Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Life Lessons

Today I learned a lesson...

Never ever attempt to cut your child's hair if you have no barbering training.  Yep, that's right I tried to cut my sons hair. I am beginning to think its kind of a right of passage for mother and son because almost everyone I've talked to has had the same traumatic incident happen to them.  the process is somewhat like this...
"my kid needs a hair cut. I don't feel like packing him up and driving down to the barber shop and forking over $20 for a hair cut. All I need is a pair of hair-clippers, I'll save so much money every year if i just do this myself...more money for shoes!! . How hard can it be right?"

yea, that was my thought process. So I went out and bought the cheapest $20 hair clippers Target had to offer. 
 "$20 Those look good! Hey, that's how much money I would spend on a hair cut and now I will only pay this one time and I'll call it an investment!! I never have to go to that fancy shmancy Kids Kuts place again!! Muahahaha!!  How hard can it be right?" 

So we get home pull a chair out to the garage and get set up. Unpack the clippers and turn those bad boys on... 
" Here we go... this wont be hard at all. Nice even fluid stroked across his head.... Oh shoot, thats a little shorter then I thought. Well, thats alright as long as its all even.'"

Then your ticklish 4 year old starts to squirm and giggle.  You ask him to "hold still just like you do at the hair place for the nice old lady who cuts your hair. Okay?"  "Yea, okay mom, but it tickles!" "Yes, I know but just hold still for a few minutes"  Next buzz goes smoothly. Then he decides to turn his head as fast as he can to watch for the car coming down the street...
"SHIT! Oh crap!! This is just great... WTH am I going to do now? Just make it a little shorter I guess. It's summer time after all no one has to know I didn't mean for it to be this short...

So you continue on with the hair cut and finally give up when its all as short as humanly possible and patchy in some spots.  
  "Well I guess that's even enough, can't get any shorter unless i go get my razor out of the shower. He has a few hats he can wear for the next week or two. It will grow back, his hair grows so fast it will be back to normal in no time.   


Then I walk around to the front of my sweet little boy to see the damage.
"OMG WHAT DID I DO?!" He looks like a pitiful bald little thing. That was harder then I thought! I am never doing this again!


Smile at your kiddo and tell him he is bald and beautiful and his hair will grow back reall soon. Throw in a "Especially if you eat all your veggies!"  Give him a hug, brush him off and send him in the house for a shower.  

Your kid see's his reflection in the mirror and jumps back in terror and rubs his head vigorously, then starts to cry. You feel like the worlds worst mother and you start to cry too and vow to him you will never ever touch his beautiful hair again!! 

Bald and uneven but still handsome :)






Tuesday, July 12, 2011

15 Weeks

This is a couple days late...see I am playing catch up again only not so bad this time.




Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along: 15 weeks

Size of baby: 4 inches, 2 1/2 ounces. Baby is the size of an apple
Total Weight Gain/Loss: Maybe 1 or 2 pounds.

Maternity Clothes: Nope not yet, I still fit in most of my jeans and clothes! I think this baby is sitting higher this time. 
Gender: Don't know yet. Both kids say its a girl. Daddy and the Chinese Gender Chart ( which has always been right) say boy. I say boy too but based on how I feel and the way my belly is sitting at this time it's more like the pregnancy I had with Kylie, so it might be a girl. 
Movement: I just felt a kick the other day!
Sleep: Eh, it's like a light restless sleep most nights and I already get up a couple times a night to pee. 
Symptoms: Tired, like a zombie. A little nauseous but i haven't gotten sick, dizzy & heart burn. 
What I miss: Drinks by the pool and RedBull
Cravings: Spicy V8 juice I make it into a virgin Bloody Mary extra spicy. I am eating more salty food and less sweet stuff.
Best Moment this week: Feeling the baby kick and Kylie kissing and rubbing my belly. :)
What I am looking forward to: Next Dr. Apt and finding out the gender of the baby. t

Baby, baby, baby oh...



 Yep that's right number 3 coming soon!


 

 Here I am at like 9 weeks

Here is the BellyBean @9 weeks 2 days


My belly again @ 14 Weeks. 4 Months & in the 2nd trimester! 






Today I am15 weeks and I felt belly bean kick! I am sure I have felt it before but wasn't totally sure. This was for sure... I think.  It happened a few times in a row and it was very distinct little thump above my pelvis.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

4th of July

Happy Birthday America...or as my kids kept calling it "Happy Birthday Amafrica"
We spent the day swimming in the pool and then lighting some fireworks at night. Simple and easy. 


 My little yanky-doodles









Watching the snakes grow

best of friends

watching the fireworks. 
 

It was good day!








Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Conrad's 4th Birthday

 JUNE 5th 2011

 This birthday was hard for me. How did my little baby boy become a big kid so fast? Seriously?! Next year he will be off to kindergarten and thats just too hard to imagine. I feel like just yesterday he was a tiny little baby crawling around and getting into everything, snuggling and laughing and just being a sweet baby. Now he is running around, causing mayhem, telling jokes, playing tricks, laughing and expressing all of his emotions. Questioning everything and forming his own opinions and ideas and just talking non stop. Someone really needs to find a way to stop the aging process soon because I just don't want this to go by any faster.

Went to lunch the day before his birthday!


Someone who wasn't the birthday boy stole the birthday sundae... 




We didn't have a party this year just a little at home party for our little family. 
My sweet little Jedi. 




Super cute cupcakes 




Make a wish...He wished to become a Jedi  :) 

Looks like they were delicious! 

playing with his new light-saber...it's not like he doesn't already have 5 others. 



The next day we had brunch with Mickey mouse at Disney hotel. 






Thinking of what to wish for...

Dancing with Mickey! 



Bumping fists with Stitch 

Kisses for Minnie 

Daisy had kisses for Conrad... she was such a flirt. 

Dancing with Daisy 


Now I must admit... I only chose this breakfast option because I heard Daisy was always there. I LOVE Daisy Duck. She has always been my favorite Disney character and In all my years of Disney visits I had never seen her character out in the park other then in parades. So I was really Excited!  I may or may not have teared up when we got to meet her... Shhh... 
yep, thats about the point I teared up. Drew laughed at me so I was to embarrassed to get a picture with her by myself  for fear of further teasing from my DH. 




So despite not having a party this year, Conrad had a pretty good Birthday.