AND GOD SAID... LET THEM EAT CAKE!!!

LOL I knew that someone would eventually think that the silly cake pictured on my previous post was an actual cake I had made for little miss "Cheeks" HAHAHA
LOL It's not...
('google images' is a wonderful thing isn't it?)
LOL Actually, there IS going to be a cake tonight (it's pictured above) courtesy of Uncle Steve... a CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY LAYER CAKE! Every tuesday Steve comes over & I make something fun for dinner & Steve brings Dessert! So, in honor of Ruby's 1 and a half birthday today, he's bringing the MOTHER OF ALL CAKES! CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY LAYER CAKE SINFUL & EVIL BUT OH SO DELICIOUS!!!

=)

Oh, and what's for dinner you ask? Pot roast with mashed potato's & butter, italian garlic peas & gravy with carrots... WOOOOOOO HOOOOOO DO I KNOW HOW TO ENTERTAIN OR WHAT??? ;)

One & 1/2 years old TODAY!!!

That's right! Today, little miss Ruby Cate Pei Mu is ONE AND A HALF YEARS OLD!!! Can't even believe that my little doodle bug is getting bigger by the second! (& cuter too!)

Here are a few shots of her today on her special day:

Happy Half Birthday Baby Girl!
MOMMA LOVES YOU SO MUCH!!!

Momma & Me...

Thanks to my good friend Katherine (& Arianna), I have a picture of me with Ruby from the recent party at Casa De Sparky!
I was so busy being 'mom' to little miss Cheeks & taking pics of everyone else that I didn't get one of myself with my beautiful baby girl, so THANK YOU SO MUCH KATHERINE for snapping this! =)

I love you girl! (Even if you are a Yankee's fan) LOL


(That's right Ruby... you tell her! )
;)
hee hee

GO RED SOX!!!

E.V.I.L. C.O.O.K.I.E.S.

Ruby : "Hey Bear LOOK AT THESE COLORFUL BOXES!!
I WONDER WHAT THEY ARE? "
Bear: *shurgs*


Ruby: "Mmmm Bear, they're COOKIES! Momma just gave me this lemon one, here try some!"
Bear: "Uh, Ruby... that's my nose."


Ruby: "Awww, Isn't that yummy Bear? You LOVE lemon! "
Bear: "Perhaps, but I don't like crumbs all over my face & head...
we've gotta work on your aim!"


Ruby: "Awww Bear, I could just stare into your beautiful brown eyes FOREVER!"
Bear: "Sure, why not, I didn't have anything else planned..."



Ruby: "Come here pal, give me a great big SMOOCH!"
Bear: "Uh Ruby, I can't breathe!"

Ruby: "I JUST LOVE YOU SO MUCH BEAR!!! YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND!!!"
Bear: "Did you hear that *crack*? I think you just broke a rib! "

Ruby: "Awww Momma, c'mon... the show's over,
GIVE ME AND MY FRIEND SOME PRIVACY COULD YA?"
Bear: "Um, should I be seeing stars? CUZ I'M SEEING STARS!"

Shhh...

Ebenezer is asleep...

Ruby's Doll 'Julia Stella' is asleep...
Ruby put her Baby in the little doll crib, covered her over with a toasty blanket & proceeded to turn around & look directly at me & with her little finger over her mouth said:
"Shhhhhh...."
She's runs a 'tight ship' too I guess. hee hee LOL


And then it was time for little miss 'Cheeks' & her buddy Bear to have their naps...

...I wonder what my little girl is dreaming about?

(And all is right in my little corner of the world.)
*smile*

What time is it??

BATH! TIME! BABY!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOO

I DARE YOU!

(click play & then immediately click PAUSE till it's done DLing... THEN play & enjoy!)

To watch this video and NOT smile and/or LAUGH!
(Enjoy everyone, this was far too cute NOT to share!)

Thanks to my good friend Carrie for sending this priceless piece of video to me in the first place...
Isn't it great to laugh because of moments like these?
=)

... and a good time was had by ALL!

Tonight was, in a word? FAN'DAMN'TASTIC!
(not sure if that's an actual word... but guess what, ON MY BLOG IT IS!!!)

Sparky's pot-luck party was truly a great night & I finally got to give 'real life hugs' to both:

Katherine & Arianna!!!




and Karen & Gwen!!!



(Both of these incredible women are friends that I've heald dear in my heart for well over a year now as we all initially met through our Jan 05' DTC Yahoo group)

Also, tonight, I got to meet lots of new faces & hear wonderful stories of love & patience & adoption & forever families!

(plus there was CAKE!!!)


*grin*

I brought my camcorder but never once used it because there was just so much going on that I didn't have time, but as you can see, I DID (obviously) snap some pictures* ...

(*one very hysterical picture of one very specific body part of one very sexy friend of mine,
was unfortunately NOT allowed to be uploaded... I PROMISED I WOULDN'T!)

