Hayden's First Haircut

When I took Hayden to his 6 month appointment, we were waiting on the doctor and Hayden was on my lap in just a diaper. The doctor walks in and says hey how are you...blah blah and then says go ahead and put her up on the table. I said ok and thought wow he is gonna be surprised. So he went to undo the diaper and SURPRISE. He then said well your not a girl now are you!

 It is because his hair looked like this: 



See how it covers his ears?



Well my parents have been giving me a hard time about his hair and how the sides needed to be trimmed. So before Christmas I decided to go ahead and do it...Here are the pictures....



Halfway there! Poor guy didn't know what to think!



Final Product...Please excuse the way I look!


Christmas 2010!

 

Our Christmas was a great one this year! Once we got past all the family drama and focused on what Christmas is really about and spending time with our little family it ended up being a awesome weekend.

I got off early on Thursday, so I finished up my shopping and we just hung around the house. Friday morning I got up to go grocery shopping then Kelsey helped me bake a bunch of stuff. We had fun :). Friday night we went to my parents house for our annual dinner and present exchange. I gave Travis one of his presents then, it was Frisbees for Frisbee gold. He loved it and was totally surprised.

We had a white Christmas!! I love snow probably because we don't get it very much in Georgia or just because it is pretty. It was so nice to watch it snow all day and make everything so pretty.



This was after about 2 hours of snow....





Kelsey was a present opening freak this year. She was so excited and just ripped through every present as fast as she could. I have been told I did this also. We got her the Leapster 2 and I had to pry it out of her hands for her to eat dinner on Saturday then we had to hide it when bedtime came around. CRAZY! She got a big girl bike from Santa, and we took her out to ride it and her response was it is way to cold and my butt hurts... from the seat. I think when it warms up she will be all over it.

Travis got me my Pandora bracelet that I have been wanting for a year or so. I am so excited and so happy that he got it for me. I also got a Target gift card, I want a pair of boots and he didn't want to get the wrong ones, and a toaster oven. I got Travis his Frisbees, a coin jar that counts his money- he has wanted it forever, and a waffle maker-along with waffle mix and syrup. The 2 things Travis kept asking me for were over 100 each and we just couldn't swing it this year...our anniversary is in February so I plan on getting them for him for that.

Yesterday we went my my grandmothers---my mom's mom and had our big family Christmas there. We do a white elephant gift exchange there it is always a lot of fun. I have wanted though antlers and nose for my car for a few years and got them! Travis ended up with chocolate and a I Tunes gift card, he didn't even know what iTunes was so my cousin who really wanted it so he gave it to her...aw what a sweet guy!

We stayed later at my grandmas to visit with some out of town aunts, uncles and cousins we don't see much and got home around 9...both kids were asleep and we quickly followed. I didn't want to get up for work this morning at all!







Snow!

It snowed here in good ole Georgia this weekend.... and when I say snow I mean we might have gotten a whole 1/4 of an inch...ha ha.

I didn't take picture this morning because I don't think you could have even seen the snow it in. We had snow flurries all day yesterday and they are still happening today, which makes us Georgians very very excited. It also causes sheer PANIC around these parts. I went to Wal- Mart Saturday around noon and good grief it was a mad house...not for people Christmas shopping, it was for people stocking up like we had a blizzard coming.

Kelsey was less than thrilled with the snow, she asked me "I don't see it, there is none on the ground. I am going back to play in my room. Call me when I can make a snow man" This morning she was very upset she couldn't make a snow man. She did however get to wear her PJ's to daycare because they are watching the Polar Express and drinking hot chocolate today. I wish I could wear my PJ's to work, scrubs are not made for winter wear...the wind this morning was just coming right in.

I spoke w/my aunt last night and she said in NY there temps were in the 50s and here we are in GA in the teens, ummm no. I do believe the weather is confusing us with the North, unless we are about to get a butt load of snow there is no reason for it to be so cold.

Happy Monday!

7 months already??

I can't believe my little baby boy is already 7 months old! Where has the time gone? I was looking through pictures the other night of him when he was born and I was just amazed by how big he has gotten already. I am having mixed emotions right now. I am sad he is getting so big because he might be my last baby but I am happy because he is so much fun right now.

