Haircut....and I didn't cry!!

So I get quite emotional when I get an actual haircut. It must stem back to when I was younger and my mom made me get the ugliest haircut I've ever seen in my whole life. I swear it was awful. I know that's why I had only 2 friends in 4th grade. They were afraid. Yuck. Anyways, ever since then, I've always gotten really paranoid about getting my haircut. It's when it's more than 2 inches it starts to freak me out.
So last Friday Sydni and I went downtown to get our hair cut by one of my best friends. She does an AWESOME job (brag time-she used to work at a salon in Beverly Hills with tons of celebrity clients) so I have no reason to cry about it. I've been growing my hair out f-o-r-e-v-e-r....and it needed a trim really bad. So I decided to give it a CUT......yikes! It went down to my lower back, right along my tattoo, so clearly above my butt, but not by much!!! And I got at least 6 inches cut off, if not 7!!! OMG! Can you believe it? How brave am I???

So here's a before picture....



And here's an after picture.....



Aren't you proud??

Here is a before and after of Sydni's hair, too! Her hair was getting so long and she wanted it cut so bad! We thought it was perfect time since school starts next week!

Before....



And after.....



She looks so grown up!! I don't even know what I'm going to do in a few years when boys come marching into the picture!!

A Big Girl deserves a Big Girl room!!!

So we decided that it was time to update Sydni's room. Since she is becoming such a big girl this year (starting Kindergarten, being a big sister, turning 6!) we thought she deserved to get new furniture and a room make over. And this is the final product!

*This is her new bed! The black is a change for her. Her room before had all white furniture. The painting above her bed was given to us as a wedding gift from two of Jimmy's friends who painted it. It's my FAVORITE!*


*We had taken her closet doors off a while ago. It looks so much bigger without them. The picture of her when she's a baby and Jimmy is holding her was taken when she was less than a week old. My mom took the picture and had it framed and I did the calligraphy on it.*


*This is her new dresser! Her clothes finally fit in it!! The stripes on the wall were time consuming but I love how they turned out!*


*She just had the be in the photo!*


*You can't see the windows, but the drapes match the closet drapes.*

Sometimes I like to try and be Martha Stewart..

So sometimes I like to be creative, so try to be. I like to make things, paint, ya know...anything crafty. I go in spurts though. Sometimes I'm really into one thing and then so over it before I know it, and sometimes I stick with it for a while, but I always seem to get back to it sooner or later. I also have a cricket, which is the best invention ever! They just came out with a new one that cuts out things for cakes! I need that!!!

So I thought I'd just display some things I've done. Why not? I'm pretty sure no more than 1 person reads my blog anyways!!


These are the paintings I made for Liam's room. His mobile has bears and stars (which look just like these stars) so I thought I would tie that in. I actually used my cricket to cut out the stars I wanted and what sizes I needed, and then traced them onto the canvas and painted the patterns inside.


This is a greeting card. So i found out about Archivers and got obsessed. I used my cricket to cut the card and stamps for the design.


I've also started knitting. When I started student teaching the ladies at the school got together once a week to knit. Well, I had my seminar at school on that same night so I could never go. So I thought I would teach myself how to knit at home. This is what I started with. Right now I am working on two baby blankets for Liam. I've also taught Sydni how to knit, too! She loves it and is actually pretty good at it!


This is a birthday sign I made for my friend Jillian for her daughters 1st birthday with my cricket. I love that Machine!!


This was my trial flower to make sure it was going to look right before I put all of the other ones together.


This is the first part of my friends nursery for her little boy. The stripes were quite tedious!


This is the finished room! I actually used my cricket to cut out the exact sizes for the circles that I used. I then traced them and hand painted them without tape. Whew....


So I started making hair bows for Sydni a while ago. And just now, people have started asking me to make some for them! One friend needs them for her dad's girlfriend's grand-daughter. And another friend wants to gift them to her cheerleaders before their first game! YAHOO!

Liam!

I went to the Dr. today and everything is still great! We (me and Syd) finally got to see his face! He's been hiding facing my back this whole time, so all we've seen is the scary skeleton face and the back of his head! So here he is!

Dear Pregnancy....

...it's not the same as the first time, which I've heard from several people and read in several places. BUT, it's not bad! Right now I just have an aching lower back, and my feet already hurt and are starting to swell! He rolls around allllll the time. He's either going to be a soccer player or a boxer!

He is still about 2 weeks bigger than I am pregnant. He's a big guy like his daddy!

AND.....he has a name!!! Liam James!!

Sydni is very excited. She loves buying stuff for him, and thinking about how old she'll be when they can play together and she can teach him different things.

And so far everything at the dr is going well for me.....I'm almost at my deductible which will let you know how often I go to the dr!

I can't wait until November!

It's now Public and I can't wait!

It's now facebook official, which means everything right?

It's a BOY!

I knew it was going to be a boy! I had 3 dreams and everytime I'd talk about the baby, I'd say he! Jimmy thought it was going to be a girl, but surprise!! It's the first grandson, too so everyone is really excited!!

Sydni wanted little sister, but yesterday she told me, "hey mom, I'm really glad it's a boy and that I'm going to have a little brother." She is very excited!

Well I think it's safe now!

.....at least on here it is, not facebook or anything larger where I have more than 5 friends who read what I write!!

.......I'm pregnant! WHOO HOO! I'll be 15 weeks on Monday and I am so excited! The first 9 weeks were rough to get through since that is the time frame I have previously had 2 miscarriages. And now that I'm past 12 weeks and off medication I feel even more accomplished! I'm still going to my fetal medicine doctor every two weeks to check my cervix to make sure I don't need a cerclage. And in between that I go to my OB every 4 weeks.

Sydni is so excited to be a big sister! She will be such a great big sister, too!

I am definitely going to find out whether or not it's a boy or a girl (at the end of June). I've had several dreams that it's a boy though. Sydni of course wants a baby sister, and Jimmy doesn't care as long as everything goes well! I agree!

The school year is almost over, only 3 more days! YAY! Then next on the calendar is our 5 year wedding anniversary! Followed by the praxis test the next day...BOO. Then summer school starts the next Monday! And then soon enough it will be vacation time, and then Sydni will be starting Kindergarten! I can't believe it! She's growing up so fast!

Well, I think I've updated everyone pretty well. I'll try not and wait so long to write next time!!