Happy Birthday to ME!

27 Years ago today, I was brought into this world by someone who didn't really want me, and 6 months later gave me up for adoption.....

Sorry to open this post up in such a negative way, but that's what I think about every year on this day since I was 21 and first found out I was adopted.

Thank the Lord that I was adopted into a family that actually loved me and cared enough to take care of me and helped me become the person that I am.

Hubs bought got me a sweet sweet card from him and Chloe, and also a pair of blue ombre shorts, a really super cute denim jacket and a super adorable dress for Florida. I got a Target gift card in the mail from my Mommy and Daddy and an iTunes gift card in the mail from my sister and her hubs. 

Thanks guys! I can't wait to do some shopping! And that's exactly what I'm doing today! Hubs and I are spending the day alone without the little one. She's going to day care and we're actually going to an eye doc appt, new glasses for me, hubs will find out if he needs glasses, and then we're going to PF Changs for lunch, and then some shopping and a movie! YAY!!! I wouldn't want to spend my day any other way!

The Real Me

I've seen this floating around lots of blogs lately, so I thought that I would give it a go...so, here goes.
If you really knew me...

• You would know that I was arrested when I was 17...and if you really know me, you know what for!
• You would know that I was engaged at 19 but waited until I was 21 to walk down the aisle JUST so I could drink at my wedding. 
• You would know that I can't sit in the back seat of a car because I get car sick.
• You would know that I can't read in the car for the same reason.
• You would know that I was allergic to cats before I brought home mine, and  I was super sick for the first 2 weeks that we had her.
• You would know that I went into labor with Chloe exactly at 40 weeks and had her at 5:56 pm 40 weeks and 1 day! I only pushed for an hour!
• You would know that I have a crazy habit of twirling my hair....it's not even a nervous habit, I just always do it.
• You would know that I have scars on my legs from a firework accident. 
• You would know that Shannon from Life After I "Dew" is my cousin and we haven't seen each other in probably 12 years.
• You would know that I was adopted at the age of 6 months old.
• You would know that I don't like doing things by myself....I have to have somebody with me. Even if it's just Chloe and I going to the store. I'm not a fan of being by myself.
• You would know that I am a very emotional person. Sometimes it's the littlest things that get to me...
• You would know that I am very self conscious of my height.
• You would know that I wash my face EVERY.SINGLE.NIGHT! I feel dirty if I don't. But I usually only make sure I wash it IF I wear makeup that day.
• You would know that I have CRAZY Amazing rhythm!! Like, I can dance to pretty much anything!
• You would know that I don't like beer....trust me. I've tried pretty much every single kind. They all taste the same to me. NASTY!
• When I was in middle school I was made fun of for the size of my forehead. I guess my hairline is back a little further then most.

How many of those did you know?

The day my life changed

Andy proposed to me in March of 2005. After that obviously wedding brain took over. Everything I thought about from that point on was wedding, wedding wedding! Until the day that I checked my Myspace....(yes, I said it...Myspace) and I had a message from some girl saying that she was my sister.....HUH?! Um, well unless your blonde and your name is Lisa, I don't know what you are talking about. She wasn't ANY of those things. She was like 14 years old, half black and well...NOT blonde. LOL! Her name is Shantell....and well, she wasn't lying. She was my sister. Half sister, but nonetheless, my sister.
So anyways, back to this Myspace message. In so many words it said that I was being lied to my whole life, that the parents that I know so well as Mom and Dad took me from my birth mother, and all this other stuff. So I kind of just put this to the side. I had a wedding to think about. I didn't want to be bothered. This girl OBVIOUSLY had the wrong girl. I messaged her back saying just that. "I'm sorry, but I truly, I think you have the wrong girl. I'm sorry I couldn't be of any help."
Well, that wasn't good enough for her. She kept messaging me and telling me all these things. I just brushed her off. Until she started posting baby pictures of me, and then adoptions papers and things with my name all over them. Ok, now I'm thinking WTF is going on?! I tell Andy what's going on, and he's just as skeptical. But with all this documentation and what not, I'm kind of a little interested to see what's going on.
So, after the best wedding EVER, and going on the BEST Honeymoon EVER....I take all this information to my Mom and am very excited for her to tell me what's going on. I pull up the pictures on Myspace and show them to her. Almost immediately she starts tearing up. And I look at her and the only words that come out of her mouth when I showed her a picture of the lady in question is, "yes, that is your birth mother."
So, 21 years old, JUST married, and I find out I'm adopted. BAM!! That's a bomb that I was NOT expecting.