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So I have kind of been toying with the idea for a while...but with how Kai has been swinging from my locks like Tarzan in the jungle...I decided to just do it before I got too psyched out. To make it easier, I recruited a fellow long-haired-brunette just 2 days ago to join me. She had been thinking about donating her hair for a while too. Its quite a change. The last time I cut my hair was to my chin 7 and a half years ago. Since then I have just regularly trimmed it and grown it out. I didn't realize how long it really was until I saw my before picture, though:

Thats Amanda on the left and me on the right.
I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, but with help from the hair dresser, and this as kind of an idea, we ended up with this:

My hair is shorter than the picture I was going for, but I think I like it. :D
Change is always good, and its just hair, right? It'll grow out...
What do YOU think?

Beautiful Neices

I could take pictures of these girls for days!!




Aren't they gorgeous?

And I slack....so here are some pictures....

A couple with April:



This one was just too funny!


I just wanted to post SOMETHING...so these are some pics I took of April's boyfriend and his baby.

2:57 a.m.

"Wwwwaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh..................wwwwwwAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Crap...Kai's awake. Gosh, he was so good about sleeping through the night for so long, why is he waking up in the middle of the night, every night this week! I get up, stumbling in the dark, and rush to Kai's room. I try to give him his binky, hoping maybe he'll just go back to sleep....no such luck, still crying. I go into the kitchen, block his eyes from the bright light of the fridge, while I grab a bottle. I turn on the hot water and start warming the milk. Rob comes in the kitchen to check on us, Kai has his eyes closed and is kind of tiredly half-heartedly crying (sounds very fake). I finally get the bottle to a decent temperature and take our routine spot on the recliner. I rock him as he sucks down his bottle very quickly. I'm hoping he'll easily go back to sleep. As he finishes, I do a switcheroo with the bottle for the binky. I pull him up onto my shoulder to burp him, and his head goes limp against my shoulder. As I am patting his back, I start to think of how sweet and innocent children are. I think of how Kai will be in 17, or so, years. These are the kind of moments I will think back on. When I could hold him in my arms and kiss his cheek softly. It makes me grateful that I have this moment with him. Just the two of us cuddling. I get a little burp out of him, so I gather him and his blanky up and walk softly to his room. I give him several more kisses on his cheek and whisper "I love you, bud" and in one swift move, lay him gently in his crib. He doesn't make a sound and I creep out of his room and softly close his door, my heart full. I love that little boy. I tip-toe back to my room, and crawl into bed. 3:11 a.m. Not bad... I gradually fall asleep again, thankful that my little boy woke me up to remind me how much I love him.

Mother's Day

It is almost surreal to be celebrating Mother's Day, as a mother, for the first time. Sometimes even after a night of almost no sleep, or a day of fussiness speckled by bouts of baby laughter, I have to stop and think "Am I really a mom??!" It really blows my mind sometimes. It makes me hope that I am really doing all I should to be a decent mom. Am I being too obsessive about this? not worrying enough about that? But I know I just need to realize that he's happy and healthy and thats the most important thing. And when I see his huge smile with his little new teeth, or hear that adorable little laugh, I know its all worth it, and I think of how much I love that little boy.

Happy Mother's Day to my mom and every mom out there, or anyone who's been a "stand in" mom for anyone!! You are loved!

Giveaway

There is a fun giveaway from one of the blogs I follow....The Dress-Up Drawer is offering a free item from this Etsy shop. Be sure to stop by and check it out!

Ironman

All of the people who do this ISPIRE ME! They are amazing...and I saw this guy. He must've taken a tumble during it, his shoulder was all bound up and he was STILL GOING! Talk about AMAZING!!