

Happy Friday, y’all!!!  I am in the BEST mood today because today is my last day of school before Thanksgiving break and this is the first year we get an entire week off of school for Thanksgiving!  WHAT!?  I’m SO SO excited!!

I plan on working on a gift guide or two for y’all over the break!

Since today is Friday, I’m sharing a few of my FAVORITES with y’all!

 We put the Christmas tree up on Monday because I put it up around Veteran’s Day every year.  Christmas is my FAVORITE and the decorations make my house feel so joyful and merry!



 As soon as I saw this photo this week, I immediately saved it to my phone.  I hope y’all thought of me when y’all saw it too because you know my obsession with the royals and specifically, Megan ๐Ÿ˜  She is #goals.  And because I really am so obsessed, I listen to the Royally Obsessed podcast every Thursday morning and y’all should too ๐Ÿ˜œ



 My sweet friend Maribeth brought me a gift to school on Tuesday and said she’d been holding it until we got matched!  It was the cutest hooded bath towel and wash rag that matched the gown that we used to announce our adoption!  It was the sweetest and most thoughtful gift!



I love that my sister works from home now because we can meet up after school on random week days to grab coffee together!


I got Nordstrom’s Christmas catalog in the mail yesterday, so the next few things are items that would either work as Christmas gifts or gifts for yourself ha!


I’ve learned that these colors look great with blue eyes and I really want to try Charlotte Tilbury make up.


I hate to admit this, but I don’t own a pair of holiday pajamas and I also don’t own a pair of matching pajamas ๐Ÿ™ˆ  I thought these were so cute and the price tag isn’t bad at all–plus, these could be worn all winter long!


I also wanted to share this sweater with y’all!!  I bought this during the 2017 anniversary sale and it’s a favorite sweater.  It’s now 40% off!!  I do wear it with a cami underneath to school because of the back.


Aaaaannnd a FAVORITE song for the week!

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 ๐Ÿ˜œ๐Ÿ˜‚


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!!