Something Like a Fairy Tale.

It went a little something like this...

January 5th ish.

Him: I think we should get married... we have been together for almost 5 years and I'm not allowed back in the USA.
Me: Ok, but I don't want a ring or a wedding.
Him: Should we look at rings
Me: Of course!!

1 Day Later...

Me: Rule of thumb, the ring is supposed to cost between 1-2 months of your salary. I googled it.
Him: .........

Him: speechless in the store. ...... and then... I should have known that you would like the grandma rings.
Me: OH MY GOD!! I LOVE IT!!

1 Hour Later... somewhere in the middle of all  this... Wedding???

Me: No wedding dress. Just a white suit and nice shoes. Ya know, Carrie Bradshaw style!
Him: We HAVE to have a party. (If you know Adrien, you know that the party is important)

The BIG question is... when do we do it? Most people plan for a year! Ummm... Let's do it next month... That way my mom will be here! Not the 11th because that's Eva's Birthday weekend so how about the next??  6 weeks away... Lets do it!

Let the Wedding Count Down Begin!!!


A few days later I went with my Mother in law to look at wedding dresses. This day was a disaster!
Typical girl... dreaming of the most beautiful, perfect, fairy tail wedding and here I am set out looking for a suit and seeing all of these beautiful dresses. Yeahhhh this isn't gonna work. F

In my broken French, I called every wedding dress shop that would take me on such short notice and sell me a dress for a wedding that was a month away. Finally, a week later I was on my way to my appointment with my heart in stomach and Shelly (who btw has never drove b4 in her life) navigating me into the city!

After about 5 dresses, I had made my decision. It was the usual princess dress but fit me so perfectly and it was, I suppose, what I had imagined in my head even if the thought of looking like a cup cake makes me cringe! So to be sure, I asked to come back the next week with more friends.

In the meantime, we had to find a venue. This. Yes this. This was what I thought was going to be the topping to worst wedding night mare I could ever dream up! The first place we looked at had dark wooden chairs, dark wooden beams across the ceiling and yellow curtains. I was sick. All I could do was cry laugh! The chairs just kept flashing in my head! Ok, ok, one last stop and then we'll call it a day.

Chateau La Pioline. Ahhh... now this is what I'm talking about!! Look at those perfect chairs and white ceiling!! This. This is perfect!! We'll take it!!

So my little entourage and I went back for the dress. Of course I changed my mind about the dress... But I found the most perfect one, ever! The only problem was that I was getting married in less than 4 weeks and they needed to order a new dress (from Spain)  as this one was way too big! Not to mention they didn't know if the designer would have another one!

5 days before the wedding my dress was here!! Eva's dress was here! My mom was here! Cass was here! AND I had the best bridesmaids who worked so hard in keeping me calm and organized with all of the planning and calling.

Did I hear someone say "BACHELORETTE PARTY"??? Well you know, what happens at the Bachelorette party, stays at the bachelortte party ;)

This is yours truly 2 hours before the wedding.

In tears. Bleeding from at least 7 different cuts because even though the day before I went to have my legs waxed, I felt that a quick shave would only improve the smoothness.

No band aids.

A nurse patching me up with shoe insoles and my mom saying to find super glue and glue the cuts.

"More champagne, please!!"

After looking at the clock which caused me to have a little bridezilla break down and a few fixes... I was ready to go!!

                               Maybe one day I''ll regret this pic but I'm sure every bride has one!

We stuffed me into the car, and off we drove to the town hall with my sleeping beauty on my lap and my crying mom in the front.... and yes, a little too much to drink bride making international calls to the USA to announce to my BF and family that this was it, I was about to be married!

Every thing happened so fast that I never had time to even think about walking in front of a crowd! ekkk!!! When I got to the top of the stairs and I looked in the room filled with people, my heart hit the floor!!

"What do we do?? Do we kiss now?!!"

It's a bit tricky be to married in a different language! I feel like I needed a wedding manual!

