chip chop

I cut my hair. And I didn't cry. Sigh of relief. (I've actually never cried from getting my hair done, but I get a little more crazy the older I get so it was iffy this time around)

So it's different and I love it but it's different and so I kind of don't love it a little too, but only cause it's a change and who likes change? I will probably try and grow it long again, but after the ups and downs of the pregnancy and postpartum hormone roller coaster, my hair was DEAD. So this was a much needed cut, for the sake of my hair's health. I just need to get used to it. But I had forgotten how great it is to have your hair completely dry and styled in under 15 minutes. Sayonara to the 30-45 minute blow-out. 

Sawyer had his 4 month check up yesterday. Aside from being 15 minutes late because Mom forgot his shot records and had to turn around to get them, the appointment went good. 25.5 inches, 15 pounds. He got shots, which is always such fun. He cried more than he ever has when during his shots. Poor little dude. But after a few minutes he was fine. I think I'll start him on his baby food tomorrow. Say a little prayer for meeee (imagine me singing this in a falsetto)

Tonight I'm having a Visiting Teaching Dinner at my house. We're having the women from church who we are assigned to visit each month over for a little fancy dinner. I even made chocolate mousse for the first time! It's in the fridge chilling, we'll see how it turns out I guess. If all else fails, I have some dark chocolate cake cookies I made the other day on standby. I wanted to do a fun table setting, but when I went to the store and began putting things in my cart, I realized it was going to be too involved and SO not in the budget, so it's been super-simplified. 

Spencer continues to be the busiest person I know. We both seem to be busier now than we were before Sawyer was born. Why is that? Why are we over extended in our schedules now that we have this little guy to spend time with? But it seems Spencer has something to be at and or do almost every "free" minute of everyday some weeks. It bums me out but it's life and he doesn't complain so I sure shouldn't. 

The laundry is calling me to tend to it, not to mention the 3 day Law & Order SVU marathon that I have DVR'd. Oh Elliott and Olivia, I must neglect you for now. 

valentines

I was planning on sending little Valentines to family and friends but my computer was being ridiculously slow as I was trying to get them printed, and I just couldn't deal. I gave up and said maybe next year. I did make red velvet cupcakes and fresh blueberry muffins to give as treats. 

But as far as sending Valentines goes, this is the best I can do...a blog-valentine from our hard drive to yours.

 

sunday sickness

Waking up to a head cold in the morning is the worst. the. worst. Or so I thought. 

Turns out coming home from church, eating a peanut butter & jelly sandwich and then immediately being on the verge of puking is the worst. For real, this time. 

Luckily it is Sunday and the other employee who works here at Sawyer Enterprises was around to cover my shift. So I went to bed and napped it off for an hour. Woke up, ate cereal and cookies. All is right with the world. 

I baked banana chocolate chip muffins (mon favorite!) yesterday and tried a new recipe. Said recipe used unsweetened applesauce in place of butter to cut calories. And said muffins indeed tasted like they had calories, not to mention flavor, cut right out of 'em. I'll stick with the butter and the calories next time, thank you very much. Turns out banana-apple chocolate chip muffins aren't my favorite. 

Sawyer had a rough Sunday. He didn't nap at all during church and the result of being awake for 3+ hours was an all out cry-fest after we got home. This was just after I went upstairs to nap away my nausea, and so lucky for me I only had to hear it muffled through the comforter in my bed. He then devoured his bottle and went to sleep for 4 hours. I had to wake him up to eat his cereal/bottle and he kept his sleepy eyes closed for most of that too. He is now swinging contently and kicking his chubby little legs around. He likes to get his workout in before bed. 

Here's a picture of his current exercise challenge. The dreaded tummy time.

I will punch you in the ovary. Right in the baby maker.

Did Will Ferrell make good on that threat while I was asleep? Cause I woke up to a real nice pain on my left side. A cyst, I think. Had to cancel my hair appt. since I'm not exactly feeling my best. boo. Rescheduled for Saturday and I am still a bit nervous about cutting it off. It will end in tears, I'm sure. 

Luckily Sawyer took nice long naps today (3 hours long!) and I was able to rest with my heating pad and tv remote. Ah, the bliss of the dvr. If it wasn't for dvr'd episodes of SVU, American Idol, and Intervention I would have spent the day watching A Baby Story. Pass. 

But now I am all caught up on my shows and I'm going to watch Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist. This was the movie we saw on our last little date before Sawyer was born, and I laughed so hard I thought I was going to put myself in labor. The soundtrack is really good, too. Bonus. 

Lately I have been cleaning out my closet, the cupboards, etc. and getting rid of stuff. Spring cleaning, I guess.  Too bad I'm not really cleaning anything, just shuffling junk out of the house. 

slacker

I've been slacking at my blogging lately. I had a good run for a while there, though. 

Although it may rain today, I have some errands to get done. The only thing I dislike about living out where we live is that most places I need to go aren't close by, because there's still not that much built out here. It's not like I can just run to Costco...No, I have to trek a half hour just to get there. But it is getting better, it seems like every week I notice a new business/restaurant/store being built closer to home. This just further proves that I am a city girl. I would never survive in a small town or rural community. I love living in Las Vegas. I love that most everything I need is open 24 hours. I need the commercial shopping centers and mass produced mega-malls. Sad, but true. It is what I know and love. 

And on that note, time to feed the baby, pack him up, and head to Henderson.

The Lunch Date Blouse GIVEAWAY!!!!

The Lunch Date Blouse GIVEAWAY!!!!

the brave

While filtering through iPhoto last night I found this pictures I took of my friend Samuel  just before his 1st birthday. I took these for his birthday party invitations, and I never really looked at them again. But I opened them up last night and couldn't believe that this little dude is about to be 4 years old in a few months. He was a sweet little man (still is). I think I'll frame one for his mama as a little gift. He was scared to be in the tree like this after about 5 minutes. And his Mom and I were cracking up at him for it. We are such nice people.