'BUTT' if you use your imagination, I'm sure that in 'THE END' you'll find that you'd leave all this 'BEHIND' without so much as a second thought, ok well... perhaps just a second thought (after all, when it's cute, it's CUTE...) but certainly not a third or fourth thought!!!)

*evilgrin*

I LOVE YOU KAREN!




RUBY AND I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST THANK Lisa & her hubby 'R' (aka: Ruby's boyfriend) FOR BEING KIND ENOUGH TO LET US RIDE DOWN THERE WITH THEM!

SECOND, WE'D LIKE TO THANK BOTH Donna & Bob FOR OPENING THEIR HOME TO US AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO WAS THERE TONIGHT, IT TRULY WAS A GREAT TIME!!!

And last but certainly NOT LEAST, Ruby & I would like to say thanks to Marisa for sharing her fantastic blog with us, and we'd like to also thank Isadora for not only helping us with a little more 'signing' as she's clearly FANTASTIC at it but for also letting Ruby play with her car keys for what seemed like FOREVER! She really had a BLAST! I'd love to learn more signs if you're ever up for teaching me a few... since it's just a wonderful way to communicate with Ruby until she learns to be a 'professional motor mouth' like her Momma. ;) LOL
Both of you ladies were SO FRIENDLY & WONDERFUL and I just wish you much luck & happiness in your future together & on your journey to adopt... that baby will be one very lucky little soul to have you both as parents!


Oh, and by the way... I COMPLETELY EXPECT TO SEE COPIES OF THOSE PURPLE PIMP PICTURES!!! (Thanks to Johnny for sending that hot little number along for some of us to model!)
HEHEHE

(toddler time didn't allow me much 'photo op's,
and I MISSED THE PURPLE PIMP FEST DAMNIT!)

SOMEONE BEST HOOK ME UP & FAST! *grin*

Dancing with Ellen...

Same great taste, DELICIOUS NEW LOOK!

Ok, so it's not terribly different but I did pick 'rainbow sherbert' colors in honor of SPRING BEING RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER!!!

When I first started this blog, I picked all pinks because I figured little girls love pink, so let's go with pink... right?

Puuuhleeezze! Let's get real, how POMPOUS of me to assume that all little girls love pink. Honestly, my little girl likes pink but she also likes blue and yellow and orange and hell, she'd wear puke green if I put it on her!



Personally my favorite colors are RED & PINK together, but I know that tends to rub a lot of people the WRONG WAY hehehe so, I'll spare you that.


Now, all that said, hopefully you'll find the new look refreshing & pleasing to the eye... and don't blame me if you end up gaining a few extra lbs cus you ran right out & bought a tub of rainbow sherbert! HEHEHE

Now, as far as the headers concerned... will I ever change it? Probably not as it's an actual cover of a book I hold near & dear to my heart. One that was given to me way way before I ever filled out the first piece of paper that became my 'paperchase'. It's really become Ruby's Mantra through all this... She came to me in her OWN TIME (not when I was bitch'in and moan'in about where the hell referrals were...) she was placed in my arms IN HER OWN TIME which happened to end up being OVER TWO MONTHS after referral, two months that all I did was stare at her chubby little face & fall madly in love with her every minute, of every hour, of every day until the moment we were face to face, both of us crying...
Ruby- tears of fear & uncertainty.
Momma- tears of joy and relief.
We finally found each other, my little girl & me...
In that instant, we became a 'Forever Family'.

She's become so much a part of who I am and how my life unfolds day to day that, although I KNOW that there was a time before Ruby, I honestly can't remember it... It's all a blur now so to those of you in the midst of every conceivable stage that comes before where I'm at now... trust me, once you lay eyes on the little soul who is to be your child, you'll never remember any of this as anything more than a 'blur' I PROMISE YOU.

I Love You...

Pssst...

... hey you, yeah YOU, the one LURKING! You know who you are... COME OUT & SAY A LITTLE HELLO every once in a while would ya? I really work hard on my blog to keep it fresh & filled with pictures & silly 'Ruby Stories' and I LOVE hearing that you're all enjoying your visit so, don't be afraid... c'mon, I don't bite (although Ruby may if you go anywhere near her mouth, as she's teething like MAD currently)!
Just say a little Hello & let me know where you're checking in from, it's SO MUCH FUN to see where everyone is from & how they came to find my little corner of Blogland!

Io e Nonno... insieme per sempre!

Ti Amo Tantissimo, Nonno!!!

"We want DINNER! We want DINNER!"

Bear's 1st Bath...

Ok Bear, now I have to get your head wet, ok?
Be Brave!

I know it's scarey but you can do it pal, be BRAVE!


Doing good, hang in there... almost done!


Awwwwww Bear, I'm SO PROUD OF YOU!
(and between you and me,
I can't BELIEVE that Momma actually let me take you IN THE BATH! kewl huh?)

Awww Bear, I love you.

Me & my shadow...