Birthday Cookies!

I've always been intrigued by smartly decorated sugar cookies so when Kyrie & I were shopping a few weeks ago at our local craft store and discovered a crown cookie cutter, I decided it was time to try my hand at them for Kyrie's birthday party!

They really don't take THAT long to bake!

Fun and Games

I figured since Dalayna had hangman on her blog, I could have tic-tac-toe!

Autumn 2008

Fall 2008 in pictures...

My first (and second!) baby

I couldn't leave # 2 out!

1. Were you married at the time? Yes / Same
2. What were your reactions when you found out you were pregnant? Excitement! / Same!
3. How old were you? 22 /24
4. How did you find out you were pregnant? Home pregnancy test / HPT
5. Who did you tell first? Jim / Jim
6. Did you want to find out the sex? No / Yes!
7. Due date? November 4th / February 18th
8. Did you deliver early or late? 4 days early / 1 day early
9. Did you have morning sickness? Not the throw-up kind, just the not feeling good kind. / Same
10. What did you crave? Food! / Food!
11. Who irritated you the most? Nobody / My Doctor!
12. What was your first child's sex? Girl / Boy
13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy? 26 / 26
14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? Nothing that wasn't "normal" for my body./ "Dr. induced hypertension" AKA: nothing that wasn't "normal" for my body.
15. Where did you give birth? At a hospital with a Midwife / At home
16. How many hours were you in labor? 8 hours / 1 hour 15 minuets
17. Who drove you to the hospital? Jim / No one!
18. Who watched? Jim, Mom, M-I-L, Dalayna / Jim, Mom, M-I-L
19. Was it natural or c-section? Natural all the way / Natural all the way.
20. Did you take medicine to ease the pain? No / Water! (water birth)
21. How much did your child weigh? 7 lbs 14 oz / 7 lbs 14 oz!
22. What did you name him/her? Kyrie Nicole / Trey Elliot
23. How old is your baby today? 3 years, 11 months / 1 year 8 months
24. Where were you when your water broke? Cooking Chili in the Kitchen/Sleeping in bed.

Tell me if you don't agree....

This is so funny and SO TRUE!!!!

More hair!

So I've always had a thing for hair. I secretly would have loved to learn all the techniques for cutting and styling hair that they teach in cosmetology school - the rest I could do with out though!
After Trey's bath this morning, Jim was commenting on how cute his hair looked all slicked back... that's all it took! I decided to try something different with it since it really doesn't want to part and be combed over to one side or the other. It was kind of curly when he was a baby so it's got a nice texture to it but I wasn't sure what to do with it.
I got it wet, combed it up and cut it on top with the scissors, then gelled it. Isn't he cute?! After about an hour of him playing, it all leaned in toward the center, and he had a cute "natural" mohawk. We've always joked about his mohawk because he had a very definite one about a year ago!

Nice hair!

Kyrie got some new hair clips from the house fairy last week, and she's been very "into" doing her own hair. After she pulled them all off the cardboard, she informed me that SHE was doing her hair today and that I couldn't help! Here's what she came up with! (except she DID ask for help getting the hair sticks in the back - she couldn't get them to stay!)

Boy on the run

2 weeks ago I took the kids to the park in hopes of getting some nice pictures of them while the flower gardens are still in full bloom. The weather was beautiful but I didn't take Trey's "won't sit still" into account! The second I got him situated and got behind the camera, it was time to run! He loves looking at the picture as soon as I snapped it but he's so impatient that he doesn't even wait for me to "snap it" anymore! It was a fun evening anyway, and I DID get some pictures that captured his personality! That's what it's all about, right?!

Happy Birthday Lyss!

Happy 17th birthday to my little sister Relyssa!
See you tonight!