And it was done. Dreaming of this day since I was a child. Wanting this day since I met him. 20 minutes in a room full of people, a speach that I couldn't understand and a hand holding each of mine, was over,  just like that.

Boots For Every Need

My very well purchased boots that are a must have!I love, love, love them!! Totally cute and easily dressed up or down! Can find them at ZARA!

NOTE: When walking through Paris ALL day, the wedge boots are not such a good idea. So, when in pain, buy more shoes! Also found at ZARA! Chic, fun and great for walking!

Happy Shopping!

Eye Liner From Heaven

My new found LOVE! M*A*C Fluidline gel eye liner!

If you know me, I'm a "Makeup Junkie" and love to try new "Make Me Beautiful" products. Well, thanks to my new fab friend from Iceland, Arna, I now have the most wonderful eye liner I have EVER used!

Comes in a little glass jar. Applied with a brush. Looks like a liquid when worn. Doesn't smudge or fade. PERFECT!

Boobies

So, you always hear, "Oh,Kids! They say the darndest things!"

The other day I had just came out of the shower to Eva sitting on the potty. I continued to do my daily preperation routine and then I hear her little voice ask, "Mommy, where's my boobies?" Ummmm.... Not so ready to have this conversation with my 2 1/2 year old, I respond quickly, "You have boobies, Eva.." She then lifts up her pyjama top to have a look and see if I what I was saying was true.
I then hear, "Yeah, but these little boobies, Mommy!" This kid is not giving up! So I say in a sweet little Mommy voice, "Eva, your boobies are little now BUT, one day you will have big boobies." Responce - "Like Papa?!"

This is insulting for Mommy and Papa!!

Sleeping on the job.

. I'm sure that all Mothers, Fathers, Mammies, Pappies and anyone else who has had children could write a book on all the funny, embarrassing, horrific and down right dirty things that their children has done. Well, I've decided to share my most recent story because it's too good to keep to my self!

To start off with, I never nap when Eva does. Better yet, I never nap. So it's nap time for Eva and Adrien and I fall asleep watching a movie down stairs on the couch. GASP!! "EVA!!" I jump up and head for the stairs to find my little Princess sitting on a pile of books. That would be the books from the library so you can imagine how many books I'm talking about. Coloring her blocks with a marker which she had previously used to color her arms (left and right), legs (left and right) face and books....

I can't be mad at her even though she knows that markers are to stay on paper because I feel in the wrong for being asleep.. Calmly I remove the marker from her multi colored hand and start picking up the mountain of books. Looking up into my bed room I see that all the cleaning I had done earlier had been "undone". Pillows, sheets, clothes and shoes all on the floor! Twitch. Twitch.

"Eva, you did lots of playing while Mommy was asleep. What else did you play with?" Off to Eva's room we go only to find 100 bobby pins, a million hair bows and every single one of her furry friends on the floor. I keep telling my self that this is what I deserve for sleeping on the job so I put a smile back on my face and get to work. "Mommy, I gotta use the potty..." To the bath room she goes while I'm still hard at work...

Now, I have to take you back to this morning before nap time. I had just bought some Veet wax strips and had decided to try them out before getting in the shower. So if your not familiar with this product (which worked quite well BTW), it's 2 strips held together with wax and you pull them apart to make 2 wax strips which then can be used in your desired area...

"EHHHH!! Mommy, it hurts!! " I look up to find Eva walking back into her room like a duck, where I still am picking up bobby pins, with one strip on her va-jay-jay and one completely wrapped around each hand.

The "Big Girl Bed"

So, Eva is 29 months old now and we felt that it was time to get her the "Big Girl Bed". After trying all the beds in IKEA for about an hour, we finally left with one and then some..
The bed is up and sooo cute! Beautiful white wooden bed, bright pink little bed set covered in multi colored hearts, big fluffy pillows and ten of Eva's favorite furry friends. She just loved it!!! So whats the problem?? THE KID WON'T STAY IN IT!!!!