Over the last few days he is babbling more, blowing raspberries, sitting up on his own and eating a TON. He loves his big sister so much and always smiles an laughs when she is around. I love it that he recognizes me and Travis when we walk into a room and if he hears us talking he starts looking around for us. He has started showing interest in the dog, which is so funny because he pokes at his eyes but Rocko doesn't even care as long as some one is touching him. He is still a cuddler which I am hoping doesn't go away anytime soon. Some nights I come home from work and within an hour he is asleep so the only time I see him is when I am rocking him, so not ready for that to be over!

I have a feeling he will be crawling any day and then there is no turning back! I am in no hurry for him to be crawling, I like to know I can leave the room without him getting into everything..at least for this week.

Weekend Update!

This weekend just flew by!

Friday night I had an open house type party for Partylite Candles, Pampered Chef and Mary Kay..I worked so hard to get my house clean and decorated so it just looked perfect and the only people that showed up were my mom and my best friend, who have both seem my house everything in a disaster. The good side is that my show ended being a 380 show!!  So after the party "ended" my best friend and I joined our husbands out at the fire pit for some warmth and marshmallows! I need to take pictures of these marshmallows they are HUGE!

Travis has school on Sat. mornings, so I spent the morning being SOOO lazy. I did some laundry, straightened up and caught up on the DVR from the week. Then that afternoon the hospital I work at had there big Christmas tree lighting. It is a big huge FREE festival that we go to every year. They have food, Santa, face painting, balloon animals, a petting zoo and local entertainment. The only bad thing is it was rainy and cold and I was by  myself with both kids. Travis was fixing my cousins car that broke down..such a nice guy. After the tree was lit and we got back to the car, we met Travis for our weekly dinner at Moe's. At the one by us they have $1 chicken tacos every sat, with no limit!! We love it! Then we got our redbox movies: Eclipse and Grown Ups and headed home.

Sunday I had plans to take Kelsey to a horse rescue by us that was having their annual Christmas shindig. Since it was so cold out we opted to take Hayden to my moms so we could take Kelsey. She LOVED it! She is always talking about horses and riding....I don't know where she gets it from??? ha ha ya I do! The problem is every time we get around them she wants nothing to do with them. So, finally I got my wish....she found a miniature pony that according to her was just her size and was petting and loving on him like crazy. I kept looking and Travis and he was just smiling because I dream of the day when I can ride with her. She didn't want to leave the barn but since it was so cold we couldn't stay as long as she wanted. We got lunch, picked up the boy and went home to be lazy and get warm.

So, that was a long update, and as I was writing it I thought to myself I really need to start taking more pictures of things we do. I think it would make these posts much more interesting. I will leave you with a new picture of the little ones from last night.

Come on McDonalds!

I almost never stop to get anything to eat or drink on my way to work, usually because getting out of the house with 2 small children is hard enough I usually don't have time. So this morning I decided I will leave with enough time to stop and get this new caramel mocha they are advertising for a $1. I pull into the drive thru and of course Kelsey wanted a happy meal, after explaining she can get a biscuit instead we pull up. I order my caramel mocha and a biscuit for bug and we get our food and drive off. I open the coffee take a big swig and almost wrecked the car. They didn't give me a caramel mocha, it was a plain jane black coffee...GROSS! I added cream and sugar at work, but I was really looking forward to my caramel mocha. I debated calling and complaining but I am not going to. It just irks me when that happens!

Anway it is FRIDAY!! I am having a party tonight for PartyLite Candles, The Pampered Chef and Mary Kay so it will be a crazy evening!

I needed to add something...

I wanted to add some pictures of the little ones... They are old I need to get some new ones, but I still like them

Kelsey's 4th Birthday getting her pillow pet

Hayden man- 4 months old but a happy boy

Stress

Why do we as "adults" stress over everything? I just don't get it. If I am not stressed about money, then it is the kids or the dog or the house or cars. It is always something! I have decided that I can't live without some kind of stress in my life. It just will not happen. If there is ever a day that I can...I will be so freakin happy.

I have learned that stress hurts my marriage ....I hate fighting but I keep all my emotions/ problems all balled up and when I get upset, get ready because I am about to explode. I feel bad for Travis because this has happened more that I would like recently.

I know I have to put everything into God's hands and let him be in control, but o goodness that is so hard! I am getting better knowing he will provide and everything happens because he wants it to. I just wish I knew why things happened the way they do...but I think that is his secret, and we will find out one day.

I am going home tonight and I am going to attempt to not stress about anything. I find it really funny. I am having a party at my house tomorrow night and all I have done is set out my candles...since I am selling them. I am going to be determined though. I will let yall know how it goes.