Spring stuff

  So I am pretty much the least photogenic person I know! But here is a picture of me at 21 weeks.  I thought I would wear the same outfit as one of my other pics to compare them.  I'm not too much bigger, but I think this baby is sitting differently. We found out on March 20 that we are having a girl, and of course all of the previous names suddenly don't seem right. So for now it is going to be Aspen Brielle.  Jake didn't end up going to the ultrasound as promised, he ended up not working the day before so he couldn't miss work.  I was still pretty upset and of course emotional when I found out that morning that he wasn't going, because then I was going by myself.  I guess I have just always had a vision that something as exciting as that should be shared with at least someone. Oh well, I survived.

With the warmer weather here, me and Reese have been playing at the park a lot.  She loves it!!! She follows all of the big kids around and goes down all the slides by herself! I told her to go down the twisty slide and I wasn't sure how it would go, needless to say she crashed, but now she knows to slide on her tummy.

I found some home made recipes for finger paints that haven't worked out so well, but I guess she has had fun making a mess and painting, so it has been good to have something different to keep her entertained when we can't go outside.

Here is Reese's first easter eggs. She would pretty much drop or throw them in the dye.

For those of you that didn't know, I have been doing hair for 6 years now, and I finally have a salon in my house so if you need anything give me a call.  I recently started doing shellac nails and I love them!!! They last forever and the shine is amazing!  Here is what I plan on charging for different services.

Haircuts: (includes shampoo)

Women: $15

Men: $10

Kids: $5

Hair Color: (includes haircut)

1 allover color:  starts at $30

Weave/slices: starting at $45 for one color

For each additional color $5

Men Hair color: $15

Perm: starting at $35 for short hair, $45 for medium hair, long hair starting at $55

Spa Services

Deep Conditioning Treatment: $10

Facial: $20

Pedicure: $10

Manicure: $10

Shellac: $10

Eyebrow/facial waxing: $8 

Specials…

With any service $10 and up get a facial for $10, or a deep conditioning treatment for $5.

Refer 2 friends and receive a free haircut, free deep conditioning treatment or a facial for $10.

Get a facial and receive a deep conditioning treatment for just $5.

10 foil highlights, shampoo, haircut $45!

(one color, $5 for additional colors)

Christmas 2011

 Christmas was crazy! Next year I will note to not get as much for our family, since we always go to my mom's they always over do it! Not that I'm complaining. Reese was so spoiled! Santa brought her a motorized four wheeler which she loves, but can't steer yet, and he also brought her a vacuum that she loves. She did good opening presents this year, but as planned she wasn't interested in unwrapping presents after she got a few toys unwrapped.  I got Jake a camp chef stove, he was so excited for it.  I got too much! I got some useful things though. I got a scroll saw so I can get my craft on! And a cute way to display my products in my salon!
 I hadn't been feeling very well though for about two weeks before Christmas, so getting everything done seemed to take much more than usual. I thought it was because I had to chase around my little baby monster AKA Reese...but that wasn't the case. I started thinking more about how I had been feeling and wondered.....

yup sure enough it came back positive instantly!!!! I have already had one ultrasound because I was having some pains and they wanted to make sure I wasn't having another miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, etc. Everything seems to be going good so far the heart beat was at 175 bpm, the dr. said we should be able to have this baby! I still go to my first real appointment on the 23rd of this month, so hopefully things are still going good. I pray every day.  Since I had found out on December 23rd, 2011 I wanted to tell our families someway that was creative, but I still had mixed feelings letting people know. Jake said that he was too excited not to tell, and so I decided I should just be excited too until we have reason not to be. So I bought Reese a shirt and got some fabric paint and wrote "Big Sister" on it. I know it's not super creative, but it's always a surprise I think.  I still have reservations about telling too many people, but I thought I would write what I was feeling.  I don't want to brush off something so important as if it never existed.  One day if my children read this I would like them to know about our life and how we got through all the good and hard times.  With this pregnancy I have been more sick than I was with Reese. I honestly feel like a wimp! I don't know how people throw up all the time! Lucky for me it has only happened a few times.  Hopefully this part gets over soon.  Maybe this is a sign that this is a boy???

   On other pregnancy news....with my last pregnancy I felt bad about our baby being due a month after Christmas, which you really can't always pick the birthday, but I feel a little bad that this baby is going to be due on August 15th which is only four days after Reese's birthday! Like I said you can't really pick, but we will definitely make both special.

St. Patrick's Day

Jake ended it up being able to be home last night, but I had Bunco. So he stayed home and played with Reese while I went. I wanted to do something cutsie for him to show him my appreciation, so I came up with this idea. Being that it was St. Patrick's Day today, I made a shamrock that said "Wanna get Lucky?" and then in an envelope I put some lottery tickets in and a letter. On the outside of the envelope if you can't see it it says "Jake Good Luck You're worth a million!" I also taped a penny on the outside, it's supposed to be lucky because it's from the year that we got married...kinda cheesy I know, but gotta love it! It turns out he only won $1, but I guess that's why you don't really invest in the lottery!