This is her first nap in her new bed so after putting her back in the bed 10 times I decided to stay in the room until she fell asleep. Well it worked but I'm not doing this every day! I did a little research and from what I read, the best thing to do is to be repetitive and without much talking but the child back in the bed. Do this as many times as it takes because if the child knows that it's playing with your emotions they will continue to get out of the bed. SOOO tonight I will see how this goes.

Back home isn't my home anymore..

Took a little 2 month trip back to the good ole' mountains of sweet Tennessee. It's really never the same once you leave and come back... The people changed, my little mini me sister no longer thought I was the coolest thing in the world.. the weather changed, tornados one day and 98 the next, I changed, put on 5 pounds due to McDonalds and Mamas good cookin and Eva grew! Being away for so long and then coming back I realized that Tennessee just isn't who I am anymore.... for the places that I've went has changed me a bit..

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

by Dr. Seuss


Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go.

You'll look up and down streets. Look 'em over with care.
About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there."
With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,
you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.

And you may not find any
you'll want to go down.
In that case, of course,
you'll head straight out of town.

It's opener there
in the wide open air.

Out there things can happen
and frequently do
to people as brainy
and footsy as you.

And when things start to happen,
don't worry. Don't stew.
Just go right along.
You'll start happening too.

OH!
THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!

You'll be on your way up!
You'll be seeing great sights!
You'll join the high fliers
who soar to high heights.

You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed.
You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead.
Wherever you fly, you'll be the best of the best.
Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.

Except when you don't
Because, sometimes, you won't.

I'm sorry to say so
but, sadly, it's true
and Hang-ups
can happen to you.

You can get all hung up
in a prickle-ly perch.
And your gang will fly on.
You'll be left in a Lurch.

You'll come down from the Lurch
with an unpleasant bump.
And the chances are, then,
that you'll be in a Slump.

And when you're in a Slump,
you're not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself
is not easily done.

You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.
Some windows are lighted. But mostly they're darked.
A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin!
Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?
How much can you lose? How much can you win?

And IF you go in, should you turn left or right...
or right-and-three-quarters? Or, maybe, not quite?
Or go around back and sneak in from behind?
Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find,
for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.

You can get so confused
that you'll start in to race
down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace
and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space,
headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.
The Waiting Place...

...for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go
or a bus to come, or a plane to go
or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
or waiting around for a Yes or a No
or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.

Waiting for the fish to bite
or waiting for wind to fly a kite
or waiting around for Friday night
or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake
or a pot to boil, or a Better Break
or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants
or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.
Everyone is just waiting.

NO!
That's not for you!

Somehow you'll escape
all that waiting and staying.
You'll find the bright places
where Boom Bands are playing.

With banner flip-flapping,
once more you'll ride high!
Ready for anything under the sky.
Ready because you're that kind of a guy!

Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!
There are points to be scored. there are games to be won.
And the magical things you can do with that ball
will make you the winning-est winner of all.
Fame! You'll be famous as famous can be,
with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.

Except when they don't.
Because, sometimes, they won't.

I'm afraid that some times
you'll play lonely games too.
Games you can't win
'cause you'll play against you.

All Alone!
Whether you like it or not,
Alone will be something
you'll be quite a lot.

And when you're alone, there's a very good chance
you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants.
There are some, down the road between hither and yon,
that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.

But on you will go
though the weather be foul
On you will go
though your enemies prowl
On you will go
though the Hakken-Kraks howl
Onward up many
a frightening creek,
though your arms may get sore
and your sneakers may leak.

On and on you will hike
and I know you'll hike far
and face up to your problems
whatever they are.

You'll get mixed up, of course,
as you already know.
You'll get mixed up
with many strange birds as you go.
So be sure when you step.
Step with care and great tact
and remember that Life's
a Great Balancing Act.
Just never forget to be dexterous and deft.
And never mix up your right foot with your left.

And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)

KID, YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!

So...
be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray
or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea,
you're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So...get on your way!

I guess change isn't so bad but just not what we're always used to.