Holy Moly - 2 posts in less than a month? I'm on a roll! Well, not really. Credit ot to a little down time at work and a great smart phone that lets me download my pics straight to my work computer. :)
For the longest time-actually since Chris and I have been married, I've been trying to grow my hair out (from a very short, layered a-line, bob). I was very patient, and with the help of prenatal pills everyday and two pregnancies, I was able to get it pretty long. The problem is...I get stuck in a rut. I feel like I have one of two choices...straighten it (it's already bone straight-so if you can imagine getting it more than straight that's what I did), curl it, and then pull it back in a pony. I was never actually "styling" it. And on days where I wasn't even attempting to do anything with it, I swayed towards my trusty ball cap-cute, but never the less "blah". PLUS on top of all that I always get the urge to cut my bangs. WELL NOT ANYMORE!! I got brave and chopped my hairs. :) Not all at once though. Please see below for the 2 "Before(s)" and one "After" pictures.
Don't mind that this was taken sans makeup back in January. So it was a little longer when I cut it mid March. My hair grows SUPER FAST, so it was probably a good couple inches longer than this.
Here we have the "I'm too chicken/attached to my long hair to cut it off all at once" haircut. This was taken after cutting off 8 inches.
And here we have the finished cut, just two days later. Another 5 inches off.
If I would have done it all at once I could've donated 13 inches to Locks of Love-dang it! Anyways, my friend Stefanie cut it, and she did a fabulous job! I love love love it. And short hair means I HAVE TO STYLE IT! No more just rolling out of bed and throwing it in a pony...plus this gives me the opportunity to let my bangs catch up with the rest of my hair. I'm tired of my bangs. :P
In other news, my little Cody man is going through a lot of changes. He is growing like a weed, thanks to a great diet of 45% breastmilk, 50% formula, and a little bit of rice cereal and vegetables (baby food). He looks sooo chunky in this pic, I love it. He is a tiny bit bigger than Clay was at this age but not by much-hey he's just a little stalkier! (that's what I like to call it. "Fat" isn't a very nice word at my house.)
He sits in his little jumper and twirls around on one foot. He is the wigglest baby ever! He has a hard time staying still. He isn't hardly fussy, just feels the need to move, A LOT!
Sometimes it's hard to get a clear pic of him cause he is always moving. He's a smiler too-loves to "talk" and hear the sound of his own voice.
Chris finds ways to entertain his energy.
And I am just totally "IN LOVE" with him.
Last but not least, I was wanting to put a new pic of Clay on here, but he's really picky about me taking his picture lately. So I decided to post some of his art projects from school. I think they were doing an "Under the Sea" theme the past week because this is what he has brought home:
Here, we have a random Caterpillar.
And that's all I have for ya. Hope to be back on here very soon. It's been nice being able to blog without any interruption.
Clay's birthday was a couple weeks ago. He wanted a Batman cake. So we looked and looked for a "Batman shaped cake pan". After going to 3 or 4 stores, we gave up. So this was the product of Chris's imagination. Turned out great, huh?
Clay got way too spoiled, but one of his favorite birthday presents was from his Aunt Erin. She got him an Iron man arm guard. (that's the only way I know how to describe it) It makes all the Iron man noises and shoots little missiles from the bottom. So with the help of Great Aunt Patti's birthday money she sent him-he bought a mask to go with it. He also got a buzz lightyear puzzle that I think he enjoys. He'll sit and do it a couple times in a row (with the help of Dad).
We've gone to the park a few times. Granted only a few times cause the weather has only been good for a handful of days-even though we already almost to the middle of June. Clay is getting really good at climbing the rockwall. We also took a (very long) walk, on the path that circles the park. Chris will tell you that it was 10 miles long and lasted hours, when actuality it was probably 3 miles and was only an hour and a half long. But on the plus side there was a horse, that we stopped to feed some weeds. He really liked Clay!
Cody is growing up before our eyes and is trying so hard to crawl.
He's almost sitting up all by himself (gets stronger every day), and likes to feed
himself!
He and brother like to snuggle too!
Took the boys out to a little field/dirt patch (what ever you want to call it really- close by our house) and let clay ride his motorcyle that he got for Christmas. He crashed once but he got right back up and rode some more. He really likes riding with Chris and apparently so does Cody!
Cody even has his own pair of sunglasses. What a cool little dude! :)
So we're not doing much, but sure loving it!
