Memorial Day Pictures

I promised some pictures from the California trip with Adrian and the girls. Here they are! These are some of my favorites from the whole trip.

A Little Slice of Heaven

Remember when I wrote about how nervous I was about taking Adrian to see my mom? Wow, did I overreact. SHE LOVED HIM and the trip went better than planned. The weather was perfect, family was happy, and the three little monsters in the back seat did awesome the whole time. I'm very very relieved and happy.

Even with the short amount of time we were in Cali, I was able to accomplish everything I set out to do. We went shopping, to the beach, Ruby's Pier in Oceanside, homemade dinners & cinnamon rolls, and I finally was able to have a deep conversation over tea and toast with my mom. I had missed her so so much.

As you can probably guess, most of our conversations were about Adrian and the three little girls and how I fit into this new "Chiaramonte" world, but luckily, there wasn't much explaining that needed to be done. She could see the love I have for A and his girls, and the love that they show me in return. She told me she could "see into Adrian's heart" and was "happy I found someone who truely loves me".
Those are the words of approval I needed to hear from my momma... I think every girl looks for that kind of encouragement when they bring a man home.

One of the main highlights of the trip was very unexpected. One morning, while were all eating breakfast, my nephew Charlie walked up to Adrian and said, "You look like Toby". We all kind of looked at him funny, trying to decide who "Toby" was, but Charlie quickly answered our confusion by saying, "Toby, from Alvin and the Chipmunks, The Squeakqual". Apparently "Toby" is the caretaker of the chipmunks in the movie. From that day on, we all started calling Adrian, "Toby"... even mother Jones couldn't help herself. He got a new family, and a new name in California. When we pulled away I could hear Charlie yelling, "Bye Toby, I love you Toby!". So freakin' cute!

Anyways, my writing is not great right now and there are still some things I need to update people on but the day is running away from me and I will update more later. The main thing is, California was very much like a little slice of heaven for me. Some of my favorite people, all in the same place, enjoying eachothers company. I absolutely loved it. SUCCESS!!